A Belated Homecoming for Missing U.S. Marines
[no-caption] David Williams/SAPIENS Growing up, writer Clay Bonnyman Evans had heard all sorts of stories about his mother’s father, 1st Lt. Alexander Bonnyman Jr. Evans’ grandfathe…
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Race Reconciled – Review by Jason Antrosio
Bloggers Rhiannon Mosher and Jennifer Long wanted to point readers to an important blog post on Living Anthropologically called “Race is not an accurate or productive way to describe…
Race Reconciled – Review by Jason Antrosio
Bloggers Rhiannon Mosher and Jennifer Long wanted to point readers to an important blog post on Living Anthropologically called “Race is not an accurate or productive way to describe…
Thesis Review and Interview: Tacos, Gumbo, and Work
Photograph: Fernando Lopez Please note: As Associate Editor, I am soliciting reviews of recent dissertations in the Anthropology of Food. So if you have written a recent thesis or…
The roots of modern Europe’s links to classical antiquity through the Arabs
Jairus Banaji has posted a beautiful memoir in Facebook showing the linguistic and practical history of Arab mediation between the ancient Greeks and 13th century Venice with reference…
The roots of modern Europe’s links to classical antiquity via the Arabs
Jairus Banaji has posted a beautiful memoir in Facebook showing the linguistic and practical history of Arab mediation between he ancient Greeks and 13th century Venice with reference…
Video: Islam – Part III of #FutureCentralAsia
In this panel, the three discussants, Till Mostowlansky (Hong Kong), Aksana Ismailbekova (Halle) and Eva-Marie Dubuisson (New York) are discussing the following three books: Julie Billaud. 2015. Kab…
December 6, 1986 & 2017; The Resilience of Violence, 2.0
Updated from a 2015 post: 28 years ago today; I was pregnant, happy, optimistic for my child, who was being born into a world that had just breached…
December 6, 1986 & 2017; The Resilience of Violence, 2.0
Updated from a 2015 post: 28 years ago today; I was pregnant, happy, optimistic for my child, who was being born into a world that had just breached…
Are Religious People More Moral?
While religious practices might remind participants of specific moral codes, they do not make followers more moral, overall, than unbelievers. Dimitris Xygalatas This article was original…
Anthrocasts: Who’s talking, who’s listening?
For anthropologists, who labor in a discipline obscure enough that even most educated lay-people have no idea what it is, podcasting offers a new and powerful way to…
Trump’s cuts to national monuments are an assault on our humanity – fight them
Reducing Utah’s national monuments is not simply about economics, archeology, ecology or grazing. The degradation of our public lands is a degradation of our humanity Monday, 4 December,…
Trump’s cuts to national monuments are an assault on our humanity – fight them
Reducing Utah’s national monuments is not simply about economics, archeology, ecology or grazing. The degradation of our public lands is a degradation of our humanity Monday, 4 December,…
Video: Nation – Part II of #FutureCentralAsia
In this panel, the three discussants, Jeanne Feaux de la Croix, Mateusz Laszczkowski, and Julie McBrien are discussing the following three books: Tim Epkenhans. 2016. The origins of…
Oral Histories of Native Experiences at Yahaats Sub-Agency
Yachats, today, is a tourist area on the Oregon Coast. The area is known for its amazingly beautiful coastline, for sea lions, and whale watching and weekend vacationing.…
James F. Brooks, “Mesa of Sorrows: A History of the Awat’ovi Massacre” (W.W. Norton and Co., 2016)
James F. Brooks, UC Santa Barbara Professor of History and Anthropology and the William S. Vaughn Visiting Fellow at Vanderbilt University’s Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities,…
¡Un Saludo! Voice, Memory, and Migration in Cumbia Sonidera, A Conversation & Listening
If you’re in New York, join me for a conversation and listening with Jace Clayton (DJ /rupture) and Alejandro Aviles (Sonido Kumbala) at Union Docs, a non-profit Center…
Mattering Anthropology, Anthropology Matters
By Emma Louise Backe Anthropology Matters! was the exhortation of the 116th American Anthropological Association Annual meeting this year in Washington, D.C. The frenetic energy of the 115th…
Video: Ordering – Part I of #FutureCentralAsia
In this panel, the three discussants, Madeleine Reeves (Manchester / Konstanz), Tim Epkenhans (Freiburg) and Timothy Nunan (Berlin) are discussing the following three books: Judith Beyer. 2016. The…
Lake by Muchaparara Musemwa
Introduction Urban man-made bodies of water such as lakes can be sources of aesthetic beauty and leisure and can boost a city’s economy and tourism industry. They satisfy…
anthro in the news 12/4/17
Goldfish Glitter Goldfish Glitter goodbye to glitter CNN and several media covered a proposed ban on glitter in the U.K. Most glitters are microplastics, known as hazardous to…
Collaboration between Academics and Industry: Canhoto and Quinton
Are you an academic looking for ways to collaborate with industry stakeholders (or vice versa)? Check out a (relatively…) recent blog post on LSE Impact Blog detailing Ana…
Collaboration between Academics and Industry: Canhoto and Quinton
Are you an academic looking for ways to collaborate with industry stakeholders (or vice versa)? Check out a (relatively…) recent blog post on LSE Impact Blog detailing Ana…
Bryan D. Lowe, “Ritualized Writing: Buddhist Practice and Scriptural Cultures in Ancient Japan” (U of Hawaii Press, 2017)
In his recent monograph, Ritualized Writing: Buddhist Practice and Scriptural Cultures in Ancient Japan (University of Hawaii Press, 2017), Bryan D. Lowe examines eighth-century Japanese practices tha… Visit…