Should aid workers fly less? Yes, but it’s a bit more complicated
Over at From Poverty to Power my dear colleague Thea Hilhorst shared some reflections on why aid workers should fly less and how the industry needs to address…
Inhabiting Public Space: Guerrilla Music on YouTube
Este contenido está disponible en español aquí. *Many of the names and places mentioned below have been changed.* While the FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia or Revolutionary…
The University of Tartu, Appreciated
I recently spent an extended time in Tartu, Estonia. I had the wonderful opportunity to be a Fulbright Specialist visiting the Departments of: (1) Estonian and Comparative Folklore,…
What Can Fossils Tell Us about Early Human Diets?
We may never know the intricate details of early human diets—and sometimes, different lines of evidence can seem contradictory. Happy National Fossil Day! Fossils are among the most…
Spatenstich für den Neubau der Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaften der Goethe-Universität
Der Campus Westend der Goethe-Universität erhält einen Neubau, der den Umzug der letzten noch auf dem Campus Bockenheim verbliebenen geisteswissenschaftlichen Fächer auf den Hauptcampus ermöglicht. He…
#EASA2018 – The Other Protocols
The following words, as well as two other poems to be published on Allegra in the near future were written during three plenaries at the 15th EASA Biennal…
Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, “What Slaveholders Think: How Contemporary Perpetrators Rationalize what They Do” (Columbia UP, 2017)
According to the Walk Free Foundation, there are currently 46 million slaves in the world. Despite being against international law, slavery is not yet culturally condemned everywhere. Despite…
Religionswissenschaft und Ideologiekritik. Ein Gespräch aus der Zukunft
Heute bin ‘ich’ ein auktorialer Erzähler in einer Geschichte einer möglichen Zukunft, die ich erzählen möchte. Wie jeder Futurismus ist es eine noch fiktive Geschichte. Ich wähle dieses…
Most Initial Conversations Go Better Than People Think
We’re largely overestimating how much our feelings are on display to others — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Anthropology As Announcement: We Have a New One!
It’s been a busy start to the new (academic) year, despite the lack of actual visible activity on this blog, as we’ve had some behind-the-scenes action (which mean…
Anthropology As Announcement: We Have a New One!
It’s been a busy start to the new (academic) year, despite the lack of actual visible activity on this blog, as we’ve had some behind-the-scenes action (which mean…
In the Journals – September 2018, Part II by Livia Garofalo
And now for Part II for September. Enjoy! Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Mutable environments and permeable human bodies Margaret Lock Geologists have declared an epochal transition…
Jill Kelly, “To Swim with Crocodiles: Land, Violence, and Belonging in South Africa, 1800-1996” (Michigan State UP, 2018)
Today we talked with Jill Kelly about her new book To Swim with Crocodiles: Land, Violence, and Belonging in South Africa, 1800-1996 published by Michigan State University Press in 2018.…
#HAUTALK: The Tyranny of Structurelessness and No End in Sight
On June 11th 2018, David Graeber published an apology about the amount of time it took him to understand the extent of what was going wrong within HAU…
Who really needs a World Development Report?
The World Bank released its annual World Development Report (WDR) last Friday. The Changing Nature of Work has already triggered some negative feedback which contributes to an emerging…
Revisiting Geno-colonization: Senator Warren and “Native DNA”
I woke up this morning to the news that Senator Elizabeth Warren has released a DNA test “providing strong evidence” that she has a Native American ancestor 6-10…
White Patriarchy Gets a Pacifier
In the era of #MeToo, we need collective liberation, not the tears and tantrums of white male entitlement. In less than the time it takes you to read…
E-Seminar: The digital turn: New directions in media anthropology
Udupa, S., Costa, E., & Budka, P. (2018) The digital turn: New directions in media anthropology. Discussion Paper for the Follow-Up E-Seminar on the EASA Media Anthropology Network…
Hallie Wells comments on p. 99 of her dissertation
My dissertation examines how slam poets in Madagascar have forged a novel form of public discourse that emphasizes both freedom of speech and accountability for one’s speech. This…
What Jimmie got right… Anthropologists and Sverigedemokraterna
Steven Sampson: A few short weeks ago, nearly one out of six Swedish voters cast their vote for Sverigedemokraterna (SD), the party led by the young alumnus from…
Minnen av det förlorade och trösten i ting under palestinsk exil
Nina Gren: De flesta av oss har saker i sin ägo som påminnelse om någon vi har förlorat, som är sörjd och saknad. Jag har kökshanddukarna min mormor…
Cris Shore: “Every attempt to manage academia makes it worse”: Metricised Management, Peformativity and Perverse Incentives
https://matskut.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/123456789/1122/Cris%20Shore.mp3 Cris Shore (University of Auckland and Stockholm Centre for Organisational Research) gave …
David C. Posthumus, “All My Relatives: Exploring Lakota Ontology, Belief, and Ritual” (U Nebraska Press, 2018)
In All My Relatives: Exploring Lakota Ontology, Belief, and Ritual (University of Nebraska Press, 2018), David C. Posthumus, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Native American Studies at the Univ… Visit New…
Thesis Review and Interview: Deorukhe Women’s Agency in the Making of Bodies, Cuisine, and Culture in Maharashtra, India
Photograph: Gauri A. Pitale – Waterlogged rice fields of rural Konkan, Maharashtra Please note: As Associate Editor, I am soliciting reviews of recent dissertations in the Anthropology of Food….