Author: Nishadh Rego, a transnational youth, migrant, and new citizen of Australia. He is currently Policy and Advocacy Coordinator at the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Australia. Check out some…
Prof. Emeritus Anthony Oliver-Smith, anthropology, University of Florida, explores ways to study natural disasters during a lecture on Wednesday.Vas Mathur / Sun Staff Photographer Natural disasters m…
Editorial note: This text was submitted by a colleague who wishes to remain anonymous; he has informed us that “this version of Viktor’s tale has been embellished in…
Reading various Blue Books and the like, parliamentary reports. This one on the East India Company struck me as typical, though the clipped coins distraction is of course…
Abalone, which were once abundant in the coastal waters of California, are now primarily cultivated on farms. Universal Images Group/Getty Images At a sleepy outpost in the Sierra…
I’m very pleased to announce that we are welcoming a group of new members to Somatosphere‘s Editorial Collaborative. Below is a list of their names and affiliations, but please…
This post was submitted by Alice B. Kehoe, professor of anthropology, emerita at Marquette University. My housemate marched on Saturday. My next-door neighbor marched on Saturday. I didn’t…
It is our pleasure and privilege to introduce a special issue of Africa, exploring the micro-politics of proximity and relatedness in six African cities. To understand how social…
Photos of our children, favorite movies, milestone photos, check-ins. Why do we take better care of our house keys than our personal data? — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
In our society, when someone is on the brink of death it is common for the patient’s loved ones to ask for prayers. We pray for the person…
Here are two more CFP’s for the upcoming #AmAnth2018 conference in November focusing on food. If you have a CFP you would like on our website, feel free…
Since the last interview we posted, when we inaugurated the Series of Interviews on Design Anthropology, we have new good news all of you who are interested in…
And we’re back with some very exciting events! This month, we find art at the heart of many fascinating discussions, exploring topics such as spaces and spatialization, contemporary…
What is ‘crime’? A social pathology? A violation of social order? The object or raison d’être of law enforcement? How can we best conceive of crime, criminality, and…
Der Beitrag illustriert Erkenntnisse einer empirischen Studie zur menschenrechtskonformen Organisation des Alltags in Gemeinschaftsunterkünften. Im Mittelpunkt standen dabei schriftliche Regelungen un…
I’ve been busy getting ready for the print release of my book, The View From Flyover Country (which you can preorder here) and I’ll have info on upcoming…
Our Communication for Development program is looking for a Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor-equivalent) to join our team! This is a full-time, permanent position and applications are accepted until…
Homeless. Credit: Julian Povey/Flickr rethinking “the worst mistake” One of the most influential articles in anthropology must surely be Jared Diamond’s 1987 piece, “The Worse Mistake in the…
Research on capitalism commonly distinguishes between neoclassical economics and political economy. If neoclassical economics have dominated scientific debates since the 1930s at the latest, the ninet…
Given that nowadays most people live in societies organized according to capitalist principles and given that few oppose those principles fundamentally, capitalists may well constitute the world’s lar…
Is there anything new to say in the never-ending discussion of anthropology and espionage? Most anthropologists think it is unethical to gather intelligence on behalf of the government…
Image: Money from Nothing: Indebtedness and Aspiration in South Africa by Deborah James. Money from Nothing won the 2017 Society for Economic Anthropology book prize. 2018 American Anthropological…
Professor George Paul Mieu‘s debut anthropological book, Ethno-erotic Economies: Sexuality, Money, and Belonging in Kenya (University of Chicago Press, 2017), dives into the commodification of c… Visit New…
Seit Jahrzehnten bestehen Uneinigkeiten darüber, wie in der deutschsprachigen Soziologie wissenschaftlich zu verfahren sei. Aktuell gehen die Streitigkeiten über die einfache Differenzierung zwischen …