It’s In the Cards: Narratives and Storytelling in Magic: The Gathering
By Steven Dashiell Gaming isn’t the focus of my research, but I’ve participated in it since I was 13 years old, the first day I bought a…
Gavin Smith: Out of the academic enclosure
Marc Edelman ends his recent piece on FocaalBlog, “The forces of justice and decency will need to move from feel-good slacktivism to the streets, to face-to-face engagement, whether…
anthro in the news 11/28/16
dear “comrade” Quartz published an article about the changing use and meaning of the term tongzhi, “comrade,” in China. Originating in the early Qin Dynasty (221-206 B.C.E), the…
Anthropologists & Their Worlds (Les Possédés et leurs mondes)
The Université Laval in Quebec has launched a new series of interviews with (francophone) Canadian anthropologists: Les Possédés et leurs mondes (Anthropologists and Their Worlds). The audiovisua…
Anthropologists & Their Worlds (Les Possédés et leurs mondes)
The Université Laval in Quebec has launched a new series of interviews with (francophone) Canadian anthropologists: Les Possédés et leurs mondes (Anthropologists and Their Worlds). The audiovisua…
Is It Okay to Say that Research ‘Verges on Scientific Racism’? by Matthew Wolf-Meyer
Last fall, a group of researchers – mostly biological anthropologists and sleep researchers – published a study of three ‘pre-industrial’ communities, one in Latin America, two in Africa,…
Trump may reverse US climate policy but will have trouble dismantling EPA
History suggests that it may be harder to make radical cuts at EPA than Trump and his advisors think. While many politicians have called for eliminating entire cabinet…
When a Space becomes a Place…
According to Oxford online dictionary… Space: A continuous area or expanse which is free, available, or unoccupied Place: An area used for a specified purpose or activity Sasha…
Counting our Losses: Reflections from a Newton Fund/British Council Workshop on Loss and Displacement #newtonloss
The past is irrecoverable and the past is not past; the past is the resource for the future and the future is the redemption of the past; loss…
Phenomenology of the Virtual and the Real
A long over-due crosspost from gnovis! Way back in 2011 I embarked on a project exploring the colloquial distinction between “the Internet” and “the real” — as in,…
Are Urban Explorers Heritage Activists?: The ‘Eternal Drabness’ of DeHoCo
“[Urban exploration] is a community of people who by their inherent nature break rules and expectations. Expecting them to then follow the rules of a community is patently…
Understanding The Social Capital of Fake News
Why has fake news persisted? We’ve built the world to enhance our automatic assumption of the “right” action. Online social networks have been primed to reflect these assumptions…
Understanding The Social Capital of Fake News
Why has fake news persisted? We’ve built the world to enhance our automatic assumption of the “right” action. Online social networks have been primed to reflect these assumptions…
Understanding The Social Capital of Fake News
Why has fake news persisted? We’ve built the world to enhance our automatic assumption of the “right” action. Online social networks have been primed to reflect these assumptions…
CFP: We Eat What? A Cultural Encyclopedia of American Regional Food
We recently received the following call for papers which may be a great opportunity for some of our readers. From akutaq to whoopie pie, there are some great…
Anthropologist, Business Owner and Transportation Activist Janne Flisrand Announces Campaign for Minneapolis City Council
Back in January of this year, I posted an interview with Janne Flisrand, a Minneapolis business owner and transportation activist, as part of my Anthropologists in Practice series.…
How the custodian lost (but won); and how the Personnel Director won (but lost): a three-part story.
De Quincey’s first time. Works 2, p43
A pleasure indirectly paid for, as were his studies at Oxford, with profits from the East India Company opium trade via both his uncle Preston and his benefactor,…
Endspurt
Ich habe auf meinem Handy eine Countdown-App installiert, dir mir jeden Tag anzeigt, wie viele Tage es noch bis zu meiner Rückreise sind. Heutiger Stand: 37 Tage. Insgesamte…
Cleaning Up Cairo
One of the things I teach my students about power in my Peoples of the World class at Miami University is that power rests in the ways that…
Workshop „Prekarisierung, Arbeit & Geschlecht“
Vom 24-25.11.2016 habe ich an dem Workshop „Prekarisierung, Arbeit & Geschlecht“ in Berlin als Referentin teilgenommen. Der Workshop wurde vom Internationalen Geisteswissenschaftlichen…