The Leiden School of Multimodal Ethnography?
In part 1 of this blog series on Multimodal Ethnography, I provide a gloss of some of the key issues transforming visual anthropology and other practice-based disciplines. With these…
Perception. A study in the obvious
Got this book long ago in Melbourne by explaining some of its fundamental problems as a text, and on that basis got it Half Price from the bookseller…
On tricking ducks: Industrial naturecultures and the toxic bodies of oil sands country
Whitney Larrat-Smith, UC Davis § “We were walking for a long time before I saw it. It was an exceptionally hot day in July for Northern Alberta, intensified by…
A betting man’s reflections on money
A betting man’s reflections on money[1] Keith Hart Abstract Part 1 describes my life as a betting man, starting out as a teenager in Manchester and achieving some…
Is the Clock Ticking Toward Doomsday?
Each January, the science and security board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists unveils an estimate of the likelihood that humanity will self-destruct. They do so by…
A betting man’s reflections on money
A betting man’s reflections on money[1] Keith Hart Abstract Part 1 describes my life as a betting man, starting out as a teenager in Manchester and achieving some…
Tam T. T. Ngo, “The New Way: Protestantism and the Hmong in Vietnam” (U. Washington Press, 2016)
Think of Christianity in Southeast Asia today and what might come to mind is the predominantly Catholic Philippines, or the work of the Baptist church among linguistic and…
anthro in the news 1/8/18
#ICantBreathe Rally & Protest – Washington, DC (via NBUF & #DCFerguson), 2014. Credit: fuseboxradio police violence also kills with trauma and loss AlterNet published commentary by Chri…
Residue by Gabrielle Hecht
Waste and toxicity are foundational categories of knowledge for the Anthropocene. Consider how natural scientists approach the topic. Empirically, the “great acceleration” they’ve identified correspon…
Ethnography, Case-Study Research, and Program Evaluation (Oh my!)
What is Case-Study research? What about Program Evaluation? What role can Ethnography play in these other approaches to social research? As an anthropologist, “Program Evaluation” and “Case-Study Resea…
Ethnography, Case-Study Research, and Program Evaluation (Oh my!)
What is Case-Study research? What about Program Evaluation? What role can Ethnography play in these other approaches to social research? As an anthropologist, “Program Evaluation” and “Case-Study Resea…
Hurry Up and Wait, Part 2: Arrival – #RoR2018
After focusing my last couple weeks spending quality time with my loved ones, this week I have arrived in Dakar. This is my sixth time here and unquestionably…
Book Review: Talking Donald Trump: A Sociolinguistic Study of Style, Metadiscourse and Political Identity by Jennifer Sclafani
In Talking Donald Trump: A Sociolinguistic Study of Style, Metadiscourse and Political Identity, Jennifer Sclafani offers a sociocultural linguistic analysis of the language utilised by Donald Trump d…
Creating a World Without Poverty?
By Hannah Feldman Sat on the floor of a small shared room on the outskirts of Metro Manila, Mae* and her sisters are hurriedly crafting necklaces, while their…
Werben gegen AsylGedanken zur „Rumours about Germany“-Kampagne
Von Nerges Azizi und Dana Schmalz Unter dem Titel „Rumours about Germany“ informiert das Auswärtige Amt seit Oktober 2017 über die Möglichkeiten, in Deutschland Schutz zu erhalten.…
Public health politicised: A response to the politics of CDC language and implications for global health, wellbeing and inequalities by Ben Kasstan
In this response we address how the recent language controversy surrounding the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) must be considered as part of a broader politicisation…
Kill the Animals, Save the Animals: Watch a Gamer Subculture Define Its Values at Games Done Quick
A crowd of fans and friends circle around Asa Tims, at upper left. Tims speedruns and commentates on others’ runs under the name Spike Vegeta. While he was…
Ep. #5 Stunted thinking: Annie McCarthy talks slum children, NGOs, and stunting in Delhi
In Ep. #5, Stunted thinking, Annie McCarthy talks slum children, NGOs, and stunting in Delhi, India.
The Ethnic Costume Museum at the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology (12/9)
In the previous post in this series, I described how my traveling companions and I visited Beijing’s 798 Art Zone. (For the series in order, see 1, 2,…
Racism, Circumcision, Suicide Bombing: The most viewed posts in 2017
Unfortunately no new content was published here last year. Nevertheless, this blog received lots of visitors. Looking at last year’s statistics about the most viewed posts and pages,…
Beijing’s 798 Art Zone, Revisited, Again (12/9)
After visiting The Museum of Women and Children (See part 3 here), our group checked in with the Beijing arts neighborhood known as 798. (For background on 798,…
Leadership for the Ecozoic: Call for PhD students (McGill/Vermont)
See the link below for PhD opportunities regarding a new program jointly produced by McGill University and the University of Vermont…a follow up to their partnership on the…
Welcome to the Authoritarian Kleptocracy, part XXII
I took a couple weeks off from writing articles to finish up some book projects — I’m involved in three books coming out in 2018. My 2015 essay…
MENA Dialogues – Esra Özyürek on Religion, Secularism and Nationalism in Turkey and Europe
A conversation for STATUS/الوضع, between Esra Özyürek of the London School of Economics and Political Science and Nazlı Özkan, a PhD Candidate in Cultural Anthropology and Middle East…