Ongoing Chinook Territorial and Recognition Claims, Pt. 1
The Chinook Nation is still seeking recognition in 2018, despite having one of the oldest and longest relationships with the United States of any tribe on the West…
Digitale Anthropologie
Dieser Text wurde 2017 für den Blog der Universität Wien geschrieben; für eine überarbeitete und erweiterte Version des Textes siehe Budka, P. 2019. Von der Cyber Anthropologie zur…
Methodists in Oregon
Reverend Jason Lee established the first Methodist Mission near Champoeg in 1835. By 1839 the mission had been damaged by flood waters and Lee established another farm and school…
Steve Stewart-Williams, “The Ape That Understood the Universe: How Mind and Culture Evolve” (Cambridge UP, 2018)
In this episode, cross-posted from from the podcast Psychologists Off The Clock, Dr. Yael Schonbrun takes a dive into evolutionary psychology with professor and author, Dr. Steve Stewart-Williams.…
Till Mostowlansky, “Azan on the Moon: Entangling Modernity Along Tajikistan’s Pamir Highway” (U Pittsburgh Press, 2017)
In eastern Tajikistan, the Trans-Pamir Highway flows through the mountains creating a lunar-like landscape. In his latest work, Azan on the Moon: Entangling Modernity Along Tajikistan’s Pamir Hi……
Till Mostowlansky, “Azan on the Moon: Entangling Modernity Along Tajikistan’s Pamir Highway” (U Pittsburgh Press, 2017)
In eastern Tajikistan, the Trans-Pamir Highway flows through the mountains creating a lunar-like landscape. In his latest work, Azan on the Moon: Entangling Modernity Along Tajikistan’s Pamir Hi……
Steve Stewart-Williams, “The Ape That Understood the Universe: How Mind and Culture Evolve” (Cambridge UP, 2018)
In this episode, cross-posted from from the podcast Psychologists Off The Clock, Dr. Yael Schonbrun takes a dive into evolutionary psychology with professor and author, Dr. Steve Stewart-Williams.…
Material Culture Journalism, 5
Material culture journalism, continued. Thanks to those who share stories… “Gritty’s Evolution from Googly-eyed Hockey Mascot to Meme to Leftist Avatar, Explained | On our burning hunger f…
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays from my partner and I!
How Health Systems Hurt Women. Review of Fistula Politics by Alison Heller, Rutgers University Press (2018).
Medical anthropology has come a long way from its initial focus on the interpretive dimensions of health and sickness. The Medical Anthropology series from Rutgers University Press provides…
Material Culture Journalism, 4
“Five Siblings Run the U.S.’s Only Baijiu Distillery in Their Mom’s Backyard” by Anne Ewbank in Atlas Obscura. (HT/TL) #foodways “Chanel Shoes, but no Salary: How One Woman…
End of 2018: A message from TFS
As 2018 draws to a close, this week on TFS we bring you a special ‘End of Year’ message from our own Ian Pollock, Julia Brown, Simon Theobald…
TGA’s 2018 Holiday Wishlist
Struggling with what to get friends or family members this holiday season? Don’t know what to ask for yourself (apart from a device that will help you get…
Review of 2018, Part 4 (October–December): Nationalism, Deglobalization, plus the US exit from Syria
OCTOBER Where US–Canada relations were concerned, as well as Trump’s trade strategy, NAFTA was the leading event opening the month of October. The US–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) On Monday,…
Intensity
It was my second night at the University Housing complex of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The metal frame and grid of the bed creaked so much it…
What FoodAnthropology Is Reading Now, December 22, 2018
David Beriss A brief digest of food and nutrition-related items that caught our attention recently. Got items you think we should include? Send links and brief descriptions to…
Review of 2018, Part 3 (July–September): The Trade War plus Cold War II
JULY June was a month so heavily saturated with key turning point events, that it seemed like the longest month of the year—but then July came. Already, on…
Review of 2018, Part 2 (April–June): Dealing in Danger and Diplomacy
APRIL The Trade War Begins? April continued many of the same themes from March, beginning with the apparent start of a trade war between China and the US…
Reviews for Material Vernaculars Titles
The Material Vernaculars book series, published by the Indiana University Press in partnership with the Mathers Museum of World Cultures, is maturing. Four titles have now appeared and…
Pantomime Terror
This book is about storytelling and music video – well, also politics and terror, performance and television. HUTNYK_PANTOMIME TERROR The book tunes into music in three acts. I…
Links & Contents I Liked 306
Christmas Tree in Milan, ItalySource: Wikipedia Hi all, I’m leaving some great readings here for the holidays. Aidnography will take a short break and I’ll be back with…
Einblicke: Einkaufen
In der Reihe „Einblicke“ werde ich immer wieder kurze Einblicke in mein empirisches Material gewähren, das ich in einem slowakischen Dorf gesammelt habe, über das Leben von älteren…
Don’t let agencies and influencers ru(i)n your development communication!
I didn’t want to end my 2018 blogging year with another critical post, but the two recent development communication fails from the Netherlands seem to warrant a response.…