The Frontman-Bono (in the name of power) (book review)
It is fair to say that Bono is one of the leading global celebrities involved in the aid industry and probably one of the founding fathers of modern,…
It is fair to say that Bono is one of the leading global celebrities involved in the aid industry and probably one of the founding fathers of modern,…
I can’t believe this summer and internship are coming to a close. This opportunity has absolutely validated the saying ‘time flies when you’re having fun.’ When I first…
Constructing and Consuming Gender through Media Call for Papers CyberOrient: Online Journal of the Virtual Middle East Editor-in-Chief: Daniel Martin Varisco Guest Editor: Mona Abdel-Fadil Submission …
[Savage Minds is pleased to run this essay by guest author Kim Fortun as part of our Writers’ Workshop series. Fortun is Professor of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer…
In the field, anthropologists are often presented with competing narratives, imaginings juxtaposed with reality, and the collision of facts with opinions and perceptions. The narratives of research pa…
This looks like a fabulous new biography, and it’s already getting rave reviews. Here is a description, and hopefully a video…vimeo is always fussy about this stuff. “The…
Munggurrawuy Yunupingu, Port of Macassar, 1947. There are many loan words from Malay and other Austronesian languages in the Yolŋu languages of east Arnhem Land (see…
Munggurrawuy Yunupingu, Port of Macassar, 1947. There are many loan words from Malay and other Austronesian languages in the Yolŋu languages of east Arnhem Land (see…
What constitutes evidence of sexual assault? I am seated in a courtroom as a sexual assault forensic nurse is asked to explain, by a prosecutor, the basic tenets…
By Pál Nyíri My son and I have come to see the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble’s show An Evocation of Subcarpathia. According to the introduction to the venerable…
A summary of the second day of the World STI and HIV congress in Brisbane, Australia. Read on… Morning Session on Publishing and Grant Writing for early career…
What do you know: the summer is already gone! It feels like it was only a moment ago when we solicited contributions to our fieldwork thread, and now…
Aside from a flurry of archaeological excitement, the blogs seem a little less active this week… perhaps it’s early-semester stress. Please send me anything interesting at rebecca.nelson.j…
How top-down misleading definitions of culture and multiculturalism contribute to racism in T&T… From an anthropological perspective one problem with the outgoing government’s …
How top-down misleading definitions of culture and multiculturalism contribute to racism in T&T… From an anthropological perspective one problem with the outgoing government’s …
How top-down misleading definitions of culture and multiculturalism contribute to racism in T&T… From an anthropological perspective one problem with the outgoing government’s …
The World STI and HIV congress and Australasian HIV and AIDS conference are happening back to back this week. Delegates have come from all around the world to attend…
This entry is part 6 of 6 in the Anthropologies #21 series. Our next installment in the climate change series comes from Katherine J. Johnson, who is currently…
View on Amazon 13,000-years ago, the people of the first identifiable culture in North America were hunting mammoth and mastodon, bison, and anything else they could launch their…
13,000-years ago, the people of the first identifiable culture in North America were hunting mammoth and mastodon, bison, and anything else they could launch their darts and spears…
International media are celebrating the corporate-led relocation of Kiruna. Anthropologist Elisa Maria Lopez thinks it is important to talk about “forced displacement” and “ch…