Job offer: sustainability Professor
Hope everybody is enjoying the summer. For those who prefer to read announcements at this time, here is an interesting one. Hopefully many of ‘our people’ apply, so…
The Second American Revolution
Well, it only took about two-hundred and forty years but the greatest fear of the writers of the Constitution of the United States has taken place. A rich,…
Michael Youngblood, “Cultivating Community: Interest, Identity, and Ambiguity in an Indian Social Mobilization” (South Asian Studies Press, 2016)
Cultivating Community: Interest, Identity, and Ambiguity in an Indian Social Mobilization by Michael Youngblood, a cultural anthropologist based in San Francisco, was published in November, 2016 by th……
Decolonization is political action, not an act of historical circumstance.
As an archaeologist who is invested in the project of decolonization, I admit to being wary of its overuse within anthropological discourse to such a degree that it…
Sverre Molland, “The Perfect Business? Anti-Trafficking and the Sex Trade along the Mekong” (U. Hawaii Press, 2012)
Now and then we feature a book on New Books in Southeast Asian Studies whose author we ought to have had on the show some time ago. The…
Blood Bowl: The Other Fantasy Football, Part 3: Chainsaws and Steamrollers
Editorial Note: This is the final part of a series on Blood Bowl. Part 1 offers a general background on the game, and Part 2 discusses the sociality…
Every Day is Heterosexual Pride Day
Are you a heterosexual? Feeling discriminated against by a persecuted minority? Why can’t we celebrate what makes us common and powerful? Just because we’re not unique, it doesn’t…
Tagungsband “Bewegtbilder und Alltagskultur(en) Von Super 8 über Video zum Handyfilm”…
Ute Holfelder / Klaus Schönberger (Hrsg.) Bewegtbilder und Alltagskultur(en) Von Super 8 über Video zum Handyfilm. Praktiken von Amateuren im Prozess der gesellschaftlichen Ästhetisierung Klagenfurt…
Call For Papers – IC_UGC 2018: ‘Those Who Stay: How Out-Migration Affects West African Societies’
IC_UGC Conference 2018 Those Who Stay: How Out-Migration Affects West African Societies
Call For Papers – IC_UGC 2018: ‘Those Who Stay: How Out-Migration Affects West African Societies’
IC_UGC Conference 2018 Those Who Stay: How Out-Migration Affects West African Societies
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Hi all,I’m at a workshop about communication for development in the context of Germany today hosted by the University of Leipzig. There should be plenty of material for…
In the Journals – June 2017, part one by Aaron Seaman
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Susanna Forrest, “The Age of the Horse: An Equine Journey Through Human History” (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2017)
The history of humanity is intertwined with that of the horse to such a degree that it is no exaggeration to say that the existence of either species…
new tool measures resilience in adolescent Syrian refugees
A researcher surveys a young Syrian girl using a new survey tool developed by researchers at Yale and partnering universities to measure resilience in Arab-speaking youth affected by…
Inequality, Conservative Christianity and Implicit Racism in the US
In the United States, like many countries, income inequality has been reaching staggering proportions. In 1980, the average pre-tax income of the top 1% was 27 times the…
The River is in Us: Fighting Toxics in a Mohawk Community – Elizabeth Hoover
This title isn’t out until November, but it’s never too soon to pre-order. From the University of Minnesota Press website: Mohawk midwife Katsi Cook lives in Akwesasne, an…
The Moral Code of Chinese Sex Workers
The risks of earning a living in the sex industry are lessened by workers protecting one another’s safety and best interests. Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images One hot afternoon…
Call for Chapter Proposals: More than the Madeleine
Working title: More than the Madeleine: Food in Memory and Imagination Call for chapter proposals: please circulate! Claude Levi-Strauss posited that food has to be “good…
The Packaging of Anthropological Knowledge and Its Merits According to Market Research Experts
In a Harvard Business Review article To Get More Out of Social Media, Think Like an Anthropologist authors Susan Fournier, John Quelch, and Bob Rietveld (August 16, 2016) advocate…
Ik (b)en de Ander
Door Irene Smouter. Afgelopen jaar kreeg ik de kans om een half jaar te studeren in Johannesburg, Zuid Afrika, waar ik als antropologe in de dop enorm veel…
Videos from the Closing Conference
The Closing Conference of Overheating was held June 1, at the House of Literature in Oslo. The event was streamed live and is now available to watch in…