Vorderasiatische Archäologen leisten wichtigen Beitrag zur Erforschung des Nordirak. Proben konnte Prof. Dirk Wicke diesmal nicht mitbringen von seiner Grabung im Nordirak. Wegen des Unabhängigkeitsre…
Kann es das schon gewesen sein? Das habe ich mich die letzten Tage immer wieder gefragt. Seit dem ersten Semester ist der Auslandsaufenthalt Das Gesprächsthema unter uns gewesen.…
“On politics and precarities in academia”- this was the title of the EASA seminar held at the Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Bern from November 16-17, 2017.…
Es ist 22:00 Uhr am Donnerstagabend in Buenos Aires, draußen sind noch 28° und ich sitze zwischen einem einzigen Pack-Chaos in meinem kleinen Zimmer. Für morgen Abend habe…
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 dberiss@gmail.com or…
The short documentary Historia de un ballet (History of a Ballet, 1962) dramatizes an ethnographic encounter central to a creative process. Director José Massip followed Cuban choreographer Ramiro…
A list of anthropology blogs collected by Jason Antrosio of “Living Anthropologically”: https://www.livinganthropologically.com/anthropology-blogs-2017/ Including the new anthropology grou…
In Disability and Mobile Citizenship in Postsocialist Ukraine (Indiana University Press 2011), Sarah D. Phillips offers a compelling investigation of disability policies and movements in Ukraine after… Visit…
So-called alt-right groups, such as these demonstrators at the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 12, 2017, have been emboldened by recent political developments in…
The ocean has long been considered the ideal location for the disposal of waste—including, among many other things, treated and untreated sewage poured easily into the sea, the…
Following up on our post about crafting cover letters from earlier this week, we thought we’d share another career-related resource today: “The Checklist You Need to Run Through…
This is a curated and regularly updated overview (last update: 18 April 2018) over the events that followed after the publication of Bruce Gilley’s article The Case for…
Following up on our post about crafting cover letters from earlier this week, we thought we’d share another career-related resource today: “The Checklist You Need to Run Through…
Underwater excavations at Lechaion, the ancient harbour of Corinth, provide insight into engineering by the Roman Empire New archaeological excavations at the ancient port of Corinth have uncovered…
In Alter-Globalization in Southern Europe: Anatomy of a Social Movement, Eduardo Zachary Albrecht explores the alter-globalisation movements in Spain, Italy and Greece that envisage resistance less as…
Underwater excavations at Lechaion, the ancient harbour of Corinth, provide insight into engineering by the Roman Empire New archaeological excavations at the ancient port of Corinth have uncovered…
The EASA AGM Seminar in Bern simply came in a bad time. It confronted me with a dilemma: while I was eager to follow the workshops and act…
Lesetid: 4 minutterStrukturene rundt det å være småbarnsmor kan opppleves som undertrykkende. Flere mener fulltidsjobb og rollen som mor er vanskelig å kombinere. The post Utslitte småbarnsmødre- like…
The Jewish Studies Program and the Department of Sociology UC Davis Present the Academic Conference: Eating for Change: Global and Local Perspectives on Food and Transformation Wednesday, May…
Two of your familiar strangers are currently participating in the 2017 Australian Anthropological Society’s Annual General Meeting in Adelaide, this year held in collaboration with our UK and…
Here’s a selection of articles of interest published last month. Enjoy! Anthropology Now I Feel, Therefore I Matter: Emotional Rhetoric and Autism Self-Advocacy Ben Belek How do people…
When Hurricane Harvey dumped more than 4 feet of rain over parts of Houston in August, the National Weather Service needed two new colors for their rainfall maps:…
On the International Day to End Violence against Sex Workers, 17 December, I’ll be in Skopje, Macedonia, invited to speak and march by the Coalition ‘Sexual and Health…
Associate professor of anthropology at the University of Washington Sareeta Amrute has written Encoding Race, Encoding Class: Indian IT Workers in Berlin (Duke University Press, 2016), a study…