Eating Identity: Nourishment and the Cultural Contexts of Food
post from the Exeter WHO Collaborating Centre for Culture and Health We eat for nourishment, but food is about much more than nutrition. What we eat is meaningful,…
Eating Identity: Nourishment and the Cultural Contexts of Food
post from the Exeter WHO Collaborating Centre for Culture and Health We eat for nourishment, but food is about much more than nutrition. What we eat is meaningful,…
Stephen Dupont, “Piksa Niugini” (Peabody Press/Radius Books, 2013)
Piksa Niugini by Stephen Dupont, with forward by Robert Gardner and essay by Bob Connolly, is published by the Peabody Press and Radius Books, (2013). Volume 1: 144…
What Happens When We Flush?
Coming soon in the print journal of Anthropology Now: What Happens When We Flush? by Nicholas C. Kawa In this riveting article on the disposal of human waste,…
Der große Drache auf Crystal Meth: Chinas Netzbürger und die Drogen
China hat mit einem wachsenden Drogenproblem zu kämpfen. Westliche Kommentatoren empfehlen Entkriminalisierung und eine rationale Drogenpolitik. Chinas Netzbürger befürworten dennoch das strenge Vorge…
The Taste of Nostalgia: Vanishing Flavors from the Ancestral Japanese Village
This entry is part 7 of 7 in the Anthropologies #22 series. Next in line for the Anthropologies #22 Food Issue, we have this essay by Christopher Laurent.…
Song as Boundary Work: On Dylan and the Nobel Prize
This post was submitted by Robert Skoro. A musician-turned-anthropologist, Robert works in private industry as a strategist and researcher. Bob Dylan has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature,…
Evolutionary Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion
Historically, evolutionary anthropologists have allocated the majority of our attention to topics like subsistence strategies, parental investment, warfare, etc. One topic that has been given only min…
The (il)logic of tipping
If I’m being honest, there are various occasions when I have not tipped. One time, after receiving appallingly bad service, I wrote on the receipt “please turn over…
The (il)logic of tipping
If I’m being honest, there are various occasions when I have not tipped. One time, after receiving appallingly bad service, I wrote on the receipt “please turn over…
Notes on the 14th digital ethnography reading (Haynes 2016)
See other posts under Digital ethnography reading group Haynes, N. (2016). Social Media in Northern Chile. London: UCL Press. Summary of Chapter 3, “Virtual posting: the aesthetics of…
The (il)logic of tipping
If I’m being honest, there are various occasions when I have not tipped. One time, after receiving appallingly bad service, I wrote on the receipt “please turn over…
The (il)logic of tipping
If I’m being honest, there are various occasions when I have not tipped. One time, after receiving appallingly bad service, I wrote on the receipt “please turn over…
CFP: The moving boundaries of recycling in and beyond China
The moving boundaries of recycling in and beyond China AAS-in-Asia Conference Asia in Motion: Beyond Borders and Boundaries Seoul, 24-27 June 2017 Note: deadline in 10 days Recycling (understood…
“Think about your senses!” Workshop on Ethnographic Portrait Writing with Delwar Husain
From October the 5th to 8th, the autumn school of the amazing Transformations Network took place in Munich. I always highly enjoy these inspiring encounters with professors and PhD…
Of Territorialization and Transplantation: The Contradictions of a Settler Garden in South Africa
Derick Fay, UC Riverside Department of Anthropology § Located in what is now the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, the Haven Hotel is nested within concentric circles of…
Slam that #ethnography! – Troubling Fieldwork
Let’s start our ethnography slam with contributions by David Bukusi, Silke Hoppe, Justine Laurent, and Natashe Lemos Dekker. ENJOY! Doctor’s Slam by David Bukusi – Daktari No…
How To Make A Place
David Beriss I have been thinking a lot lately about the role of food in turning a place into a cultural landmark. This is the mirror opposite of…
The World after Brexit
Britain’s vote to leave the EU has ushered in a surprise: it turns out that voting matters, and the UK is living in a New Normal now. After…
Anthro in the News 10/17/16
Cholera threat in Haiti Haitians displaced by Hurricane Matthew, Source: Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters ABC News says relief efforts in Haiti are “ramping up” one week after Hurricane M…
Zombies, Zombies, Everywhere
Our love affair with zombies has lasted at least a decade, if not more (28 Days Later came out in 2002!). And yet it doesn’t seem to grow…
Night-Time Wanderings and the Out-of-Place
As I walked home late one night last week, I came upon a scene that perhaps many of us are familiar with. In a dark corner of a…