Media, language, and social relationships
In teaching anthropology, I always find students to be exceptionally interested on the days that we talk about media. Many of my students consider social media to be…
Special Issue of Continent: “R3pair Volume”
Repair and waste share many points of convergence from an analytical perspective (as well as a practical one!). Continent has just released a special issue all about repair:
Join us to celebrate 50 years of Anthropology at VUW (May 10-12)
Come join our celebration! You’ll get to hear Dame Joan Metge, Dame Prof Anne Salmond, Prof Michael Jackson, and a host of other anthropologists. All welcome. vicanthropology This…
Filming Future Imaginaries in Kurdistan #VisualANTH
It was during my fieldwork in Slemani, Iraqi Kurdistan, when I started seeing Kobane popping up everywhere in the city. Hair salons, murals, restaurants, travel agencies and even…
Tattoos – Kunst oder versteckte Sprache? – Teil 1
Quelle (Zugriff: 26.03.2017): http://monk.com.ua/images/articles/kriminalnie-tatuirovki-sovetskogo-period_1.jpg Schon als kleines Kind wurde mir eindringlich erklärt, dass tätowierte Menschen, …
Teaching Medical Anthropology by Ari Gandsman
In the decade since becoming a full time professor, medical anthropology has been one of my core courses. I have taught it seven times. Although the basic structure…
Culinary Catalysts and Scientific Shifts: Peruvian Quinoa in the Age of Genetics and Gastronomy
Chef Maguiña with Adam Gamwell. Property of Adam Gamwell. This episode of This Anthropological Life presents a little differently from our normal episodes. The Society for Applied Anthropology…
Culinary Catalysts and Scientific Shifts: Peruvian Quinoa in the Age of Genetics and Gastronomy
Chef Maguiña with Adam Gamwell. Property of Adam Gamwell. This episode of This Anthropological Life presents a little differently from our normal episodes. The Society for Applied Anthropology…
Warum Mindfulness, Life Coaching und Self-Help an Popularität gewinnen: Der Workshop „Travelling and Transforming Therapeutics“ nahm therapeutische Praktiken global unter die Lupe
Hide Press Release (12 Less Words) Suvi Salmenniemi, Harley Bergroth, Inna Perheentupa, Johanna Nurmi, Laura Kemppainen, Tatiana Tiaynen-Qadir Bild 1: © Jutta Reippainen Verschiedene therapeutische Pr…
Photographic engagement: An alternative narrative of urban experiences
In 2014 I started exploring people’s lives in Parisian suburbs (banlieue)[1] through engaged and creative visual practices. Being an independent photographer, I wanted to see how people’s experiences…
#AAA2017 registration sucked. I hope its not a sign of things to come.
Even if you are not attending #AAA2017 in Washington, D.C. you have probably already heard about how much it sucked to try to register for it. The stories…
Why Do We Fight for Free T-Shirts at Sporting Events?
The return of baseball marks a new beginning for fans. This could be the year the team makes a championship run. Or maybe they’ll see a rare no-hitter or, arguably even…
Why Do We Fight for Free T-Shirts at Sporting Events?
The return of baseball marks a new beginning for fans. This could be the year the team makes a championship run. Or maybe they’ll see a rare no-hitter or, arguably even…
New Brain-Imaging Scans for Patients in Vegetative States
The other day I read a headline regarding a woman waking up from a vegetative state after seven years. After reading many articles about the Terri Schiavo case,…
Aboriginal Mortuary Rituals
Similar to many practices that we’ve discussed in the blog and in class, Aboriginal mortuary rituals in Australia are much different than Western ideas. The rituals begin with…
Dreamocracy: vluchtelingen als expert-docenten op middelbare scholen
Door Freek Colombijn. Mijn ouders waren tieners toen de Tweede Wereldoorlog uitbrak en in de twintig toen Nederland bevrijd werd. Ze hebben aan den lijve ondervonden hoe het is…
Luhrmann and Marrow’s Our Most Troubling Madness by Murphy Halliburton
Our Most Troubling Madness: Case Studies in Schizophrenia Across Cultures T.M. Luhrmann and Jocelyn Marrow, editors University of California Press, 2016, 304 pages A key premise of…
George Soros: Public Enemy and Human Sacrifice
George Soros is one busy man, particularly for an octogenarian. If the rumors are to be believed, he is single-handedly funding agitators in the United States and Hungary…
professors contextualize conflict in syria
Though Syrian communities pre-date the modern world, Syria’s national identity is only about 72 years old. Since 2011, the country has been involved in a civil war with Sunni…