In this feature essay, Timothy Carroll, David (Jeeva) Jeevendrampillai and Aaron Parkhurst introduce recent edited collection, The Material Culture of Failure: When Things Do Wrong (Bloomsbury, 2017),…
What makes a Buddhist monk? This is the motivating question for Thomas Borchert, Professor of Religion at the University of Vermont, as he explores the social and educational…
Wie gehen Menschen, wie gehen Wissenschaftler mit Ungewissheit und Nichtwissen um? Diese Frage steht im Fokus der neuen Ausgabe des Wissenschaftsmagazins Forschung Frankfurt mit dem Schwerpunktthema „…
© Mary Evans Picture Library / Alamy By Georgette Veerhuis It was around 10AM on Friday 19 January 2018 when Dolores suddenly rushed downstairs. ‘The Netherlands has gone…
Hi all, This is quite a substantial #globaldev review-and I wish there was more positive news to include. Saudi Arabia & UAE collaborate with Sudan on mercenaries for…
An abbreviated reprise of my UX Camp Chicago keynote, where I field questions from Lou Rosenfeld’s Advancing Research community about tackling interdisciplinary collaboration in a practical, empatheti…
Introduction: Image and Science in Early Ethnology During the second half of the nineteenth century, in German circles linked to anthropology, a movement of scientific systematization arose from…
Jonathan Bethard’s life is anything but dull. He analyzes human remains to determine people’s identities, understand their lifeways, and figure out how they died. And while his work…
Der Mitarbeiter eines Bundestagsabgeordneten der AfD wollte erreichen, dass eine Schulklasse die Teilnahme an einem rassismuskritischen Projekt der Ruhr-Universität Bochum absagt. RfM-Mitglied Prof. D…
In dem Artikel „Die letzten unkontaktierten Völker der Welt“ im Standard vom 29. 11. 2018 von Bianca Blei werden indigene Gesellschaften aus abgelegenen Gegenden in aller Welt in…
McKenzie Wark’s new book offers 21 focused studies of thinkers working in a wide range of fields who are worth your attention. The chapters of General Intellects: Twenty-One…
McKenzie Wark’s new book offers 21 focused studies of thinkers working in a wide range of fields who are worth your attention. The chapters of General Intellects: Twenty-One…
“There are Mexicans in Alaska?” This was the response Sara Komarnisky heard repeatedly when describing her research on three generations of transnational migrants who divide their time between…
“There are Mexicans in Alaska?” This was the response Sara Komarnisky heard repeatedly when describing her research on three generations of transnational migrants who divide their time between…
I don’t mean to make a scene, but please open your eyes and look around. There are complex scenes everywhere and we have all served witness to them.…
I don’t mean to make a scene, but please open your eyes and look around. There are complex scenes everywhere and we have all served witness to them.…
Das Institut für Kunstpädagogik der Goethe-Uni richtet am 6. Februar 2019 zum sechsten Mal BRIEFINGS aus. Die Kurzvorträge (à 10 Minuten) sollen Einblicke in aktuelle und innovative Forschungsprojekte…
Fossilized tooth crowns hold lots of information about past climates and life events. Tanya M. Smith This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been republished under Creative…
Der LOEWE-Schwerpunkt „Prähistorische Konfliktforschung – Burgen der Bronzezeit zwischen Taunus und Karpaten“ kann seine Arbeit ein weiteres Jahr fortsetzen. Das geistes- und sozialwissenschaftliche F…
Few who have visited India in the past two decades will have failed to noticed the sudden and spectacular urban transformation that has taken place in many of…
Few who have visited India in the past two decades will have failed to noticed the sudden and spectacular urban transformation that has taken place in many of…
Winner of the Middle East Studies Association’s 2018 Albert Hourani Book Award, Alireza Doostdar’s The Iranian Metaphysicals: Explorations in Science, Islam, and the Uncanny (Princeton University Pres… Visit…
Winner of the Middle East Studies Association’s 2018 Albert Hourani Book Award, Alireza Doostdar’s The Iranian Metaphysicals: Explorations in Science, Islam, and the Uncanny (Princeton University Pres… Visit…
Dear ICRC, Let’s start with the good news: Nas Daily’s video The Most Undiscovered Country (#undiscoveredcountry #ICRC #honor) has only been viewed about 2,600 times since it appeared…