Let us face it: most anthropologists in Europe and North America, this author included, are leftist-liberal, cosmopolitan people. It regularly escapes my colleagues’ and my comprehension, how people…
Michael Muhammed Knight writes this book from a first-person perspective, as a piece of creative non-fiction. The book includes a liberal amount of swearing and sexual references, and…
In the Age of Trump, what are the political costs of our fast culture? Consider our fast politics. We have so much day-after
In the Age of Trump, what are the political costs of our fast culture? Consider our fast politics. We have so much day-after
In the Age of Trump, what are the political costs of our fast culture? Consider our fast politics. We have so much day-after
I read Platforming – what can NGOs learn from AirBnB and Amazon? by Paula Gil Baizan, World Vision’s Global Humanitarian Director for cash based programs with interest-but also…
Im Februar 2017 nahm Ren Hang sich das Leben. Seit vielen Jahren schon litt der Künstler an Depressionen. Seine persönlichen Erfahrungen teilte er in einem Online-Tagebuch. …
When Vladimir Nalivkin, a Russian officer who had served in several military campaigns, and his wife, Maria Nalivkina, took up farming in 1878 in the village of Nanay…
Next trimester I’m teaching a new course, Anthropology for Liberation. Here’s the course description: How can anthropology advance human emancipation from racism, gender inequality, class …
Elizabeth Wilson’s Gut Feminism revisits feminism’s traditionally antagonistic engagement with biology with a call to reposition the body in feminist thought. As Wilson critically explores relationsh…
A scene in Kashmir. Credit: Quora.com/Google Images Commons when a national army threatens its people The Wire published commentary by Partha Chatterjee, professor of anthropology & Middle Easte…
Via Ricardo Andres Labra Mocarquer Symposium in Santiago, Chile. November. The way “things” are analyzed in the contemporary world had changed, from antiquarians to different approaches…
In line with Monday’s post on alt-ac careers for anthropologists, I wanted to further explore the role of Anthropology (its knowledge, methods, approach, etc.) outside its home discipline.…
Jessie Daniels and Arlene Stein have written Going Public: A Guide for Social Scientists (University of Chicago Press, 2017). How can political scientists and other social scientists speak…
By Dr. Sara B. Pritchard Department of Science & Technology Studies, Cornell University So it began. This was the image that sparked my interest in light pollution and light-pollution…
This week we feature new reviews as well as a new call for reviews on the theme of #legalanthro! Tomorrow, our Allie Julie Billaud kicks off the week…
Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Max Schnepf Photo credits: Can Ortak The practice of rectal examinations in the Turkish military made international news (e.g. Gaytimes 2015) when…
Me and Mom in Portland, summer 2015 On April 20th, my 31st birthday, I traveled to Sturgis, Michigan to visit my mom. Toward the end of last year,…
Endlich habe ich es geschafft. Das Design von antropologi.info ist nun "responsive", d.h. man kann die Texte auch auf Handys und Tablets gut lesen. Die Webseite ist auch…
«Irgendeinisch fingt ds Glück eim.» So lautet der Refrain eines Songs der Berner Band Züri West. Irgendeines Songs? Nein! Für mich ist «Fingt ds Glück eim?» nicht irgendein Lied.…
Endlich habe ich es geschafft. Das Design von antropologi.info ist nun “responsive”, d.h. man kann die Texte auch auf Handys und Tablets gut lesen. Die Webseite ist auch…
