Giulia Sinatti is an ethnographic researcher driven by a passion for research that is not only scientifically relevant, but can also make a difference in the world we live…
Bison Truck! Central San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, 2016. Credit: Joey Zanotti/Flickr the damage humans do Several media, including NBC News, reported on a study of the correlation…
WHO simplified grading system for trachoma diagnosis. These photographs are reproduced with permission from the WHO Programme for the Prevention of Blindness and Deafness Trachoma is the…
When the news broke that Special Counsel Robert Mueller III indicted a Russian “troll farm” and 13 individuals associated with it, news and commentary reacted with outrage over…
By Mac Spencer In the summer of last year, globally scrutinised pop star Taylor Swift quietly deleted every piece of content from her online accounts. A brief social…
https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-voice-and-its-doubles Interview by Georgia Ennis Georgia Ennis: Throughout your book, you follow both the imaginations and instantiations of an Aboriginal voice in radi…
Among the many tech-focused booths at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) early this year, one stood out in particular: an exhibition of manufactured bodies, or “sleeves,” into which…
Welche Uhr tickt lauter? Ist es die biologische, die im Monatstakt daran erinnert, dass ich eine gebärfähige Frau Mitte dreißig bin und um statistisch komplikationsarm Kinder auf die…
Just catching up on Thesis 11 after many years, (ht Trevor Hogan). Articles: Antinomies of culture and critique of modernity: Evaluating György Márkus’s theory of culture from the…
Jennifer Cearns is currently conducting ethnographic research in Miami, USA, and Havana, Cuba, focusing on practices of material and digital exchange, sharing and reciprocity within and between capita…
The joint SCA/SVA “Displacements” conference has come to an end (although the archived presentations will remain up until the end of the month). By all accounts, this virtual…
The way anthropologists write and speak to each other about our work is a lot like memes. By memes I mean those bits of text and image used across…
William Raymond was a sub-Indian agent from 1851 until at least 1857. He administered the tribes first at the Astoria sub-agency, then later moved the agency to Tillamook.…
Portada Todo presupuesto SEO depende del caso específico de la empresa y su proyecto web. La cantidad de páginas, la estructura del contenido, los idiomas, si es e-commerce o…
There was a time when the Clever Country was the buzzword – in a time of buzzwords – the multifunction polis and the Precincts model were then fairly…
[no-caption] Culture Exclusive/Lost Horizon Images/Getty Images As recently as a few decades ago in the Western world, stars dazzled humans with their brightness and the Milky Way could…
Hi all, I think this week’s review has all the features of yet another enjoyable read-if I say so myself 🙂 !There is Jeff Sachs, pertinent career advice…
How do we create meaning after the genome? Such a profound question is at the center of the recently published book by Jenny Reardon, The Postgenomic Condition: Ethics,…
As the weather is getting warm and sunny (for some of us at least) and the spring semester is winding down, it definitely feels like summer is on…
As I was browsing Netflix in search of a new show – an extremely terrible idea with finals’ season approaching – a trailer for a new Netflix original…
This guest post by Jon Kay, Curator of Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures provides Jon with the opportunity to share the first…
On December 9, 2017, #MeToo ralliers in New York City, many of whom are survivors of sexual violence, took a stand against prominent men who have reportedly committed…
Today marks 40 days since Saba Mahmood’s passing. In my family culture and tradition, 40 days after death is an important marker of passage, of coping, of figuring out…
This post is part of a feature on “How Capitalists Think,” moderated and edited by Patrick Neveling (University of Bergen) and Tijo Salverda (University of Cologne). This blog…