Trump’s Wall and the Dictator Aesthetic
Well, look, we’re going to have a border. It’s going to be a real border, and we’re going to build a wall and it’s going to be a…
After the Women’s March
While pundits continue to debate what led to the outcome of 2016’s election, it is clear that intersections between gender and race played a central role. The question…
Links & Contents I Liked 244
Hi all,Surrounded by moving boxes comes the latest link review! Development news: Did Angelina Jolie really do harm on her film set? What are the Clooneys up to…
Spielende für die TaschenspielerDeutschland muss seinen kreativen Umgang mit den Dublin-Fristen beenden
Der Europäische Gerichtshof (EuGH) hat am 26. Juli 2017 mit der Entscheidung Mengesteab die Fristenregelungen der Dublin-Verordnung für justiziabel erklärt und gleichzeitig entschieden, dass die Unter…
Einige Gedanken zu interdisziplinärem “Studieren” – VL Frühe Neuzeit
Ich sollte dafür danken, dass ich in der im unserem Kernbereich liegenden Vorlesung “Einführung in die Frühe Neuzeit” viel erlernt habe. Dabei würde das sich für mich zeigen, wie…
The Perils and Privileges of an Amazonian Hallucinogen
As practices associated with the use of ayahuasca grow in popularity, so do concerns about the appropriation of Indigenous traditions. Barbara Fraser Jens Kossmagk gazed into the darkness…
Anthropologists Visualizing Data: Packaging Anthropological Knowledge Part Three
In line with the post from earlier this week, Anthro Everywhere! is revisiting the topic of visualizing data in accessible (i.e. easily consumable) ways. What do I mean…
What Foodanthro is Reading Now, August 3, 2017
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…
Bollywood and women
For the reminder files, an email response to a student met doing Capital in India proposing a PhD on women in Bollywood. I'm not sure I'm the one…
Using Emotional Intelligence to Crack the Job Interview Code
Interviewing? Your skills are important, but it may come down to your emotional intelligence — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Ku Klux Klan and the Value of Shame
A recent Ku Klux Klan rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, drew close to 1,000 counterprotestors. Steve Helber/Associated Press On July 8, Charlottesville, Virginia, witnessed the value of…
Auf zu neuen Ufern: China eröffnet Marinebasis in Afrika
Nach großen Investitionen in die weltweite Schifffahrt, steht China kurz davor seinen ersten Marinestützpunkt im Ausland zu eröffnen. In den Staatsmedien wird dies als großer Erfolg gefeiert. Doch…
New Zealand Symposium of Gastronomy Deadline Extension
A quick update! The deadline for submissions to the 11th New Zealand Symposium of Gastronomy has been extended to August 15, 2017. Everyday: New Zealand Symposium of Gastronomy Christchurch, No…
Summer break
Standplaats Wereld will be back in September. Enjoy the Summer!
Beyond ABC: sexual mobility in Uganda
Beyond ABC: sexual mobility in Uganda By Esther Platteeuw Quote on a classroom wall in Wairaka – From January to March 2017 I conducted my fieldwork in Uganda to…
Web Round Up: Time to Chill? Egg Freezing and Beyond by Moira Kyweluk
A focus on age-related fertility decline, and exploration of ways to expand the timeline and options for biological parenthood have been consistent cultural and web-wide fixations. The $3…
Mess in the Middle East
Many people throughout the Western world do not understand what is happening in the Middle East. Much of the confusion stems from a misunderstanding of the complicated relations…
Ethnographic Films: A Family of Resemblances
This is the third post in my series on the definition of “ethnographic film.” In the first post I laid out the basic approach I am using: one…
The Short Political Career of Strawberries
This unassuming plant can teach us a great deal about politics and colonialism — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
‘Shamanism, Discourse, Modernity’ by Thomas Karl Alberts
Thomas Karl Alberts. Shamanism, Discourse, Modernity. 286 pp., refs., index. New York: Routledge, 2016. $122 (hardback), $54.95 (e-book). First published 2015 by Ashgate. Alberts, of Cape Town, South…