Kurzgeschichten
15.09.18. Es ist nachts um 4, ich bin aufgewacht und konnte nicht wieder einschlafen. Es ist wieder so warm geworden, dass ein Leintuch als Decke auch in der…
Palma Africana – Taussig
For my notebook on glossy anthropology, this incandescent page from Michael Taussig’s New 2018 book discusses a brochure promoting the devil’s own crop – (the world choking slowly…
David Douglas and the Sugar Pine
In October of 1826, David Douglas descends down the valley surrounding the Multnomah river (Willamette River) travelling in part through the forests on the fringe of the valley.…
Turning the page
This summer I started a new job. My former position, in museums and special collections, was grant funded. We worked that contract until the money was gone. And…
Twisted and Evil: Ableism in Star Wars
By Cindee Calton “Seriously, Star Wars? Again?” was the exact phrase that ran through my mind the first time Dryden Vos appeared on screen during my first viewing…
Surviving Climate Change in Italy
On a cold, wet afternoon in February 2014, Andrew Mathews stood on a mountain in Tuscany and looked out over the valley below. An environmental anthropologist and a…
Why growth can’t be green
Warnings about ecological breakdown have become ubiquitous. Over the past few years, major newspapers, including the Guardian and the New York Times, have carried alarming stories…
Links & Contents I Liked 292
Hi all, Development news: Thailand’s slave fishermen; UNEP boss’ problematic travel arrangements; UNSG talks about a complicated world; long-term benefits of cash transfers-it’s complicated; redefinin…
Die Hinterbühne der Care-Arbeit
Autorin: Prof. Dr. Helma Lutz Die Publikation widmet sich dem Spannungsverhältnis, in dem sich osteuropäische Migrantinnen befinden, die in Deutschland in der Pflege arbeiten. Sie bewegen sich zwisch…
Frihetens gudinna
Båten från Battery Park styr ut mot Frihetsgudinnan. Det är fuktigt. Bakom oss försvinner Manhattans skyline i dimman. Jag vänder blicken mot hamninloppet och spejar efter Frihetsgudinnan. Det…
Osagie Obasogie and Marcy Darnovsky’s Beyond Bioethics: Toward a New Biopolitics by Travis Chi Wing Lau
Beyond Bioethics: Toward a New Biopolitics Osagie K. Obasogie and Marcy Darnovsky (editors) University of California Press, 2018. 518 pages “The science will let loose its cascading interactions wit…
Tribes Made Conscious Decisions and Travel in Annual Circuits
In anthropology there is a term “Seasonal Round” that describes, or attempts to describe, the annual movement of the tribal peoples throughout their lands. This term is now…
The Double Lives of Chinese Foreign Correspondents
In 2015, I sat over coffee at a London cafe with a local correspondent of China Central Television (CCTV), the main state broadcaster. Over the preceding years, I…
Review: Egg (Object Lessons)
Egg (Object Lessons) Nicole Walker. London: Bloomsbury. 2017. 154 pp. ISBN 9781501322877 Leslie Carlin (University of Toronto) When my children were small and I kept frequent company with Mother…
Review: Hippie Food
Hippie Food: How Back to the Landers, Longhairs and Revolutionaries Changed the Way We Eat. Jonathan Kauffman. New York: William Morrow, 2018. ISBN 978-0062437303 Richard Zimmer (Sonoma State Univers…
Spurwechsel für abgelehnte Asylsuchende – warum und wie?
Die Nachwirkungen der umfangreichen Flüchtlingsbewegungen nach Deutschland 2015-2016 haben erneut zu einer intensiven Diskussion über die Vor- und Nachteile sogenannter „Spurwechsel“ geführt. Damit is…
Engaged Anthropology: Politics Beyond the Text. A Conversation with Stuart Kirsch
How can an anthropologist who teaches at a university work towards helping indigenous people in their efforts to make their lives better? Many turn to publishing as an…
Von Äffchen und weisen Sprüchen an Toilettenwänden
“And it Hurts, I can’t be what Everyone wants or what Anyone Needs. And it Hurts I can’t Be what I want or what I Need, Because I’m…
Prisoners of Love
Read the whole thing from Beyond Borders here: Prisoners of Love
Eduardo Viveiros de Castro: “I would like the Museu Nacional to remain as a ruin, a memory of the dead things.”
This week, a translation of an interview between anthropologist Eduardo Viveiros de Castro of the Museu Nacional in Brazil, and journalist Alexandra Prado Coelho. “My wish, with the…
Call for 2019 Opinion Columnists!
What do you want to see in AN? Have you been wishing for a column that probes the anthropology of climate change or stand-up comedy or the tech…
73,000-Year-Old Hashtag Is Oldest Example of Abstract Art
A silica flake from Blombos Cave contains the oldest example of prehistoric abstract art, and it looks like one of the most used symbols online — Read more on…
The End of the World As We Know It
[no-caption] David Williams/SAPIENS Listen to the companion episode of SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human! Back in 2008, Chad Huddleston was driving home from work when he saw a stra…
Are You Ready for TEOTWAWKI?
[no-caption] David Williams/SAPIENS It’s the end of the world as we know it. How do you feel? SAPIENS co-host Jen Shannon follows the trail of some contemporary preppers…