Talking to the BBC about social media in China
Earlier this month, I was very fortunate to be interviewed by the BBC on my research onto the use of technology in China. The article that was published…
Coding Culture II: Four Hacks to Digitize Your Anthropology Classroom
This is the second post in a multi-part blog series in which Katherine Cook shares her experiences integrating digital anthropology into her teaching. Technology is complicated and expensive,…
Einkaufstüten: Chinas Bürger haben die Qual der Wahl
Seit dem 01. Juni 2008 werden Plastiktüten in allen Supermärkten Chinas nur noch kostenpflichtig bereitgestellt. Außerdem werden die Käufer dazu animiert, umweltfreundliche Beutel zu benutzen. Sind d…
anthro in the news 3/13/17
Source: Google Images Commons not all lives are equal Al Jazeera published an op-ed by Alex Shams, anthropology doctoral student at the University of Chicago: “Earlier this week,…
Einkaufstüten: Chinas Bürger haben die Qual der Wahl
Seit dem 01. Juni 2008 werden Plastiktüten in allen Supermärkten Chinas nur noch kostenpflichtig bereitgestellt. Außerdem werden die Käufer dazu animiert, umweltfreundliche Beutel zu benutzen. Sind d…
A discourse of displacement: the local infrastructure of populism
Who are ‘the people’? In the Netherlands, the construction of ‘the people’ occurs within a particular context of political and social transformation – the culturalization…
Science, objectivity, race, gender
Have you heard of Space + Anthropology? This group blog through Medium.com brings together commentaries on the intersections between tech, culture, space, sci-fi, art, and anthropology. We alread…
Science, objectivity, race, gender
Have you heard of Space + Anthropology? This group blog through Medium.com brings together commentaries on the intersections between tech, culture, space, sci-fi, art, and anthropology. We alread…
Gregory Mitchell, “Tourist Attractions: Performing Race and Masculinity in Brazil’s Sexual Economy” (U. Chicago Press, 2015)
Moving through the saunas of Rio de Janeiro, the Amazonian eco-resorts of Manaus, and the Afro-Brazilian heritage of Bahia, Tourist Attractions: Performing Race and Masculinity in Brazils Sexual…
Introducing the terrifying mathematics of the Anthropocene
In 2000, Nobel laureate Paul Crutzen and Eugene Stoermer proposed that human impact on the atmosphere, the oceans, the land and ice sheets had reached such a scale…
Der Überlebenskampf des Christentums im „Sumpf“ Japans? Christliche Bewegungen zwischen japanischem Buddhismus und portugiesischem Katholizismus
SILENCE erschien am 02. März 2017 (Trailer, Eintrag IMDB) in den deutschen Kinos und gilt als das Herzensprojekt von Oscar-Preisträger Martin Scorsese (Regisseur). Basierend auf dem Roman „Schweigen“…
Death – The Great (In)Equalizer
A traditional Western European plague doctor; they were hired en masse during the “Black Death” epidemic. Retrieved from http://www.themiddleages.net/plague.html Death is an omnipotent for…
What Foodanthro is reading now, March 14 edition
Jo Hunter-Adams A brief digest of food and nutrition-related items that caught our attention recently. Got items you think we should include? Send links and brief descriptions to…
Review: Ayya’s Accounts
**Review first published in Pacific Affairs 1926, Vol 89 (3): 696-698.** by Geert De Neve Ayya’s Accounts is a most wonderful product of listening, narrating and co-writing between…
Sanctuary Cities in der BRDWiderstand gegen die Abschiebepolitik der Bundesregierung
Sanctuary Cities nennen sich in den USA und Kanada Städte, die sich weigern, an der Abschiebungspolitik des Bundesstaates mitzuwirken. Sie etablierten sich in den 80er Jahren in Nordamerika…
SAFN and AAA 2017: Sessions, Papers, Posters!
The Society for Anthropology of Food and Nutrition (SAFN) would like to invite colleagues to submit sessions and poster presentations for this year’s 116th AAA Annual Meeting in…
Thinking about sex work as work: Dublin Anarchist Book Fair
I gave a talk called Thinking about sex work as work on 6 April 2013 at the Dublin Anarchist Book Fair. Local abolitionists and anti-prostitution folks were attacking…
CFP for AAA session – Bienestar: Transition and Wellbeing amongst Mexican-origin Farmworkers
CFP for AAA session Bienestar: Transition and Wellbeing amongst Mexican-origin Farmworkers. Session Abstract As U.S. food production has grown increasingly industrialized, the consolidation of small f…
Mijn Griekse vrienden van de Gouden Dageraad
Graffiti in Corfu stad: ‘Gouden Dageraad’ veranderd in ‘Gouden Eieren’ door slechts een aantal streepjes aan te brengen. Een bekende manier om supporters te ondermijnen. Kostas…
‘Pretend to be straight!’ What’s wrong with the world? #WeekendEssay
On February 26 the Guardian reported of new UK Home Office guidelines according to which the country would send back openly homosexual asylum applicants to Afghanistan with the…