Making the Enemy…Or Not
At the end of 2013, the Muslim Brotherhood had gone from being an organization whose members held the Presidency and the largest number of seats in Parliament to…
Reaching Out, Looking In: On Research, Refusal, and Responsibility by Tess Lanzarotta
The papers in this series, “Critical Histories, Activist Futures,” have captured some of the exciting conversations that took place during a conference titled “Critical Histories, Activist Futures: Sc…
New book on Water Justice
This looks like quite a nice collection from Cambridge University Press. Water Justice Edited by Rutgerd Boelens, Tom Perreault, and Jeroen Vos Book description Water justice is becoming…
The Revolution that Wasn’t (Yet): Reflections on Iran’s protests two months out
I still remember vividly the words of an informant who, when asking him about his vision of a freer Iran, responded adamantly, “we don’t need more freedom, what…
CaMP Anthropology Virtual Reading Group
Dear colleagues, Many of you have been able to join us over the past few months for our new virtual reading group. We meet the last Friday of…
How Billy Graham Married Evangelism and Anthropology
In 1960, Billy Graham met with Maasai people while preaching throughout Africa. James Burke/Getty Images On March 2, millions watched the funeral of the Rev. Billy Graham, one…
Indian Catchers of Coastal Oregon 1850s
A truly remarkable fact of Oregon history presented itself whole conducting some coastal research. In 1856 and for years after, the Indian agents employed and Continue reading
Secrets of a Brothel Privy
For Jade Luiz, a graduate student in archaeology at Boston University, historical archaeology is all about detective work. Through piecing together historical documents and archaeological finds from t…
Tenure Track PhD position in Product Design/Development at Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
Call for Applications: Tenure Track PhD position in Product Design/Development at Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA Candidates with anthropology backgrounds are encouraged to apply! Centra…
An Anthropology of Afrin—An Impossibility?
Searching for solidarity in the anthropological community. [pquote]How does one find the space to write or think—let alone breath—in such an environment?[/pquote]Şehitler ölmez vatan bölünmez. The mar…
Kathryn Woolard, “Singular and Plural: Ideologies of Linguistic Authority in Twenty-First Century Catalonia” (Oxford UP, 2016)
Kathryn Woolard is Professor Emerita and Research Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, San Diego. She has authored seminal works on language ideology and the sociolinguistic…
Sida Liu and Terence C. Halliday, “Criminal Defense in China: The Politics of Lawyers at Work” (Cambridge UP, 2016)
Sida Liu and Terence C. Halliday spent ten years interviewing criminal defense attorneys throughout China in order to compile the evidence on the professional lives of criminal defense…
”Bleka dödens minut” – begravningens rituella betydelse
Kyrkans roll i samhället har onekligen förändrats markant sedan exempelvis 1800-talet, i takt med hur samhället överlag har förändrats. Vissa kanske till och med undrar om den alls…
anthro in the news 3/5/18
A view of the U.S Congress building from Garfield Circle. Credit: Matthew Straubmuller/Flickr speaking truth to power STAT interviewed Kathryn Clancy, professor of anthropology at the University of…
Angie Heo: The Political Lives of Saints. Christian-Muslim Mediation in Egypt
On March 2, 2018 Angie Heo delivered a talk in our visiting seminar titled “The Political Lives of Saints: Christian-Muslim Mediation in Egypt”. We later conducted a brief…
Around the Web Digest: February 2018
Now that spring in the northern hemisphere is returning, my seasonal affective disorder will probably revert to regular depression again. However, the monthly harvest of internet discourse remains f…
Being a (feminist) killjoy – he or me?
TRIGGER WARNING: This article, or pages it links to, contains information about sexual assault and/or violence which may be triggering to survivors. Girl I want to make you…
Byron Fellowship for Undergraduate and Graduate Students
This short and intensive leadership fellowship might be of interest! The Byron Fellowship program is available to 20 upper class undergraduates, graduate students, and “recent” graduates from througho…
Speaking Of Jinn…
I recently participated in a podcast about jinn, material culture and modernity and globalization on the Archaeological Fantasies podcast. Here’s their episode notes: Magical Jinn and where …
Ep. #9 Calculated risk: Elizabeth Watt talks sexual power, politics, and vulnerability in the field
“I knew I was making myself vulnerable, but I also knew that there was phone reception down there, and there were other people within shouting range, and that…
Sorge vor fliegenden Jurten
Es schneit wieder und ich huste wegen der Abgase. Ein Kollege meint, die Feinstaubbelastung sei heute sehr gering. Im Sommer würde es richtig pelzig auf der Zunge. Wir…
Medicinal Plants of the Rogue Rivers at Grand Ronde, 1858
When the tribes got to the reservation in 1856, the federal Indian agents were then 100% responsible for feeding them and caring for their health Continue reading
Acquisitions Editor Position
The Geek Anthropologist editorial team is looking to add an Acquisitions Editor! Interested? Read on! Know someone who might be interested? Let them know! Position notice in PDF…
Islamic Law Is Alive and Well in the U.S.
The complex interplay between American society and immigrants’ religious beliefs has a long and rich history in the U.S. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Teenage girls who are forced to…