Neanderthal Bones: Signs of Their Sex Lives
In a cave tucked into the limestone hills of the Asturias region of Spain, there lie the remains of a group of 13 Neanderthals that date to between…
Where Have All the Comparisons Gone?
Reflections by Rob Borofsky, Laura Nader, Matt Candea, and Jonathan Friedman This blog was originally published in the field sights section of the Society for Cultural Anthropology’s…
Fachschaften als studentische Gewerkschaften: Ist studentische Partizipation überhaupt noch wichtig? — Leonard Mach
Anlässlich des diesjährigen Studentischen Soziologiekonkgress in Bochum stellen wir uns die Frage, wer eigentlich hinter den markanten Vortragstiteln steckt. Wie kamen die Vortragenden zu ihren Themen…
Doctor Andrew Graan featured on the BBC World Service documentary series ‘Detours’
University lecturer Andrew Graan was featured on a BBC documentary series ‘Detours’ in their episode on fake news. The episode “Doctor Fake News” dives into the fake news…
Review: Reconstructing Obesity
Megan B. McCullough and Jessica A. Hardin, eds. Reconstructing obesity: the meaning of Measures and the Measure of Meanings. Berghahn. New York, 2015. ISBN: 978-1-78533-028-5. 245 pp. Richard…
William Suárez-Gómez and Ismael García-Colón: Puerto Rico: Resistance in the world’s oldest colony
In July 2019, Puerto Rico was in turmoil. An organic movement asking for the resignation of Governor Ricardo Rosselló emerged throughout this US colonial territory. After 12 days…
“At Home and Abroad: Reflections on Collaborative Museum Ethnography at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures”
I am happy to note the publication of a paper in Museum Anthropology reporting on, and considering, the work of two collaborative projects of the Mathers Museum of…
RE: Email in the Field
How can anthropologists engage with email in organisational ethnography? This blog explores email as a ritualised practice that draws attention to both its performativity and boundary-making work.
RE: Email in the Field
How can anthropologists engage with email in organisational ethnography? This blog explores email as a ritualised practice that draws attention to both its performativity and boundary-making work.
#Review: Queer Festivals
Konstantinos Eleftheriadis’s Queer Festivals: Challenging Collective Identities in a Transnational Europe is a much needed and welcome addition to a small but growing body of critical literature…
„Anything goes“. Paul Feyerabend und die etwas andere Postmoderne
Der Wissenschaftsphilosoph Paul Feyerabend hat 1975 den westlichen „Rationalismus“ einer ätzenden Kritik unterzogen und die Grenze zwischen Wissenschaft und Mythos niedergerissen. Sein „Anything goes“…
Special Issue: “Religious Dynamics in Post-Revolutionary Egypt”
The social science journal Social Compass released a special issue in French and English on “Religious dynamics in post-revolutionary Egypt” (or “Dynamiques religieuses dans l’Égypte…
Do You Dream What I Dream?
Anthropologist Roger Lohmann sees a ghost in a dream while working in Papua New Guinea. Even though he knows it’s just a dream, he’s scared long after he…
Two Schools at Grand Ronde Indian Reservation, 1863
There are a few reports that open the windows wide to a vision of the reservation, its changes, its struggles, and its peoples. In the 1863 Grand Ronde…
The Sargassum Question
Close-up of sargasso, Puerto Morelos, 2019. Photo by the author. Sitting in her office, I could smell the sharp scent of hydrogen sulfide coming from the beach. She…
Rapport fra Middelhavet: Boligkonferanse i Athen
av Evelyn Dyb og Susanne Søholt, forskere ved NIBR, OsloMet Årets europeisk boligkonferanse (ENHR 2019, 27.-30. august 2019) ble holdt i et land der begrepet «Troikaen» inngår i…
Things That Are Not Alive, but Which May Be Alive in a Certain Way: An Interdisciplinary Essay on a Relational Theory of Life
By Meredith Root-Bernstein, AgroParisTech, INRA § This blog post is adapted from a paper given at “Anthropology Off Earth,” Collège de France and l’Observatoire de Paris, 4-5 June…
Cóc Linh Tuệ Giác
Cỏc Linh Tuệ Giác = something like the image of the Holy Toad in culture and history. Going to read this cultural history next and was super proud…
Cymene Howe and Dominic Boyer, “Wind and Power in the Anthropocene” (Duke UP, 2019)
This is the third of three interviews with Cymene Howe and Dominic Boyer about their duo-graph, Wind and Power in the Anthropocene. Also listen to my individual interviews…
Dos veces víctimas: mujeres negras agredidas no se les reconoce como víctimas
Mujeres activistas, incluida la autora (derecha), marchan en contra de la violencia de género y feminicidios en Lima, Perú, en noviembre de 2016. Fotoholica Press/Getty Images Clara* colg…
PrEP at the Margins: Towards a Critically Applied Anthropology of Nordic PrEP Access by Tony Joakim Sandset
In the spirit of this series on a ‘critically applied’ approach to PrEP, this piece shows how thinking with the concept of marginality can contribute to an analysis…
Ny blogg om feltforskning i byen med størst ulikhet i verden
Time om Sør-Afrika. Kilde: Unequalscenes.com Jeg skrev nylig i bladet Forskerforum, at det er nesten ingen norske antropologer igjen som blogger. Et unntak er Oda Eiken Maraire. Hun…
New PhD Position at the University of Kiel in Human Reindeer Interactions
The University of Kiel, Germany announces a PhD Position “Human-reindeer interactions in contemporary and ancient Siberian communities” in the fields of Cultural Anthropology, Zooarchaeology, Archaeo…
Ny blogg om feltforskning i byen med størst ulikhet i verden
Time om Sør-Afrika. Kilde: Unequalscenes.com Jeg skrev nylig i bladet Forskerforum, at det er nesten ingen norske antropologer igjen som blogger. Et unntak er Oda Eiken Maraire. Hun…