Save the Oceans!
Numerous studies indicate if human waste management and consumer patterns continue as they are now, then in 2050 the plastic in the world’s oceans will weigh more than…
Early History of the White Salmon Reservation
One of the shortest lives reservations was the White Salmon Reservation, on the north bank of the Columbia River across from Hood River. The Reservation Continue reading
Web Roundup: In the clouds by Lily Shapiro
As I’m sure many of you saw, this month started with the successful launch of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, giving a boost (sorry) to privatized space travel, and providing…
In the Journals, February 2018 by Anna Zogas
Here are some of the articles published in February 2018. Among them are two Special Issues I’d like to highlight: first, Social Science & Medicine brings us a…
Progress, Progressivism, and Progressives
Where does “progress” come from? What does “progressivism” mean? Which cultural tradition and ideological discourse makes “progressive” movements or parties thinkable? Why is it always important to be…
Semi-Feurdal Cyber-colonialism
Yes! thank you, Evers and Nordin [of course it is always slightly embarrassing to be posting citations, but the occasional acknowledgement of a phrase I particularly dwelt long…
Why #MeToo Is Complicated for Female Anthropologists
How do we ensure that the #metoo movements reach beyond both Hollywood’s red carpets and academia’s Ivory Towers, to areas where a shake-up is arguably most needed? How…
De Huishoudbeurs: de grootste braderie van Nederland
door Irene Stengs Als antropologisch onderzoeker van ‘cultuur in Nederland’ doe ik in feite al mijn onderzoek ‘om de hoek’, en dit is helemaal het geval bij onderzoek…
infant skull binding may have conveyed privilege in ancient Andes
Above-ground tombs at the cemetery site of Yuraq Qaqa (Colca Valley, Peru). The idea of binding and reshaping a baby’s head may make today’s parents cringe, but for…
Glacial Melting Isn’t Someone Else’s Problem
High in the Ecuadorian Andes, the peak of Cotacachi was once reliably white. But by the early 2000s, the glacier on top of this dormant volcano, which reaches…
Populism and the Conundrums of Democracy in Italy
There is one pattern that characterizes post-Cold War Italy: new political figures emerge, espousing an anti-establishment rhetoric, but end up bringing the people more of the same. Whether…
Religion & Medizin: Ein Gespräch über Heil- und Heilungskonzepte zwischen den Disziplinen
Für gewöhnlich gehen viele davon aus, dass “Religion” und “Medizin” zwei völlig abgetrennte und verschiedene Bereiche des Lebens ansprechen. Dabei ist vielleicht zunächst überraschend, dass die monot…
Religion & Medizin: Ein Gespräch über Heil- und Heilungskonzepte zwischen den Disziplinen
Für gewöhnlich gehen viele davon aus, dass “Religion” und “Medizin” zwei völlig abgetrennte und verschiedene Bereiche des Lebens ansprechen. Dabei ist vielleicht zunächst überraschend, dass die monot…
Thomas Mira y Lopez, “The Book of Resting Places: A Personal History of Where We Lay the Dead” (Counterpoint Press, 2017)
We’ve all participated in the rituals of the dead at some time or another in our lives, going to funerals and wakes, visiting loved ones in cemeteries. Some…
Arabic Dictionaries Online
In 1981, while visiting Egypt for a consulting assignment with USAID, I purchased the old Cairo edition of the massive dictionary Tāj al-‘Arūs of Murtaḍā al-Zabīdī (d. 1790).…
Will finance policies solve the EU “refugee crisis”?
The German government is floating the idea of restructuring EU funds to benefit member states that take in migrants and refugees. What seems like a selfish move by…
Sun Ra > Black Panther
The Black Panther movie has been out for a little bit now, and posts both pro and con have been circulating on the Internet (Kerim has a quick…
Restored 18th century Danish tavern to be inaugurated today
[JH comment: now if you were plying the illicit opium trade on behalf of dodgy East India Company officials, you’d also need to stop by the Tavern and…
Klaus-Peter Koepping
Another obituary, this time in the Quarterly by Thomas Reuter. Time does not reconcile. The Quarterly Number 142/September 2017 In Fond Memory of… Klaus Peter Koepping passed away in…
CulAnth #Anthropod – Lara Deeb & Jessica Winegar: Anthropology & The Politics of Studying the Middle East
Lara Deeb (Scripps College) and Jessica Winegar (Northwestern University) about their recent book Anthropology’s Politics: Disciplining the Middle East (2015). They discuss how political and eco…
Book Review: Gendered Lives, Livelihood and Transformation: The Bangladesh Context edited by Meghna Guhathakurata and Ayesha Banu
In Gendered Lives, Livelihood and Transformation: The Bangladesh Context, editors Meghna Guhathakurata and Ayesha Banu bring together contributors to explore women’s lives and livelihoods during…
Christopher J. Lee, “Jet Lag” (Bloomsbury Academic, 2017)
My father has this personality quirk that drives me crazy. Whenever and wherever he travels, no matter how far, he refuses to reset his watch to the local…
Lucinda Carspecken, “Love in the Time of Ethnography” (Rowman and Littlefield, 2017)
Love in the Time of Ethnography: Essays on Connection as a Focus and Basis for Research (Rowman and Littlefield, 2017) is edited by Lucinda Carspecken, anthropologist and lecturer…
What Foodanthro is reading now, February 27, 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…