Port by Jatin Dua
Indian Ocean port cities are worlds of coral and glass. Consider Lamu or Zanzibar on the East African coast with their labyrinthine old towns where ornate buildings made…
Like a Skin
For those of us who have grown up in the ‘West’, we tend to think of religion as a customizable category. Some of us are born into a…
One Size Does Not Fit All – Research on Mature Students’ Educational Experiences
In a follow up from our post on November 2nd, anthro everywhere! blogger Jennifer Long continues to discuss her new pedagogical research project in collaboration with Ms. Silvie Tanu Halim…
How Archaeologists Uncover History With Trees
In the fall of 1282, a young carpenter went to his favorite stand of juniper trees in southwestern Colorado. That stand contained a large number of tall trees…
An Advance Student Review of Lissa
Reviews of Lissa, the graphic novel launching our new ethnoGRAPHIC series, will start to appear in the next few weeks, including reviews by academics writing for journals, blogs,…
One Size Does Not Fit All – Research on Mature Students’ Educational Experiences
In a follow up from our post on November 2nd, anthro everywhere! blogger Jennifer Long continues to discuss her new pedagogical research project in collaboration with Ms. Silvie Tanu Halim…
Moral Cities: Religious Belonging and Cohabitation in Urban Spaces. Report from the 2017 German Anthropological Association conference
How do religious subjects, groups, practices and ideas shape and affect the urban spaces of cities like Berlin and Istanbul? How do religious actors establish relations of belonging?…
How do non-Arctic actors’ interests matter the Arctic? – debates around Arctic Circle assembly
From October 13 to October 19, 2017, the Uarctic Thematic network “Arctic Extractive Industries” held a masters/Phd course on the topic of Security, Governance and Geopolitics in relation…
Moral Cities: Religious Belonging and Cohabitation in Urban Spaces. Report from the 2017 German Anthropological Association conference
How do religious subjects, groups, practices and ideas shape and affect the urban spaces of cities like Berlin and Istanbul? How do religious actors establish relations of belonging?…
Unraveling an Ancient Code Written In Strings
This khipu, which was made before the Spanish conquest of the Incas, was probably used for accounting, as indicated by the knots in the cords. Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images…
“Designing Strategies for AAA Member Engagement” a 2017 Annual Meeting Workshop Preview
We asked Annual Meeting workshop organizers to give our blog readers a sneak peek at the events they have planned for AmAnth17. This post was submitted by Daniel Ginsberg, AAA’s manager…
Anthropology Blogging 101: Archaeogaming
In this edition of Anthropology Blogging 101, we feature Andrew Reinhard, founder of Archaeogaming. His application of archaeology to virtual worlds and digital gaming platforms like World of…
Papers and Panels of Interest at the 2017 American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting
We have big news. This year is the 73rd Annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology. For the first time, Anthropoliteia is offering up a list of…
The Storm After Maria
Puerto Rican Aftermath Puerto Ricans are US citizens. Puerto Rico is a colony. The tensions encompassed by these two facts were extremely clear in the federal response to…
Diversiteitsdenken
door Thijl Sunier Multiculturalisme is uit de mode geraakt. ‘De multiculturele samenleving is mislukt’ konden we politici in Europa niet lang geleden horen roepen. Multiculturalisme wordt geassocieer…
Our tribute to Kim Wall
Kim Wall was a Swedish journalist who was killed this summer while reporting. Although she was not an anthropologist by education, her work explored subcultures and what she…
Urban noise pollution is worst in poor and minority neighborhoods and segregated cities
Neighborhoods with median annual incomes below US$25,000 were nearly 2 decibels louder than neighborhoods with incomes above $100,000 per year. And nationwide, communities with 75 percent black reside…
Fragmentarische Beobachtungen II
#jacarandas Sehnsüchtig hatte ich auf die blühenden Bäume gewartet, und Anfang Oktober war es endlich soweit: Ein Baum nach dem anderen erblühte in voller Pracht, die Straßen Pretorias…
Fragmentarische Beobachtungen I
Da mein Auslandssemester langsam, aber sicher dem Ende entgegengeht und ich noch so viele „unabgeschlossene Eindrücke“ im Kopf habe, sollen auch die folgenden beiden Blogeinträge nicht unter einer…
anthro in the news 11/6/17
Credit: Pixabay the casting couch The Guardian published commentary by David Graeber, professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics, about his awakening to the pervasiveness of…
Urban by Claudia Gastrow
In July 2015 a Facebook campaign entitled selfie lixo (garbage selfie) was launched in Angola. It asked people to pose in front of piles of uncollected garbage in…
Four Stories, A Lament, and an Affirmation
Alisse Waterston’s Presidential Lecture at the 116th AAA Annual Meeting No doubt these are dark times. What of us, as anthropologists, in these times? How will we pass…
Did I plagiarize? A flow chart
For teachers and students alike, early November is the heart of the mid-term assignment swamp. As we wade through various assignments, questions of how to maintain academic integrity…
Von ‚Erstaufnahmelagern‘ zu ‚Abschiebezentren‘ – Oberstes Verwaltungsgericht Griechenlands sieht Türkei als sicheren Drittstaat an
Von Clara Bünger und Robert Nestler Das Oberste Verwaltungsgericht Griechenlands hat am 22. September 2017 in zwei Verfahren von syrischen Schutzsuchenden, die über die Türkei auf den ostägäisc…