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…
The Self-Construction of Black Women Physicists
image: slide with text: Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, University of Washington DECOLONIZING SCIENCE BY RECONSTRUCTING OBSERVERS, with embedded image of racist phenotype comparisons of “Irish Iberian,” “An…
Leserbrief: „Mehrsprachigkeit ist ein Mehrwert – und kein Grund für Scham“
Mit einem kurzen Leserbrief haben wir den Beitrag von Zwetelina Ortega (21.02.2017) zum internationalen Tag der Muttersprache gewürdigt. Hier der Originalkommentar zum Nachlesen: derstandard Sehr geeh…
anthro in the news 2/27/17
Multiculturalism. Source; True Tube U.K. assault on multiculturalism The Huffington Post published an article by Paul Stoller, professor of anthropology at West Chester University in Pennsylvania. St…
Social learning in the Anthropocene: novel challenges, shadow networks, and ethical practices
My most recent article is now out at the Journal of Environmental Management. At least for a time, it is free to download by clicking here. The ideas…
Biofinance: Speculation, Risk, Debt, and Value from Bios: A conference report by Danya Glabau
How does the financialization of life itself figure as a new means of producing value in modern technoscience? That is the question that motivated Kirk Fiereck to convene…
Anthropology Webinars
Since 2014 the AAA has been hosting regular webinars that are free for anyone to view. You can join in the conversation live, and importantly, catch the lecture/…
“It’s Tony Blair’s fault…”
An imaginary conversation with the Labour leadership. Me: “Was it right to push your MPs to vote for Brexit with no conditions attached? None of your amendments have…
Jeroen Dewulf, “The Pinkster King and the King of Kongo: The Forgotten History of America’s Dutch-Owned Slaves” (U. Press of Mississippi, 2016)
The Pinkster King and the King of Kongo: The Forgotten History of America’s Dutch-Owned Slaves (University Press of Mississippi, 2016) presents the history of the nation’s forgotten Dutch…
Big Data in China: Wie China ein soziales Schufa-Register schaffen will
Die chinesische Regierung plant die Einführung eines landesweiten Bewertungssystems für ihre Bürger. Mithilfe von Daten soll persönliches Betragen und Kreditwürdigkeit ermittelt werden, wobei Musterbü…
Big Data in China: Wie China ein soziales Schufa-Register schaffen will
Die chinesische Regierung plant die Einführung eines landesweiten Bewertungssystems für ihre Bürger. Mithilfe von Daten soll persönliches Betragen und Kreditwürdigkeit ermittelt werden, wobei Musterbü…
The case for a people’s smart sanctions campaign against Trump’s America
The forces arrayed against Donald Trump’s presidency in the US could soon encompass most of the world once Trump’s climate change threats meet resistance.
Enterprising Opportunities: Responsibilising Ghana’s Poor
by Tim Perkin Agbogbloshie is an area of Accra, Ghana’s capital, which has become a graveyard for global electronic waste (e-waste). In light of its structural adjustment after…
Top of 2016 – or thereabouts! #themeweek2016
Who can believe that it’s almost Spring – where did the time fly?! At Allegra we just realized that we never paused to reflect on all that 2016…
Political Leaders’ Body on Display
In 2013, the body of Hugo Chavez, who is the former president of Venezuela from 1999 to 2013, was to be embalmed and kept in a crystal casket…