Note: A working-syllabus can be found below. Please add more recommendations in the comments. The lone-fieldworker model of research may still be the norm for anthropology in the…
[no-caption] Marcel Hirshegger/SAPIENS What is it about certain musical traditions that cause them to take root in communities far away from where they originated? Anthropologist Kristina…
By Hannah Eisler Burnett, University of Chicago § This is a photo essay about the way people cultivate visions of speculative territory and historical landscapes. But in southern…
In his new book, Broke and Patriotic: Why Poor Americans Love Their Country (Stanford University Press 2018), Professor Francesco Duina asks why impoverished Americans espouse such great and…
What happens when market-oriented policy reforms butt heads with a single-party state’s strictly maintained limits on political freedoms? That question sets the terms for Luxury and Rubble: C……
Gjesteinnlegg av Tore Johannesen, spesialrådgiver i NBBL (Norske Boligbyggelags Landsforbund) Ut fra et bærekraftperspektiv skal ikke bygninger nå rives, men heller bevares og ombygges. Da er det jo…
In Section 7 Omar is in search of his own existential place within the research: definitely not inside the Cheraton, maybe far from Mzungus for a while… a holiday…
It is a great moment for a great project. Some Shreds and Patches readers will remember when, in 2017, the Mathers Museum of World Cultures hosted the special…
“Hey Joe, instead of saying, No we can’t,” retorted Senator Kamala Harris to Vice-President Joe Biden. “Let’s say, Yes, we can.” With that single line, Harris resurrected an…
Jennifer Jo Thompson As always, food serves as an interdisciplinary site for investigating a wide range of urgent social issues. This year’s SAFN menu at the annual meeting…
My dissertation examines everyday interactions between two groups of white people in the US who to all appearances should get along but don’t, despite their sustained efforts towards…
Das Thema der Fake News hat Hochkonjunktur. Durch gezielte Desinformationen entwickeln Menschen ein verzerrtes Bild der Wirklichkeit. Die Folge ist, dass fehlinformierte Menschen oftmals schlechte Ent…
Encountering PrEP I became interested in PrEP as an object of anthropological research on the L train between 1st and 3rd Avenues in Manhattan. It was the summer…
I lördags inträffade något som jag aldrig trodde skulle hända – jag köpte en kristallkrona av äldre modell. Jag och min man bor i ett gammalt hus som…
What is social network data and what are the issues associated with collecting it? In his new book Gathering Social Network Data (Sage, 2019), jimi adams focuses on…
Phillip Drucker’s field notes from the 1920s and 30s had him questioning many Native people from the region, from Grand Ronde and Siletz. Many of these people were…
Programm des Institutskolloquiums
Programm des Institutskolloquiums
That Syria has “a lot of sand” is meant to stand in for its lack of value. As a place that is sandy, it is not worth US…
Vor wenigen Tagen starb der Architekturtheoretiker Charles Jencks, der 1977 der modernen Architektur den offiziellen Totenschein ausgestellt und die Rede von der „postmodernen Architektur“ begründet h…
WordPress started counting text downloads of articles in July this year. Interesting stat. So the books get quite a few 56 for Rumour of Calcutta 1996 26 for…
Eintauchen in Mystische Natur, pulsierende Städte und abenteuerliche Geschichte: Hier sind 3 Reiseideen um diese faszinierende Region zu erleben. Bei Schottland schlägt mein Herz höher, nebelverhangen…
Hi all, Busy week with a special section on the Nobel prize for Economics; #AidToo featuring Mercy Corps, Myanmar & WFP; childhood obesity; Bahamas; Haiti; Papua New Guinea;…
Om klimaendringene tas på alvor, må økonomien gjøres uavhengig av fossil energi. Det krever en enorm omstilling. Fordelene og ulempene ved en slik omstilling fordeles ulikt, blant annet…