Snigdha Poonam, “Dreamers: How Young Indians Are Changing the World” (Harvard UP, 2018)
49.91% of India’s population was below the age of 24 in the 2011 Census. By 2020 India will become the world’s youngest country with 64% of its population…
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Materiality of Research: The General Theory of Failure: Thoughts on the Material Culture of Failure by Timothy Carroll, David (Jeeva) Jeevendrampillai and Aaron Parkhurst
In this feature essay, Timothy Carroll, David (Jeeva) Jeevendrampillai and Aaron Parkhurst introduce recent edited collection, The Material Culture of Failure: When Things Do Wrong (Bloomsbury, 2017),…
Thomas Borchert, “Educating Monks: Minority Buddhism on China’s Southwest Border” (U Hawaii Press, 2017)
What makes a Buddhist monk? This is the motivating question for Thomas Borchert, Professor of Religion at the University of Vermont, as he explores the social and educational…
Forschung Frankfurt / Moderne Medizin kontra traditioneller Heiler
Wie gehen Menschen, wie gehen Wissenschaftler mit Ungewissheit und Nichtwissen um? Diese Frage steht im Fokus der neuen Ausgabe des Wissenschaftsmagazins Forschung Frankfurt mit dem Schwerpunktthema „…
The Madwoman
© Mary Evans Picture Library / Alamy By Georgette Veerhuis It was around 10AM on Friday 19 January 2018 when Dolores suddenly rushed downstairs. ‘The Netherlands has gone…
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Hi all, This is quite a substantial #globaldev review-and I wish there was more positive news to include. Saudi Arabia & UAE collaborate with Sudan on mercenaries for…
A chat with the Advancing Research community
An abbreviated reprise of my UX Camp Chicago keynote, where I field questions from Lou Rosenfeld’s Advancing Research community about tackling interdisciplinary collaboration in a practical, empatheti…
Can Humanity be Mapped? Adolf Bastian, Friedrich Ratzel and the Cartography of Culture
Introduction: Image and Science in Early Ethnology During the second half of the nineteenth century, in German circles linked to anthropology, a movement of scientific systematization arose from…
For One Forensic Anthropologist, Resilience Is Bone Deep
Jonathan Bethard’s life is anything but dull. He analyzes human remains to determine people’s identities, understand their lifeways, and figure out how they died. And while his work…
Pressemitteilung von RfM-Mitglied: AfD und Rassismuskritik an Schulen
Der Mitarbeiter eines Bundestagsabgeordneten der AfD wollte erreichen, dass eine Schulklasse die Teilnahme an einem rassismuskritischen Projekt der Ruhr-Universität Bochum absagt. RfM-Mitglied Prof. D…
Über „unkontaktierte Völker“
In dem Artikel „Die letzten unkontaktierten Völker der Welt“ im Standard vom 29. 11. 2018 von Bianca Blei werden indigene Gesellschaften aus abgelegenen Gegenden in aller Welt in…
McKenzie Wark, “General Intellects: Twenty-One Thinkers for the Twenty-First Century” (Verso, 2017)
McKenzie Wark’s new book offers 21 focused studies of thinkers working in a wide range of fields who are worth your attention. The chapters of General Intellects: Twenty-One…
McKenzie Wark, “General Intellects: Twenty-One Thinkers for the Twenty-First Century” (Verso, 2017)
McKenzie Wark’s new book offers 21 focused studies of thinkers working in a wide range of fields who are worth your attention. The chapters of General Intellects: Twenty-One…
Sara Komarnisky, “Mexicans in Alaska: An Ethnography of Mobility, Place, and Transnational Life” (U Nebraska Press, 2018)
“There are Mexicans in Alaska?” This was the response Sara Komarnisky heard repeatedly when describing her research on three generations of transnational migrants who divide their time between…
Sara Komarnisky, “Mexicans in Alaska: An Ethnography of Mobility, Place, and Transnational Life” (U Nebraska Press, 2018)
“There are Mexicans in Alaska?” This was the response Sara Komarnisky heard repeatedly when describing her research on three generations of transnational migrants who divide their time between…
D.A. Silver and T.N. Clark, “Scenescapes: How Qualities of Place Shape Social Life” (U Chicago Press, 2016)
I don’t mean to make a scene, but please open your eyes and look around. There are complex scenes everywhere and we have all served witness to them.…
D.A. Silver and T.N. Clark, “Scenescapes: How Qualities of Place Shape Social Life” (U Chicago Press, 2016)
I don’t mean to make a scene, but please open your eyes and look around. There are complex scenes everywhere and we have all served witness to them.…
Aktuelle Forschungsthemen für Kurzvorträge im Bereich Kunst- und Medienwissenschaft gesucht
Das Institut für Kunstpädagogik der Goethe-Uni richtet am 6. Februar 2019 zum sechsten Mal BRIEFINGS aus. Die Kurzvorträge (à 10 Minuten) sollen Einblicke in aktuelle und innovative Forschungsprojekte…
Secrets Hidden in Ancient Teeth
Fossilized tooth crowns hold lots of information about past climates and life events. Tanya M. Smith This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been republished under Creative…
LOEWE-Projekt an der Goethe-Universität geht in die Schlussrunde
Der LOEWE-Schwerpunkt „Prähistorische Konfliktforschung – Burgen der Bronzezeit zwischen Taunus und Karpaten“ kann seine Arbeit ein weiteres Jahr fortsetzen. Das geistes- und sozialwissenschaftliche F…
Llerena Searle, “Landscapes of Accumulation: Real Estate and the Neoliberal Imagination in Contemporary India” (U Chicago Press, 2015)
Few who have visited India in the past two decades will have failed to noticed the sudden and spectacular urban transformation that has taken place in many of…
Llerena Searle, “Landscapes of Accumulation: Real Estate and the Neoliberal Imagination in Contemporary India” (U Chicago Press, 2015)
Few who have visited India in the past two decades will have failed to noticed the sudden and spectacular urban transformation that has taken place in many of…
Alireza Doostdar, “The Iranian Metaphysicals: Explorations in Science, Islam, and the Uncanny” (Princeton UP, 2018)
Winner of the Middle East Studies Association’s 2018 Albert Hourani Book Award, Alireza Doostdar’s The Iranian Metaphysicals: Explorations in Science, Islam, and the Uncanny (Princeton University Pres… Visit…
Alireza Doostdar, “The Iranian Metaphysicals: Explorations in Science, Islam, and the Uncanny” (Princeton UP, 2018)
Winner of the Middle East Studies Association’s 2018 Albert Hourani Book Award, Alireza Doostdar’s The Iranian Metaphysicals: Explorations in Science, Islam, and the Uncanny (Princeton University Pres… Visit…