A Note on MUHUM
Muslim Humanitarianism – short MUHUM – is a platform that seeks to foster debate on the complex relationship between charity, philanthropy, humanitarianism, development and Islam. In anthropological a…
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Till Motowlansky on Muslim Humanitarianism #Interview
Till Mostowlansky is a Research Fellow at the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at the Graduate Institute in Geneva who was awarded an Ambizione grant from the Swiss…
„Die Akademie wird sich an ihren eigenen Zielen messen lassen“. Interview mit dem Vorsitzenden der Akademie für Soziologie
Um was geht es eigentlich in der aktuellen Debatte um die Gründung der „Akademie für Soziologie“? Handelt es sich einfach um eine Fortsetzung eines Quali-Quanti-Streits? Geht es um…
American culture* and problem solving (case study #7)
At the Culture Camp in June, we will be applying our knowledge of American culture to the following topics. 1: Futures of work (the physical, hierarchical and emotional…
American culture* and big data (case study 6)
American culture is a dynamic thing. It is busting out all over. There are several ways to content with this blooming confusion, and we will look at several…
American culture* and platforms for producer creativity (case study 5)
Yesterday we talked about platforms for consumer creativity. Today we will talk about platforms for the producer creativity. The corporation was meant to serve as this platform. It…
American culture* and platforms for consumer creativity (case study 4)
What happened to mass culture, mass marketing, and mass media? Well, several things. One is the inclination of consumers to make their own culture. Once passive recipients of…
Residences, Rentals and Redolent Delectables: Women entrepreneurs and the Japanese baking industry
By Annie Sheng, Cornell University In one baking school in Yokohama, I wait as my bread dough rises. The instructor serves me mochi (pounded rice cake) that she…
anthro in the news 5/21/18
HTTPS://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/THOMASHAWK/ anthropology in and for everyday life A panel discussion on Maine Public radio included four anthropologists explaining how anthropology is part of our every…
Agitated children, turbulent trajectories: Towards a comparison between Europe and South America – a workshop report by Álvaro Jiménez Molina
This article describes the main discussions and contributions of the first workshop of the International Research Network on Disruptive Behaviours. The workshop was held at the “Centre for…
Naomi Haynes on her new book, Moving by the Spirit
https://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520294257 Interview by Jon Bialecki Jon Bialecki: The center of your ethnography is about the Prosperity Gospel’s economy of faith and social ambition in the…
Global Compact on Refugees: Erste Einblicke und Einschätzungen
Der Global Compact on Refugees soll den Flüchtlingsschutz und die Teilung von Verantwortungen zwischen Staaten weltweit verbessern. Doch was thematisiert der Pakt und welche Wirkungen können erwartet …
Erik Mueggler, “Songs for Dead Parents: Corpse, Text, and World in Southwest China” (U Chicago Press, 2017)
The Lòlop’ò of Southwest China’s Yunnan Province have a folktale in which they, Han Chinese, and Tibetans were given the technology of writing. The Han man was wealthy,…
Venezuela & Anthropology
Will Venezuela Recover? As Venezuela holds elections on 20 May 2018, questions of “Will Venezuela recover?” or “Will Venezuela collapse?” arise. When seen in a regional context…
#Review: Working the System
Working the System is a great book. It holds the promise of its subtitle and offers a deep ‘political ethnography of the new Angola’. Through rich ethnographic snippets…
TFS in Thai: เรียนมานุษยวิทยาไปทำไม?: ประสบการณ์ของสองนักศึกษาปริญญาเอก มหาวิทยาลัยแห่งชาติออสเตรเลีย (What is Anthropology: The reflexive experiences of two PhD students from ANU)
A few times a year, The Familiar Strange will bring you bonus episodes in languages other than English. In today’s episode, Poonnatree (Golf) Jiaviriyaboonya, lecturer in anthropology at…
New Book Chapter On Mediated Experience Of The Uprisings
This just in: I have a new book chapter out on the Egyptian uprisings. The title is “Mediated Experience in the Egyptian Revolution” and it appears in Digital…
Buy Books Not Bombs
Buy books at your local bookshop (UK) Ask for Pantomime Terror by John Hutnyk. Zero Books, 2014 ISBN-10: 1782792090 Ask for The Rumour of Calcutta by John Hutnyk. Zed books/Uni Chicago Press, 1996 ISB…
“Linnaeus in Sápmi: Generating Knowledge in Transit”
The Anthropology Research Team is very happy to welcome you all at the Arctic Centre for a joint presentation by Professor Elena Isayev and Professor Staffan Müller-Wille, both…
New publication: A Village Goes Mobile
Tenhunen, Sirpa 2018. A Village Goes Mobile: Telephony, Mediation, and Social Change in Rural India. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780190630270. In A Village Goes Mobile: Telephony, Mediation and…
Der inspizierte Muslim
Buch zur Politisierung der Islamforschung in Europa Herausgeberin: Prof. Dr. Schirin Amir-Moazami Der Sammelband widmet sich der Beobachtung, Beforschung und Vermessung von Muslimen. Wer wird als M…
Michael Ramirez, “Destined for Greatness: Passions, Dreams, and Aspirations in a College Music Town” (Rutgers UP, 2018)
The pursuit of a musical career crosses the mind of most children. But, for most, a vocation is nothing more than a farfetched fantasy that will never come…
Links & Contents I Liked 282
Hi all, Welcome to this week’s link review! Development news: Crack-down on war-zone child abuse; MSF & #AidToo; how can aid sector communicate ethical dilemmas? AI hacks humanitarian…
Maya Milpa Workshop at OSU’s Waterman Farm
Last Friday and Saturday, we hosted a workshop that invited students, faculty, and staff from Ohio State (as well as new friends from Kenyon College) to learn about…