At home in Durban, September 2013, first interview
In September 2103, Alice Sala and Gregoire Mayor, from the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland and on behalf of the multimedia French-language journal ethnographiques.org came to South Africa to…
Keith Hart @ Home in Durban, 1 of 3 interviews September 2013
In September 2103, Alice Sala and Gregoire Mayor, from the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland and on behalf of the multimedia French-language journal ethnographiques.org, came to South Africa to…
Anthropology has Always been Out There w/ Ed Liebow and Leslie Walker of the AAA
This Anthro Life has teamed up with Savage Minds to bring you a special 5-part podcast and blog crossover series. While thinking together as two anthropological productions that…
TAL + SM: Anthropology has Always been Out There
This Anthro Life – Savage Minds Crossover Series, part 2 by Adam Gamwell and Ryan Collins, with Leslie Walker This Anthro Life has teamed up with Savage Minds…
#Review: Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right
Let us face it: most anthropologists in Europe and North America, this author included, are leftist-liberal, cosmopolitan people. It regularly escapes my colleagues’ and my comprehension, how people…
Michael Muhammad Knight, “Tripping with Allah: Islam, Drugs, and Writing” (Soft Skull Press, 2013)
Michael Muhammed Knight writes this book from a first-person perspective, as a piece of creative non-fiction. The book includes a liberal amount of swearing and sexual references, and…
Fast Culture in the Age of Trump
In the Age of Trump, what are the political costs of our fast culture? Consider our fast politics. We have so much day-after
Fast Culture in the Age of Trump
In the Age of Trump, what are the political costs of our fast culture? Consider our fast politics. We have so much day-after
Fast Culture in the Age of Trump
In the Age of Trump, what are the political costs of our fast culture? Consider our fast politics. We have so much day-after
Is platform capitalism really the future of the humanitarian sector?
I read Platforming – what can NGOs learn from AirBnB and Amazon? by Paula Gil Baizan, World Vision’s Global Humanitarian Director for cash based programs with interest-but also…
Selbstmord des Fotografen Ren Hang: Mein Leben ist ein Krankenhaus
Im Februar 2017 nahm Ren Hang sich das Leben. Seit vielen Jahren schon litt der Künstler an Depressionen. Seine persönlichen Erfahrungen teilte er in einem Online-Tagebuch. …
#Review: Muslim Women of the Fergana Valley
When Vladimir Nalivkin, a Russian officer who had served in several military campaigns, and his wife, Maria Nalivkina, took up farming in 1878 in the village of Nanay…
Anthropology for Liberation readings
Next trimester I’m teaching a new course, Anthropology for Liberation. Here’s the course description: How can anthropology advance human emancipation from racism, gender inequality, class …
Book Forum–Elizabeth A. Wilson’s Gut Feminism by Alexandra Sarkozy
Elizabeth Wilson’s Gut Feminism revisits feminism’s traditionally antagonistic engagement with biology with a call to reposition the body in feminist thought. As Wilson critically explores relationsh…
anthro in the news 6/12/17
A scene in Kashmir. Credit: Quora.com/Google Images Commons when a national army threatens its people The Wire published commentary by Partha Chatterjee, professor of anthropology & Middle Easte…
Materiality and politics in Latin America.
Via Ricardo Andres Labra Mocarquer Symposium in Santiago, Chile. November. The way “things” are analyzed in the contemporary world had changed, from antiquarians to different approaches…
Anthropological Ethics Outside Anthropology Classrooms
In line with Monday’s post on alt-ac careers for anthropologists, I wanted to further explore the role of Anthropology (its knowledge, methods, approach, etc.) outside its home discipline.…
Jessie Daniels and Arlene Stein, “Going Public: A Guide for Social Scientists” (U Chicago Press, 2017)
Jessie Daniels and Arlene Stein have written Going Public: A Guide for Social Scientists (University of Chicago Press, 2017). How can political scientists and other social scientists speak…
On (not) seeing artificial light at night: Light pollution or lighting poverty?
By Dr. Sara B. Pritchard Department of Science & Technology Studies, Cornell University So it began. This was the image that sparked my interest in light pollution and light-pollution…
#Reviews week, a new call – and a thank you note!
This week we feature new reviews as well as a new call for reviews on the theme of #legalanthro! Tomorrow, our Allie Julie Billaud kicks off the week…
Enacting the homosexual body: The Turkish military’s practice of “proving” homosexuality through rectal examinations
Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Max Schnepf Photo credits: Can Ortak The practice of rectal examinations in the Turkish military made international news (e.g. Gaytimes 2015) when…
Making Sense of Loss
Me and Mom in Portland, summer 2015 On April 20th, my 31st birthday, I traveled to Sturgis, Michigan to visit my mom. Toward the end of last year,…