Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Public Health Nutrition
We just received this job announcement that will certainly be of interest to SAFN members! The Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences at the University of Vermont seeks…
magic, a microcosm of modern culture
“I would say that a surprisingly large number of my students at MIT are juniors and seniors, and they often say to me, ‘Oh, I wish I had…
New Texts in Discard Studies (September 2017)
Since critical discard studies doesn’t (yet!) have its own journal, conference, or department, Discard Studies publishes a regular table of contents alerts for articles, reports, and books in…
De grens bereikt: leraren staken!
Door Ike Haasjes Donderdag 5 oktober is het zover: voor het eerst in jaren gaan basisschooldocenten een hele dag staken op een schooldag. Zij hebben symbolisch gekozen…
James C. Scott: A brief history of flight from the state
James C. Scott rethinks refuge (primarily in mountain territories) and the flight of the state in the context of his later ideas on where others seek refuge…swamps, marshes,…
“The Road Goes Ever On and On”: The PhD Candidate, Uncertainty and Creative #Blogging
To say that a PhD in anthropology represents a journey is equal parts cliché and “social fact,” at least for some students. In this short blog post, I…
Is Quitting Contagious?
Turnover prompts people to question their place within the company. How is your organization addressing this concern? — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Peter Lindbergh – FROM FASHION TO REALITY
Der weltbekannte Fotograf Peter Lindbergh gewährte dem Kurator Thierry- Maxime Loriot Zutritt zu seinen Archiven, um exklusives „behind the scenes“ – Material zu bekommen. Somit konnte eine wund…
Death and Dying 101
Students from the author’s class on death and dying explore Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Anita Hannig Back in February, on a chilly, windy afternoon in Cambridge,…
Mode im Scheinwerferlicht – Part II
Gerade in dem Augenblick, wenn man im Saal sitzt und in die Atmosphäre der Show eintaucht, wird klar, dass Jean-Paul Gaultier nicht fürchtet, in seiner Schöpfung alle Stile…
I Seoul you
So, liebe Leute. Hier nun mein erster Blogeintrag (ich bin schon ganz aufgeregt!!). Ich bin jetzt seit sechs Wochen in Asien, besser gesagt in Hongkong. Das nächste Mal…
Why Deportation to Afghanistan is Wrong
Since the first week of August, hundreds of young Afghan asylum seekers have been holding a sit-down protest against deportation in central Stockholm. The protest is staged on…
Framing Sukkot: Tradition and Transformation in Jewish Vernacular Architecture
Just in time for the holiday that is at its center, I am happy to trumpet the publication of Framing Sukkot: Tradition and Transformation in Jewish Vernacular Architecture…
MPAAC is Ready to Roll!
By Tricia Redeker Hepner, MPAAC Chair The Members’ Programmatic Advisory and Advocacy Committee will officially go into effect following the 2017 AAA Annual Meeting this November. Over the…
anthro in the news 10/2/17
Don and Kim: Things in Common. Credit: Frank Fenemma, 2017. Commons Wikipedia/Flickr nuclear orientalism The Ramapo News (Suffern, New York) published an op-ed about U.S.-North Korea relations which…
Post Doc Fellowships in Early Modern Foodways
The Folger Shakespeare Library has announced three post doctoral fellowships as part of a research project on early modern foodways. The project, entitled “Before ‘Farm to Table’: Early Modern…
Top of the heap: Noelle Sullivan by Hannah Gibson
For this installment of Top of the Heap, I was delighted to work with Noelle Sullivan who is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in Global Health Studies and Anthropology at…
Anthropologists everywhere! Filming heavy metal with Sam Dunn
The first time I met Sam Dunn was in the smoking room (when those still existed) of a dive-y bar that my cohort of Dalhousie MA students used…
El marketing que regalan los clientes
El que regala bien vende si el que recibe lo entiende Proverbio español Ya deben saber que vivimos en el mundo 2.0. Aunque algunos afirmen estar ya en…
Archaeology and blockchain: a social science data revolution?
Blockchain technology is revolutionising financial systems. Could it do the same for archaeological data? This month the world’s first “archaeology coin” launched to fanfare from a small community;…
Review: The Anthropology of Corporate Social Responsibility
By Deniz Seebacher **Originally published on Anthropology Matters, 17(2)** Corporations, an omnipresent form of organisation in today’s society, are increasingly called to participate in tackling envi…
For a true war on waste, the fashion industry must spend more on research
These are admirable initiatives, but they only reduce wastage or delay garments from ending up in landfill. They do not address the fact that the scale of fast…