Category: English
Poems about Refugees
Adrie Kusserow is one of an increasing number of anthropologist-poets. Or maybe more anthropologist-poets are just willing to come out of hiding. Either way, I was delighted to…
Research Methods for Anthropological Studies of Food and Nutrition! New Book Discount!
Edited by two former SAFN presidents and containing articles by many SAFN members, the new three volume set “Research Methods for Anthropological Studies of Food and Nutrition” is…
The Dead Make an Appearance at the Family Reunion
The Malagasy people of Madagascar have built a way of life around death. They perform a ritual called a famadihana ceremony, also known as “the turning of the…
Black flags from Rome: Mafia and Isis, as before Mafia and Al Qaeda
Savage Minds welcomes guest blogger Stefano Portelli. Stefano is a cultural anthropologist with a doctorate in Urban Studies, his primary fieldsites are a barrio of Barcelona and the…
Falling in love with @MerriamWebster in the era of Trump (and his budget proposals)
I grew up with dictionaries. I have had my own dictionary for as long as I can remember. Even now, when I walk by one of those BIG…
Cremation Jewelry: Another Way of Remembering
When someone passes away, there is an impulse to find ways to remember the dead. Mourning jewelry is always a good choice: it contains some part of the dead’s…
U. Memphis Announces the ServiceMaster Design and Innovation Ethnography Fellowship
The University of Memphis (my graduate alma mater) is pleased to announce a new fellowship program for prospective MA students in applied anthropology who are seeking to work…
Budgeting Social Darwinism
There has been much chatter about President Trump’s proposed “America First” budget as well as the roll out of Trumpcare
Budgeting Social Darwinism
There has been much chatter about President Trump’s proposed “America First” budget as well as the roll out of Trumpcare
Budgeting Social Darwinism
There has been much chatter about President Trump’s proposed “America First” budget as well as the roll out of Trumpcare
Budgeting Social Darwinism
There has been much chatter about President Trump’s proposed “America First” budget as well as the roll out of Trumpcare
Special Friday Edition: The Dutch Election, Domino Effects and Wilders’ Patriotic Spring
Both contributing bloggers on this website completed their PhD research in the Netherlands. Why? We were drawn to understand the influence of nationalistic Dutch politicians on the everyday…
Special Friday Edition: The Dutch Election, Domino Effects and Wilders’ Patriotic Spring
Both contributing bloggers on this website completed their PhD research in the Netherlands. Why? We were drawn to understand the influence of nationalistic Dutch politicians on the everyday…
Links & Contents I Liked 224
Hi all, I’ll keep it short and simple as I’m more than ready to leave the office this Friday afternoon…enjoy your readings!Development news: Humanitarian Dating; breaking the hunger…
Links & Contents I Liked 224
Hi all, I’ll keep it short and simple as I’m more than ready to leave the office this Friday afternoon…enjoy your readings!Development news: Humanitarian Dating; breaking the hunger…
Locking Up Families Is Inhumane—and Unconstitutional
Existing family detention centers can hold more than 2,000 mothers and children. In the current anti-immigration climate, the number of families detained will likely increase exponentially. E…
CFP: Toxic legacies, global pollutants (June 2017, Durham University)
Contributions are invited from anthropology, history, and the critical humanities that engage with the legacy of Eurasian and other toxicologies to reflect on the continuing polyvalence of poison…
We are all Helen Zille. Or, why the West thinks that colonialism was not all bad
Check out my latest piece in Africa Is A Country on South African prominent white politician Helen Zille’s tweets in defence of colonialism. I talk about southern African…
Joan Maya Mazelis, “Surviving Poverty: Creating Sustainable Ties among the Poor” (NYU Press, 2017)
A number of recent events (the Great Recession, Occupy Wall Street, the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign) have brought inequality and poverty into national conversation. In an age of…
Liz Conor, “Skin Deep: Settler Impressions of Aboriginal Women (UWA Publishing, 2016)
In an activist application of her scholarly discipline, Dr Liz Conor’s Skin Deep: Settler Impressions of Aboriginal Women (UWA Publishing, 2016) acknowledges its dual potential to disturb and…
Open Access and Anthro in Community Colleges: HELLZ YES.
I was originally going to title this post #OA & @SACC : HELLZ YES, but I was afraid that would be too hard to understand. But what isn’t…