“Although this stuff is very ordinary, very day-to-day, very unremarkable… it’s actually quite dangerous, too.” Steve Woolgar, emeritus professor at the Saïd School of Business…
Javanese people have a tradition to celebrate seven months of pregnancy. Procot, iwel-iwel, rujak buah, bubur merah, tumpeng and nasi golong. Habits that have been preserved for a…
Javanese people have a tradition to celebrate seven months of pregnancy. Procot, iwel-iwel, rujak buah, bubur merah, tumpeng and nasi golong. Habits that have been preserved for a…
I am on (of course) various lists like that of the Posadaists, so this is interesting because to my shame my best efforts to keep up have not…
Food in Zones of Conflict: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives. Edited by Paul Collinson and Helen Macbeth. Berghahn Books. 2014. 252 pp. ISBN 978-1-78238-403-8 Jacquelyn Heuer (University of South Flor…
15.09.18. Es ist nachts um 4, ich bin aufgewacht und konnte nicht wieder einschlafen. Es ist wieder so warm geworden, dass ein Leintuch als Decke auch in der…
For my notebook on glossy anthropology, this incandescent page from Michael Taussig’s New 2018 book discusses a brochure promoting the devil’s own crop – (the world choking slowly…
In October of 1826, David Douglas descends down the valley surrounding the Multnomah river (Willamette River) travelling in part through the forests on the fringe of the valley.…
This summer I started a new job. My former position, in museums and special collections, was grant funded. We worked that contract until the money was gone. And…
By Cindee Calton “Seriously, Star Wars? Again?” was the exact phrase that ran through my mind the first time Dryden Vos appeared on screen during my first viewing…
On a cold, wet afternoon in February 2014, Andrew Mathews stood on a mountain in Tuscany and looked out over the valley below. An environmental anthropologist and a…
Warnings about ecological breakdown have become ubiquitous. Over the past few years, major newspapers, including the Guardian and the New York Times, have carried alarming stories…
Hi all, Development news: Thailand’s slave fishermen; UNEP boss’ problematic travel arrangements; UNSG talks about a complicated world; long-term benefits of cash transfers-it’s complicated; redefinin…
Autorin: Prof. Dr. Helma Lutz Die Publikation widmet sich dem Spannungsverhältnis, in dem sich osteuropäische Migrantinnen befinden, die in Deutschland in der Pflege arbeiten. Sie bewegen sich zwisch…
Båten från Battery Park styr ut mot Frihetsgudinnan. Det är fuktigt. Bakom oss försvinner Manhattans skyline i dimman. Jag vänder blicken mot hamninloppet och spejar efter Frihetsgudinnan. Det…
Beyond Bioethics: Toward a New Biopolitics Osagie K. Obasogie and Marcy Darnovsky (editors) University of California Press, 2018. 518 pages “The science will let loose its cascading interactions wit…
In anthropology there is a term “Seasonal Round” that describes, or attempts to describe, the annual movement of the tribal peoples throughout their lands. This term is now…
In 2015, I sat over coffee at a London cafe with a local correspondent of China Central Television (CCTV), the main state broadcaster. Over the preceding years, I…
Egg (Object Lessons) Nicole Walker. London: Bloomsbury. 2017. 154 pp. ISBN 9781501322877 Leslie Carlin (University of Toronto) When my children were small and I kept frequent company with Mother…
Hippie Food: How Back to the Landers, Longhairs and Revolutionaries Changed the Way We Eat. Jonathan Kauffman. New York: William Morrow, 2018. ISBN 978-0062437303 Richard Zimmer (Sonoma State Univers…
Die Nachwirkungen der umfangreichen Flüchtlingsbewegungen nach Deutschland 2015-2016 haben erneut zu einer intensiven Diskussion über die Vor- und Nachteile sogenannter „Spurwechsel“ geführt. Damit is…
How can an anthropologist who teaches at a university work towards helping indigenous people in their efforts to make their lives better? Many turn to publishing as an…
“And it Hurts, I can’t be what Everyone wants or what Anyone Needs. And it Hurts I can’t Be what I want or what I Need, Because I’m…
Read the whole thing from Beyond Borders here: Prisoners of Love