Is inequality within countries getting better or worse?
In a recent Twitter post, Max Roser of Our World In Data claimed that the narrative about rising inequality within countries is incorrect. Inequality has been falling…
Upon This Break, I Build My House
[pquote]There is a way that we exist among ourselves, nestled securely into our knowing, oyster knives in hand. [/pquote]I have a quite uncomfortable visceral reaction when I am…
„ETHNOLOGIE HILFT, GESELLSCHAFTLICHE PROZESSE BESSER ZU VERSTEHEN UND ZU HINTERFRAGEN“
NAME: Betel Johannes STUDIENFÄCHER: Kulturanthropologie im Hauptfach, Ethnologie im Nebenfach (Abschluss: Bachelor) BERUF: (Team-)Assistentin in einer Unternehmensberatung ____________________________…
Role-playing urgency: bridging climate change knowledge and action?
Image: Adam Fleischmann “What does it mean to know climate change?” ask Henderson and Long in a 2015 piece for this site’s Anthropologies #21. Researchers on science education,…
TFS in Bahasa Indonesia: Arkeologi Praktis di Kalimantan
“Penelitian arkeologi bukan penelitian tunggal. Penelitian arkeologi harus ditunjang oleh penelitian disiplin ilmu yang terkait seperti antropologi, bahasa, seni, geografi, biologi, geologi, dan sebag…
To Jared From Uncle Paul, the Anthropologist
Dear Jared, So, it’s been some time since I last wrote you. You’re a busy and important person, so maybe you don’t remember that we may be related. …
Agnieszka Pasieka: Who is afraid of fascists? The Polish independence march and the rise of the (far?) right
“Polish leaders marched with the far right” was perhaps the most common description of the massive demonstration that took place in Warsaw on National Independence Day, 11 November.…
What Makes a Refugee Vulnerable?
A Somali father and his daughter waited to register at the Dagahaley refugee camp in Kenya in 2011, when drought and discord forced some 130,000 people to flee…
The power of God. A lecture
Update: the long written version is now online: Samuli Schielke. 2019. “The power of God: Four proposals for an anthropological engagement.” ZMO Programmatic Texts, vol. 13. Social scientists…
The power of God. A lecture
Update: the long written version is now online: Samuli Schielke. 2019. “The power of God: Four proposals for an anthropological engagement.” ZMO Programmatic Texts, vol. 13. Social scientists…
Rosa now more than ever
Rosa now more than ever Or why Rosa is someone who should be read at this point in time. To be a student of Rosa Luxemburg today is assisted hugely by the…
North Sentinel Island and the Right to Be Left Alone
North Sentinel Island Vivaswa/Shutterstock This article originally appeared on The Conversation and has been republished under Creative Commons. John Allen Chau knew he might die. The 26-year-old U.S…
The Meanings and Limits of “Local Water” in Los Angeles
By Sayd Randle, University of Southern California § In the fall of 2014, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti held a press conference in front of the L.A. Department of…
Feature Essay: The Case of Brexit, Expertise and Linguaphobia: Cosmopolitanism, Language and the Politics of Value by Sarah Burton
In this feature essay, The Case of Brexit, Expertise and Linguaphobia: Cosmopolitanism, Language and the Politics of Value, Sarah Burton argues that the heightened expression of antipathy towards lang…
ETHNOLOGEN. AUßENANSICHT
„Die dritte Kategorie, die Usko tagtäglich begegnete, bestand aus lange und gut ausgebildeten Humanisten, die ausschließlich Tätigkeiten in ihrem eigenen Fachbereich akzeptierten. Handelte es si…
Getting Into Grad School
This might seem like an odd post because it is only tangentially related to Egypt. But it is based on lessons learned while I was the director of…
Religion und (alternative) Ernäherung: Vom ‚Kohlrabi-Apostel‘ zum ‚Bionade-Biedermeier‘
REMID interviewt Jörg Albrecht vom Graduiertenkolleg “Religiöser Nonkonformismus und kulturelle Dynamik” (Leipzig, vgl. “In Sekten”? Religiöser Nonkonformismus als Auslöser kultureller Dynamik – aktu…
Weaving Social Fabric: The Craft of African Fashion
Welcome to CultureMade: Heritage Enterprise in a World on the Move , an audio collaboration from the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the American Anthropological Association and This Anthro Life…
Weaving Social Fabric: The Craft of African Fashion
Welcome to CultureMade: Heritage Enterprise in a World on the Move , an audio collaboration from the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the American Anthropological Association and This Anthro Life…
Risk is Your Business: Citizen Science after Fukushima by Maxime Polleri
I began to sweat profusely when my Geiger counter registered a radiation level of 13 microsieverts per hour—a number that indicated a high level of radioactivity. Worried, I glanced…
Reflections on Anthropology and Human Rights
Members of the AAA’s Members’ Programmatic, Advisory, and Advocacy Committee (MPAAC) reflect on the relationship between anthropology and human rights in honor of Human Rights Day and the…
Urban Future Global Conference til Oslo neste år
22. – 24. mai neste år går Urban Future-konferansen av stabelen i Oslo. Vi ved NIBR og OsloMet vil delta med flere forskere i denne stormønstringen – der 3…
John Postill on his new book, The Rise of Nerd Politics
Interview by Angela VandenBroek https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/R/bo27407562.html Angela VandenBroek: The Rise of Nerd Politics is a captivating description and analysis o…
New Position: Chair in Art Gallery and Museum Studies, University of Manchester
Chair in Art Gallery and Museum Studies University of Manchester Closing Date: 15/01/2019 www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/displayjob.aspx?jobid=16503 The School of Arts, Languages and Cultures at the Univer…