Am 8. Dezember 2017 wäre Niklas Luhmann 90 Jahre alt geworden. Sein Denken und seine Spielart der Systemtheorie beeinflussten die deutschsprachigen Sozialwissenschaften aber auch Disziplinen wie die K…
Nothing seems to be more self-evident than gender differences, and yet when we have to establish what these differences are, things seem to become complicated. Is it the…
Author: Michael Rose, recently awarded his PhD from ANU. He would be thrilled to hear about any postdoc, writing or teaching opportunities that you might have going. You can contact…
As this year comes to a close, I am weary of 2017. I am weary of hearing, thinking, talking and writing about Donald J Trump
As this year comes to a close, I am weary of 2017. I am weary of hearing, thinking, talking and writing about Donald J Trump
As this year comes to a close, I am weary of 2017. I am weary of hearing, thinking, talking and writing about Donald J Trump
The Klickitat (Klikitat, Clickitat) tribe are for many people, synonymous with “Oregon Indians.” Yet, the Klickitats are not originally from Oregon at all. Their habitations in the 19th…
From: The Global Nomad: Backpacker Travel in Theory and Practice edited by Dr. Greg Richards, Dr. Julie Wilson 2004 And From: A Common Mission: Healthy Patterns in Congregational…
The following announcement was received from Amy Trubek, who notes that there are several UVM Food Systems faculty affiliated with the Gund Institute. That, along with the fact…
An arm bracelet from Nabwageta Island, Papua New Guinea. The names of the people who have owned the bracelet are written on it. It was part of a…
Robert Shortess married a Clatsop woman in the late 1840s in Astoria, Oregon. He had arrived in Oregon in 1839 and was active around the Willamette Valley for…
AN has gone to Yorkshire, UK and Milwaukee, WI. We wish you a peaceful and enjoyable holiday period. See you in January 2018! Fancy a spot of anthropology…
Nog geen week geleden kwam een Nederlandse politieke partij met een statement dat aangaf waar zij voor staat: ‘een open, tolerant, democratisch Nederland waar individuele eigenschappen bepalend zijn,…
After 12 years it was time to update the layout of antropologi.info. I tried to keep some of the old elements while adjusting the look to our new…
I recently found a mysterious, out-of-place grave marker on a vacant lot in Detroit, and I went down a research rabbit hole trying to figure out how it…
Dear Discard Studies Readers, I have been posting on this blog every week for the past seven years. It has been a pleasure. I began as a PhD…
This semester I taught ANTH 490, the History of Anthropology. It is a required class for our majors and is sort of a ‘capstone’ for their anthropology experience,…
This year, 2017, has shown a lot of growth after the 2016 breakout year, capping two years of amazing histories being written, and an awesome response from my…
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…
We rounded up the most-read articles of 2017. Here’s the top five from In Focus, Opinion, and Section News! Most-Read In Focus Articles 5. “The Future of Education is…
As 2017 comes to a close we’d like to celebrate the AAA publishing portfolio by announcing the most-downloaded articles published by each journal this year. These articles are…
Die Erforschung der Nok-Kultur an der Goethe-Universität kann weitergehen: Die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft hat jetzt den Förderantrag des Afrika-Archäologen Prof. Peter Breunig und der Archäobotan…
Many North Americans (leaving aside Mexico), would likely not know that the official acronym for “North Korea” is “DPRK,” and if they did then fewer still might realize…
One of the most undervalued, but arduous forms of academic work is editing: organizing knowledge, judging quality, finding emergent themes, and forging connections. Editing is a form of…