Mike Mena on Batgirl (2000-2006)
The Silent Knight: Ideologies of Languagelessness in BATGIRL (2000-2006) by Mike Mena Why study comics? Simple: they reflect and refract ideologies present in everyday life. Comics are a…
The Silent Knight: Ideologies of Languagelessness in BATGIRL (2000-2006) by Mike Mena Why study comics? Simple: they reflect and refract ideologies present in everyday life. Comics are a…
This presentation introduces the framework and key themes of my dissertation, which explores the lives of Chinese tech workers in Silicon Valley through an anthropological and sociological lens.…
„Wem eine tüchtige Frau beschert ist, die ist viel edler als die köstlichsten Perlen“ (Sprüche 31,10) Die biblische Legitimierung des Frauenbildes in der Quiverfull-Bewegung aus Aussteiger:innen…
تلاقی میخاییل باختین و موریس مرلوپونتی: خوانش باختین همراه با مرلوپونتی من خود نمی‌‌توانم مؤلف ارزش خویشتن باشم، همان‌‌طور که نمی‌‌توانم با کشیدن موهایم خود را از زمین…
مقدمه: عصر سوم ژوییه‌ی امسال، که گرمای تابستانی پاریس به بالای سی‌درجه‌ی سانتی‌گراد رسیده بود، با آقای داریوش آشوری، در کافه‌‌ای به نام «سالوادور»، نزدیک خانه‌شان در «کریتی»…
Every two weeks I am going to feature one of the chapters of our Handbook on Humanitarianism and Inequality which was published in spring 2024. This week we…
In the Ecuadorian Amazon, an anthropologist explores how the Shuar people are betting on dragon fruit cultivation to reclaim economic autonomy and political sovereignty. This article was originally…
In a time of heightened threats to reproductive rights, a women’s health scholar and mother of two comes face to face with her uterus. ✽ I keep my…
In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Tazin Abdullah speaks with Dr. Gerald Roche, Associate Professor in the Department of Politics, Media, and Philosophy at La Trobe…
Eli Revelle Yano Wilson. 2024. Handcrafted Careers: Working the Artisan Economy of Craft Beer. University of California Press. 264 pp. ISBN: 9780520401563. Yingkun Hou (Southeast Missouri Stat…
The deadline to submit proposals to the best food studies conference in North America has been extended to January 31! You still have time to submit a proposal.…
A translator’s notes are refashioned into a poem calling for justice for Indigenous peoples in the Philippines displaced by a megadam. “Translation Notes” is part of the collection…
This AAAS webinar explored the impacts of research gaps in studying sex, and the implications for care delivery and population health.
https://www.dukeupress.edu/six-paintings-from-papunya Jennifer Biddle: As a way of beginning, could you briefly introduce yourselves, and what brought you together on this project. …
In a themed collection, poets trace contours of power to critique colonialism, environmental destruction, and social violence while transforming the landscape of possibilities. ✽ A detainee prays in…
Why some cities are more effective than others at reducing inequalities in the built environment. For the first time in history, most people live in cities. One in…
A heartbreaking account of grief, Black boyhood, and how we can support young people as they navigate loss. JahSun, a dependable, much-loved senior at Boys’ Prep was just…
I challenged myself to read 52 books in 2024: One book a week. In 2023 this led to a lot of reading at the end of the year…
For those interested in what linguistic anthropology can tell us about Trump and Trumpism, SLA digital media recommends: On Trump himself: Janet McIntosh and Norma Mendoza Denton’s excellent…
PHOTOBOOK, OUR CO-BLIND – A Visual Ethnography of the Visually Impaired Community in the Northern Philippines “OUR CO-BLIND -A Visual Ethnography of the Visually Impaired Community in the…
Cringe hat Konjunktur und ist mehr als Jugendslang. Ob in Comedy, Social Media oder Literatur – Cringe enthüllt die ambivalenten Grenzen zwischen Humor, Peinlichkeit und gesellschaftlichen Normen.
The Soviet documentary maker Roman Karmen at Điện Biên Phủ in 1954 From this English language Doco: His film on Vietnam here:
In August 2024 representatives from multiple online history projects, universities, and public history institutions met in London to discuss key topics in online knowledge mobilization. Over the next…
«Incluso el elemento folclórico aparentemente más trivial puede, al analizarlo, revelar conocimientos fascinantes sobre las personas y sus culturas» Alan Dundes. Folklorista.(Folklore Matters.) Por …