The Tragedy of the Tragedy of the commons
A Twitter essay by Matto Mildenberger (@mmildenberger) Something I’ve been meaning to say about The Tragedy of the Commons. Bear with me for a small thread on…
Susan Brownell, “The Anthropology of Sport: Bodies, Borders, Biopolitics” (U California Press, 2018)
As my first guest, I’d would like to introduce Susan Brownell, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Missouri – St Louis, one of the authors of The…
Chika Watanabe, “Becoming One: Religion, Development, and Environmentalism in a Japanese NGO in Myanmar” (U Hawaii Press, 2019)
Chika Watanabe’s Becoming One: Religion, Development, and Environmentalism in a Japanese NGO in Myanmar (University of Hawaii Press, 2019) is a rich ethnographic study of the work of…
Byøkologisk bolig- og byutvikling
Gjesteinnlegg av Mari Løken. Hun leverte nylig sin masteroppgave i samfunnsgeografi «‘De har jo krevd sin plass og tatt den’ – En studie av byøkologisk bolig- og byutvikling…
Chief Eagle Horse Baritone Singer from Alaska
Charlie Cutter, a student of Chemawa Indian school from about 1898 to 1902 was a noted baritone singer. Cutter was born in Shaken Alaska in1880 and had a…
A Grammar of Perseverance
Reflections on Race, Poverty and Violence in Orange, New Jersey It’s a muggy mid-June Saturday afternoon. A large inflatable moonwalk occupies the asphalt, and kids line up for…
I did it for the data
As an ethnographer of porn, I entered the field with some hard limits and never crossed them. I never ended up doing anything I regretted, but the pressure…
Sympathie und Spott: Reaktionen auf Chinas neue Namensrichtlinie
Seit der wirtschaftlichen Öffnung des Landes war es chic, Produkten und Orten ausländisch klingende Namen zu geben. Damit soll jetzt Schluss sein, denn Präsident Xi Jinping fordert eine…
Geschichtengläubigkeit. Was Literatur zum Storytelling zu sagen hat
Der “Fall Relotius” wird gerade zu den Akten gelegt. Die Diskussion um das Storytelling im Journalismus ist aber noch nicht abgeschlossen. Und wo findet man den besten Kommentar…
Kein guter Werkstein: Hans Kollhoff und der Antisemitismus
In Berlin trägt sich gerade ein Architekturstreit zu. Der ist interessant, weil sich hier Architektur und Literatur treffen. Dazu kommt ein bedeutsamer Name. Beginnen wir mit der Literatur.…
John Wacheno on Fishing Rights and Land Inheritance, 1931
In 1931, John Wacheno of Grand Ronde tesified before a subcommittee from the Committee of Indian Affairs at Chemawa Indian School in Salem, Oregon. The subcommittee is investigating…
Are Sierra Leone’s gangs a new phenomenon? by Kars de Bruijne
MOB – Members of Blood together with 103 a constituency number is an indication of the politics and gangs nexus – photo by the author One Friday afternoon,…
A Visit to the Damodar Kund
Recently, a friend and devotee I’ve been blessed to know for a while now was finally able to make his yatra (pilgrimage) to the Damodar Kund. For those…
Encounters with Lunar Dust
From Neil Armstrong’s footprints to future missions to Mars, contamination fears and policies lie at the heart of our cosmic explorations. The stiff, gray cardboard box sat calmly…
Religion and politics in the US: How the Christian Right moves away from Jesus
Along with an anthropology degree, I also completed a degree in philosophy with a focus on philosophy of religion. My primary interests in that are theodicies (excuses for…
When Women Take Up Space Not Built for Them
It is not enough to be intentional and intersectional in research settings. We must rework the spaces of the academy and knowledge production to better acknowledge and suit…
Moon Monogamy 3: Participant Observation, Session 1
[This is the third installment of Moon Monogamy (And Other Things That Are Bound to Go Wrong) by Savannah Mandel. The previous installments are here and here.] As you…
From Mexico to the Moon
Five stories about Mexican entanglements with outer space. Paloma Romano Andrade, La alegoría mexicana en el cosmos. Winner of first place in the “juvenile” category of the Third…
The Moon as Metaphor in Migration Research
Chinese migrants are influential players in the Made in Italy fashion sector. They are also perceived as unfamiliar and alien, inauthentic producers of uniquely “Italian” merchandise. I figure…
I 2019 er blogging ikke like lett som i 2004
Det er 15 år siden jeg kjøpte domenet antropologi.info og startet å blogge om sosialantropologi. I begynnelsen var nettstedet ikke mye mer enn et nyhetsklipp. Jeg postet lenker…
I 2019 er blogging ikke like lett som i 2004
Det er 15 år siden jeg kjøpte domenet antropologi.info og startet å blogge om sosialantropologi. I begynnelsen var nettstedet ikke mye mer enn et nyhetsklipp. Jeg postet lenker…
I 2019 er blogging ikke like lett som i 2004
Det er 15 år siden jeg kjøpte domenet antropologi.info og startet å blogge om sosialantropologi. I begynnelsen var nettstedet ikke mye mer enn et nyhetsklipp. Jeg postet lenker…
‘Writing the Past’ by Gavin Lucas
Gavin Lucas. Writing the Past: Knowledge and Literary Production in Archaeology. 188 pp., 1 b/w illus., 8 tables, bibl., index. London: Routledge, 2018. $39.95 (paper), $150 (hardback), eBook…
What’s in a name? Diagnostic uncertainty and moral experience in a mental hospital in the Tanga region of Tanzania
Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Florin Cristea “What’s in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet” William…