“Pssst. There’s something really special happening here. I’m collecting five times more trash than the other guys and using solar energy to compact it all. Welcome to downtown…
books & arts Deepak Singh. 2017. How May I Help You? An Immigrant’s Journey from MBA to Minimum Wage. Oakland: University of California Press. 305 pages. I am…
By Alexander Taylor Our ethnographic data is in the cloud, but our heads are not More and more anthropologists are conducting, storing and circulating their research in the…
The United States’ detention of asylum-seeking women and children brings additional trauma to immigrants, such as this woman from El Salvador, who already carry many painful stories. Legal…
Von Marcus Engler und Ulrike Krause Zum Weltflüchtlingstag, dem 20. Juni veröffentlicht das Flüchtlingswerk der Vereinten Nationen (UNHCR) traditionell seinen ‚Global Trends‘ Bericht. Dieser do…
Die Republik Georgien feiert die 100. Wiederkehr ihrer ersten Gründung – und die Universität Tbilissi, Partner-Universität der Goethe-Uni, wird 100 Jahre alt. Aus diesem Anlass rückt das Institut…
For people immersed in bureaucratic institutions, like universities, the current ruckus over HAU raises at least one longstanding anthropological question: what kind of organizational structure not on…
As an established blog with personal and institutional contacts to many of those involved in the recent upheaval at HAU and the Society of Ethnographic Theory, we do…
Lt. William A. Slacum, a Navy purser, was sent by the President, through the Department of State, as a special investigator to the Oregon Territory to investigate the…
I am very excited to have three new preps for Fall, 2018. Course overviews are below. LBST 2213: Now this is not a new prep as I have…
Tape magic. Credit: frankieleon/Flickr a bullshit job might actually be important An article in The Washington Post connected sociocultural anthropologist David Graeber’s latest book, Bullshit Jobs, …
See below for information on semester-long fellowships at the Folger Shakespeare Library on early modern foodways. Follow the links for instructions on how to apply. Before Farm to Table: Early…
Across the globe, the Cold War abruptly delineated new borders and defined friends and enemies. Yet, there are few regions in which this was as pronounced as in…
Apparently, June is the month I write a blog post about the “Journal of Cultural Evolution” (or whatever will be its name) project, so I will keep the tradition…
Duncan Green just proposed 9 trends and their impact on employment in the aid industry-particularly for fresh graduates or those freshly entering the sector. As a critical reader…
My dissertation looked at how media impacts community. Specifically, how does the global circulation of regular publications help create a sense of community among 8 million Jehovah’s Witnesses…
av Lotta Granbom Thailand – the Land of Smiles som det ofta kallas i reklamen – har blivit ett av de populäraste resmålen för många västerlänningar att…
In this episode, I speak with Aaron M. Kuntz about his book, The Responsible Methodologist: Inquiry, Truth-Telling, and Social Justice (Left Coast Press, 2015). This book offers a…
Dieser Blogbeitrag versucht im Lichte der immer schriller werdenden Debatte zu Zurückweisungen an der deutschen Grenze aus europarechtlicher Sicht einen Blick auf die Voraussetzungen für Kontrollen an…
by Elisa Sandri Calais has frequently made the headlines in the last two decades. The history of this border as a focal point for migration dates back to…
Our megalopoli are deafening: who would put up with this hellish din if we didn’t simply expect that with a group comes a racket? Being part of one means not…
On the fourth and fifth of June, the anthropology department at the London School of Economics and Political Science hosted a workshop exploring how accusations of envy and…
Interview mit Arne Bethmann und Claudia Wenzig (wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter*innen) Vor zehn Jahren wurde die Studie „Lebensqualität und soziale Sicherung“, auch bekannt unter der Abkürzung PASS – Pa…
Both leaders arrived in Singapore, with significant excitement greeting them. Trump, arriving from a bitter G7 meeting, after which he attacked Justin Trudeau personally, flew into Singapore on…