Sex at the Margins: Beyond Binaries in Trafficking & Sex Work
I’ve been invited to speak at the Human Trafficking Center of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver, Colorado. The talk is called…
Arsenic and Old Pelts: Deadly Pesticides in Museum Collections
All museums use pesticides and preservatives, though their health impacts are not always known; ethnographic collections can thus pose a health risk. Here we open one cold case…
An Archaeology Carol… Or How Ghost Hunting Made Me A Better Archaeologist
By April Beisaw Another Christmas has passed without a personal visit from the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, or Yet to Come? Same here. In Dickens’ A Christmas…
Economy, Happiness, and the Good Life: An Interview with Edward F. Fischer
GB. England. New Brighton. From ‘The Last Resort,’ 1983-85, Martin Parr. In the second interview for the series ‘The Good Life,’ Jonas Tinius and Johannes Lenhard invited anthropologi…
Economy, Happiness, and the Good Life: An Interview with Edward F. Fischer
GB. England. New Brighton. From ‘The Last Resort,’ 1983-85, Martin Parr. In the second interview for the series ‘The Good Life,’ Jonas Tinius and Johannes Lenhard invited anthropologi…
Populism, Nationalism, Globalization, and Imperialism: A Thick Review of 2017
In memory of Edward S. Herman b. April 7, 1926, d. November 11, 2017 An inspiration that lives on, may he rest in eternal peace. From provoking potential…
On Edge: China’s Frontiers in a Time of Change
In 2011, China’s state-run general content television channel, CCTV-4, launched a monumental 100-part series with a title that translates as “Borderland Journey” (边疆行). The premise of the show is…
Rezension | Systemtheorie. Theorie für die vernetzte Gesellschaft von Christian Schuldt – verfasst von Andreas Schulz
Am 8. Dezember 2017 wäre Niklas Luhmann 90 Jahre alt geworden. Sein Denken und seine Spielart der Systemtheorie beeinflussten die deutschsprachigen Sozialwissenschaften aber auch Disziplinen wie die K…
Web Roundup: Gender and Health by Cinzia Greco
Nothing seems to be more self-evident than gender differences, and yet when we have to establish what these differences are, things seem to become complicated. Is it the…
Inedia with a Grain of Salt
Author: Michael Rose, recently awarded his PhD from ANU. He would be thrilled to hear about any postdoc, writing or teaching opportunities that you might have going. You can contact…
Communicating Care: A Radical Resolution for 2018
As this year comes to a close, I am weary of 2017. I am weary of hearing, thinking, talking and writing about Donald J Trump
Communicating Care: A Radical Resolution for 2018
As this year comes to a close, I am weary of 2017. I am weary of hearing, thinking, talking and writing about Donald J Trump
Communicating Care: A Radical Resolution for 2018
As this year comes to a close, I am weary of 2017. I am weary of hearing, thinking, talking and writing about Donald J Trump
Klickitat Bands Colonize the Columbia River and Northwestern Oregon
The Klickitat (Klikitat, Clickitat) tribe are for many people, synonymous with “Oregon Indians.” Yet, the Klickitats are not originally from Oregon at all. Their habitations in the 19th…
Backpackers in Calcutta again
From: The Global Nomad: Backpacker Travel in Theory and Practice edited by Dr. Greg Richards, Dr. Julie Wilson 2004 And From: A Common Mission: Healthy Patterns in Congregational…
Sustainable Development Postdoc
The following announcement was received from Amy Trubek, who notes that there are several UVM Food Systems faculty affiliated with the Gund Institute. That, along with the fact…
anthro in the news 12/26/17
An arm bracelet from Nabwageta Island, Papua New Guinea. The names of the people who have owned the bracelet are written on it. It was part of a…
Lower Chinook Vocabulary by Robert Shortess, 1853
Robert Shortess married a Clatsop woman in the late 1840s in Astoria, Oregon. He had arrived in Oregon in 1839 and was active around the Willamette Valley for…
Gone Ice Fishing!
AN has gone to Yorkshire, UK and Milwaukee, WI. We wish you a peaceful and enjoyable holiday period. See you in January 2018! Fancy a spot of anthropology…
Zout in de wonde – Een bespreking van White Innocence van Gloria Wekker
Nog geen week geleden kwam een Nederlandse politieke partij met een statement dat aangaf waar zij voor staat: ‘een open, tolerant, democratisch Nederland waar individuele eigenschappen bepalend zijn,…
A New Layout For The New Year
After 12 years it was time to update the layout of antropologi.info. I tried to keep some of the old elements while adjusting the look to our new…
Misplaced Memorials
I recently found a mysterious, out-of-place grave marker on a vacant lot in Detroit, and I went down a research rabbit hole trying to figure out how it…
Discard Studies going dark, being reborn in 2018
Dear Discard Studies Readers, I have been posting on this blog every week for the past seven years. It has been a pleasure. I began as a PhD…
My History of Anthropology Syllabus
This semester I taught ANTH 490, the History of Anthropology. It is a required class for our majors and is sort of a ‘capstone’ for their anthropology experience,…