‘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…
Antropología de la moda
Premios Oscar 2017. Foto editada a partir de una imagen tomada de la televisiónUna actriz y un actor se dirigen hacia el público para develar uno de los…
Coding Culture: Why Anthropology Students (and Their Instructors) Should Learn to Code
This is the first in a multi-part blog series in which Katherine Cook shares her experiences integrating digital anthropology into her teaching. From social media and blogging, to writing…
An Anthropologist at the Women’s March on Washington, Part 2: The Posters
Photo by Alma Gottlieb Women (and some men) with signs, as far as the eye could see. In my first post about the Women’s March of…
The Fifth Beginning
Global cooperative networks such as the humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders, shown here responding to the 2014 Ebola crisis in West Africa, distinguish the “fifth beginning” from prior…
Brexit: Where once was an empire
Separation from Europe has opened up the real possibility that the United Kingdom will break up. Scotland is already bent on secession and the two Irelands may resolve…
The Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatter Syllabus, Week 21: Maurice Magaña on Seeing Race and Citizenship in the U.S. through Ava Duvernay’s 13th
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…
CfP: Anthropologies of media and mobility
Anthropologies of Media and Mobility: Theorizing movement and circulations across entangled fields An International Workshop organized by the Anthropology and Mobility Network and the Media Anthropolo…
Asylpolitische Restriktionen und ihre Folgen am Beispiel Schweden
Vor fast genau zwei Jahren berichtete ich an dieser Stelle über die damals als vergleichsweise “großzügig” geltende Asylpolitik Schwedens. Das skandinavische Land war eines der Hauptziellä…
anthropologist psychiatrist sees global health through a cultural prism
Dr. Ippolytos Kalofonos Source: Peggy McInerny/UCLA As a pre-med major at UC San Diego studying biochemistry, Ippolytos Kalofonos discovered his future career while listening to a guest lecturer…
The Making of a Wrinkle Convert
Wrinkles can signify individuality, maturity, and other benefits of age and experience. So why do we hate them? Shaw Nielsen/SAPIENS I have had a wrinkle epiphany, prompted by…
Web Roundup: If it Ledes, it Bleeds by Emily Goldsher-Diamond
This contemporary moment begs the question: what is a fact? And how do facts circulate? These questions are historical cornerstones in the study of the production of knowledge,…
Who Is The Enemy Of The People?
This morning I put on my gym clothes, hopped in my car and to drove to my local Jewish Community Center (JCC) for a Monday
Who Is The Enemy Of The People?
This morning I put on my gym clothes, hopped in my car and to drove to my local Jewish Community Center (JCC) for a Monday
Who Is The Enemy Of The People?
This morning I put on my gym clothes, hopped in my car and to drove to my local Jewish Community Center (JCC) for a Monday
Who Is The Enemy Of The People?
This morning I put on my gym clothes, hopped in my car and to drove to my local Jewish Community Center (JCC) for a Monday
Florin Poenaru: Romanian protests: A cake with three layers (and a cherry on top)
In the past four weeks, Romania has witnessed some of the biggest protests in the post-communist era. Hundreds of thousands of people in cities across the country took…
Review of Newfield’s The Great Mistake
I just sent in a review of Chris Newfield’s The Great Mistake: How We Wrecked Public Universities and How We Can Fix Them to LATISS. The book’s out already; the review should be…