Doing Anthropology in Troubled Times
We live in troubled times. In America, we have as president a dangerously unstable and profoundly ignorant man bent on undermining
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Speaking out loud and remaining invisible (or: is graffiti literature?)
[Update 16 April 2018: The complete, final version of the entire photo essay is now published and can be downloaded here: http://www.samuli-schielke.de/CityOfWalls_SamuliSchielke_in_EverydayAlexandria…
anthro in the news 11/27/17
Grassy Narrows, Ontario, 2006. Credit: Howl Arts Collective/Creative Commons a crime against humanity Scales of justice. Credit: Pixabay The Toronto Star published commentary co-authored by Stephen Be…
Opening books
Good to be on the same page as Steve Redhead. Thanks Tara Brabazon, from her book “The University of Google: Education in the (Post) Information Age” By Tara…
Inside the Grading Inferno
Like many teachers at this time of year, we are currently in the depths of what feels like ‘the Grading Inferno’ where there are many levels of punishment…
Multimodal Anthropology?
‘A vibrant mode of scholarship’ Practice-based research has emerged as a vibrant mode of scholarship at the intersection of scientific methodologies and aesthetic experience. While b…
Colonialism’s Orchestrated Disasters in Puerto Rico
“María, María, perdí la esperanza, María, María, perdí la esperanza.” I am reminded of these lyrics from the bomba group, Yuba Iré, when I see the pictures and…
Inside the Grading Inferno
Like many teachers at this time of year, we are currently in the depths of what feels like ‘the Grading Inferno’ where there are many levels of punishment…
Coming to Our Senses
In this Conversations episode of This Anthro Life, Adam Gamwell and Ryan Collins explore the subject of sensory ethnography – a focus in anthropology that tends to deemphasize…
A Bibliography on Demolition Waste and Deconstruction
By Susan Ross Construction, renovation, and demolition (CR&D) waste can represent from 30 to 50% of municipal solid waste (Yeheyis et al, 2013). Yet this area of discard…
Keyword: Deconstruction Waste (Building)
By Susan Ross Building deconstruction refers to the careful taking apart of a building to salvage its reusable materials and components. These are either stored on site for…
Chivalry Isn’t Dead…But it Should Be?
By Jonny Craig Let’s begin with a scenario: It’s the end of his lunch hour, and Gary from IT is walking the short distance back to his place…
A Year of Two Elections
Victor flew into the tackle, blocking the opponent’s shot at goal. Shouts of praise went up from the fans and substitutes standing on the touch-line. “Sawa Victor!” (“Nice…
Read-along-with-Anne: The Impossible 6
This is part of #theimpossible series The Impossible Will Take A Little While, Chapter 6, Howard Zinn on “The Optimism of Uncertainty” Somewhat ironically, I took a week off…
The Rumour of Calcutta
Reviews of a twenty year old book. Yup, Thanks heaps: Filed under: books, calcutta, tourism
Sirpa Tenhunen: Mobile Technology, mediation and social change in rural India
https://matskut.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/123456789/1106/Sirpa%20Tenhunen.mp3 If the lecture does not stream properly or you want to listen to it offline, download the audio file here. Drawing from…
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Hi all, After a lot of food for the body for most who celebrate Thanksgiving, here’s your weekly food for mind & soul ;)!Development news: Protracted conflict &…
Spreading Sacrifice Areas in Anthropology
By Alexander Dunlap Confronting a room of ‘Revolutionary Communists’ and Marxists about their desire for industrialism in 1980, Russell Means took the time to explain the uncomfortable reality…
Andreas Gehrlach, “Thieves: Stealing in Literature, Philosophy, and Myth” (Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 2016)
In his new book Thieves: Stealing in Literature, Philosophy, and Myth (Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 2016)—in German: Diebe: Die heimliche Aneignung als Ursprungserzahlung in Literatur, Philosophie und M… Visit…
Turkey.
Gah. Still. No. Change. >Subject: Call for solidarity for the academics for peace on trial Dear colleagues, Our colleagues in Turkey are facing incredible repression under a populist…
Sample Boilerplate Language for Ethnographic Ethics Proposals
Blogger Jennifer Long has been spending lots of time (too much time) writing ethics proposals these days. However, many university-related ethics boards have very useful tips, tricks and…
Book Review: Mafia Life: Love, Death and Money at the Heart of Organised Crime by Federico Varese
In Mafia Life: Love, Death and Money at the Heart of Organised Crime, Federico Varese journeys into the everyday lives of members of different mafia groups across the globe,…
Sample Boilerplate Language for Ethnographic Ethics Proposals
Blogger Jennifer Long has been spending lots of time (too much time) writing ethics proposals these days. However, many university-related ethics boards have very useful tips, tricks and…
What’s the difference between explorers, anthropologists and tourists?
Criticism of explorer Benedict Allen, rescued in Papua New Guinea, raises an important question: when is it legitimate to travel to remote communities? An anthropologist, an explorer and…