Selbstoptimierung? Nein danke! Warum Perfektion langweilig ist
Neulich sass ich an der Aare, las ein Buch und schleckte ein Eis. Ich genoss die unbeschreibliche Leichtigkeit des ersten Sommertages – er schmeckte nach Brombeere und gesalzenem…
Life Lessons From Prince: Four Things I learned After Four Days at Paisley Park. Part 3
(photo credit 3. Embrace your weird. It’s what changes the world for the better. Prince was certainly not a human you would describe as “ordinary” or “mainstream” or…
Clifford Geertz: Ethnographer?
Why was Clifford Geertz such a popular anthropologist? Because he connected anthropology and the humanities? Because he was a great writer? One answer that often comes up is…
What EM Is Reading and Watching
Another set of thought-provoking readings and recommendations from frequent FoodAnthropology contributor Ellen Messer. Note that while many of these are inspired by items from the Financial Times, Dr….
Visual Anthropology Revisited, pt 1
We like to bring you some of our favorite conversations from our catalogue as we think about new ways to explore the topic. This week we’re bringing you…
Visual Anthropology Revisited, pt 1
We like to bring you some of our favorite conversations from our catalogue as we think about new ways to explore the topic. This week we’re bringing you…
Web Roundup: A Hack By Any Other Name by Emily Goldsher-Diamond
Hacking has been on our minds for months now, namely due to the American (and now French) presidential election. But hacking has been of interest to scholars for decades, and in…
What Religious Beliefs Reveal About Post-Truth Politics
As part of a traditional ritual, elderly Bidayuh practitioners invite the rice spirit and other spirits to participate in the festivities at the sangar, or bamboo altar. Liana…
Images Matter #ThinkingVisually
Though the visual is well established in areas of study like anthropology, many other social science disciplines have been slow to incorporate images into their research. Visual research…
In Memory of Manuel Noriega, Looking Back after 27 Years
With the passing of Manuel Noriega, I looked back 27 years to something I wrote for Excalibur, the York University newspaper. I was surprised to see how much…
Managing Hope after Affirmative Action
What “Diversity of Thought” Reveals About the Disappearing Corporate Ladder In 2013, Sheryl Sandberg took the media by storm with the publication of her book, Lean In:…
Visualising happiness #EmergingDigitalPractices
Most of us are seeking happiness. Now more than ever, happiness has became one of the most pursued goals, and not just on individual level. Governments and companies…
Minnesbilder
Ett intressant skede inom min praktiktid hittills var att få placera en del av K. Finska Hushållningssällskapets arkiv i nya, arkivgodkända kuvert. Själva processen var ju såklart inte…
What Is & What Ought To Be
“The modern collapse of “Reason” & “History” into all things European represented a failure of reason & history that required self-deception regarding Europe̵…
‘Endangerment, Biodiversity and Culture’ edited by Fernando Vidal and Nélia Dias
Fernando Vidal and Nélia Dias (Editors). Endangerment, Biodiversity and Culture. 264pp., 11 b/w illus., index. London: Routledge, 2016. $163 (hardback), $52.95 (paperback), $52.95 (eBook) In Endanger…
Social-Problem novels and The Three-Headed Dog
I was interviewed in an old pub in Stoke Newington next to a photo-plaque memorialising Writers and Reformers.* I suppose it was by chance, but maybe not. Campaigners…
Social-Problem novels and The Three-Headed Dog
I was interviewed in an old pub in Stoke Newington next to a photo-plaque memorialising Writers and Reformers.* I suppose it was by chance, but maybe not. Campaigners…
anthro in the news 5/29/17
Ready-to-drink food. Credit: soylent.com programmers hooked on Soylent Salon reported on the popularity of Soylent, a meal replacement powder, in California’s Silicon Valley. The article quotes Jan E…
Ramadan Kareem, my beloved Yemen
Dark clouds over Yemen By Marina de Regt. Last Saturday the holy Muslim month of Ramadan started. Ramadan, a month of fasting and feasting, a month of contemplation,…
Indigenous fire management
Indigenous knowledge and practices are increasingly recognized and incorporated by non-Indigenous governments, businesses, and others into their own projects. While these engagements may often take th…
Indigenous fire management
Indigenous knowledge and practices are increasingly recognized and incorporated by non-Indigenous governments, businesses, and others into their own projects. While these engagements may often take th…
English heritage trinkets
Apparently on sale at National Trust sites are mugs with this marking underneath. Thanks Katherine S for the pointer. My view is to welcome this as an historically…