AAA CFP: Environmental Worlds
Call for Papers AAA Annual Meeting 11/ 29-12/ 3, 2017 Washington, D.C. Environmental Worlds: Between Craft and Emergence Organizers: Mackenzie Cramblit (Duke) and John Moran (Stanford) Discussant:…
Anthropology is an empty pint carton, and our existential projects are the ice cream
Because I regularly teach the history of anthropology, I have thought a lot about classical texts and the shape of our discipline. I also recently had a chance…
Lisa Wade, “American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus” (Norton, 2017)
“Hookup” has become a buzzword, a misleading concept for students, parents and educators alike–one that confuses more than explains the nuances of this complex and pervasive trend. I……
The Return of Support for Acquiring a Liberal Arts Degrees: An Anthropological Perspective
There have recently been a spate of news articles discussing the importance of liberal arts degrees and graduates’ chance for success: Liberal arts degrees are here to stay (The…
The Return of Support for Acquiring a Liberal Arts Degrees: An Anthropological Perspective
There have recently been a spate of news articles discussing the importance of liberal arts degrees and graduates’ chance for success: Liberal arts degrees are here to stay (The…
Article Alert! New texts in discard studies!
Discard Studies publishes a regular table of contents alerts for articles, reports, and books in the field.
Pandora’s Brew: The New Ayahuasca Part 5
“The New Paradigm” Yesterday marked exactly a year since Ayahuasca Healings submitted to the DEA their petition for exemption from the Controlled Substances Act. The cover letter, dated…
Christine Wilson Awards
The Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition is pleased to invite students to submit papers in competition for the Christine Wilson Award. This award is presented to outstanding…
The Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatter Syllabus, Week 26: Sameena Mulla on Missing Black Girls and Women
The editors of Anthropoliteia are happy to continue an ongoing series The Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatterSyllabus Project, which will mobilize anthropological work as a pedagogical exercise addressin…
Why We Need Transnational Social Protection for Migrants
On February 20, migrants and British nationals came together for One Day Without Us rallies, demonstrations, and other events throughout the United Kingdom to celebrate the role of…
Cities as Migrant Emplacement
São Paulo rappers are remaking the cultural space of the city. We’ve joined forces with AAA’s public education initiative “World on the Move: 100,000 Years of Human Migration”…
Cris Shore: What is a European?: Solidarity, symbols, and the politics of exclusion
This post is part of a feature on anthropologists on the EU at 60, moderated and edited by Don Kalb (Central European University and University of Bergen). Earlier this…
Around the Web Digest- March 27
As the buds start popping out on the northern hemisphere, I emerge with your readings for the week. As contemporary travel writing continues to perpetuate colonialist ideas and…
Música mayense de Tabasco y Quintana Roo
Durante el mes de marzo que está terminando tuvimos en la ciudad de Mérida la Feria Internacional de la Lectura de Yucatán (FILEY), organizada por la Universidad Autónoma…
antropologi.info finally mobile friendly (and secure)
Today I have finally upgraded the antropologi.info’s blogging software (b2evolution, not WordPress!) and made its templates mobile friendly. So, now, finally, antropologi.info no longer looks so weir…