Anthropologists everywhere! Filming heavy metal with Sam Dunn
The first time I met Sam Dunn was in the smoking room (when those still existed) of a dive-y bar that my cohort of Dalhousie MA students used…
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Archaeology and blockchain: a social science data revolution?
Blockchain technology is revolutionising financial systems. Could it do the same for archaeological data? This month the world’s first “archaeology coin” launched to fanfare from a small community;…
Review: The Anthropology of Corporate Social Responsibility
By Deniz Seebacher **Originally published on Anthropology Matters, 17(2)** Corporations, an omnipresent form of organisation in today’s society, are increasingly called to participate in tackling envi…
For a true war on waste, the fashion industry must spend more on research
These are admirable initiatives, but they only reduce wastage or delay garments from ending up in landfill. They do not address the fact that the scale of fast…
A fear that never ends #fieldnotes
I started my own journey in the Brazilian northeast, on the plane from Rio de Janeiro to Fortaleza, Ceará, with a dream. After wandering around the airport, hot…
“How Can Canadian Universities Meet International Students’ Food Needs?” by Erika Stewin
ERIKA STEWIN, MA Email; estewin@uoguelph.ca Link to thesis; https://atrium.lib.uoguelph.ca/xmlui/handle/10214/6640 What do international students eat when they come to study at Canadian universities? …
The Automation and Privatization of Community Knowledge
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about community, who we are as a community, what keeps us connected and together, and how community knowledge is stored and distributed.…
The Automation and Privatization of Community Knowledge
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about community, who we are as a community, what keeps us connected and together, and how community knowledge is stored and distributed.…
Humanitarismen som global ideologi
Skrevet av Kristoffer Gaarder Dannevig Én rådende global ideologi? En drøfting av Didier Fassins Humanitarian Reason Sosialantropologi handler ofte om … More
Reading #Maria through a #globaldev lens
At the end of August I started curating interesting resources that linked hurricane Harvey to broader questions of international development and humanitarian issues (Reading #Harvey through a #globald…
Preface to the Coming World Crisis
Trump’s election has accelerated talk on the left of the end of (neo-) liberalism and the rise of fascism in the West. The prospects for world war seem…
On My Shelf: Patterns of Culture
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On the Brink Podcast: Featuring This Anthro Life
Although TAL is just now getting back into the recording studio, you can catch up with Adam Gamwell and Ryan Collins on the latest episode, Episode 28, of…
W. Lloyd Warner, A Black Civilization
Although perhaps best known in the social sciences for his Yankee City series of books, W. Lloyd Warner’s first ethnography was his still-impressive A Black Civilization: A Social…
Another re-launch…
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” (Samuel Beckett, Worstward Ho) It has been almost two years since STUAnthroBlog was last functioning regularly.…
Deterritorializing Chinatown in Digital Tokyo
Editors’ Note: This article is part of the series Digital Anthropologies in East Asia. [pquote]The growth in digital forms of sociality and their intersection with new mobilities has ensured…
People, Places and Change
Exhibition – Research in the Arctic Dr. Anna Stammler-Gossmann, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Finland October 3 –19, 2017. Kopio Gallery, Faculty of Art and Design, University of…
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Hi all, Before I’m heading to Pretoria for a week to participate in the kick-off workshop of the new Swedish-South African University Network, I’m sharing my regular Friday…
#Humanitarianism(s) in socialist Red Cross societies
The international Red Cross family built up a network of humanitarian aiders that one cannot pass over when thinking about 20th century humanitarianism. This article will cover a…
Soe Lin Aung: Three theses on the crisis in Rakhine
By now, the main contours of the recent events in Rakhine State, in western Myanmar, are well-known. On August 25, an insurgent group calling itself the Arakan Rohingya…