Om material i Cultura
Om att leta efter och hitta material i ett kulturvetenskapligt arkiv Ibland får man vara ekonomisk med sitt skrivande. Om man har kontakter till flera projekt kan det…
What FoodAnthropology Is Reading Now, October 9, 2017
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…
anthro in the news 10/9/17
Territories of the United States. Credit: Wikipedia colonies of the U.S. The Washington Post published a piece by David Vine, associate professor of anthropology at American University. He…
How subversive artists made thrift shopping cool
Over the past 100 years, visual artists probably deserve the most credit for thrift shopping’s place in the cultural milieu.
Citizen aid – and why ordinary people are founding their own development projects
By Anne-Meike Fechter At the height of the European refugee crisis, volunteers delivered goods to makeshift camps in Calais, set up soup kitchens, and helped recent arrivals on…
Did Columbus Sail to South America by Accident?
Columbus had a rich maritime history to draw from for his voyages. How did this impact his routes? — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Umgehung des Refoulement-Verbots oder Kampf gegen ‚illegale Migration’?Eine rechtliche Bewertung der Maßnahmen der EU an der zentralen Mittelmeerroute
Von Nula Frei und Constantin Hruschka Die Maßnahmen der EU-Staaten (einzeln und kollektiv) zur Verhinderung irregulärer Migration und irregulärer Einreisen finden immer im Spannungsfeld mit den…
Eco Messe
Ökologie und Mode – passt das überhaupt zusammen? Teil 2 Eine wirkliche Alternative zu der üblichen Wegwerfmode, ein schöner Gedanke. Die Arbeitsbedingungen und Produktionsdetails bekannter Kett…
On My Shelf: What’s Love Got to Do With It?
The latest installment of On My Shelf takes us into sex tourism in the Dominican Republic. — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Rhetoric of Foreclosure and Eviction in Detroit
Analyzing the rhetoric around blight, foreclosure, and eviction in Detroit reveals a lot about local attitudes towards/concepts of ownership, poverty, race, and social justice. Over the last two…
fishing for answers
SDSU anthropologist Matthew Lauer with local fishermen (Credit: Matthew Lauer) San Diego State University anthropologist Matthew Lauer is teaming up with scientists and islanders alike to figure out…
#EVENTS: Spaces, surfaces and borders
You guessed it: it’s yet again time for events! This month, we bring you a selection of exciting events addressing vulnerability, borders, spaces and surfaces. From conferences to…
In The Journals – September 2017, part I by Christine Sargent
Hi everyone! September was full of publications, so we’ll take last month in two parts. American Anthropologist “The Campesino Was Born for the Campo”: A Multispecies Approach to Territorial Pe…
Contested Narratives: Charlottesville and the Caribbean in Perspective
By Kimberley McKinson, Post-Doctoral Research and Teaching Associate, University of Georgia As I witnessed the horrific images of white supremacy and raw hate coming out of Charlottesville, Virginia…
Why The World Needs Anthropologists: Powering the Planet
By Simone Abram Why does the world need anthropologists? This is the question posed at an annual meeting of the Applied Anthropology Network of the European Association of…
Were Peace Medals the Price of Loyalty?
Gift-giving is common to all human societies; it’s one of the behaviors that makes us human. We give gifts to celebrate holidays, birthdays, and weddings, not to mention…
Links & Contents I Liked 253
Hi all, In the end, I managed to pull a new link review together for this week! Quite a few examples of development communication #fails, but also encouraging pieces…