Sexbuyer laws: War on clients, says Israeli MP
Sexbuyer laws now exist in eight countries at the national level: Israel, France, Canada, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden. I use the term sexbuyer laws because in…
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Einblicke: Arbeiten
In der Reihe „Einblicke“ werde ich immer wieder kurze Einblicke in mein empirisches Material gewähren, das ich in einem slowakischen Dorf gesammelt habe, über das Leben von älteren…
Alex Bentley and Michael O’Brien, “The Acceleration of Cultural Change: From Ancestors to Algorithms” (MIT Press, 2017)
Our evolutionary success, according to co-authors Alex Bentley and Michael O’Brien, lies in our ability to acquire cultural wisdom and teach it to the next generation. Today, we…
Alex Bentley and Michael O’Brien, “The Acceleration of Cultural Change: From Ancestors to Algorithms” (MIT Press, 2017)
Our evolutionary success, according to co-authors Alex Bentley and Michael O’Brien, lies in our ability to acquire cultural wisdom and teach it to the next generation. Today, we…
Lifetimes by Susan Reynolds Whyte
“It’s only Veria who can bathe our old mama,” remarked mama’s daughter-in-law with gentle amusement. “Because Veria is blind. You know how modest mama is. She doesn’t want…
Call for Proposals: Animalia
AN invites you to go wild (or domestic) and submit proposals for our May/June “Animalia” issue. Whether your story is about bonobos or whales or bees, we want…
NBN Classic: Tania Li, “Land’s End: Capitalist Relations on an Indigenous Frontier” (Duke UP, 2014)
This episode proved remarkably popular, so we’re reposting it as an NBN classic for those who missed it the first time. If you want to read just one…
ERASMUS fürs Inland
Das Programm PONS bietet Studierenden einen Studienortwechsel in Deutschland. An der Goethe-Uni beteiligt sich das Fach Gender Studies. ERASMUS gilt schon seit einigen Dekaden als Synonym für eine…
Tania Li, “Land’s End: Capitalist Relations on an Indigenous Frontier” (Duke UP, 2014)
If you want to read just one book to properly understand capitalism, let it be Tania Li’s award-winning 2014 book Land’s End: Capitalist Relations on an Indigenous Frontier…
Das Selbstverständnis der Bewegungsforschung im Dilemma zwischen Selbst- und Fremdbestimmung. Versuch einer Weiterführung der Debatte
Im Juni-Doppelheft des Forschungsjournals Soziale Bewegungen verfassten Simon Teune und Peter Ullrich in der neu eingerichteten IPB-Rubrik einen (selbst-)kritischen Beitrag zum politischen Auftrag von…
Fishery Politics with the Yakima Reservation Peoples: 1890s
Chilluckittequw: In what was to become Skamania County, the first residents called themselves Chilluckittequw (Ruby and Brown) and they lived along the rivers that drained into the Columbia…
Buchrezension „The Amazon – Land without history“ von Euclides da Cunha
„The changeability of the river infects the human being“ (S. 13). Diese Worte schrieb der brasilianische Autor und Publizist Euclides da Cunha*, nachdem er 1905 das Amazonasbecken bereist hatte.…
Isak Sellanraa, Aristoteles og far min
Bonden og nybrottsmannen Isak Sellanraa var en anti-urban helt, skapt av Hamsun. Når jeg som ung leste Markens Grøde ble øyet stort og vått. Men når en venstrepolitiker…
Modernisert grønt er radikalt grønt
Modernisert grønt kan være radikalt grønt. Gjennom tre artikler i det nye øko-politiske tidsskriftet Pan har jeg utforsket en sosialdemokratisk økomodernisme. Jeg gjør det ved å veksle mellom…
From Hollywood to Holy Wars (book review)
I want to kick off the new blogging year with a positive post and reading Cherie Hart’s biography From Hollywood to Holy Wars-Hounding Celebs, Dodging Bullets, Raising a…
Denis Provencher, “Queer Maghrebi French: Language, Temporalities, Transfiliations” (Liverpool UP, 2017)
Sometimes a book can take inspiration from a (not so) simple map. At the end of his previous book, Queer French: Globalization, Language, and Sexual Citizenship (Routledge, 2007),…
Denis Provencher, “Queer Maghrebi French: Language, Temporalities, Transfiliations” (Liverpool UP, 2017)
Sometimes a book can take inspiration from a (not so) simple map. At the end of his previous book, Queer French: Globalization, Language, and Sexual Citizenship (Routledge, 2007),…
Behold the hot computer technology of 1985
What was it like to do use a computer for chat, graphic design, banking or online shopping in the mid-1980s? What were the most innovative hardware and software…
Tightening the belt – The Anthropology of Consumerism
Did you spend too much over the holidays trying to spoil your dearest and nearest friends and family? Did you decide to travel to see loved ones? Eat…
Tightening the belt – The Anthropology of Consumerism
Did you spend too much over the holidays trying to spoil your dearest and nearest friends and family? Did you decide to travel to see loved ones? Eat…
TGA Editors’ Picks: Favorite Posts of 2018
Like the maelstrom of political media, 2018 was also an eventful year for anthropology. Anthropology Twitter was kept occupied with conversations about the rejection of an apolitical research…
In the Journals, December 2018 by Anna Zogas
From the journals in December 2018, here’s some new reading for the first days of the new year. Enjoy! Medicine Anthropology Theory (Open Access) But are they actually…