UK should Remain in the EU to stop the global advance of the far right
Tomorrow the British will go to the polls to decide whether UK should stay within the European Union or not. I truly hope that the majority will vote…
Tomorrow the British will go to the polls to decide whether UK should stay within the European Union or not. I truly hope that the majority will vote…
This month, major cities throughout the U.S. will hold annual gay pride events: parades followed by parties throughout the night and weekend. These kinds of celebrations – for…
Painted stencil on a sidewalk in Seattle, 2000. Photo courtesy Ann Kakaliouras. In a May 18th 2016 Time magazine article titled “What Science Says About the Bathroom Debate,”…
Early Elegy: Smallpox by Claudia Emerson The world has certified itself rid of all but the argument: to eradicate or not the small stock of variola frozen, quarantined—a…
International Conference, 2 – 3 December 2016 Heinrich-Boell-Foundation (HBS), Schumannstr. 8, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
I am delighted to welcome guest blogger Charlotte Weston, who agreed to write this piece following my earlier post on Doing fieldwork with kids: Part I. These posts…
Dan Berger’s relationship with “America’s political prisoners” (xii) has been personal from the very beginning. At age sixteen and out of historical curiosity, Berger sought contact with black…
Ramadan Diaries takes you into the Ramadan experience of two students of anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis, Oguz Alyanak and Dick Powis. They will be fasting…
Savage Minds just published my (Dori Tunstall) and Jennifer Esperanza's article, Decolonizing Anthropology Textbook Covers, on their blog. It presents seven visual strategies for presenting ima…
Savage Minds just published my (Dori Tunstall) and Jennifer Esperanza's article, Decolonizing Anthropology Textbook Covers, on their blog. It presents seven visual strategies for presenting ima…
Savage Minds just published my (Dori Tunstall) and Jennifer Esperanza's article, Decolonizing Anthropology Textbook Covers, on their blog. It presents seven visual strategies for presenting ima…
Savage Minds just published my (Dori Tunstall) and Jennifer Esperanza's article, Decolonizing Anthropology Textbook Covers, on their blog. It presents seven visual strategies for presenting ima…
Since 2009, news outlets across China have repeated the mantra that “two-thirds of China’s cities face besiegement by garbage”—constituting a national crisis. Included is Kunming, the burgeoning capit…
By Sophie Chao, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia § First published in Anthropology & Environment Society’s section of Anthropology News Rejecting human exceptionalism and exploring th…
Hello everyone! I hope you are enjoying the first days of summer, I am sweating in the Chicago humidity as I type this. Anyways, here are some readings…
Governments have erected numerous barriers to stem the tide of migrants and refugees flowing into Europe. These obstacles fuel a system that exploits migrants and puts their lives…
The inscription says “No to the new deal, No to the Debt No in the EU.” All set for the big victory celebrations. Photo by Stamatis Amarianakis. On…
The inscription says “No to the new deal, No to the Debt No in the EU.” All set for the big victory celebrations. Photo by Stamatis Amarianakis.On the…
The second book by Gardner and Lewis, Anthropology and Development: Challenges for the Twenty-First Century, is both an update and a rewrite of their 1996 publication, Anthropology, Development…
The inscription says “No to the new deal, No to the Debt No in the EU.” All set for the big victory celebrations. Photo by Stamatis Amarianakis. On…
This entry is part 8 of 8 in the Decolonizing Anthropology series. By: Elizabeth (Dori) Tunstall and Jennifer Esperanza As young anthropology students in the 90s we heard Dr.…
Gun speak is louder than words National Public Ratio (U.S.) interviewed Robert Myers, a professor of anthropology and public health at Alfred University in New York, about his…
Price, David H. 2016. Cold War Anthropology: The CIA, the Pentagon, and the Growth of Dual Use Anthropology. Duke University Press. A few years ago, I had a…
“You caught me at my most slobbish,” Laura said to me when I stopped her at the corner of Sansom and 17th. “Then I’d love to run into…