Mattering Anthropology, Anthropology Matters
By Emma Louise Backe Anthropology Matters! was the exhortation of the 116th American Anthropological Association Annual meeting this year in Washington, D.C. The frenetic energy of the 115th…
Rituella eldar under Samhain
För oss i dagens västerländska samhälle är Samhain kanske närmast känt som ”forntida Halloween”. Samhain (även stavat exempelvis Samain, Samuin, Sauin och Samhuinn, och också kallat andra namn…
Video: Ordering – Part I of #FutureCentralAsia
In this panel, the three discussants, Madeleine Reeves (Manchester / Konstanz), Tim Epkenhans (Freiburg) and Timothy Nunan (Berlin) are discussing the following three books: Judith Beyer. 2016. The…
Lake by Muchaparara Musemwa
Introduction Urban man-made bodies of water such as lakes can be sources of aesthetic beauty and leisure and can boost a city’s economy and tourism industry. They satisfy…
anthro in the news 12/4/17
Goldfish Glitter Goldfish Glitter goodbye to glitter CNN and several media covered a proposed ban on glitter in the U.K. Most glitters are microplastics, known as hazardous to…
Collaboration between Academics and Industry: Canhoto and Quinton
Are you an academic looking for ways to collaborate with industry stakeholders (or vice versa)? Check out a (relatively…) recent blog post on LSE Impact Blog detailing Ana…
Collaboration between Academics and Industry: Canhoto and Quinton
Are you an academic looking for ways to collaborate with industry stakeholders (or vice versa)? Check out a (relatively…) recent blog post on LSE Impact Blog detailing Ana…
Bryan D. Lowe, “Ritualized Writing: Buddhist Practice and Scriptural Cultures in Ancient Japan” (U of Hawaii Press, 2017)
In his recent monograph, Ritualized Writing: Buddhist Practice and Scriptural Cultures in Ancient Japan (University of Hawaii Press, 2017), Bryan D. Lowe examines eighth-century Japanese practices tha… Visit…
Consider the Vulture: An Ethical Approach to Roadkill
By Jonathan L. Clark Roadkill is disgusting. Many people just want it removed from the roads as quickly as possible, and they don’t care where it goes. In…
After Bukhara: Central Asian trading networks in Afghanistan and Beyond
By Magnus Marsden Several tombs of Afghanistan’s historic figures have been restored in recent years. In the Bagh-e Babur park – elegantly restored by the Aga Khan Foundation…
After the Eulogy? The Future of Central Asian Studies in the Accelerated Academy
In an address to students at Indiana University in 2015, anthropologist and journalist Sarah Kendzior described Central Asian Studies as a ‘dying field’ and billed her address as…
Spivak: What time is it on the world clock?
Spivak on time, speaking on education and critiquing the knowledge management toolkit template at die Akademie des Verlernens unlearning academy. Has some anecdotes of crying boys and vids…
#3 The flies that bind: Assa Doron talks waste in India
In this wide-ranging conversation, Dr. Assa Doron talks about India’s waste, both liquid and solid, and the physical and institutional infrastructures that handle it–or fail to, plus the…
Teoría y docencia holostésica
En 2011 comencé a desarrollar una nueva manera de enseñar antropología. Me daba cuenta de que a las y los estudiantes les costaba disfrutar lo que leían, la…
Interview with Carolyn Nordstrom
Robert Borofsky: Where would you like to begin? Carolyn Nordstrom: I’ll start with what I was thinking about this morning. As I was walking my dog, I was…
What’s in Your Annual Meeting Bag?
Over the summer, AN asked anthropologists what they pack in their field bags. This time, anthropologists share what they’ve packed for the AAA Annual Meeting. Oguz Alyanak Three items stand out…
Art by Mehita Iqani
Cape Mongo is a multimedia installation that focuses on consumer waste as medium and subject. It is a complex artwork, comprising sculpture using found materials (mostly what viewers…
Sedimentation
On Tuesday afternoon at the American Anthropological Association Meeting, I had the opportunity to participate as discussant on a panel that focused on sedimentation as a social analytic.…
Links & Contents I Liked 261
Hi all, Your fresh Friday food for thought! Development news: Humanitarian crises in 2018; an excellent long-read about the protracted crisis in and around Chad; NGOs blocked from WTO…
Carolyn Sufrin, “Jailcare: Finding the Safety Net for Women behind Bars” (U. Cal Press, 2017)
In 1976, the landmark supreme court case Estelle v. Gamble, established that under the Eighth Amendment “deliberate indifference” to the health needs of incarcerated individuals was tantam… Visit…
#review: Experiencing other minds in the courtroom
In the landmark hearing of the Oscar Pistorius’s trial who was sentenced for murdering his girlfriend, Pistorius on the request of his lawyer removed his prosthetic legs and…
Preventing Academic Dishonesty…
On the heels of our experiences in the Grading Inferno, we are reminded of this very interesting article from UA about The importance of ethics education from October. Author…
Mahmudul H Sumon: An anonymous visit to a garment factory in Bangladesh
After the Tazreen Fashions factory fire (2012) and the Rana Plaza collapse (2013), which killed 119 and 1,136 workers, respectively, the garment sector of Bangladesh has seen the…