David Flood takes the page 99 test
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…
Soziologiemagazin 2/2019 – Parallele Welten – ist erschienen
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…
Crafting a ‘critically-applied’ PrEP collaboration in Memphis by Matthew Thomann
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…
Hus och hem – eller hur hamnade en kristallkrona hemma hos mig
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…
jimi adams, “Gathering Social Network Data” (Sage, 2019)
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…
La’tiwi, Northern Molalla, Placenames and Housing notes
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…
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Programm des Institutskolloquiums
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“It’s a lot of sand”: An anthropological take on Trump’s Syrian withdrawal
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…
Charles Jencks und die postmoderne Architektur
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…
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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…
Erlebe Schottland!
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…
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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;…
C40: Inkluderende klimaomstilling en hovedsatsing i C40’s ‘Global Green New Deal’
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…
Social Media and Peacebuilding (Palgrave Encyclopedia of Global Security Studies)
Social Media and PeacebuildingThis is a short entry from the evolving Palgrave Encyclopedia of Global Security Studies. You can also download a pdf version or access the (gated)…
Valerie Olson, “Into the Extreme: U.S. Environmental Systems and Politics Beyond Earth” (U Minnesota Press, 2019)
Valerie Olson talks about why the idea of outer space as a “frontier” is giving way to one that frames it as a cosmic ecosystem. Olson is an…
Hongkong im Sommer 2019: Proteste und Plakatkunst
Während der Proteste in Hongkong im Sommer 2019 hat sich nicht nur eine spezielle Kommunikation über private Chatgruppen entwickelt, sondern auch eine besondere Art der Protestkunst. Die Plakate…
C40: Kan byene bli klimaledere når statene mislykkes?
De internasjonale klimaforhandlingene har gått i stå, og mange stater inkludert Norge er langt fra å realisere internasjonale forpliktelser og nasjonale målsettinger om reduksjon av klimagasser. Regje…
‘Friendnography’ and the ethical questions it raises
Dr. Cassie Smith-Christmas is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action Fellow at the National University of Ireland, Galway, where she is currently undertaking a project centred on the linguistic experiences…
Rita Kesselring, “Bodies of Truth: Law, Memory, and Emancipation in Post-Apartheid South Africa” (Stanford UP, 2017)
Rita Kesselring’s important book Bodies of Truth: Law, Memory, and Emancipation in Post-Apartheid South Africa (Stanford University Press, 2017) seeks to understand the embodied and everyday … Visit…
APLA Book Prize Winners!
The Association for Political and Legal Anthropology (APLA) is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Book Prize! After months of work, the APLA Book Prize committee…
Power in the Face of Indian Surrogacy by Emma Abell-Selby
Introduction Power is in the air we breathe, and no matter where we are there are always individuals with more power over others. In “An anthropology of structural…
Single Shot: Laying an Egg
“She likes it in here,” he said. “Sometimes I have to catch the eggs so they don’t roll onto the floor.”
Are These the World’s First Baby Bottles?
Made in the shape of animals, these baby bottles, found in Austria, were constructed during the Late Bronze Age. Enver-Hirsch/Wien Museum This article was originally published at The Conv…