By Matthieu Bolay, Université de Neuchâtel When I was carrying out fieldwork in Guinea and Mali between 2010 and 2014, some ministry officials, with whom I discussed the topics…
From ‘Souvenirs in Dark Tourism: Emotions and Symbols’ by J Cave, D Buda – The Palgrave Handbook of Dark Tourism Studies, 2018
Scholars, indigenous activists and students from both sides of the Atlantic (or Pacific?) met at the small Venetian island of San Servolo from 14th to 19th of January…
This post was submitted by Phillip M. Carter, an associate professor of linguistics at Florida International University’s Cuban Research Institute The French Revolutionaries, compelled as they were by…
In 1857, Doctor Anson G. Henry wrote a report on the health conditions at Grand Ronde. A few days before he had written another report, Continue reading
For National Awkward Moments Day, March 18, AN would like to hear about your awkward, amusing, embarrassing moments and learning experiences from the field: Have you accidentally uttered…
Hi all, Development news: Justin Forsyth, Save The Children & abuse; don’t send stuff in humanitarian emergencies! ‘Poor, but happy’ in India; Chinese monkey suits; blockchain summit; brutally…
What are the lives of young incarcerated Latinas like? And what were their lives like before and after their incarceration? In his new book, Caught Up: Girls, Surveillance,…
By the time you read this post my bibliography of the #oxfamscandal will have reached 100 entries. Once the political momentum has slowed down a bit and the…
Yesterday, lecturers began 14 days of strikes in over 60 universities across the United Kingdom. Nominally, the strikes are to oppose pension changes proposed by university employers that would end…
Finally, on February 21 (2018), I decided to completely withdraw myself from the two main social media accounts that had kept me busy online for nearly a decade:…
Black mirror is a popular Netflix original anthological series that examines the dark aspects of modern society with countless casts and stories, from political satires to future dystopias.…
Sacrifice zones—abandoned, economically shattered places, with growing social and health problems—are spreading in historically white rural areas and small towns across the United States. Rural declin…
By Mónica Salas Landa, Lafayette College § Oil infrastructure, Poza Rica, Veracruz, Mexico. Image by author. ‘‘How do you feel living right across from the oil and gas complex?’’ I…
The thing that strikes you about The Frankenstein Chronicles is how gruesome it is. This was true too of The Alienist. In both cases, the series begins with…
Ivory beads and ochre—affixed to the pelvic bones of a child—likely decorated the burial clothing of this 10-year-old interred at Sunghir some 34,000 years ago. E. Trinkaus/Trinkaus and…
Image Credit: A Time for Revolutions: Making the Welfare State exhibition, LSE Library, 8 Jan – 13 Apr 2018 (© London School of Economics and Political Science) In…
We all know we should bike to work, but sometimes the weather is bad, or we are late, or just feeling lazy, and so we take the car.…
Presse release of 6 February 2018: Scientific knowledge as an important tool in the social and political battle against racism: this proposal put forward by anthropologists will be presented Thursday,…
Inga Scharf da Silva (Humboldt-Universität Berlin) arbeitet zu “Trauma als Wissensarchiv. Postkoloniale Erinnerungspraxis in der sakralen Globalisierung am Beispiel der zeitgenössischen Umbanda”. Man…
Inga Scharf da Silva (Humboldt-Universität Berlin) arbeitet zu “Trauma als Wissensarchiv. Postkoloniale Erinnerungspraxis in der sakralen Globalisierung am Beispiel der zeitgenössischen Umbanda”. Man…
Hunden har genom människans historia haft en ganska speciell roll som vän och följeslagare, vid sidan om rollen som sällskapsdjur . Hunden är inom många kulturer en viktig…
Since taking a course on The Philosophy of Religion with Dr. Wendy Farley, I have developed an interest in studying death and suffering. Naturally, I began to pay…
Equality. A term flaunted in many public circles, political campaigns, and social justice movements. In these instances, “equality” refers to fairness and justice in life; the act of…