Performing Water Rights on Cochiti Dam
Artistic performance opens up questions about water rights and social justice. [pquote]They were still left with an earthen dam structure that bisects their homelands and signifies sustained disposses…
Fish, Flows, and Desire in the Delta
In the wetlands, claims about environmental and economic change are rooted in broader assertions about livelihood and belonging. The dirt road vanishes into a muddy track. The two…
Arctic Weather Words
In northern Greenland, the words people use to describe the sea ice and weather provide insight into the ongoing effects of climate change. The hunters and fishers of…
Report from Macedonia: Balkan Noir
Last December I was in Skopje, the capital of Macedonia, on the occasion of International Day To End Violence against Sex Workers. This is what the sex workers’…
A Common Cause
Bernard Perley © 2018 Cite as: Perley, Bernard. 2018. “A Common Cause.” Anthropology News website, March 12, 2018. DOI: 10.1111/AN.792
AAA in San Jose – Anthropological Concepts for Non-Anthropologists
As blogger Rhiannon and I slog through the end of the semester, we’re striving to post at least 1 blog post per week. Despite our want to continue…
Christine Schreyer
Christine Schreyer is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of British Columbia. Her research focuses on created language communities and the revitalization of endangered languages….
Reading List: 12 Recommended Reads on Immigration, Refugee Rights and Asylum
Image Credit: Mural, Paris, 2017 (Jeanne Menjoulet CC BY 2.0) In this new reading list, we recommend 12 books authored or edited by women whose scholarship delves into the…
Thomas Marchione Award
Announcement: Thomas Marchione Award Deadline July 27, 2018 Eligibility: all MA, MS or PhD students For research exploring “the best and more sustainable approaches to fulfill the right…
Oxford University Departmental Lecturer – Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology
Departmental Lecturer – Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography DEPARTMENTAL LECTURER – VISUAL, MATERIAL AND MUSEUM ETHNOGRAPHY Grade 7: £31,…
Große Koalition: Migrationspolitik geht an wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen vorbei
Kritik des RfM am Koalitionsvertrag – zukunftsweisende Migrationspolitik sieht anders aus Pressemitteilung vom 13. März 2018 Am 14. März wird der Bundestag Angela Merkel zur Bundeskanzlerin wählen und…
Saba Mahmood (1962 – 2018) – Piety, religious freedom and Power
Last Saturday, 10 March, Saba Mahmood passed away. She was professor of anthropology at University of California, Berkeley. Her scholarly work was a big inspiration for me and…
What FoodAnthropology Is Reading Now, March 12, 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…
›Fluchtursachenbekämpfung‹ als migrationspolitischer Zentralbegriff
Anmerkungen zum Koalitionsvertrag Autor: Prof. Dr. Jochen Oltmer Am 7. Februar 2018 einigten sich CDU/CSU und SPD auf einen Vertrag für eine neue Große Koalition, der Mitte März…
So…Is There A Global Occusphere?
The Occusphere. That’s the term given by Tod Moore of the University of Newcastle in Australia to the “totality of Occupy-inspired events” in his article “The transformation …
anthro in the news 3/12/18
Gowns made from recycled materials. Credit: James Wendlinger/The South China Morning Post activist anthropology meets sustainable fashion An article in The South China Morning Post reported on Sustai…
Strike4Decrim on Women’s ‘Day’ Soho 8 March 2018
I was glad to be able to participate in the Strike4Decrim events on the evening of 8 March – International Women’s Day. In general I’m no fan of…
Rihan Yeh on her new book, Passing
Interview by Héctor Beltrán Héctor Beltrán: In your book you conceptualize the hearsay public to provide a critique of liberal notions of publicity. Can you unpack how this relationship…
‘Antropologen kunnen bedrijven verder helpen waar anderen falen’
door Menno van den Bos Cultureel antropologen zijn wereldverbeteraars die je niet zult aantreffen in het bedrijfsleven. Zo, dat cliché is eruit. En nu over naar de realiteit:…
Living a good life through infrastructure. A Review of three recent monographs on Central Asia
This post belongs into a series of posts on the workshop “The Future of Central Asian Studies” organized by Prof. Dr. Judith Beyer and Prof. Dr. Madeleine Reeves…
Mechanismisches Denken. Rezension von Felix Bathon
,Mechanismen‘ stellen einen zentralen Topos wissenschaftstheoretischer Fragestellungen und Diskussionen der vergangenen Jahrzehnte dar. Von einem »mechanistic turn« ist die Rede (vgl. Ylikoski 2012: 2…
The Significance of Salmon River Encampment in 1875
In 1875, the United States Congress passed an act, March 3, 1875, to reduce the Coast Reservation. This act, terminated the Alsea Reservation, that section Continue reading
Enviro-mental-ism
Want Electric Ride.