who is fighting?
Zeph’s pop culture quiz #62 In the spectacles of a gentleman—who is sporting a quite ↵distinctive tie knot, by the way—two people fighting are reflected. Who are they?…
Ep. #33: Getting ready for the field: Themed panel with Dr Siobhan McDonnell
This month on TFS, we bring you a special themed panel with Dr Siobhan McDonnell about getting ready to go to the field. Siobhan is a legal anthropologist…
When cross-cultural comparisons fall flat
At a recent meeting with a client, the team and I were discussing observations from the interviews we had been … More
It’s True: We’re Probably All a Little Irish–Especially in the Caribbean
Everyone is supposedly a little Irish on St. Patrick’s Day but there is more truth to this saying than most recognize. It’s not merely a loophole allowing for…
Being At Home in a Hateful World
In the age of social media it has not only become more normal to demonize people who are “different,” but to cage and kill them as well. Through…
Battle Rock the First Colonization on the Southern Oregon Coast
In July 1851, Captain William Tichenor decided to begin his project to colonize and claim the Port Orford area. He envisioned that the establishment of a town at…
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Remembering the Woman Who Was My Second Mother in Cuba
Caro in the terrace of her house in Havana, 2001. Ruth Behar When my cellphone rang on the morning of December 12, 2018, and I saw the call…
The Message(s) In the Bottle (or Keg)
Amy Trubek with Elisa Ascione and Manuel Barbato Why am I in Umbria spending time with craft brewers and tasting beers such as an American Red Ale and…
Utslipp i norske byer
I dag streiker tusenvis av barn og unge for klimaet i byer over hele verden. Derfor er det gledelig å se at utslippene av klimagasser i norske byer…
Nervous Talk and Magic
AUTO-PAGE-TITLE “I get nervoz a lot.” Shkurta tells me, looking out the window onto the snowy farmyard. I had meant to start small talk by asking her how…
„Freiheit als doppelseitige Klinge“? Eine Kritik der taiwanesischen Beobachtung zum Studieren an deutschen Universitäten
Alles in und aus Deutschland ist bekanntlich anderswo in der Welt sehr geschätzt. Zu diesem Phänomen kommen manchmal jedoch einige Reflexionen vor. Vor kurzem hat ein aus einem…
Travle arbeidsreiser, ei ordreise og merkeleg nok litt tortur
Ordet travel vart nytta 698 gonger i norske aviser i desember månad, og då med ein klår topp juleveka.[i] Ein svensk kjenning elskar ordet, reknar det som særnorsk…
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Hi all, There has been a lot of terrible news since last week’s review and luckily things have been a bit quieter in #globaldev-but there is lots of…
Filmmaking as a way to document illness: The Good Breast and Unrest. by Cinzia Greco
We know that illness can be narrated but can it be shown? Feminist artists have been amongst the first to show the sick female body. Jo Spence used…
Claire Pamment, “Comic Performance in Pakistan: The Bhānd” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017)
Claire Pamment’s book Comic Performance in Pakistan: The Bhānd (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017) is a fantastic new book centered on the Punjabi folk art of the Bhānd, or comic…
Links & Contents I Liked 316
Hi all, There has been a lot of terrible news since last week’s review and luckily things have been a bit quieter in #globaldev-but there is lots of…
Claire Pamment, “Comic Performance in Pakistan: The Bhānd” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017)
Claire Pamment’s book Comic Performance in Pakistan: The Bhānd (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017) is a fantastic new book centered on the Punjabi folk art of the Bhānd, or comic…
White Saviours – Do They Really Matter?
by Anne-Meike Fechter Not least since the novelist Teju Cole launched a trenchant critique of what he called the ‘white saviour industrial complex’ and the periodically reigniting debates of…
Anthropology, Interrupted: Thank you, Vine Deloria
I was first introduced to anthropology at community college. It was…eye opening. Anthropology challenged the insufficient, limited political and historical education I’d received up through high…
2019 APLA Book Prize
The Association for Political and Legal Anthropology (APLA) is pleased to invite nominations for the 2019 APLA Book Prize competition. The association will recognize work that best exemplifies creativ…
Admissions Fraud and the SAT: Hidden Implications
As you are well aware, there is a huge college admissions scandal that has been brought to life. Forbes calls it “The Worst Crime In College Admissions History…
Collaboration and boundary-making in the Blue Pacific
Edvard* has been kept quite busy here in Bergen since the start of the new year, but when the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) and its ocean…
Why I teach about Female Genital Cutting (FGC) in First-Year Anthropology
Content Warning: The following post discusses the importance of acknowledging one’s own bias and avoiding judgment of cultural practices. It also explores the importance of concepts such as…