No insides on the outsides
“The main goal and mission of a content moderator is to clean up the dirt.” — unnamed content moderator in The Cleaners (00:06:20). All systems must rid themselves…
Ashanté M. Reese, “Black Food Geographies: Race, Self-Reliance, and Food Access in Washington, D.C.” (UNC Press, 2019)
Black Food Geographies: Race, Self-Reliance, and Food Access in Washington, D.C. (University of North Carolina Press, 2019), by Ashanté M. Reese, examines the ways in which residents of…
International Conference on Innovations in the Social Sciences and Humanities at Ton Duc Thang University October 4-5, 2019
International Conference at Ton Duc Thang University October 4-5, 2019 Innovations in the Social Sciences and Humanities Innovations are the key. In method and analysis, in the ways…
In University Restructures, is Trauma too Strong a Word?
I would argue that the unhappy academics were creating and adding to what I described in my thesis as affective swirls of discontent, and that they were doing…
Marx in Calcutta, 2018, CITY, Vol 22 (4); 490-509.
Marx in CalcuttaCITY2018 Just click on the page to read the whole thing.
„Volk“ und Ironie. Mit ständiger Rücksicht auf den Rechtspopulismus
Populismus und ironische Kommunikation erscheinen zunächst als unvereinbar. Der Appell ans Volk scheut gewöhnlich die Ironie, die als arrogant und elitär gilt. Was hat es zu bedeuten, wenn…
About anthropology and climate change
This is a conversation between Thomas Hylland Eriksen and Dasa Licen, published in Eurozine, about public anthropology and how it can connect to the climate crisis. Thanks, Dasa!…
Jadavpur University and the pecuniary investment jealousy rag (need some infrastructure surely).
I don’t have cause to say so often enough, but I consider Jadavpur a second alma mater for me (just as second breakfast is the most important meal…
What is science in Social Science and what has the history of Philosophy had to say about it?
What is science in Social Science and what has the history of Philosophy had to say about it? Well, so glad you asked – I can talk for…
In the Journals, September 2019 by Todd Ebling
Below you may find this month’s “In the Journals” updates. American Anthropologist Toward an Integrated Anthropology of Infant SleepHelen L. Bell, Cecilia Tomori & James J. …
Brand love or emotional relationships with brands
In the world of customer engagement, it is common to hear that companies want to transform their brands into “Love Brands”. A Love Brand is a brand that…
Amazing triple set of resources on Indigenous waters: from Standing Rock to Australia (book + 2 special issues)
There are three recent (and really good) resources that have come out on Indigenous waters in the past several weeks: a book and two special issues, each below…
Call for Workshop contributions “Gender in Polar Research: Gendered field work conditions, epistemologies and legacies”
A two-day workshop in the framework of Arctic Science Summit Week 2020, Akureyri, Iceland, 29-30(TBC) March 2020 funded by IASC – the International Arctic Science Committee The IASC…
Antropología del paisaje: o porque hablamos del tiempo en el ascensor.
“Ningen” es el equivalente en japonés de “ser humano”, e incluye al varón y la mujer, la especie humana. Esta palabra se compone de “nin”, que significa “ser…
Links & Contents I Liked 338
Hi all, Today is #climatestrike day-so enjoy new #globaldev readings & a fresh book review over the weekend! My quotes of the weekEveryone who lived on the hardest-hit…
Klasseromsdebatt – om å ruste elevar til demokratisk deltaking
I dei nye læreplanane for grunnskulen og vidaregåande opplæring vert «Demokrati og medborgarskap» eitt av tre tverrfaglege tema. Som ein del av norskfaget sitt bidrag må sjangeren klasseromsdebatt…
Syndemics: Considerations for Interdisciplinary Research by Rosalynn Vega
In this short piece, I explore how medical anthropology could be deployed through interdisciplinary collaborations in a way that is both theoretically rich and poised to positively impact…
The business of changing the world (book review)
It may be a bit unusual to start my book review with a link to another review, but it was Duncan Green who sparked my interest in The…
Should the Story of Homo’s Dispersal Out of Africa Be Rewritten?
Researchers excavate in Jordan’s Zarqa Valley. Fabio Parenti Giancarlo Scardia was in Jordan in 2013 as the Syrian Civil War ground on. He recalls seeing refugees gathered in…
The Verbal Art of Kichwa Reclamation
Ecuador’s Indigenous languages are varied and contested. What can poetry and curing chants tell us about the experience of language change and the people working to reclaim them?…
Rapping in Sakha
In Yakutsk, hip hop can be poetic, nostalgic, and even subversive. What can this inventive genre say about language relocalization and maintenance? A crowd gathers at Muus Khaia…
The Joy of Dialects
What a froggy mystery in Papua New Guinea can teach us about the pleasure and power of language diversity. Polopuak—frog. Since 2010, I have been working with Kala…
Going Native…In Other Words
The “Going Native” cartoon for this issue of Anthropology News was an exercise in celebration of the International Year of Indigenous Languages, personal discovery, and reverse linguistic imperialism…
Language Lessons
A documentary film shows the challenges faced by Soli children as they learn in a language that is not their own. But does the future have to be…