Material Culture Journalism, 4
“Five Siblings Run the U.S.’s Only Baijiu Distillery in Their Mom’s Backyard” by Anne Ewbank in Atlas Obscura. (HT/TL) #foodways “Chanel Shoes, but no Salary: How One Woman…
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End of 2018: A message from TFS
As 2018 draws to a close, this week on TFS we bring you a special ‘End of Year’ message from our own Ian Pollock, Julia Brown, Simon Theobald…
TGA’s 2018 Holiday Wishlist
Struggling with what to get friends or family members this holiday season? Don’t know what to ask for yourself (apart from a device that will help you get…
Review of 2018, Part 4 (October–December): Nationalism, Deglobalization, plus the US exit from Syria
OCTOBER Where US–Canada relations were concerned, as well as Trump’s trade strategy, NAFTA was the leading event opening the month of October. The US–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) On Monday,…
What FoodAnthropology Is Reading Now, December 22, 2018
David Beriss A brief digest of food and nutrition-related items that caught our attention recently. Got items you think we should include? Send links and brief descriptions to…
Review of 2018, Part 3 (July–September): The Trade War plus Cold War II
JULY June was a month so heavily saturated with key turning point events, that it seemed like the longest month of the year—but then July came. Already, on…
Review of 2018, Part 2 (April–June): Dealing in Danger and Diplomacy
APRIL The Trade War Begins? April continued many of the same themes from March, beginning with the apparent start of a trade war between China and the US…
Reviews for Material Vernaculars Titles
The Material Vernaculars book series, published by the Indiana University Press in partnership with the Mathers Museum of World Cultures, is maturing. Four titles have now appeared and…
Pantomime Terror
This book is about storytelling and music video – well, also politics and terror, performance and television. HUTNYK_PANTOMIME TERROR The book tunes into music in three acts. I…
Links & Contents I Liked 306
Christmas Tree in Milan, ItalySource: Wikipedia Hi all, I’m leaving some great readings here for the holidays. Aidnography will take a short break and I’ll be back with…
Einblicke: Einkaufen
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…
Don’t let agencies and influencers ru(i)n your development communication!
I didn’t want to end my 2018 blogging year with another critical post, but the two recent development communication fails from the Netherlands seem to warrant a response.…
Review of 2018, Part 1 (January–March): Unloading the American Empire
In memory of James Laxer, n. December 22, 1941, d. February 23, 2018, prolific author, and an inspiration to all Canadian academics to think for ourselves. JANUARY A…
The Thickest Review of 2018: An Overview
Numbering 100 printed pages, at about 50,000 words, the thickest review of 2018 is about to be published here in four parts over the next few days. A…
Material Culture Journalism, 3
Thanks to all the friends sharing the material culture journalism. Here is a new batch. The passing of Shan Goshorn is particularly sad to note. “The making of…
What 2018 Taught Us About Everything Human
In the fall of 2018, thousands of migrants, mainly from Central America, approached the U.S.-Mexico border, hoping for an opportunity to seek asylum in the U.S. Here, a…
Edith Turner and the Anthropology of Collective Joy
Edith Turner Visiting with my students Shane Metivier, Erica Walters and Sarah Sutton at the AAA Annual Meetings in Washington DC 2014 Photo by Erica Walters Note: Earlier…
Government Of, By, and For the Trolls
Countering Trump begins by recognizing his role as troller-in-chief. The United States and the world have now spent two years trying to figure out how to deal with…
„Why are White People Expats when the Rest of Us are Immigrants?“. Hochqualifizierte Arbeitsmigrant_innen in Kenia zwischen Kosmopolitismus und Abschottung
Ein Essay von Lara Berens 1. Dein Essay in einem Satz: In meinem Essay zeige ich, auf Basis welcher Merkmale, Norm- und Wertvorstellungen sowie Lebensstile Inklusions- sowie Exklusionsmechanismen…
Berufliche Ausbildung: Für junge Geflüchtete doppelt wichtig
Von Franziska Schreyer und Angela Bauer Asylberechtigte und anerkannte Flüchtlinge können aus einem befristeten in einen unbefristeten Aufenthaltsstatus wechseln, wenn sie ihren Lebensunterhalt überwi…
LSE RB Year in Review: The Top 12 Book Reviews of 2018 (Part Two)
Image Credit: (Pixabay CC0) What were you reading in 2018 on LSE Review of Books? Following Part One, which counted down from 12-7, in Part Two we reveal the 6…
Job for Arctic Anthropologists in Europe? Oulu
The University of Oulu is strengthening their Arctic profile and have announced several jobs. Let’s hope they will hire anthropologists eagerly! It depends on how many good anthropologists…
Job: Arctic Sustainability, resilience and climate change
Fancy a career in Canada? If your are suitably qualified, you can try this one. They claim they want a special focus on indigenous knowledge too: SSHRC CANADA…
In der Schreibphase angekommen
Nun bin ich mit meiner Dissertation in der „Schreibphase“ angekommen. Das heißt für mich: JEDEN Tag schreiben, selbst wenn es nur wenige Minuten sind. Mit dieser Methode ist…