Ebola Prevention Caught in the Bushmeat Trap
Questions about the safety of eating “bushmeat” were front and center during the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa. SarahTz/Flickr In 2015, as an Ebola epidemic raged in…
The Anthropology of Mortality: Notes on the Amsterdam Anthropology Lecture Series (AALS)
‘The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living’ by Damien Hirst, photo by bloggers.it By Matthias Teeuwen We had the pleasure to listen to prof. Mi…
When Anthropologists Act as Artifacts: A conversation between an Ancient Hairpin (Alec Balasescu) and a Gold Horse (Olga Sezneva) #MMTW
This post is the third installment of our thread on the Moving Matters Traveling Workshop (MMTW), a project that explores migration and mobility by developing artwork, exhibitions, performances…
Michel Foucault’s attitude towards women
One could write numerous things about masculine domination in French philosophy, and many have done so. Right now, for instance, I’m engrossed in Michèle Le Doeuff’s programmatic 1977 essa…
“There Are No Straight Lines in Nature” – Making Living Maps in West Papua
Droning destruction — aerial view of deforestation in Merauke. Source: Sophie Chao. (Un)settling the Scene Alongside melting glaciers, marine oil spills and sinking islands, large-scale monocrop p…
Surveilling Trump: A Call to Action
Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at the South Point Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Gage Skidmore. Trump Watch For better or worse,…
Hustling and cruising with John Rechy: Sex work in fiction
You know how it is when you are staying at someone’s house and you finish your own book and have to look around the alien shelves for something…
America’s water whiplash
This was originally published on the NYU Press Blog From the Square. Jerry Brown must sometimes wonder why he isn’t called the water governor. In the 1970s he…
LAVC Anthropology Day Diversity Wall 2017: “Name Your Culture, Name The Issue”
Written by Alfonso DiLuca, Vice-President Los Angeles Valley College Anthropological Society In science, perhaps more than in any other discipline, humans rest on prior experiences to advance a…
Borgward in China: Mit deutschem Markennamen zum Erfolg?
Chinesische Investoren haben 2014 die Rechte an der traditionsreichen deutsche Automobilfirma Borgward gekauft. Das Know-How kommt bisher überwiegend aus China. Um die Frage „wie deutsch“ dieses Auto…
The Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatter Syllabus, Week 31: Adia Benton on Public Health, Ebola and Black Lives on Both Sides of the Atlantic
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…
On the Craft of Writing w/ Dr. Anita Hannig
How do academics write for a variety of audiences? Is routine a necessary part of creating? How many times will Ryan mention Stephen King? In this episode of…
On the Craft of Writing w/ Dr. Anita Hannig
How do academics write for a variety of audiences? Is routine a necessary part of creating? How many times will Ryan mention Stephen King? In this episode of…
“What is it we are trying to sustain?” – Working towards understanding the ‘Pluriverse’
– Picture courtesy of VisitSanJuan.com Dr. Sara Friend University of St. Andrews Nootsack, a place truly set apart from the world I had known. As an island off…
Cultural appropriation: Against inspiration?
This blog post comes from a debate organised by the University of Manchester Anthropology undergraduate society. The title of the debate was “This house believes cultural inspiration is…
Die föderale AsyllotterieAnerkennungschancen für Flüchtlinge variieren stark
Von Lisa Riedel und Gerald Schneider Das deutsche Asylrecht sollte wie jede zentralstaatliche Politik einheitlich vollzogen werden. Die Autoren weisen in einer neuen Studie nach, dass dies…
In Memory of Gill Conquest
In Memory of Gill Conquest It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Gill Conquest on May 5, 2017. Gill was an exceptional researcher and…
Student inferiority and superiority
I was struck today by something Harry Brighouse remarked at Crooked Timber (drawing on his own graduation remarks): An eminent professor at a well-known university on the East Coast…
Gina Athena Ulysse
Gina Athena Ulysse is a Haitian born poet-scholar living out the tension between artist and social scientist. She is currently professor of anthropology at Wesleyan University. Her work…
Bibi und Tina
Der nachfolgende Text ist ein Beitrag zum Blog Kulturrelativismus und Aufklärung. Eine Debatte über den Umgang mit Fremdem, 16.05.2017. Text von Stéphane Voell und Elke Kamm. Okay, okay…
The Revolutionary Power of Andean Folk Tales
Andean folktales—such as those recounting deals made with merpeople in watery underworlds—are not as innocuous as one might think. James Brunker/Magical Andes Photography In the 1700s, an…
Att vara på väg
I en känd dikt fångade, enligt många, Karin Boye resans innersta kärna, nämligen att det är rörelsen i sig som är målet: ”Den mätta dagen, den är aldrig störst;…
anthropology students’ work comes to life with the many stories of main street
Central Hotel, Brower Post Card Collection, W&L Special Collections Families and people of all ages are encouraged to take part in “The Many Stories of Main Street,” an…
Good Food Talk Webinars
Every now and then we run across resources for researchers and activists interested in food systems that may be of interest to our readers. We recently received notice…