This is the place to be (book review)
As I wrote before, I like book reviews. They provide me with one of the most attractive aspects of my engagement with ‘communication for development’-reading interesting and innovative…
This is the place to be (book review)
As I wrote before, I like book reviews. They provide me with one of the most attractive aspects of my engagement with ‘communication for development’-reading interesting and innovative…
Vamos a la lucha!
By Lieke Prins During the three months of my fieldwork in Medellín (the second-largest city in Colombia) I researched the political ideology of social science…
Being there: Humanitarian #remoteness
During World War II, Ruth Benedict conducted research about Japan at a distance. Challenging the stereotypical image of the white male researcher risking his life alone under fire,…
Trump and Anthropology
“We are the new Indians…there are people today who want to discover us again, who want to conquer, enslave, and colonize us, and who want to use us…
SAFN Members at the AAA in Minneapolis, We Need You!
Are you in Minneapolis for the annual AAA meeting? Are you a SAFN member or someone interested in the anthropology of food and nutrition? We need you! Friday,…
Hashtag Chaos: #AAA2016 vs. #amanth2016
As I’ve done over the past 3 years, I ran Twitter searches for the American Anthropological Association Annual meeting this evening. Unlike previous years, though, the #AAA2016 hashtag…
A Review of Virtual Reality Ethnographic Film, or: How We’ve Always been Creating Virtual Reality
By Haley Bryant Upon opening my eyes, I see that a figure has appeared on the horizon: a young boy adorned in the iconic red vestments of the…
Now accepting reader letters
We here at Savage Minds want to hear from you, our readers. To further this goal we are creating a new “Reader Letters” feature and we encourage you…
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Where to find Alternative News Sources
Check out Simon Fraser Universities Alternative News Sources page. As described at the top of the page: For the purposes of this guide, “alternative” means that which does…
Where to find Alternative News Sources
Check out Simon Fraser Universities Alternative News Sources page. As described at the top of the page: For the purposes of this guide, “alternative” means that which does…
Public anthropology: urgent yet undervalued
An education in anthropology encourages us to look beyond cultural assumptions. In the days following the results of the US presidential election, there has allegedly been a wave…
“The Anthropologist” Isn’t Another Climate Change Horror Flick
Kiribati, a Pacific island nation that may become uninhabitable because of climate change, is just one of the threatened landscapes featured in The Anthropologist. Kyodo/Associated Press …
On Kindness and What the World Needs Now w/ Hannah Brencher
Have you ever felt disconnected from your relationships and your life because of your reliance on your phone and social media? Do you ever feel nostalgia for the…
#LondonVegans: Deliberating, sensing and practicing vegans in a non-vegan city
Zachary Hecht, UCL Digital Anthropology Msc Student Why would somebody forgo juicy steaks, delicate smoked salmon, velvety goat cheese, and the many seemingly delicious foods people eat? Why…
Making #Remoteness in the Sonoran desert
When we think about deserts, we usually imagine them as quintessentially remote. We tend to take their remoteness as primordial rather than see it as a result of…
The Return of the Plague: An Open Letter to Our Students
When I confronted the plague as a young man I took solace in the wisdom of a great work of literature, The Plague (La Peste
The Return of the Plague: An Open Letter to Our Students
When I confronted the plague as a young man I took solace in the wisdom of a great work of literature, The Plague (La Peste
Bridging the Divide: Bringing Archaeology and Anthropology Closer through the AAA
This is the third in a series of guest blogs this November from the AAA Archaeology Division Executive Board detailing ideas generated at retreat at the Amerind Foundation…
Survey participants wanted: Music education in Porirua Schools
Do you know any young people who attend school in Porirua? I would like to invite them to participate in a survey about music education in Porirua schools.…