Welcome to the Authoritarian Kleptocracy Part VI
If you got the money, honey, they got your disease. My latest articles and interviews: Globe and Mail: Some call this America’s resistance. Really, we are helping each other…
JOB – SOAS, University of London
A job search announcement that should be of interest to our readers. Note that the position is essentially at the rank of assistant professor and that food systems and…
Reader Letters #2: Trump Edition
Here’s the second round of Savage Minds Reader Letters! We asked our readers to share their thoughts about anthropology in the Trump era for this round, and we…
The myth of the trickle-down effect: What Guinea’s recent upheavals intimate about the country, by Joschka Philipps
The dry season’s dust has again settled on Conakry’s streets, aside from a few marks of ashes and rubble on the sides of the main avenues, everything seems…
Links & Contents I Liked 222
Hi all, Lots of great development and #ICT4D stuff this week! I am also a bit tired after a long week of meetings-so no witty introduction ;)!Development news:…
Construction of Power – Het LaSSA Congres
Van een grote organisatie zoals de Verenigde Naties tot de relaties die men met familieleden heeft, macht is overal aanwezig. Maar hoe komen machtsrelaties eigenlijk tot stand? Deze…
Links & Contents I Liked 222
Hi all, Lots of great development and #ICT4D stuff this week! I am also a bit tired after a long week of meetings-so no witty introduction ;)!Development news:…
Cultivating an Outer Space Ecology: Introducing the On-Orbit Gardener
NASA poster from Mars Explorers Wanted Series Part of a series commissioned in 2009 by NASA for an exhibit at the Kennedy Space Center, the “Farmers Wanted” poster above…
Resolving the Study of Geek, or What to Do When You Become “That Brony Researcher”
By Steven Dashiell One lesson they teach in a PhD program: think strategically. In most of undergrad (and even masters-level) work, the objective of the student is to…
China im Gedichtfieber: Des einen Freud, des andern Leid
Wie viele klassische Gedichte lernen chinesische Schüler auswendig? Die Antwort einer 16-jährigen Schülerin: 2000. Auch jenseits des Hypes, den eine aktuelle TV-Show erzeugt hat, wird klassischen Gedi…
China im Gedichtfieber: Des einen Freud, des andern Leid
Wie viele klassische Gedichte lernen chinesische Schüler auswendig? Die Antwort einer 16-jährigen Schülerin: 2000. Auch jenseits des Hypes, den eine aktuelle TV-Show erzeugt hat, wird klassischen Gedi…
Graduate Journal of Food Studies Issue 5
Received from Emily Contois, this is both a great looking journal of interest to FoodAnthropology readers, but an opportunity for graduate students to publish. Check it out! We…
anthropology professors to teach trump 101 class this spring quarter
Two anthropology professors will lead a “Trump 101” class this spring quarter. Kaushik Sunder Rajan and William Mazzarella will use the 100-person lecture course to examine President Trump’s…
Trump L’oeil
Anthropologists are addressing the mystery of President Donald Trump. They are trying to decipher what his victory portends and whether it is an anomaly (caused by Russian hacking,…
Defend and Transform
The Fight Forward for Public Education In the aftermath of the US presidential election, policy pundits and even some activists have suggested that diverse schools can help heal…
Reading Marx with David Harvey
If you’ve ever wanted to do a close, guided reading of Marx’ work, you probably couldn’t ask for a better teacher than Distinguished Professor of Anthropology & Geography…
Anastasia Piliavsky, ed., “Patronage as Politics in South Asia” ( Cambridge UP, 2014)
Does patronage always imply a corruption of democratic political processes? Across sixteen essays by historians, political scientists and anthropologists Patronage as Politics in South Asia (Cambridge… Visit New…
An Introduction to Hoarding
One the one hand, hoarding is framed as a response to material deprivation. On the other, it is understood to result from the excesses of the late capitalist…
‘Hairstyle Politics’: Decolonizing Beauty Standards
'Hair is the feelings I wear' “Don’t touch my hair, as it’s the feelings I wear”, these lyrics by Solange Knowles describe the sensitive note that has been…
Southern Foodways Alliance: 2017 Summer Oral History Workshop
An organization whose work I am enthusiastic about is the Southern Foodways Alliance. Here I share news of its next oral history workshop. I quote from the call…
In the Journals: February 2017 by Christine Sargent
American Ethnologist Good ramps, bad ramps: Centralized design standards and disability access in urban Russian infrastructure Cassandra Hartblay Accessible design seeks to reconfigure the social by r…
Around the Web Digest- February 20
Yesterday was Fat Tuesday and in old Chicago tradition, I tried to grab a paczki from my favorite bakery. Unfortunately, in my own personal tradition, I came back…