David Parisi on his new book, Archaeologies of Touch
Archaeologies of Touch (US & Canada: use promo code MN82600 for 30% off): https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/archaeologies-of-touch Archaeologies of Touch (EU: use promo code f…
Bibliography of the Egyptian Revolution Reaches 1000 Texts
Yesterday I was asked to review a paper on the Egyptian uprisings for an academic journal. After I read the manuscript, I went through the references, as I…
Book Review: Against Meritocracy: Culture, Power and Myths of Mobility by Jo Littler
In Against Meritocracy: Culture, Power and Myths of Mobility, Jo Littler offers a rich analysis that intricately teases out the grasp ‘merit’ and ‘meritocracy’ have on everyday…
10 Jahre PASS: „Wir möchten dazu beitragen, Fakten zu liefern und die politische Diskussion zu versachlichen“
Interview mit Mark Trappmann (Projektleiter) Vor zehn Jahren wurde die Studie „Lebensqualität und soziale Sicherung“, auch bekannt unter der Abkürzung PASS – Panel „Arbeitsmarkt und soziale Sicherung“…
‘Taking back control?’ Die Auswirkungen des Brexits auf Flüchtlingspolitik Großbritanniens
Für die Befürworter des Brexits war Migrationskontrolle ein wesentlicher Grund für den Brexit. Doch im Bereich der Einwanderung von Flüchtlingen würde ein harter Brexit paradoxerweise eher weniger als…
Are Tribes Ready for Termination, Again?
Are Tribes Ready for Termination, Again? In the past few weeks a number of federal administration officials have made statements which suggest that a concerted effort is underway…
Lessons on Social Difference from an Ancient Maya City | Ryan Collins | TEDxBrandeisUniversity – This Anthro Life
Hey Listeners, we wanted to share some news. As you have probably noticed, TAL has been slow to post as of late. Both Ryan and Adam have finished…
Anthropology and the New Human Universal
World society today resembles nothing so much as the eighteenth century ancient régime that Kant had every reason to believe had been abolished by revolution. Now a rich,…
Trade War and the Nationalist Exchange: Trudeau Trails Trump
“These tariffs are totally unacceptable. For 150 years, Canada has been America’s most steadfast ally. Canadians have served alongside Americans in two world wars and in Korea. From…
Links & Contents I Liked 284
Hi all, This week’s review has a strong humanitarian focus and lots of great people & initiatives are sharing new work! But there are also donkeys, fancy data…
EPIC Innovation w/ Dr. Alexandra Mack – This Anthro Life
Welcome back listeners! Adam and Ryan have taken some time away as of late to finish and defend their dissertations. Now that Ryan is done, and Adam defends…
5. Juni / Vortrag von Julia Bryan-Wilson zum Thema „Material Relations“
Am kommenden Dienstag, 5. Juni, 19 Uhr, Campus Westend, Casino-Gebäude, Raum Cas. 1.811, hält Julia Bryan-Wilson, Professorin für Moderne und Zeitgenössische Kunst an der University of California, Ber…
What FoodAnthropology Is Reading Now, May 31, 2018
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…
Stop Using Psychiatry to Sell Guns
This post was submitted by Jonathan M. Metzl, professor of sociology and psychiatry, and director of the Center for Medicine, Health, and Society, at Vanderbilt University. It’s enough to…
Native Kinships and Wealth among the Middle Chinookans
Native kinships are incredibly complex. They do not follow the nice neat patterns of kinship that Americans have adopted from their European ancestors. Native peoples did not only…
Regulating Physical Places with Digital Code
Editor’s Note: This is the seventh and final post in our Law in Computation series. At first, I was perplexed by the K5 by Knightscope, a “fully autonomous security…
How Volcanoes Destroy and Nurture Societies
The explosion must have been deafening. Clouds of black and gray likely erased the horizon as the earth and sky thundered violently. As smoldering debris rained down on…
Patrick Lopez-Aguado, “Stick Together and Come Back Home: Racial Sorting and the Spillover of Carceral Identity” (U California Press)
How do systems of incarceration influence racial sorting inside and outside of prisons? And how do the social structures within prisons spill out into neighborhoods? In his new…
Ji-Yeon O. Jo, “Homing: An Affective Topography of Ethnic Korean Return Migration” (U Hawaii Press, 2018)
For anyone with an interest in Korean studies, the study of diaspora and globalization, and indeed in broader questions around transnational identities and encounters in East Asia and…
De wetenschap, de NRC, en de veiligheidsdiensten
Annelies Moors Martijn de Koning Onlangs verscheen een rapport van de Commissie van Toezicht op de Inlichtingen- en Veiligheidsdiensten (CTIVD). Daarin analyseert deze commissie onder andere hoe de…
#Review: Sovereignty in Exile
As a contributor to a recent issue in Cultural Anthropology noted, enough attention has been devoted to sovereignty over the past 15 years to constitute a “turn” in…
Veneziansk afton – från facklor till festival
När man, som jag, är född och uppvuxen i Karleby är det så gott som omöjligt att undgå det årliga firandet av veneziansk afton eller villaavslutning. Den sista…
Introducing Our New Team Members
The Geek Anthropologist is excited to welcome two new members to our editorial team! Laya Liebseller and Alissa Whitmore are joining us as acquisitions editors, which means that…