Porgera Report 11 Jan 2026
This is a (hopefully) weekly update about events in Porgera. A few caveats: I’m not in Porgera and I’m only relying on my own knowledge of the valley…
This is a (hopefully) weekly update about events in Porgera. A few caveats: I’m not in Porgera and I’m only relying on my own knowledge of the valley…
This year I used StoryGraph to track my reading daily, and then I went back to LibraryThing to track my reading over time. LibraryThing is great: fully featured…
Joshua Farrell-Molloy elucidates how masculinity helps explain performances of militant republican aesthetics by Irish far-right actors, who bind a revolutionary past to conte…
by Sophie Leegwater – A few minutes before 4:30 pm on a Monday afternoon in early January 2024, I hop into the yellow cab that takes me to…
Essays written in preparation for my Comprehensive exams, nearly 20 years ago. Anthropology and Government Policy Part of the government’s role regarding Indian people was to figure out…
Sylvester Woodbridge, a Presbyterian pastor, may have been one of the first to suggest a plan for the initial California Reserves. This certainly helped the effort for writing…
Hewett, E. L. (n.d.). Edgar L. Hewett points in the distance while giving an archaeological tour of the southwest (PAAC.056.0047a) [Photographs, photographic prints]. New Mexico History Museum. …
At the 2025 AAA Meetings in New Orleans, APLA demonstrated its vitality as a section committed to both critical scholarship … More
For technology leaders and founders, a perspective on people is something you want in the room every step of the way. Anthropology – and human-centered design more broadly…
Every two weeks I am going to feature one of the chapters of our Handbook on Humanitarianism and Inequality which was published in spring 2024. This week we…
You have seen this: 「Deconstruction: Demolishing a Showa Era House in the Neighborhood (this post is still under construction…)」 https://visualanthropologyofjapan.blogspot.com/2025/09/deconstruc…
From February 13 to 29 May 2026 Co-organised by Allegra Lab and EASA LawNet. What is critique, and what might […] The post WHAT is critique? EASA LAWnet…
On January 3 2026, after the strike on Venezuela, Trump called up what I assume is now his second most favourite programme Fox and Freinds to say: “I…
Kayashima Shrine is close to my house and famous because there is a train station right above it. The kami-deity associated with the shrine resides in a large…
And the shrine looked very different today… As I wrote in a previous post, due to the resignation of the local neighborhood shrine elders, it was unknown who…
It would take a book to itemize and admire all of the vital tasks and key accomplishments that Amy Skillman realized during her year as American Folklore Society…
Written by John P. Ruehl The 2025 U.S. housing market presents a paradox. Home sales are down, and there are …
Issue Contents President’s letter Dear NAPA Members, Another winter holiday season is upon us and it’s a time to reflect and prepare for a New Year. My family…
あけましておめでとうございます。 今年もよろしくお願いします。
by Peter Versteeg, and the SpW team When it’s dark, where do we go? Where can we stand? Are we looking back, searching for a light we once…
There have been big changes at our local shrine in the last year. The local elders, who have been in charge of preparations for most of the shrine…
Even before 2026 began, many American Folklore Society (AFS) members were already getting a first glimpse of Journal of American Folklore (JAF) 139 (551), the Winter 2026 issue.…
In April and May 1856 Joel Palmer hired 60 men to be the Grand Ronde Guards, to build a fence and control access and egress to the Grand…