MMWC Practicum Student Successes: Summer 2017
At the Mathers Museum of World Cultures, we are excited about the work that the museum’s first cohort of Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation interns are doing. You…
Robert M. Netting Best Student Paper Prize
Check out this opportunity for money and publication from our friends at the C&A section of the AAA’s for their student paper competitions. Feel free to apply or…
anthro in the news 7/31/17
Anthony Thomas, the two millionth Eagle Scout, addresses a crowd of over 45,000 at the 2010 National Scout Jamboree. Credit: Cherie Cullen, U.S. Department of Defense/Wikimedia a letter…
The Packaging Anthropological Knowledge Part Two
As an anthropologist teaching technical communications, I often reflect on the merits of active, concise, and accessible communication styles that I didn’t learn while studying my undergraduate or…
Stepping Down from Savage Minds
I’m sad to announce that I am leaving Savage Minds. Long-time readers have noticed that I have posted less and less frequently over the years, with my last…
Cleaning up toxic sites shouldn’t clear out the neighbors
Notions of “sustainability” and “urban greening” ought to include values of justice and equity. Otherwise, important projects like the Blue Greenway will build sustainable waterfronts for the urban…
On the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names; AFS Ethnographic Thesaurus
While some have a deep history (library classifications, for instance), controlled vocabularies of diverse sorts are relatively new and some play an increasingly important role in a range…
Welcome to the Authoritarian Kleptocracy Part XV
My latest articles and interviews: First they came for trans Americans. Who will be next? (7/27/17) — Globe and Mail How Trump fullfilled a 30-year fantasy of becoming president,…
Kom op Maarten, léés ons artikel!
Maarten Zeegers verwijt ons dat we niet transparant zijn over ons onderzoek naar de huwelijken van Nederlandse vrouwelijke Syriëgangers. Helaas blijkt uit alles dat hij klakkeloos de beschuldigingen…
circlejumps with anarki
Bridge to Rail is just one of the jumps in Quake Champions Anarki can do with a circlejump only. As there were quite some remarks towards that…
the congo dandies
Description by RT Documentaries: ““La Sape” is a unique movement based in Congo that unites fashion-conscious men who are ready to splurge money they don’t really have…
Jenseits von Verrenkungen: Warum Yoga mehr ist als ein weiterer Fitnesstrend
Der Schweiss strömt mir übers Gesicht. Meine Beine zittern verdächtig. Im winzigen Yogastudio riecht es nach menschlichen Ausdünstungen, Anstrengung und Ehrgeiz. Das hohe Tempo raubt mir buchstäblich …
Entspannt unterwegs: Mit Kind und Kegel durch Chengdu
Reisen mit Kind – und dann noch in eine Großstadt wie Chengdu mit seinen knapp 15 Millionen Einwohnern? Chinas Netizens nutzen Online-Reiseforen zum Austausch von Tipps und Tricks,…
Congratulations to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science on the Publication of Navajo Textiles Volume
Congratulations our colleagues at in the Department of Anthropology at the the Denver Museum of Nature and Science on the publication of the new volume Navajo Textiles: The…
Things Which Have Once Been Conjoined: Science Fiction, Contagion, and Magic in the Age of Social Media by Samuel Gerald Collins
There are many interesting formations that might be called networked phenomena. Homophily and the tendency towards triad closure. Scott Feld’s Rule (I’m more likely to make friends with…
Bruce O’Neill, “The Space of Boredom: Homelessness in the Slowing Global Order” (Duke University Press, 2017)
In The Space of Boredom: Homelessness in the Slowing Global Order (Duke University Press, 2017) Bruce O’Neill explores how people cast aside by globalism deal with an intractable…
How the Folsom Point Became an Archaeological Icon
The Folsom spear point, which was excavated in 1927 near the small town of Folsom, New Mexico, is one of the most famous artifacts in North American archaeology,…
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Hi all, We are in the middle of packing boxes and prepare for the move to a new apartment next week, so I’ll keep the intro short: Development…
The privilege of giving career advice in international development
After Duncan Green mentioned George Monbiot’s career advice and added some reflections from his aid industry policy angle, I am yet another (white) man with a stable career…