Once Within Borders
Another book to get, this one on borders – gonna review it: Read More here: Throughout history, human societies have been organized preeminently as territories—politically bounded regions whose…
Marx Eco Critique
Looking forward to reading this next year (not looking forward to paying 29 bucks – is this the save tries pricing? And is it an eco gamble to fix…
Guns Are Not an Equal Opportunity Destroyer
Firearms are a crucial link in the chain of violence, but they are also part of a bigger picture of social inequality in the US. Photo courtesy John…
2nd Peaceful Coexistence Colloquium CFP: Finnish Lapland June 2017 #anthropocene #pce2017
The 2nd Peaceful Coexistence Colloquium – Reimagining Ethics and Politics of Space for the Anthropocene June 6-9, 2017, Pyhä, Finnish Lapland http://www.ulapland.fi/peacefulcoexistence #pce2017 …
Looking Beyond the Election: An Anthropological Report
“The University is Not a Corporation.” Such is the state of our society on the eve of the 2016 election. That more than 50
Looking Beyond the Election: An Anthropological Report
“The University is Not a Corporation.” Such is the state of our society on the eve of the 2016 election. That more than 50
World’s Most Vital Resource
It is not necessary to explain the process by which algae through millions of years of geological time and chemical reactions become fossil fuels such as oil,…
Captured: Documenting Incarceration | Nottingham Contemporary
Captured: Documenting Incarceration. Events – Talks Captured Documenting Incarceration 04 Nov 2016 – 05 Nov 2016 A two-day documentary film event featuring screenings,…
Class / segmentation / racialization. Notes – Lucha No Feik Club
If the working-class has always been segmented, we must then contextualize this segmentation, which is to say we must situate it within the general form of the contradiction…
On irrational exuberance
For the Globe and Mail, I wrote about the virtues of low enthusiasm when it comes to political candidates: If this election has taught us anything, it is…
Of Fantasy and Daughters
I recently had the excellent fortune to guest blog on The Horn Book’s new venture: Family Reading about my love of reading fantasy, and sharing the books with my…
Theory and Praxis in Decolonizing the National Historic Preservation Act: AAA 2016 Workshop Highlight
We asked Annual Meeting workshop organizers to give our blog readers a sneak peek at the events they have planned for AAA 2016. This post was submitted by Kurt…
anthro in the news 10/31/16
Source: Creative Commons Tweeting hate USA Today reported on the surge in hate speech on Twitter during the U.S. presidential campaign especially via social media. The article…
Halloween Horrorshow: Donald Trump is a Tulpa
It’s fair to say that Halloween is one of TGA’s favorite holidays—between the spooky folklore and urban legends, constellation of costumes, and rumors of supernatural activity, Halloween seems…
Chatting While Waterskiing, Part 1
In this three-part blog series, Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway of Oberlin College reflects on the challenges she has encountered in trying to incorporate drawing into her work as a linguistic…
Political Temporalities: 2016 U.S. Election
U.S. presidential elections are extraordinary moments—ruptures in everyday time, full of transformative promise. Maybe. More than two decades ago, in her seminal essay on time, Nancy D. Munn…
Das moderne Verhältnis von Coach und Weltanschauung und seine mögliche Bedeutung für die Zukunft neuer religiöser Bewegungen
(Bild von wikihow.com: How to Become a Certified Life Coach unter Creative Commons Lizenz CC BY-NC-SA 3.0). Letztes Jahr ging es um die Frage, was denn eigentlich eine…
Foundations of an Anarchist Archaeology: A Community Manifesto
This entry is part 18 of 18 in the Decolonizing Anthropology series. By The Black Trowel Collective An anarchist archaeology embraces considerations of social inequity as a critique…
Hoher Druck und große Sorgen: Das Bildungswesen in Taiwan
Die Schulzeit taiwanesischer Kinder besteht aus Lernen und Prüfungen, denn sie stehen unter großem Druck, die besten Schulen zu besuchen. Selbst nach dem Übergang auf die Universität stehen…