Symposium: Urbane Transformation und Migration
15. Oktober 2018 in Erkner Wie verändern sich Städte durch Migration? Wie gehen Städte mit den Herausforderungen um, die sich durch Migration stellen und wie wird Migration lokal…
Sun of the Sleepless by Jason Pine
The sleep experiment, back in Chicago in 1992… was that really more than 25 years ago? In that experiment he could locate the seed of what would become…
What’s wrong with the ‘power of writing’? A reflection on language in academic research
Numerous are by now the accounts that label international academia as ‘neoliberal’, that is, a system which, these days, almost functions like a firm aimed at increasing productivity…
Pasar Seni Lukis Indonesia (PSLI) 2017
Syumidjo Est Pasar Seni Lukis Indonesia (PSLI) 2017 still held in JX International Surabaya is certained followed 193 painter. Gusar Suryanto Ganda Dagar Triyoso Yusuf 150 booth that…
What Drives Our Quest for the Perfect Instagram Picture?
Instagram is a social mirror for more than just selfies — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
‘The School of Oriental and African Studies’ by Ian Brown: A “Director’s Office View” of History
Ian Brown. The School of Oriental and African Studies: Imperial Training and the Expansion of Learning. 346 pp., 27 b/w illus., bibl., index. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016.…
50 Shades of Diskursanalyse
Einer dieser regnerischen Sonntage. Nur dass gar nicht Sonntag ist. Man kann den ganzen Tag in der Bude rumhängen. Die Sonne provoziert einen nicht, irgendetwas total Tolles und…
McCain, Memorialization, and Empire
[Footnotes is proud to present the work of Matthew Chrisler. Matthew Chrisler is a PhD Candidate at the City University of New York Graduate Center. He is currently conducting…
The Mastodon in the Room
[no-caption] David Williams/SAPIENS Humans may have been in North America much earlier than previously thought. Here’s the evidence: chipped rocks, crushed mastodon bones, and reliable da…
How to Be a Sustainable Anthropologist?
Anthropologists often see themselves as committed and active global citizens. But how much of what we teach and learn about sustainability is expressed in anthropologists' daily actions? And…
How to be a sustainable anthropologist?
Anthropologists often see themselves as committed and active global citizens. But how much of what we teach and learn about sustainability is expressed in anthropologists’ daily actions? And…
Africa and the Epidemiological Imagination by Marissa Mika
In early September we hosted a workshop on Africa and the Epidemiological Imagination at University College London’s Institute of Advanced Studies’ Common Ground. The workshop was sponsored by…
#Review: Le plus beau métier du monde
Giulia Mensitieri’s book “Le plus beau métier du monde” Dans les coulisses de l’industrie de la mode examines labor in the cultural and creative industries. Analyzing fashion as…
What Foodanthro is reading, September 25, 2018
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 dberiss@gmail.com or hunterjo@gmail.c…
The project is (almost) up and running!
During the past 4 months, we (the management team in Bergen, consisting of Edvard and Eilin) have been working on getting the Mare Nullius project on its feet,…
Making #DominicanFoodStudies a thing!
By Vanessa García Polanco, Michigan State University Blog editors’ note: This is the fall edition of the Latinx Foodways in North America series, which looks at different approaches…
Hello world!
This is the beginning of the Mare Nullius blog. This blog will feature stories from Mare Nullius participants, from the field, from meetings and workshops in the project.
Erste Eindrücke vom Leben in einer Metropole
Nachdem ich nun schon etwas über drei Wochen in Shanghai bin, habe ich mir mal die Zeit genommen meine bisherigen Erlebnisse und Gedanken festzuhalten, um euch daran teilhaben…
The New Elite’s Battle Against Affirmative Action
The Harvard University Affirmative Action lawsuit says more about wealth than about race. What little solace we had from Abigail Fisher losing her anti-affirmative action case against the…
The House by Laura Vermeulen
The question of how Willem was coping, alone in the big house, had come to concern many of those surrounding him. Over the past couple of months, Willem…
The final station by Susanne van den Buuse
The sun wakes her up. But Mrs Wijngaard keeps her eyes closed. She is 90 years old and sits quietly in her armchair in her apartment in the…
Burning down the house: When crisis becomes daily life in early-onset dementia by Silke Hoppe
For my doctoral research, I interviewed family members living with a loved one with early-onset dementia, a diagnosis that one receives under the age of 65. Jans, not…
George, the dog by Emily Yates-Doerr
Babe, my grandpa, was born on the kitchen tiles of a small Seattle home. His dad, whose own grandpa had run a seedy downtown brothel, would disappear and…
Strangers in unfamiliar environments: Struggles for subjectivity in a dementia care ward by Ingunn Moser
During fieldwork on dementia care in a nursing home, I was struck by the complex and layered orderings of space, time and subjectivity in daily life on the…