Muslim Dandies
For some Muslim men, dress offers a form of racial and religious resistance and redemption. Typically, when we talk about Islam and fashion the focus is on women.…
The Continuous Labor of Fashion
At New York Fashion Week models, bloggers, and photographers are always on. It’s easy to hate the bloggers. At New York Fashion Week, the premier semi-annual industry event…
Unlaced
A brief tale of corsetry. Corseting in the popular imagination is rife with myths: it was a distinctly upper-class practice; women frequently died from having their laces tied…
To Dwell in Seams
Fashion as Buried Forms of Diasporic Memory I keep returning this one memory. As a kid, I go down the steps to the basement of my parent’s New…
About a Boy and a Wig Curler
Archaeological small finds can tell us a great deal about how status, gender, and identity are situated in and on the body. In December 1759, John Page noted…
The World Has Lost Its Harmony
Something’s not right in the world. In the US, Hurricane Harvey produced 54 inches of rain that flooded Houston and much
The World Has Lost Its Harmony
Something’s not right in the world. In the US, Hurricane Harvey produced 54 inches of rain that flooded Houston and much
Answered With A Question Mark: Researcher Reflexivity in Geek Spaces
BY STEVEN DASHIELL Graduate school has in many ways blessed me with what I call a researcher’s eye, or the ability to view the world in an ethnographic…
How to make a good ad
There are two DNA ads running at the moment. They illuminate the art of advertising today. The first is called Testimonial: Livie and it’s for AncestryDNA.com. This is…
What’s in Your Bag?
As another fieldwork season comes to a close and classes, sabbaticals, and more ventures into the field begin, anthropologists are unpacking and repacking their bags. Anthropology News wants to know…
Is the future of retail human-less?
Asks this article: https://www.raconteur.net/business/is-the-future-of-retail-humanless The answer is: ‘it depends’. Human-less customer interaction might never fly in cultures where personal contact i…
Is the future of retail human-less?
Asks this article: https://www.raconteur.net/business/is-the-future-of-retail-humanless The answer is: ‘it depends’. Human-less customer interaction might never fly in cultures where personal contact i…
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Hi all, If you happen to be in Tallinn, Estonia early next week, I’d love to catch up at and around the DigitalisingDevelopment event which I will be…
Dirty Bees Are Good for Flowering Plants
Bees may not be as orderly as their image suggests, and that’s a good thing for flowering plants — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Fake News: Questions and Resources for Back to Class and All Year Round
Ah, fake news. As a phenomenon, its truthiness is both fascinating (from an epistemological perspective, at least) and highly troubling (from the perspective of anyone who cares about…
Artificial Intelligence: Making AI in our Images
Savage Minds welcomes guest blogger Sally Applin Hello! I’m Sally Applin. I am a technology anthropologist who examines automation, algorithms and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the context of…
Combatting Stereotypes About Appalachian Dialects
The small city of Hazard, Kentucky, rests in the heart of Appalachia. David Stephenson/Associated Press This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been republished …
An Anthropologist Looks for Justice in Guantanamo Bay
I arrived in Guantanamo Bay in late August, nearly sixteen years after the murders of my partner and brother-in-law, to attend the pre-trial hearings of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed…
„Islam in der Krise“: Interview mit Buchautor Dr. Michael Blume
Schon früher hatte Dr. Michael Blume öffentlichkeitswirksam aufgezeigt, dass die Idee einer “Islamisierung des Abendlands” ein Mythos ist. Den Kern bildeten damals Argumente aus seinen Forschungen zu…
Wie entsteht die Neugierde? / Anthropologe Karl-Heinz Kohl in der ZEIT
„Wie entsteht die Neugierde?“, fragt die ZEIT in ihrer neuesten Ausgabe. „Ohne Neugier wäre die Besiedlung der Erde durch den Menschen nicht möglich gewesen“, sagt der Anthropo…
Deutschlandfunk / Sinologe Iwo Amelung zu Chinas Sozialkredit-System
Der Sinologe Prof. Iwo Amelung von der Goethe-Universität in Deutschlandradio über ein Projekt orwell´schen Ausmaßes in China: Dort plant die regierende kommunistische Partei eine Zusammenführung alle…
New Books in Anthropology Podcast
A few weeks ago, Nivedita Kar interviewed me for the New Books in Anthropology Podcast. The episode just went online yesterday. In our conversation, we discussed some of…
Smithsonian Food History Weekend
If you expect to be in the Washington DC area between October 26 and 28 you may want to consider attending the Third Annual Smithsonian Food History Weekend.…