Ethnography on Trial
Victoria Phaneuf, Lauren Penney and Lindsey Feldman in southern Louisiana in 2013 while conducting research on the midrange effects of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. “[Ethnography] is the most…
April 2017
Volume 9 | Number 1 | April 2017 Features Ethnography on Trial by Diane Austin, Lauren Penny, and Tom McGuire “There Are No Straight Lines in Nature”: Making…
What Role Did Autism Play in Human Evolution?
The story of human origins is much more varied and complex than we often recognize. Biswarup Ganguly/Wikimedia Commons This article was originally published at The Conversation and has be…
The dilemma’s of public anthropology. Notes on the Amsterdam Anthropology Lecture Series (AALS)
What is the role of the university in the public square? By Matthias Teeuwen On Earth Day last Saturday thousands of scientists in hundreds of cities worldwide took…
An encounter with theory #Anthroadvice
Today we will reflect on what it means to ‘encounter, dwell in, read, critique and make use of theory’. The idea of an ‘encounter’ with theory is particularly…
Follow-Up: The Reasons People Don’t Return Their Shopping Carts
It looks like the shopping cart question hit a nerve — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Facebook in Papua New Guinea: What Happens When The Net Isn’t Neutral
If you care about open access, you should care about net neutrality. There are obvious reasons why: After all, there’s no point in putting your preprints online if…
Welcome to the Authoritarian Kleptocracy, Part X
My articles and interviews from the past four days: Marie Claire: The healthcare bill exposes Trump’s chilling authoritarian agenda (5/8/17) Baltic News Service, “Kendzior: Truth Still Matters&#…
The Rescue Industry has a song
The Rescue Industry has entered the lexicon and now has its own song: Rescue Two-Step, described as ‘an anti-criminalization anthem dedicated to sex workers everywhere’. Listen and watch,…
anthro in the news 5/8/17
[Left] Jane Goodall, pioneering primatologist. [Right] Ivanka Trump quotes wisdom from Jane Goodall in her new book.Credits: Google Images Commons, speaking truth to power The Washington Post reported…
Bending the Odds: Pedagogy and Dialogue in Large Lecture Courses by Sandra Hyde
As academics in large public research universities, I am always amazed that when we speak of an ideal pedagogy, we speak about our small intimate seminars where we…
No space for grief
In the shelter, a girl on her way to work in the fields by Aniek Santema The floor in Ouzai where Mariam lives becomes a familiar place, I…
Of Populists and Mutants
Venezuela’s public murals depict ongoing relations between “the people” and Chávez. In the days following Donald Trump’s inauguration, a number of Latin American commentators rushed to establish para…
Advertising Populism in Hungary
In 2015 the government used billboards to promote its anti-immigration stance. A satirical opposition hit back. Visitors to Hungary in in the spring of 2015 were likely to…
Research in Pain
“Research in Pain” 1/4 “Research in Pain” 2/4 “Research in Pain” 3/4 “Research in Pain” 4/4 Sally Campbell Galman is an artist, associate professor of c…
“Grab’Em by the Patriarchy”
An emergent feminized/queered resistance could unsettle the masculinist politics of today’s populist leaders. In an age marked by the global ascendency of right-wing populist politicians, from Donald…
All Populisms Are Not Created Equal
Venezuelans chose between two competing populist projects with starkly different visions of inequality and privilege. Hugo Chávez is back. A seemingly endless stream of commentators insists that the…
Donald Trump, Empire, and Globalization: A Reassessment
“Hey, I’m a nationalist and a globalist,” Donald Trump recently declared, “I’m both”. The only way in which the two (seemingly contradictory) positions can be reconciled is by…
Community repair: a pop-up alternative to the throwaway society
Consumers, fed up with having to throw away broken phones, toasters and other appliances, are instead meeting to learn how to repair them and to extend the lifetime…
Advice and Tips for Anthropologists #Anthroadvice
According to the AAA, anthropology is defined as the study of what makes us human. In accordance with its broad definition, the field of anthropology is incredibly diverse,…
The Gig Economy Strikes Back: Deliveroo in Brighton
by Rebecca Prentice May 1, 2017: On a rainy evening in Brighton, more than two hundred people took to the streets to protest economic precariousness. The ‘Precarious May…
Hautschutz mit Tradition
Körperbemalung gibt es schon seit den Anfängen der Menschheitsgeschichte. Die Kriegsbemalung vieler Urvölker wird sogar als die „Urform des Bodypaintings“ bezeichnet und hatte mehr als nur dekorative …