Digital ethnography
Digital ethnography – a selection of resources e-Seminars of the EASA Media Anthropology Network: Facebook as research field and research platform: http://www.media-anthropology.net/file/esemin…
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Artificially Intelligent, Genuinely a Person
It’s difficult to overstate our society’s fascination with Artificial Intelligence (AI). From the millions of people who tuned in every week for the new HBO show WestWorld to…
How Hostels Have Turned Backpackers Into “Brokepackers”
Hostels used to be reliably inexpensive options for backpackers. That is no longer the case. Michelle Jones In May 2014, having recently completed my master’s degree in anthropology,…
Egypt as “Securocratic” State
There’s a new paper from Maha Abdelrahman of the University of Cambridge entitled “Policing neoliberalism in Egypt: the continuing rise of the ‘securocratic’ state.” Abdelrahman join…
Around the Web Digest- January 8
To start this post off, I want to remind readers of our Read-In on January 20, 2017 where we will read Michel Foucault’s lecture eleven of “Society Must…
What FoodAnthro is Reading, January 17 Edition
A brief digest of food and nutrition-related items that caught our attention recently. Do you have items you think we should include? Send links and brief descriptions to…
#REVIEW: PAPER TIGER: LAW, BUREAUCRACY AND THE DEVELOPMENTAL STATE IN HIMALAYAN INDIA
Nayanika Mathur’s Paper Tiger. Law, Bureaucracy and the Developmental State in Himalayan India is an ethnography of the everyday life of law and bureaucracy. It reveals the complexity of…
Teaching Martin Luther King in Hawai‘i
Every Spring I teach “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” in the class immediately following MLK day. Typically I focus on first and second year college students. I do…
Six Poems
A selection 1982-1999 Various places Refuge (Paresseux nerveux) A short history of knowledge Ishmael at the masthead (View from a balcony, Jamaica) One glad look Nuclear reaction i…
More maps!
Maps are a useful tool for helping us make sense of our world. For anthropologists, they are also useful tools for critically thinking about the kinds global-local social…
More maps!
Maps are a useful tool for helping us make sense of our world. For anthropologists, they are also useful tools for critically thinking about the kinds global-local social…
Six poems
A selection 1982-1999 Various places Refuge (Paresseux nerveux) A short history of knowledge Ishmael at the masthead (View from a balcony, Jamaica) One glad look Nuclear reaction i…
Antropologie in bedrijf
door Riks Noorman Recent werd ik geïnterviewd door de Telegraaf voor een stuk waarin antropologie, naast andere studies, werd afgeschilderd als een “opleiding tot hongerloon”. Met deze kwalificatie…
48 hours of digital detox: can you survive without your digital devices?
Why we can't generalize about social media Use of digital technology and social media varies. Despite popular assumptions about how new technologies and social media supposedly impact all…
“Notes on a Balinese Cockfight” and Donald Trump by Veronica Davidov
Shortly after the election, I taught “Notes on a Balinese Cockfight” to my Anthropological Theory class, as I always do, at that point in the semester. By then…
Article Alert! New writing in discard studies
New articles in discard studies, from December 2016 to January 2017.
Notes from the field: Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 27/11/16-17/12/16
Originally published on the University of Copenhagen’s Asian Dynamics Blog. by Magnus Marsden It seems like a long time since I bumped into two traders in their mid-forties…
Vacancy for Research Associate, AHRC Heritage Priority Area, UCL Institute of Archaeology
Postdoctoral Research Associate, AHRC Heritage Priority Area University College London – UCL Institute of Archaeology Salary: £34,056 to £41,163 per annum, inclusive of London Allowance Hours: F…
‘Stealing from earthquake victims’-a tale of laptops, overheads and journalism from Nepal
Representations of the aid industry in mainstream media and how journalism communicates development are a recurring theme in my work and on this blog. The current debate in…
‘Stealing from earthquake victims’-a tale of laptops, overheads and journalism from Nepal
Representations of the aid industry in mainstream media and how journalism communicates development are a recurring theme in my work and on this blog. The current debate in…
Happy New Year from Allegra!
After a well deserved break during the holiday season, Allegra is back and full of energy for yet another exciting year! We have lots of wonderful stuff –…
The Social Benefits of Dinner Parties
Large group meals that are sponsored and produced by specific individuals are a luxury—both in terms of the foods that are served in these settings and the event itself—but…
The Social Benefits of Dinner Parties
Large group meals that are sponsored and produced by specific individuals are a luxury—both in terms of the foods that are served in these settings and the event itself—but…
The Social Benefits of Dinner Parties
Large group meals that are sponsored and produced by specific individuals are a luxury—both in terms of the foods that are served in these settings and the event itself—but…