Anni Kajanus: Who will yield?
https://matskut.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/123456789/1128/Anni%20Kajanus.MP3 Who will yield? – Children’s understanding of dominance and prestige in China and …
Nuclear State, Nuclear Waste
Nuclear State, Nuclear Waste: Emily Simmonds on Canada as a nuclear nation & ongoing colonialism through uranium mining.
The Spinners of Boyanese Bhavacakra
by Danang Nizar Long outside the radar of anthropology, there was an ethnic group in a secluded island called Bawean, located in the middle of Java Sea, Indonesia,…
My new encyclopedia article about Marshall Sahlins is now available… for very wealthy libraries
It took a while, but I have a short encyclopedia entry about Marshall Sahlins in Wiley’s International Encyclopedia of Anthropology. After a long period of being hostile to secondary sources…
Anthrocasts: some things I learned starting an anthropology podcast
If you can, cultivate relationships with some people who will give you honest feedback, always make it clear to your listeners that you welcome their point of view,…
„Die Anderen“ – Gefahr & Macht der Worte
Wie nimmst du die Welt und “Die Anderen” wahr? Was ist Wirklichkeit – und was ist nur deine Wirklichkeit? Ein Post über Wahrnehmung, Wirklichkeit & Kommunikation. Wie gerne…
Antonio Delgado will get the job done for NY-19
As you may have heard, mid-term elections are November 6 in the United States. My district is New York 19, which anthropologist Greg Laden sees as one of…
Reblogged: useful list of Left History stuff
This is from Hatful of History. There was a time when links to these sorts of sites etc were a common thing on blogs, but even the ones…
“Poetry or Pogrom” – Interview at Erbacce Journal
Originally posted on debasis mukhopadhyay: I’m honored & deeply grateful to be the featured poet in Erbacce Journal (issue 55)! An interview followed by seven of my poems!…
Modalities of Culture Change: A Query
A hybrid flower photographed by makamuki0 and circulated under a CC0 license. Hybridization as a mode of cultural change was discussed prominently in Theorizing the Hybrid, a 1999…
Estuaries Saved the Coastal Tribes: Section 2- Removal and Exposure
Removal of the western Oregon tribes to the reservations was a tumultuous affair. Caravans from the Umpqua and Table Rock reservations to place in the dead of winter…
A Demagogue’s Words Matter
Trump’s immigration metaphors set a divisive tone from the top. Trump wields demagogic rhetoric like a marketing tool, ramping up prejudicial appeals in the closing days of the…
1.5ºC: The Future and Present of Anthropology in an Era of Climate Change
Image: Trent Schindler, NASA/Goddard/UMBC (https://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/climate-sim-center.html) Anthro{dendum} welcomes guest blogger Adam Fleischmann Early Saturday morning, October 6,…
Links & Contents I Liked 299
Hi all, We had two long, but great days discussing blog project assignments with our Communication for Development students. I am also preparing for post link review #300…
For Chimps, Human Touch Can Hurt
At a sanctuary in Cameroon, caregiver Henriette holds Gnala, a 2-year-old chimpanzee who had previously lived in a human household as a pet. Amy Hanes/Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue The…
The Bill Belichick disruption (and what we can learn from it)
(This post was originally published on Medium two days ago. It is reproduced here with light editing only.) How do they do it? How do the New England…
Review: Eating Nafta
Eating NAFTA: Trade, Food Policies and the Destruction of Mexico. Alyshia Gálvez. University of California Press. 2018. 260pp. ISBN:9780520291812. Joan Gross Oregon State University Alyshia Gá…
Ein langes Wochenende in Peking – Teil 3
Tag 3: Kaiserpalast/ Verbotene Stadt – Eine Reise in die Vergangenheit Heute bin ich relativ früh aufgestanden um gegen kurz nach 8:00 Uhr, eine halbe Stunde vor Öffnungszeit,…
Von Agnostizismus bis Säkular: Eine Zusammenstellung zu nichtreligiösen Weltanschauungen
Unter einem früheren ‘A-Z’, nämlich “Religion und Vorurteil von A-Z” (2015; man siehe aber auch Buddhas Drittes Auge – Populäre religionsgeschichtliche Irrtümer von A bis Z, 2015), kommentierte…
Beyond Nutrition: Eating, Innovation, and Cultures of Possibility
Beyond Nutrition: Eating Innovation, and Cultures of Possibility from Sight and Life (2017)
The Culture of Corruption
Many of us know that political corruption is not new to the world. It is an unsavory, human practice with a history that extends far back into ancient…
Beyond Nutrition: Eating, Innovation, and Cultures of Possibility
Beyond Nutrition: Eating Innovation, and Cultures of Possibility from Sight and Life (2017)
HHS Transgender Proposal a Shabby Costume
Implementing the Department of Health and Human Services’ proposed definition of sex as “either male or female, unchangeable, and determined by the genitals that a person is born…
Here’s a simple solution to the green growth / degrowth debate
A number of high-profile economists – people like Carlota Perez and Michael Liebreich – have recently come out swinging in favor of “green growth” theory, trying to…