In his groundbreaking new book, Alef is for Allah: Childhood, Emotion, and Visual Culture in Islamic Societies (University of California Press, 2018), Jamal Elias takes his readers on…
The green economy is supposed to reduce environmental degradation while supporting sustainable development within the framework of neoliberal markets by incorporating accountability into the appropria…
Thousands of garment workers who make clothes for global brands have taken strike action over low wages. It is time the Western consumer listened. More than 50,000 Bangladeshi…
Der am 17. Dezember 2018 angenommene Globale Flüchtlingspakt wird weitgehend begrüßt. Was ein diplomatischer Erfolg sein mag ist flüchtlingspolitisch jedoch weder innovativ, noch realistisch und ist a…
Innovations in Anthropology Series Welcome to the Innovations in Anthropology Series, a blog series devoted to profiling the teaching, production, and dissemination of anthropological knowledge. Wheth…
There is always a buzz in the air when university students return to campuses to begin their spring semester courses. In these troubled times, what can they expect…
This post is a brief recap of all the presentations at the 2018 Design Operations Summit, and includes links to the full length blog posts. At the end…
It has been said that a camel is a horse designed by a committee. We might think of the platypus in much the same way, though the key…
50 years ago, “Ethnic Groups and Boundaries” (Fredrik Barth, ed.)…
50 years ago, “Ethnic Groups and Boundaries” (Fredrik Barth, ed.)…
George Mason University professor Ben Gatling’s debut book, Expressions of Sufi Culture in Tajikistan (University of Wisconsin Press, 2018), is a beautifully written ethnography exploring the lives, r……
George Mason University professor Ben Gatling’s debut book, Expressions of Sufi Culture in Tajikistan (University of Wisconsin Press, 2018), is a beautifully written ethnography exploring the lives, r……
Regulation and the Archipelago Sea ”You are looking at the last generation of coastal fishers!” a fisherman told me, as I was getting my coffee at a seminar…
Tom Brady says new plays were inserted into the Patriot’s playbook on Sunday. “At the team hotel, the Westin Crown Center in Kansas City, the offensive players were…
The December 2018 issue of Anthropology of Work Review is a special issue titled, “An Injury to One is an Injury to All: Immigrant Workers, Structural Vulnerability, and Occupational Injury.R…
The December 2018 issue of BioSocieties is a collection on epigenetics. Here are the abstracts. Enjoy! Situating the biosocial: Empirical engagements with environmental epigenetics from the lab to the…
Whether it’s our disposable coffee cup or the vanilla flavouring in the coffee; this morning’s shaving cream or last week’s false nails; lifesaving medicines or the components for…
We, at The Familiar Strange, would like to acknowledge and celebrate the First Australians on whose traditional lands we recorded and produced this podcast, and pay our respect…
On New Year’s Day, the world was treated to the spectacle of a 640-kilometer-long “Women’s Wall” in Kerala (South India). This human chain of more than five million…
Some time ago I wrote a post about the beadwork I do for fun. As I’ve mentioned in my health-related posts, I’m working a reduced schedule at the…
CALL FOR PAPERS Amsterdam Symposium on the History of Food 2019 15-16 November (Post)colonial foodways: creating, negotiating, and resisting transnational food systems Because of its manifold effects…
From: Papachristos, A. V., Brazil, N. and Cheng, T. (2018), Understanding the Crime Gap: Violence and Inequality in an American City. City & Community, 17: 1051-1074. doi:10.1111/cico.12348 …
Hi all, Busy, satisfying day at work today-so without further delay & a long intro here’s this week’s link review! Excellent thesis examination day so far! From #Myanmar to…