Populism and the Conundrums of Democracy in Italy
There is one pattern that characterizes post-Cold War Italy: new political figures emerge, espousing an anti-establishment rhetoric, but end up bringing the people more of the same. Whether…
Religion & Medizin: Ein Gespräch über Heil- und Heilungskonzepte zwischen den Disziplinen
Für gewöhnlich gehen viele davon aus, dass “Religion” und “Medizin” zwei völlig abgetrennte und verschiedene Bereiche des Lebens ansprechen. Dabei ist vielleicht zunächst überraschend, dass die monot…
Religion & Medizin: Ein Gespräch über Heil- und Heilungskonzepte zwischen den Disziplinen
Für gewöhnlich gehen viele davon aus, dass “Religion” und “Medizin” zwei völlig abgetrennte und verschiedene Bereiche des Lebens ansprechen. Dabei ist vielleicht zunächst überraschend, dass die monot…
Thomas Mira y Lopez, “The Book of Resting Places: A Personal History of Where We Lay the Dead” (Counterpoint Press, 2017)
We’ve all participated in the rituals of the dead at some time or another in our lives, going to funerals and wakes, visiting loved ones in cemeteries. Some…
Arabic Dictionaries Online
In 1981, while visiting Egypt for a consulting assignment with USAID, I purchased the old Cairo edition of the massive dictionary Tāj al-‘Arūs of Murtaḍā al-Zabīdī (d. 1790).…
Will finance policies solve the EU “refugee crisis”?
The German government is floating the idea of restructuring EU funds to benefit member states that take in migrants and refugees. What seems like a selfish move by…
Sun Ra > Black Panther
The Black Panther movie has been out for a little bit now, and posts both pro and con have been circulating on the Internet (Kerim has a quick…
Restored 18th century Danish tavern to be inaugurated today
[JH comment: now if you were plying the illicit opium trade on behalf of dodgy East India Company officials, you’d also need to stop by the Tavern and…
Klaus-Peter Koepping
Another obituary, this time in the Quarterly by Thomas Reuter. Time does not reconcile. The Quarterly Number 142/September 2017 In Fond Memory of… Klaus Peter Koepping passed away in…
CulAnth #Anthropod – Lara Deeb & Jessica Winegar: Anthropology & The Politics of Studying the Middle East
Lara Deeb (Scripps College) and Jessica Winegar (Northwestern University) about their recent book Anthropology’s Politics: Disciplining the Middle East (2015). They discuss how political and eco…
Book Review: Gendered Lives, Livelihood and Transformation: The Bangladesh Context edited by Meghna Guhathakurata and Ayesha Banu
In Gendered Lives, Livelihood and Transformation: The Bangladesh Context, editors Meghna Guhathakurata and Ayesha Banu bring together contributors to explore women’s lives and livelihoods during…
Christopher J. Lee, “Jet Lag” (Bloomsbury Academic, 2017)
My father has this personality quirk that drives me crazy. Whenever and wherever he travels, no matter how far, he refuses to reset his watch to the local…
Lucinda Carspecken, “Love in the Time of Ethnography” (Rowman and Littlefield, 2017)
Love in the Time of Ethnography: Essays on Connection as a Focus and Basis for Research (Rowman and Littlefield, 2017) is edited by Lucinda Carspecken, anthropologist and lecturer…
What Foodanthro is reading now, February 27, 2018
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…
CFP: Consuming In, and Consumed By, a Trump Economy
The CFP below is for a mini-conference the day before the next annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. It may be of interest to SAFN members and…
anthro in the news 2/26/18
Panorama of Bois Cheri Tea Plantation in Mauritius. Credit: Vincent Lim Show Chen/Flickr happy 50th birthday, Mauritius African Arguments published a piece by Sean Carey, honorary senior research…
How to frame your career transition
Today we are revisiting some still sound advice on How to Explain Your Career Transition that The Harvard Business Review first published back in 2013. This advice is especially…
How to frame your career transition
Today we are revisiting some still sound advice on How to Explain Your Career Transition that The Harvard Business Review first published back in 2013. This advice is especially…
How does anthropology help Google UX? Interview with Fatimah Richmond
In six months’ time, one of the most pioneering and innovative events in applied anthropology of Europe will be held. Why the World needs Anthropologists: Designing the Future,…
Rachel Sherman, “Uneasy Street: The Anxieties of Affluence” (Princeton UP, 2017)
For her new book Uneasy Street: The Anxieties of Affluence (Princeton University Press, 2017), Rachel Sherman conducted in-depth interviews with fifty wealthy New Yorkers—including hedge fund fi… Visit…
Generation Terrorists: The Politics of Youth and the Gangs of Freetown, by Kieran Mitton
Youth at Risk – Youth as Risk On the evening of the 15th February, six leading presidential candidates for the Sierra Leone presidential elections took to the stage.…
#PrecAnthro in support of #USSstrike: once the pension dispute is won UCU should prioritise the fight against casualisation
On the 22nd of February 2018 University and College Union (UCU), the largest academic union in the world with over 100,000 members went on an unprecedented long strike,…
Horeskäver, trolltallar och magiska föreställningar – smöjning som folklig sjukdomsbot
Människans relation till skogen sträcker sig långt bak i tiden, när övernaturliga väsen ännu bodde i våra skogar. Det fanns många olika folkliga föreställningar om trädens magiska kraft…
Rezension | Industrie 4.0 und „der Mensch“ verfasst von Peter Schadt
Ein reicher Fundus an empirischem Material In zwölf Kapiteln erklärt Walter Huber anhand der größten Automobilhersteller Deutschlands ausführlich die Veränderungen durch die Industrie 4.0 in der Autom…