Reading #Maria through a #globaldev lens
At the end of August I started curating interesting resources that linked hurricane Harvey to broader questions of international development and humanitarian issues (Reading #Harvey through a #globald…
Preface to the Coming World Crisis
Trump’s election has accelerated talk on the left of the end of (neo-) liberalism and the rise of fascism in the West. The prospects for world war seem…
On My Shelf: Patterns of Culture
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Mode im Scheinwerferlicht – Part I
Mode ist ein untrennbarer Bestandteil unseres Lebens und stellt das Märchenhafte der Welt dar, in das viele Frauen gerne eintauchen. Was für ein Vergnügen es ist nach einem…
Eco-Fashion
Ökologie und Mode – passt das überhaupt zusammen? Teil 1 Ökologisch und fair produzierte Mode – das Thema der Eco-Fashion-Messe während der Fashion Week Berlin. Im Juli 2017…
On the Brink Podcast: Featuring This Anthro Life
Although TAL is just now getting back into the recording studio, you can catch up with Adam Gamwell and Ryan Collins on the latest episode, Episode 28, of…
Was Freiheit bedeuten kann
Oft werde ich gefragt: „Was vermisst du am meisten an Deutschland?“ (einer der Klassiker, der für gewöhnlich direkt auf „Gefällt es dir in Südafrika?“ folgt). Zu Beginn habe…
W. Lloyd Warner, A Black Civilization
Although perhaps best known in the social sciences for his Yankee City series of books, W. Lloyd Warner’s first ethnography was his still-impressive A Black Civilization: A Social…
Another re-launch…
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” (Samuel Beckett, Worstward Ho) It has been almost two years since STUAnthroBlog was last functioning regularly.…
Deterritorializing Chinatown in Digital Tokyo
Editors’ Note: This article is part of the series Digital Anthropologies in East Asia. [pquote]The growth in digital forms of sociality and their intersection with new mobilities has ensured…
People, Places and Change
Exhibition – Research in the Arctic Dr. Anna Stammler-Gossmann, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Finland October 3 –19, 2017. Kopio Gallery, Faculty of Art and Design, University of…
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Hi all, Before I’m heading to Pretoria for a week to participate in the kick-off workshop of the new Swedish-South African University Network, I’m sharing my regular Friday…
#Humanitarianism(s) in socialist Red Cross societies
The international Red Cross family built up a network of humanitarian aiders that one cannot pass over when thinking about 20th century humanitarianism. This article will cover a…
Islam sells
Der Kommentar erschien am 27. 9. 2017 in der Wiener Zeitung. Islam bringt Stimmen, Islam macht Quote, Islam lenkt ab. Wie man eine Religion und deren Angehörige auf…
Draußen bleiben! – Libyens Sperrung der “Such- und Rettungszone” für NGO-Rettungsschiffe als Verstoß gegen das Völkerrecht
Libyen nutzt die Errichtung einer Such- und Rettungszone (SRZ) vor der Küste als Vorwand, um unter dem Deckmantel der Erfüllung internationaler Verpflichtungen private Seenotrettung zu verbannen. Dies…
Keep out! – Libya’s “Search and Rescue Region” to ban NGO rescue vessels violates international law
Libya misuses the establishment of a Search and Rescue Region (SARR) under the guise of fulfilling international obligations in front of its coast as a pretext to ban…
Soe Lin Aung: Three theses on the crisis in Rakhine
By now, the main contours of the recent events in Rakhine State, in western Myanmar, are well-known. On August 25, an insurgent group calling itself the Arakan Rohingya…
Teach Archaeology at Hartwick College
Hartwick Archaeology As mentioned in the Hartwick Anthropology Survey, 2017-2018 marks the first retirement from Hartwick Anthropology. Professor David Anthony, acclaimed author of The Horse, the Whee…
Teach Archaeology at Hartwick College
Hartwick Archaeology As mentioned in the Hartwick Anthropology Survey, 2017-2018 marks the first retirement from Hartwick Anthropology. Professor David Anthony, acclaimed author of The Horse, the Whee…
Uber and Mr. Uddin
Caption and credit: An anti-Uber demonstration in London, 2014. Credit: David Holt/Flickr. Written by: Sean Carey “Do you think Uber will close?” asked Mr. Uddin, a worried 52-year-old…