Ain’t It Funny: A Note on Social Reproduction & Self-Reflection
somewhere along the way i’ve begun to laugh when i see people have the “men are trash” arguments on social media every like 2-3 months. everybody blows it up,…
Trump and Russia: My articles and interviews
Here is a selection of notable articles and interviews I did on Russia, in reverse chronological order. If you’re trying to catch up, this is good place to…
social conditions play major role in migrant health
Health is about more than just individual behavior and clinical care, it’s about politics and power, say UConn medical anthropologists. In fall 2016, these migrants were forced to…
The Calculable and the Incalculable – A Brief Note on Sustainability and Post-Industrial Identity in the First Quarter of 2017
Eric Boyd University College London (UCL) “But race is the child of racism, not the father. And the process of naming “the people” has never been a matter…
Swimming with Joris Luyendijk
3. Ruth Benedict is famous for saying that “the purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences.” Is this what you were trying to…
Swimming with Joris Luyendijk
3. Ruth Benedict is famous for saying that “the purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences.” Is this what you were trying to…
Swimming with Joris Luyendijk
3. Ruth Benedict is famous for saying that “the purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences.” Is this what you were trying to…
Facing the Future
books & arts John Urry. 2016. What is the Future? Malden, MA: Polity Press. 226 pages. One of the greatest rewards of reading John Urry’s latest and, unfortunately,…
Ethnography on Trial
Victoria Phaneuf, Lauren Penney and Lindsey Feldman in southern Louisiana in 2013 while conducting research on the midrange effects of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. “[Ethnography] is the most…
April 2017
Volume 9 | Number 1 | April 2017 Features Ethnography on Trial by Diane Austin, Lauren Penny, and Tom McGuire “There Are No Straight Lines in Nature”: Making…
What Role Did Autism Play in Human Evolution?
The story of human origins is much more varied and complex than we often recognize. Biswarup Ganguly/Wikimedia Commons This article was originally published at The Conversation and has be…
The dilemma’s of public anthropology. Notes on the Amsterdam Anthropology Lecture Series (AALS)
What is the role of the university in the public square? By Matthias Teeuwen On Earth Day last Saturday thousands of scientists in hundreds of cities worldwide took…
An encounter with theory #Anthroadvice
Today we will reflect on what it means to ‘encounter, dwell in, read, critique and make use of theory’. The idea of an ‘encounter’ with theory is particularly…
Follow-Up: The Reasons People Don’t Return Their Shopping Carts
It looks like the shopping cart question hit a nerve — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Facebook in Papua New Guinea: What Happens When The Net Isn’t Neutral
If you care about open access, you should care about net neutrality. There are obvious reasons why: After all, there’s no point in putting your preprints online if…
Welcome to the Authoritarian Kleptocracy, Part X
My articles and interviews from the past four days: Marie Claire: The healthcare bill exposes Trump’s chilling authoritarian agenda (5/8/17) Baltic News Service, “Kendzior: Truth Still Matters&#…
The Rescue Industry has a song
The Rescue Industry has entered the lexicon and now has its own song: Rescue Two-Step, described as ‘an anti-criminalization anthem dedicated to sex workers everywhere’. Listen and watch,…
anthro in the news 5/8/17
[Left] Jane Goodall, pioneering primatologist. [Right] Ivanka Trump quotes wisdom from Jane Goodall in her new book.Credits: Google Images Commons, speaking truth to power The Washington Post reported…
Bending the Odds: Pedagogy and Dialogue in Large Lecture Courses by Sandra Hyde
As academics in large public research universities, I am always amazed that when we speak of an ideal pedagogy, we speak about our small intimate seminars where we…
No space for grief
In the shelter, a girl on her way to work in the fields by Aniek Santema The floor in Ouzai where Mariam lives becomes a familiar place, I…
Of Populists and Mutants
Venezuela’s public murals depict ongoing relations between “the people” and Chávez. In the days following Donald Trump’s inauguration, a number of Latin American commentators rushed to establish para…
Advertising Populism in Hungary
In 2015 the government used billboards to promote its anti-immigration stance. A satirical opposition hit back. Visitors to Hungary in in the spring of 2015 were likely to…