When buildings burn, from London to Dhaka
by Rebecca Prentice There is for me a sad familiarity in the story of the Grenfell Tower fire. I have spent recent years researching garment factory fires and…
Palabras mágicas
Nada hay tan increíble que la oratoria no pueda volver posible Cicerón Un elemento clásico en las narraciones fantásticas es el uso de palabras mágicas, conjuros con el…
Ayahuasca teaches Europe
Igreja Céu de Maria, na Holanda (Foto de arquivo: Santo Daime) By Barbara Arisi The ancient drink ayahuasca or daime is one of the powerful forces that connects…
British archaeology is in a fight for survival
The first University Archaeology Day marks a point of crisis in British archaeology. As student applications fall, threatening university departments with cuts, commercial demand for archaeologists is…
A Youth Center Struggles With Israeli Occupation
A staff member at Lajee Center, a youth organization in Aida Refugee Camp in the Israeli occupied West Bank, went “live” on Facebook on the afternoon of Sunday,…
Globale Trends zu Flucht und FlüchtlingsschutzFragen zu Verantwortung, Lösungen und Lebensbedingungen von Flüchtlingen
Von Ulrike Krause und Janna Wessels Anlässlich des Weltflüchtlingstags, der seit 2001 jährlich am 20. Juni stattfindet, reflektieren wir in diesem Beitrag die internationalen Entwicklungen von Fluch…
In Love with the Ugly Face of Alexandria
(This is the beginning of an article I’m preparing for publication that is called “Where is Alexandria: Myths of the City and the Anti-City in Alexandria after Cosmopolitanism.…
In Love with the Ugly Face of Alexandria
(This is the beginning of an article I’m preparing for publication that is called “Where is Alexandria: Myths of the City and the Anti-City in Alexandria after Cosmopolitanism.…
Paying for sex in Graham Greeneland: Sex work in fiction
The other day I lightly said It’s a blokey thing to a young person who replied That’s a sexist thing to say! The next day another young person heard me use…
Paying for sex in Graham Greeneland: Sex work in fiction
The other day I lightly said It’s a blokey thing to a young person who replied That’s a sexist thing to say! The next day another young person heard me use…
Stakes of Life: Science, states, policies, publics and ‘the first thousand days’ by Fiona C. Ross
Welcome back to the “First Thousand Days of Life” Somatosphere series. Here we continue to explore the ways that a global health initiative driven by new findings in…
anthro in the news 6/19/17
Credit: Next28/Wikimedia Commons genetic modification/ genetic editing: word game? The Washington Post reported on efforts by DuPont Pioneer, the division of DuPont that produces GMOs, to build consum…
Review: Metabolic Living
Metabolic Living: Food, Fat, and The Absorption of Illness in India. Harris Solomon. Duke University Press, 2016. Gauri Anilkumar Pitale Southern Illinois University …
Alessandro Zagato: “Spokesperson for the people and candidate for the media”: An indigenous woman for the 2018 presidential elections in Mexico
María de Jesús Patricio, known as Marichuy, is an indigenous Nahuatl woman born on 23 December 1963 in Tuxpan (“land of rabbits”), a small town located in the…
Caremotions 2017
CAREMOTION –noun- finding balance between the care of others and self, and the emotions during video making. Etymology-(coined in Canterbury 2017) a synthesis of care, motion, emotion, motion…
The Relationship between Social Justice & Anthropology
2017 on a whole has been a deadly year. This post was spurred by the terrorist attacks that we’ve seen in Western media but on a whole, many…
Community Responses to Toxic Hazards: A Reading List
A reading list of the David and Goliath story of communities versus industries, governments, and polluting infrastructures.
On Educating Well-Meaning White People
“I give blood to white people” I give blood. Every day, to white people, I give blood. Red Blood. Culturally anemic academics beseech me to provision them…
When the Internet goes dark on 12 July, so should anthropology
I’ve written on this blog before about the Trump Administration’s recent changes to net neutrality rules. These rules will let your Internet Service Provider — your cable or…
Blood bowl: The Other Fantasy Football, Part 2: The Block Dice of Sociality
Editorial Note: This is part two of a three part series. Click here to read part one, “Warming Up,” Round 2: Following our defeats across the board in…
Welcome to the Authoritarian Kleptocracy, Part XIII
Taking it day by day, learning to live like an animal in the jungle where we play… My latest articles and interviews: Trump is reportedly under investigation. Does…
Introduction to “Maintaining Refuge”
This introduction is part of the Maintaining Refuge series. The last few years have witnessed a rising tide of concern about a rising tide of refugees and migrants. As…