The Making of a Community Activist
The construction of a proposed natural gas pipeline in Puerto Rico’s Jobos Bay would threaten one of the island’s largest estuaries and the people who depend on it.…
FREMDE, VÖLKER UND KULTUR – DER FORSCHUNGSGEGENSTAND DER ETHNOLOGIE
Was haben Geographie, Zoologie und Astronomie gemeinsam? Sie werden nach ihrem Forschungs-GEGENSTAND benannt. Wie die meisten wissenschaftlichen Disziplinen. Während sich die Geographie buchstäblich d…
– Overrun by fast changes
What do you do when a global cooperation pollutes your hometown, while the owners live on a different continent? Who can you complain to when your job is…
– Overrun by fast changes
What do you do when a global cooperation pollutes your hometown, while the owners live on a different continent? Who can you complain to when your job is…
– Overrun by fast changes
What do you do when a global cooperation pollutes your hometown, while the owners live on a different continent? Who can you complain to when your job is…
The Assault on Journalism (book review)
3 May marks the annual World Press Freedom Day. The Nordic Information Centre for Media and Communication Research (Nordicom) which hosts the UNESCO Chair on Freedom of Expression,…
The Assault on Journalism (book review)
3 May marks the annual World Press Freedom Day. The Nordic Information Centre for Media and Communication Research (Nordicom) which hosts the UNESCO Chair on Freedom of Expression,…
How Marketing Changed the Way We See Avocados
Once upon a time, Americans didn’t know what to do with "alligator pears." Now we can’t get enough — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Lisa Messeri, “Placing Outer Space: An Earthly Ethnography of Other Worlds” (Duke UP, 2016)
What kind of object is a planet? Lisa Messeri‘s new book asks and addressed this question in a fascinating ethnography that explores how scientific practices transform planets into…
More 5-star reviews for The Three-Headed Dog
I love the customer reviews posted on The Three-Headed Dog‘s Amazon page and wish there were a reply-function so I could talk with the writers. Take E Silheit,…
When Science Fiction meets Religion: The Case of Jediism
By Maria Menegaki Based on the paper ‘When Science Fiction meets Religion: The Case of Jediism’ which I presented in Piran, Slovenia in 2015 in terms of the…
Racial Purity is a Lie and Here’s Why
With the recent increase in folks’ throwing shade and swastikas on other people’s ethnicities, I thought I’d take a moment to remind us all that racial purity is…
Hot Topic: School Lunch Regulation
Kelly Alexander Breaking news from the world of U.S. food policy: President Trump’s new ag secretary Sonny Perdue moves to loosen federal school lunch legislation, thereby slowing healthy food…
Trump Talk
Two old friends, the anthropologists, Paul Stoller, an American and Emile Martin, a Frenchman, are having lunch in Paris
Trump Talk
Two old friends, the anthropologists, Paul Stoller, an American and Emile Martin, a Frenchman, are having lunch in Paris
Do Military Leaflets Save Lives or Just Instill Fear?
Some modern militaries distribute leaflets, such as the ones these Iraqi boys are reading, in an attempt to convince people to believe certain things or behave in a…
Junge Menschen in China, Taiwan und Hongkong: Der Alltag ist bunt!
Jörg Endriss und Sonja Maaß präsentieren mit ihrem Buch „CHINAKINDER – Moderne Rebellen in einer alten Welt“ ein buntes Panorama, das der Themenvielfalt von Stimmen aus China sehr…
4 May: Who do we commemorate today?
Who do we commemorate? Every year, the same questions pop up during the first days of May. Who do we commemorate on 4 May (Remembrance of the Death)?…
From Harry Potter to Jesus – A transfigurative conference report by Laura Perler
Credit: Transcultural Studies, University of St. Gallen Conference report on the anniversary conference: ‘Transfigurationen: Medizin macht Gesellschaft macht Medizin’, 17-18 February 2017, organised…
Trump Talk
Two old friends, the anthropologists, Paul Stoller, an American and Emile Martin, a Frenchman, are having lunch in Paris
Trump Talk
Two old friends, the anthropologists, Paul Stoller, an American and Emile Martin, a Frenchman, are having lunch in Paris
Putting Dirt in its Place: The Contemporary Politics of Waste (Conference in Cambridge, UK. June 2017)
This conference explores the socio-material interfaces where waste meets politics in the present. 2 June 2017 – 3 June 2017, Cambridge, UK.
From Harry Potter to Jesus – A transfigurative conference report
Hide Press Release (4 Less Words) Laura Perler, Francesca Rickli Credit: Transcultural Studies, University of St. Gallen Conference report on the anniversary conference: ‘Transfigurationen: Medizin mac…