
How Culture Shapes Perceptions of Miscarriage
Miscarriage memorials come in a variety of public and private forms, depending on personal beliefs and cultural norms. Susie Kilshaw Charlotte’s* tattoo, a black etching of a feather,…
Miscarriage memorials come in a variety of public and private forms, depending on personal beliefs and cultural norms. Susie Kilshaw Charlotte’s* tattoo, a black etching of a feather,…
Scientific American identifies its 9 million strong readership as educated and affluent adults. The magazine is #1 when reaching “tech-thusiasts” who they define as individuals who own and u…
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(This guest post by Nina Brown, Thomas McIlwraith, and Laura Tubelle de González announces the launch of what I believe is the first open access textbook for an introduction to cultural…
Schneegebirge, Urwälder, buddhistische Siedlungen – seit den 1930er Jahren ist das fernöstliche Utopia Shangri-La Traumreiseziel von Europäern. Viele glauben an die Existenz des Paradies-gleichen Shan…
Very happy to have a new article out in the Journal of the Southwest and in a special double issue honouring the work of Helen Ingram. Full table…
Reunión de la Asociación Canadiense de Antropología 2017 en conjunción con el Congreso de la Unión Internacional de Antropología 2017 en Ottawa, Canadá. Foto G.V.C. “Para nada” Recientemente,…
David Beriss What is it we fear most in our food supply in the post-industrial West? Food shortages? Industrialized food? Genetic manipulation? Ecological disaster? Globalized food systems? The…
Most animals would never need braces even if they could get them. Monica y Garza/Flickr This article was originally published at Aeon and has been republished under Creative…
In my last post I argued that rather than choosing between overly narrow (“closed”) or overly broad (“open”) definitions of ethnographic film, it would be better to follow…
“A pigeon trap”. By Provincial Archives of Alberta. (No restrictions, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44059615) Epigenetics, developmental biology, and feminist science and…
The Republican controlled US Senate just voted to proceed to debate Trumpcare—a major step in the repeal and/or replacement
The Republican controlled US Senate just voted to proceed to debate Trumpcare—a major step in the repeal and/or replacement
The Republican controlled US Senate just voted to proceed to debate Trumpcare—a major step in the repeal and/or replacement
Marsha MacDowell and Kurt Dewhurst kindly shared these photographs of work baskets in Zanzibar. The images were taken while they were visiting Tanzania as part of a large…
In 2004, during the Orange Revolution in Ukraine, Adriana Helbig saw African musicians rapping in Ukrainian and wearing embroidered Ukrainian ethnic costumes. Her curiosity about how these musicians…
Wer Lust auf das Abenteuer hat, einen 2.000 m hohen Gipfel mit senkrechten, nackten Felswänden zu besteigen, den wird der Berg Huashan华山 nicht enttäuschen. Wegen der einzigartigen Landschaft voll…
Landfill or Foreign Donation? More than five decades have passed since I entered graduate school at Cornell University to pursue a doctorate in anthropology. During my long career…
Wuhan, die Hauptstadt der geschichtsträchtigen Provinz Hubei, überrascht mit vielen Widersprüchen: Aufgrund der extrem hohen Temperaturen im Sommer bekannt als einer der Glutöfen Chinas, präsentieren …
During the midwife-hosted antenatal class Cath attended in a private hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, where she would eventually give birth, pregnant women were encouraged to name…
University of Wisconsin students protesting Trump’s presidency and proposed policies. Credit: The Badger Herald/Google Images Commons. run for it: anthropologists in politics The Huffington Pos…