http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/M/bo25265716.html Interview by Elayne Oliphant Elayne Oliphant: As you acknowledge, this is clearly a “theory book.” But I’d like to start by asking y…
It has been eight years since I’ve been here – here is Iringa town, Iringa Region, Tanzania. Suffice to say much can change in eight years but things…
Religious actors have become increasingly involved in development. Likewise, development actors like the World Bank have also become interested in religion (especially the religion of the communities …
If you have been following Andreas Malm’s work, such as his latest book The Progress of This Storm, you’ll be familiar with his latest project of bringing realism…
Interview mit Willi Schneider (Interviewer) Vor zehn Jahren wurde die Studie „Lebensqualität und soziale Sicherung“, auch bekannt unter der Abkürzung PASS – Panel „Arbeitsmarkt und soziale Sicherung“ …
The American Anthropological Association’s (AAA) 2018 Annual Meeting in San José is on the horizon, and we couldn’t be more excited for the dynamic and diverse collection of…
Ein Essay von Hannah Rotthaus 1. Dein Essay in einem Satz: In meinem Essay zeige ich, wie Schwangerschaft-Apps individuell in den Alltag während der Schwangerschaft integriert und mit…
Hautalk is an opportunity to reinvigorate and remake our disciplinary identities. But how can we move this discussion beyond disciplinary boundaries—into spaces where we practice our craft? This…
In State of Rebellion: Violence and Intervention in the Central African Republic, Louisa Lombard moves away from an anthropological tendency to study the margins and interstices of the…
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…
This model at the Museum of London depicts the first bridge over the River Thames, which was built by the Romans in the first century. Steven G. Johnson/Wikimedia…
Subprime Health: Debt and Race in US Medicine Nadine Ehlers and Leslie R. Hinkson (editors) University of Minnesota Press, 2017. 256 pages “The focus on race in medicine and the…
Academic publishing is a strange beast. The majority of scientists think it is, as a minimum, largely inefficient, and, after a few beers, most of them would consider…
Frankfurt ist bunt: Kaum eine deutsche Großstadt hat eine so vielfältige Bewohnerschaft wie die Mainmetropole. Welche Sprachen und Dialekte wo im Stadtgebiet gesprochen werden, darüber gibt ein studen…
How my research on DNA ancestry tests became fake news. When I was sent a link to a Snopes article asking, “Did DNA Testing Companies Admit to Altering…
In my experience, when the ethnographic mission collapsed, this scaffolding remained standing, rich and complex, in plain view. There, the net into which I fell. (Rosaldo 2014: 112)…
From Old Beardo’s library (as listed in the MEGA), the following books related to India or the East India Company have underlining or marginalia by Marx, in blue…
Our ancestors may have been on the move out of Africa 300,000 years earlier than we originally thought — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
In the 1850’s, settlers came to Oregon and renamed many valleys, features, and places. Many of them brought names from the eastern states, place-names like Portland, Springfield, and…
This post is a little outside our usual mandate, but we are intrigued by the idea that Professor Robinson proposes: an interactive online project she is working on…
A health worker in Karachi, Pakistan, delivers polio vaccine drops to a child. Rizwan Tabassum/Getty Images In a rapidly urbanizing sector of Karachi, Pakistan, dry and dusty hills…
Many libertarians in Silicon Valley are advocates for permissionless innovation. They eschew waiting around for permission from a nanny state. They are impatient and see themselves above the…
Their bones will, Marx says, end up bleached on the plains of Bihar. Here Ranajit Guha in 1956 examines how colonial policy and corporation demands destroy livelihoods and…
This seamless compilation of essays has the feel of a life’s work. Through the lens of his scholarship on the Yoruba, Andrew Apter tackles debates in anthropology of…