Remembrance of SETI’s Past
(I participated in a workshop organized by two anthropologists studying SETI (the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence): Claire Webb and Michael Oman-Reagan. The topic called for us to think…
Internet Privacy Hogwash
What does anthropology have to say about privacy? Ever since the early years of the Internet, privacy and public conduct have been hot button issues. Some initial bad…
WANAMEI: An intervention for and with small-scale gold mining communities in the Peruvian Amazon
By Laura Maillard and Carole Baudin, User-Centered Product Design Group, HAUTE ECOLE ARC ENGINEERING – HES-SO Illegal gold mining in the Amazon region of Peru potentially causes a variety of…
Michele Zack, “The Lisu: Far from the Ruler” (UP of Colorado, 2017)
Recent years have brought a burgeoning interest in how highland people in mainland Southeast Asia live and communicate along and across the boundaries geographically assigned states whose lowland…
Ann K. Ferrell, “Burley: Kentucky Tobacco in a New Century” (U Press of Kentucky, 2013)
Ann K. Ferrell is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Folk Studies program at Western Kentucky University, and also Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of American Folklore.…
Papa D. and the Privacy Law: New dilemmas for researchers*
By Fridus Steijlen Last April, I visited the mountain village of Bittuang in Tana Toraja, Sulawesi, Indonesia for the fourth time. This is one of the eight locations…
¡Un Saludo! An Audiovisual Conversation on Movement, Technology, and Memory in Cumbia
Cumbia sonidera is Mexico’s bass-heavy, sound-system reinterpretation of music originally emanating from the Colombian northwest. During performances, the sonideros (DJs) mix songs and get on the mic …
Ethnographic Designs for Buen Vivir: Fieldnotes from Nicaragua
Co-Authored by Alex Nading, Josh Fisher, and Chantelle Falconer What does it mean to find value in urban ecologies? This question sparked our collaborative research in Ciudad Sandino,…
Becoming White
Policing Whiteness Karen Brodkin’s 1998 book, How Jews Became White Folks and What That Says About Race in America was a crucial entry in a genre of studies…
Digital Food Activism – a book review by Michelle Pentecost
Digital Food Activism Tanja Schneider, Karin Eli, Catherine Dolan and Stanley Ulijaszek (eds.) Routledge Series in Critical Food Studies, 2018, 234 pages A Swiss academic scans the…
Forum Origin, Diversity and Territories
The variety of organizations involved in what is loosely referred to as the “food movement” is sometimes quite astonishing. Even for anthropologists, who are supposed to be trained…
Special Issue: Critical perspectives on US global health partnerships in Africa and beyond by Anna Zogas
The open-access journal Medicine Anthropology Theory has published a special collection of essays titled “Critical perspectives on US global health partnerships in Africa and beyond.” Her…
Special Issue: Psychopathological Fringes by Anna Zogas
History of the Human Sciences (31[2]) has published a special issue about “zones of uncertainty that defy psychopathology’s order of things.” The issue, Psychopathological Fringes: Knowled…
Something to Shoot For
A note for the reader: I had the idea to attend a gun show and doing some writing about it a while ago, but the appeal of it…
Special Issue: Genomics and Genetic Medicine by Anna Zogas
Anthropology & Medicine (Vol 25 [1]) brings us a special issue on Genomics and Genetic Medicine, edited by Sahra Gibbon, Susie Kilshaw & Margaret Sleeboom-Faulkner. See below for the…
Special Issue: Cognitive Disability by Anna Zogas
The most recent issue of The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology is a special issue on Cognitive Disability, edited by Patrick McKearney and Tyler Zoanni. Enjoy! Introduction: For an Anthropology…
quake champions resources
Just a collection of helpful resources for Quake Champions, created by members of the community: The ↑Guide for Optimizing Fun in Quake Champions is a nicely done…
Web Roundup: Women, Withdrawal, and Antidepressants by Katherine Warren
In April, an article in the New York Times caused a stir with the headline, “Many People Taking Antidepressants Discover They Cannot Quit.” The piece begins with a…
Anthropology Bite Club
The first rule of Bite Club is that we’re going to talk about cookbooks. The second rule of Bite Club is I need some of ya’ll to…
Paper: Indigenous articulations in the digital age
Budka, P. (2018). Indigenous articulations in the digital age: Reflections on historical developments, activist engagements and mundane practices. Paper at International Communication Association 2018…
Nachhaltigkeit – Klima – Energie. Interview mit Dr. Franziska Sperling
http://alltagswelten-blog.de/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/180524_Franziska-Sperling.m4a Sina Wohlgemuth spricht mit Dr. Franziska Sperling über kulturanthropologische Pe…
Living Monuments: Imagining Ancient Gene Pools in the Middle East
In 1927, the Polish-Jewish physical anthropologist Henryk Szpidbaum published an account of his recent expedition to Mandate Palestine on behalf of the Polish Society for the Exploration of…
‘Anthropologists and Their Traditions Across National Borders’ edited by Regna Darnell and Frederic W. Gleach
Regna Darnell and Frederic W. Gleach (Editors). Anthropologists and Their Traditions Across National Borders. Histories of Anthropology Annual Series 8. 296 pp., 8 photos, 1 illus. Lincoln: Universit…
Open Access, Apathy & Cowardice in academic publishing: An interview w/ Taylor R. Genovese
In the previous iteration of this site, I talked a lot about Open Access. The trend continues. For some background, check out this 2009 interview with Colleen Morgan,…