Category: English
Remembering the Mexican Revolution with Aunt Julia
Growing up in Austin, Texas, Diez y Seis — Mexican Independence Day — always seemed to hold an official, albeit minor, status in the state capitol. This was…
Remembering the Mexican Revolution with Aunt Julia
Growing up in Austin, Texas, Diez y Seis — Mexican Independence Day — always seemed to hold an official, albeit minor, status in the state capitol. This was…
Great internet stuff: the not-so-weekly digest (#10)
Presenting another collection of most-highly-recommended articles, websites and ideas that shaped my thinking throughout the past few weeks. This week’s topics include design and user exp…
Great interview with Jay Murphy on Artaud’s Metamorphosis and more.
Read this super informative interview by clicking on the image below (but be sure to still buy the book as there is much more good stuff there) Filed…
How Vulnerable Are We to Collapse?
Research findings on three early Native American cultures from the southwestern United States show how each responded to environmental challenges in different ways that dramatically altered their…
Links & Contents I Liked 250
Hi all, Link review #250 should be an occasion to pause and reflect for a moment-just not this week which is far from over yet and it has…
A Letter from Colombia in the Aftermath of Charlottesville
By Angela J. Lederach and Jeffrey S. Yoder As we near the end of our stay in Montes de María, we wanted to send a final reflection. Over…
How the female Viking warrior was written out of history
What Bj 581, the ‘female Viking warrior’ tells us about assumed gender roles in archaeological inquiry In the 1880s Scandinavian archaeologists unearthed a grave containing all the implements…
What FoodAnthro is Reading Now, September 15, 2017
Jo Hunter-Adams A brief digest of food and nutrition-related items that caught our attention recently. Got items you think we should include? Send links and brief descriptions to dberiss@gmail.com or …
Why Vending Machines are Not Bodegas
Technology should be bringing communities together, not creating further divisions. — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
CFP: Food as a cultural heritage: challenges, processes and perspectives
A call for papers for an annual conference in France that may be of interest to our readers: Food as a cultural heritage: challenges, processes and perspectives Conference…
The Years That Ask Questions: Epistemologies of Liberation and the Post-Charlottesville Imperative
By Donna Auston Rutgers University White supremacy is deadly. A black sign emblazoned with four bleak words in white block script perched atop a protestor’s shoulder played a…
Peer Review Boycott: Say No to Political Censorship
By: Charlene Makley and Carole McGranahan Would you peer review manuscripts for a journal or press that politically censors its content? If your answer is no, then please…
Situating Knowledge
As an anthropologist working at the intersection of anthropology and development studies I sometimes undertake work for development organizations. The kind of work I do does not fall…
Solutionism – The Role of Technology in Solving SocioTechnical Problems
It all began, over a year ago (June 2016), with what author Ethan Zuckerman described as hate-linking. Through this practice, Zuckerman stumbled upon and read an article by…
Ulla Berg on her new book, Mobile Selves
CaMP Anthropology https://nyupress.org/books/9781479803460/ Interview by Ilana Gershon If you were in a long customs line, like the one in the complex and evocative vignette with which you ope…
Goat Rodeo vs. dumpster fire
One of the pleasures of American English is its gift for new and pungent metaphors. My new favorite: goat rodeo. I used it often while driving with my…
The Surreal World of Money
What’s your favorite coin? Is it a refined, delicate, and dignified Roosevelt dime? A useless but comfortingly familiar Lincoln penny? The ubiquitous Washington quarter? I prefer silver dollars,…