Rihan Yeh on her new book, Passing
Interview by Héctor Beltrán Héctor Beltrán: In your book you conceptualize the hearsay public to provide a critique of liberal notions of publicity. Can you unpack how this relationship…
‘Antropologen kunnen bedrijven verder helpen waar anderen falen’
door Menno van den Bos Cultureel antropologen zijn wereldverbeteraars die je niet zult aantreffen in het bedrijfsleven. Zo, dat cliché is eruit. En nu over naar de realiteit:…
Living a good life through infrastructure. A Review of three recent monographs on Central Asia
This post belongs into a series of posts on the workshop “The Future of Central Asian Studies” organized by Prof. Dr. Judith Beyer and Prof. Dr. Madeleine Reeves…
Mechanismisches Denken. Rezension von Felix Bathon
,Mechanismen‘ stellen einen zentralen Topos wissenschaftstheoretischer Fragestellungen und Diskussionen der vergangenen Jahrzehnte dar. Von einem »mechanistic turn« ist die Rede (vgl. Ylikoski 2012: 2…
The Significance of Salmon River Encampment in 1875
In 1875, the United States Congress passed an act, March 3, 1875, to reduce the Coast Reservation. This act, terminated the Alsea Reservation, that section Continue reading
Enviro-mental-ism
Want Electric Ride.
anthropology professor Linda Spurlock helps bring names to victims in her down time
The bust in the foreground was then produced using modern forensic anthropology techniques in order to determine what the Egyptian mummified man’s face might have looked like when…
Southern Foodways Alliance 2018 Graduate Student Conference: Food Studies Across the Disciplines
Received from the Southern Foodways Alliance…this annual conference has proven to be very useful for graduate students with interests in food over the last few years. Oxford, Mississippi…
Links & Contents I Liked 273
Hi all, It was International Women’s Day yesterday and this week’s link review is to a substantial amount a reflection of that-celebrating female achievements, writers & researchers-but also…
The Exploitation of Tragedy
The death of an individual, especially if they are close at heart, can spark a wave of both anger and sadness simultaneously. However, nothing enrages me more than…
CFP for EASA2018 in Stockholm: Moving on: Food Futures and Reimagining Uncertainty
Does your research look at food practices, food supply chains, local cuisines or agriculture in a changing environment? Does your work draw broadly on the themes of temporality…
Claudio Sopranzetti, “Owners of the Map: Motorcycle Taxi Drivers, Mobility and Politics in Bangkok” (U California Press, 2017)
When the army brutally dispersed Red Shirts protestors in Bangkok’s busy commercial district in May 2010, motorcycle taxi drivers emerged as a key force, capable of playing cat-and-mouse…
New Paper! Financialization and the water-energy-food- climate nexus
I’m delighted to announce that my latest paper, co-authored with Nate Matthews, is now out in Geoforum. It is free via this link until April 28, or copy…
War Crimes, Mourning, and the Quest for Closure
“A double exposure including: a) current day scene From My Lai-Quang Ngai photo by Binh-Dang and b) American ‘Huey’ helicopters during My Lai Massacre on March 16,`968 in…
Coco: How Pixar uses Mexican culture to talk to kids about death
This past Friday night, my Disney-obsessed best friend dragged me to watch Coco with her at Harland Cinema. Okay, okay, you got me, she didn’t have to drag…
LCF Field School
This week, Dr. Lydia Light and I took graduate and undergraduate students to the Lemur Conservation Foundation in Myakka City, FL to learn how to do identify primates,…
How Do We View Death in Fiction?
The question of how death is handled and viewed in the horror industry popped into my head earlier this week as I eagerly awaited the release of The…
SAFN @ AAA’s: Sessions, Papers, Lightning Talks, Roundtables, Mentoring Events, Retrospectives, Posters!
It is time to plan for AAA 2018 in San Jose! The submission portal is open, and we encourage you to begin organizing panels. This year’s SAFN program…
The Weird, Wild World of Mortuary Customs
A couple of months ago, I attended the funeral of a friend. Howard was almost 90 years old when he died, and not only did he live longer…
Future Remains: a cabinet of curiosities for the Anthropocene (new book!)
Another great looking new book, from University of Chicago Press, with a slate of well regarded contributors. Future Remains: a cabinet of curiosities for the Anthropocene Edited by:…
Weeds, Herbicides, and Bodies: Emerging Entanglements in Toxic Agricultural Landscapes
By Tony VanWinkle, Sterling College § Dedicated to the memory of Jackie Dill. Pigweed. Photo by author. Shortly after the unexpected death of friend and mentor Jackie Dill, I…
Loss: The story of Dande and her hair
To Dande who was not given the chance to wear her afro after chemotherapy. I’m sitting in a cafe in Amsterdam on a Sunday afternoon. Slightly hung…
Verlust: Die Geschichte von Dande und ihren Haaren
Für Dande, der nicht die Möglichkeit gegeben war, ihren Afro nach der Chemo zu tragen. An einem Sonntagnachmittag sitze ich in einem Café in Amsterdam. Leicht verkatert…