Paying back or paying forward: What does it mean to give?
I was lucky to have Mexican friends to put me up, ferry me around, shower me with food and attention, without asking for a thing in return. It…
„Urheimat” der Chinesen. Die Sprachwissenschaft und die Suche nach „Wurzeln“
Nicht nur mit Blick auf die europäische Vorgeschichte zeigt sich, dass genetische und sprachwissenschaftliche Methoden immer enger zusammenwachsen. Und auch bei der Suche nach der „Urheimat“ der Chine…
Vitamins For Face Rejuvenation
Hyaluronic acid, collagen, vitamins, plants and mineral salts: discover how to choose supplements for the skin according to the needs of your skin. Supplements have been very popular…
Web Roundup: Abortion Bans, Heartbeat Bills, and the Future of Roe v. Wade by Whitney Arey
A year ago, I wrote about changes in abortion access globally, as countries like Ireland and Argentina were on a path to decriminalizing access to abortion services. While…
Goose Lessons
What can an anthropologist (who specializes in humans) learn from an unlikely species (like a goose)? Plenty, it turns out. My husband and I went goose-banding the other day,…
Google’s Empire: The Science Fiction of Power
“For as long as I can remember, I always wanted to make a film about libraries,” explains Ben Lewis, the director of Google and the World Brain (2013).…
Africa Today: The Legacies of Colonialism, by Henrietta Ezegbe
I960 often referred to as “The year of Africa” symbolized emancipation and a new dawn for the African continent. The Independence movement spread through the continent like wild…
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A young woman too shy to look at the camera at Nova Canaã shelter in Boa Vista, Brazil. (UNHCR/Genesis Andreina Lemus Guacaran) Hi all, I hope the latest…
Links & Contents I Liked 331
A young woman too shy to look at the camera at Nova Canaã shelter in Boa Vista, Brazil. (UNHCR/Genesis Andreina Lemus Guacaran) Hi all, I hope the latest…
Jeremy F. Walton, “Muslim Civil Society and the Politics of Religious Freedom in Turkey” (Oxford UP, 2017)
The social history of Turkey across the twentieth century has produced a tension between state governance and religion. This history informs and shapes modern subjects as they try…
Jeremy F. Walton, “Muslim Civil Society and the Politics of Religious Freedom in Turkey” (Oxford UP, 2017)
The social history of Turkey across the twentieth century has produced a tension between state governance and religion. This history informs and shapes modern subjects as they try…
Alltagsbalkondesign
Welch einfache Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten es doch gibt: Der zweckmoderne Balkon bekommt eine Gitterstruktur, die ein wenig an Sprossenfenster und somit an einen anderen Stil erinnert und die rote Farbe…
In the Journals, June 2019 by Raha Peyravi
Here are a selection of articles from June. The topics include issues of translation in social studies of medicine, access to health care, and many others. American Anthropologist…
What did you do in the war…
Just out in History and Anthropology. Not my usual kind of thing, but experiments that might lead to a new thing… The first fifty 35 people to email me can…
Global South Asia On Screen: India only edition.
Available from Aakar Books Here. Rest of the world here (bloomsbury paperback in November) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4826-8949
trinkets not covered for removal
I am booking a removals company to move some stuff and reading their contract. Only one of the following prohibited items applies to this blog, but this is…
Political and professional discourse, and the Overton window
Last night my friend and I were texting each other during the Democratic debate. He mentioned a concept I wasn’t … More
Suffering, Agency, and the Value of Early and Late Life by Iben Mundbjerg Gjødsbøl
‘Do no harm’ is the first principle in both research ethics and bioethics, conveying an inherent ambiguity in the biomedical imperative to create healthier and longer human lives.…
The Very Modern Problem of Human Slavery
More than 70 percent of enslaved people today are women and girls—such as this woman from Nepal, who was sold by her parents as a child. Jonas Gratzer/Getty…
Anti-Queer Violence, Bearing Witness, and Thinking with Algorithms on Social Media
(Nota: Esta publicación está disponible en español aquí.) In early June 2019, news began to break concerning the death of a Salvadoran transgender woman, Johana Medina León, of…
“Homework”: The highs and lows of anthropology at home
Anthrodendum welcomes guest blogger Chelsey Carter (Twitter @chelsitabonita7). She is an MPH/PhD candidate in Anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis (USA) with a graduate certificate in Wo…
Kva seier ungdomar i Meland om strilemålet?
Du har gjerne høyrt uttrykket “Den må du dra lenger ut på landet med”. Kva skjer med haldningar til strilemålet utanfor Bergen om me gjer nettopp det? Strilemålet…
„Deutsche Lebensverhältnisse“?
Zu den geplanten Verschärfungen im Staatsangehörigkeitsgesetz Autor*innen: Prof. Dr. Yasemin Karakaşoğlu und Prof. Dr. Paul Mecheril Im Bundestag sollen mehrere Änderungen im Staatsangehörigkeitsges…