Routes to economic growth in Europe and China
In Two Paths to Prosperity, economists Avner Greif, Joel Mokyr and Guido Tabellini examine why Europe and China took such different development trajectories, pointing to the contrasting social…
In Two Paths to Prosperity, economists Avner Greif, Joel Mokyr and Guido Tabellini examine why Europe and China took such different development trajectories, pointing to the contrasting social…
Review of Madhava Prasad’s 2014 book seems now more than ever… “Cine-Politics asserts that after a distinct period in which writers were dominant in the movies, the celebrity…
This episode featured a conversation with Rahul Sonpimple, founder of the All-India Independent Scheduled Castes Association. Our conversation began with Rahul’s conception of Indian history and the place…
Geschätzte Lesedauer: 2 Minuten Als Alltagskulturwissenschaftlerin lassen mich meine Forschungsinteressen selten in Ruhe. Die Themen, die mich bewegen, die Zusammenhänge, die mich neugierig machen, u…
The EU Nature Restoration Legislation was finally adopted in 2024, after going through the rounds of the EU parliament since 2022. The passing of the law marks a…
ByDr Gabriella SantiniPhD Anthropology “Interdisciplinary research is the key to addressing global challenges”, they say. So why did I feel like I was swimming against the curr…
Outlining the characteristics of violent and non-violent right-wing extremism in Norway since the terrorist attack on July 22, 2011, Anders Ravik Jupskås and Jacob Aasland Ravndal argue that…
Sustainability has become a touchstone for development worldwide, promising an antidote to environmental degradation and capitalism’s excess: waste. Refusing Sustainability: Race and Environmentalism in a Changing Europe (Stanford…
“Nuestra forma principal de adaptación biológica es la cultura, no la anatomía” Marvin Harris. (Vacas, cerdos, guerras y brujas.) “La cultura es la naturaleza humana.” “Elementos que no…
“Asian workers ‘at home’ have been organized, culturally and politically, and have provided a critique of anthropological categorisation themselves by focusing on political and organization…
ByDamian SabatiniPhD Anthropology I used to visit a coffee shop a few streets away from Hackney Central Station in London back in March 2025. There were film posters and…
در یکی از شبهای جام جهانی ۲۰۲۶، دوربین تلویزیونی روی سکوها مکث میکند. گروهی از هواداران، فارغ از نتیجه مسابقه، سرود ملی کشورشان را با صدایی بلند و…
Somatosphere welcomes you to the July edition of “In the Journals.” Scroll through our monthly round up of new research across anthropology, STS and social science journals. Cultural…
July is South Asian Heritage Month in the UK and worldwide, celebrating the history and culture of the region and its influence in Britain. To mark the occasion,…
Demonstrasjon på den internasjonale dagen mot homofobi, bifobi og transfobi. Demonstrasjonen gikk fra Parliamentet til tidligere Tepláreň for å minnes ofrene av terrorangrepet 12. oktober 2022. Skreve…
Pass, Pose, Performance. Von NYC nach Berlin: Eine Reise der Entstehung eigener widerständiger Räume bis zur Etablierung von Ballroom im Unisaal. Die Ballroom-Culture ist eine Subkultur, die ihre…
In the spirit of Hannah Arendt’s natality principle (that new things are always and should always be being born, each one unique and endowed with limitless potential) we…
When a video game development company creates a skin, a character, or a bundle of digital items, it is not merely producing aesthetics or playable experiences—it is also…
ByLily WellsBSc Human Science Time does not move cleanly through a city. It accumulates unevenly, settling into buildings, street names, and the habits of everyday life. In Bristol, the…
“An outpouring of books on the Sundarbans delta and other Bengal waterways immerse us in a new ecological analytic. An amazing liquid world churns at the end of…
It is a winter day. Workers at the dump are busy emptying trucks, sweating profusely as the sun beats down on all of us. The smell of the…
Tea Towel from Scott Barton’s Exhibit “Buried in the Heart: A Repast for Angels and Martyrs.” LindenSculpture Garden https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=B8ru5vyK3da David Sutton In this installme…
Eine schnelle Feldübung, um den Arbeitsmarkt zu sehen, der oft abstrakt bleibt. In meinen Präsenz-Workshops bitte ich die Teilnehmenden gern um einen Stadtspaziergang, bevor wir über Strat…
“Marx’s Eighteenth Brumaire provides commentary on the politics of the February Revolution in France (1848), leading onto an analysis of the to-ing and fro-ing of Louis Bonaparte (the…