America’s water whiplash
This was originally published on the NYU Press Blog From the Square. Jerry Brown must sometimes wonder why he isn’t called the water governor. In the 1970s he…
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LAVC Anthropology Day Diversity Wall 2017: “Name Your Culture, Name The Issue”
Written by Alfonso DiLuca, Vice-President Los Angeles Valley College Anthropological Society In science, perhaps more than in any other discipline, humans rest on prior experiences to advance a…
The Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatter Syllabus, Week 31: Adia Benton on Public Health, Ebola and Black Lives on Both Sides of the Atlantic
The editors of Anthropoliteia are happy to continue an ongoing series The Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatterSyllabus Project, which will mobilize anthropological work as a pedagogical exercise addressin…
On the Craft of Writing w/ Dr. Anita Hannig
How do academics write for a variety of audiences? Is routine a necessary part of creating? How many times will Ryan mention Stephen King? In this episode of…
On the Craft of Writing w/ Dr. Anita Hannig
How do academics write for a variety of audiences? Is routine a necessary part of creating? How many times will Ryan mention Stephen King? In this episode of…
“What is it we are trying to sustain?” – Working towards understanding the ‘Pluriverse’
– Picture courtesy of VisitSanJuan.com Dr. Sara Friend University of St. Andrews Nootsack, a place truly set apart from the world I had known. As an island off…
Cultural appropriation: Against inspiration?
This blog post comes from a debate organised by the University of Manchester Anthropology undergraduate society. The title of the debate was “This house believes cultural inspiration is…
In Memory of Gill Conquest
In Memory of Gill Conquest It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Gill Conquest on May 5, 2017. Gill was an exceptional researcher and…
Student inferiority and superiority
I was struck today by something Harry Brighouse remarked at Crooked Timber (drawing on his own graduation remarks): An eminent professor at a well-known university on the East Coast…
Gina Athena Ulysse
Gina Athena Ulysse is a Haitian born poet-scholar living out the tension between artist and social scientist. She is currently professor of anthropology at Wesleyan University. Her work…
The Revolutionary Power of Andean Folk Tales
Andean folktales—such as those recounting deals made with merpeople in watery underworlds—are not as innocuous as one might think. James Brunker/Magical Andes Photography In the 1700s, an…
anthropology students’ work comes to life with the many stories of main street
Central Hotel, Brower Post Card Collection, W&L Special Collections Families and people of all ages are encouraged to take part in “The Many Stories of Main Street,” an…
Good Food Talk Webinars
Every now and then we run across resources for researchers and activists interested in food systems that may be of interest to our readers. We recently received notice…
Commentary: The Environmental Anthropology of Settler Colonialism, Part II
By Clint Carroll, University of Colorado Boulder § Settler colonial studies offers a set of analytical tools that can help make sense of environmental practices and politics—and their resulting effect…
Death in Mazar-I Sharif
by Magnus Marsden The brutal killing of up to 140 Afghan Army soldiers on April 22nd at an army base located near the city of Mazar-i Sharif in…
In Memory of Gill Conquest
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Gill Conquest on May 5, 2017. Gill was an exceptional student and an exceptional person. Her interests…
Precarious publishing in Latin America
If you find yourself in a big Latin American city like Buenos Aires, Mexico City, or São Paulo, chances are it won’t be long before you come across…
Bronislaw Malinowski: Don’t Let The Cosplay Fool You
If there’s one picture that epitomizes White Guys Doing Research, it’s this one: The canonical author of the canonical book, naked black people, white guy in white clothes being…
Graduation as seen by faculty
Last Friday, as my last work event at Whittier College (since my postdoc contract is finishing up), I went to graduation. A few observations on graduation as seen from the…
James Lee Burke with French Quarter scam: Sex work in fiction
In today’s shrill anti-trafficking culture any differences in forms of facilitating prostitution/ sex work are practically erased. I’m not talking about whether anything is fair or gender-…
Jeanette Jouili, “Pious Practice and Secular Constraints: Women in the Islamic Revival in Europe” (Stanford UP, 2016)
Jeanette Jouili‘s fascinating new book Pious Practice and Secular Constraints: Women in the Islamic Revival in Europe (Stanford University Press, 2015) navigates practices and challenges of livi… Visit…
‘Local Knowledge, Global Stage’ edited by Darnell and Gleach
Regna Darnell and Frederic W. Gleach (Editors). Local Knowledge, Global Stage. Histories of Anthropology Annual Series 10. 354pp., 25 illus. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2016. $40…
anthro in the news 5/15/17
credit: GaryckArntzen/Google Images Commons French election and refugees An article in The Huffington Post by two anthropologists says that the French election is good news for refugees: “Macron’s…
Criminalization and violence in natural resource conflicts in Guatemala
Elisabet Dueholm Rasch, Wageningen University and Research July 4, 2012 (Santa Cruz el Quiché). The CPK (K’iche Peoples Council) is attacked by armed individuals during a peaceful manifestation,…