Integrating waste systems: interrogating system boundaries and performance possibilities American Association of Geographers, April 2016 Lily Baum Pollans, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, M…
Dinosaur Comics (Ryan North, 2005) At least since the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis, anthropologists and linguists have considered how language shapes how we understand and experience the people, places, thin…
Daniel M. Goldstein I have known the Aliaga family for 24 years, since I first arrived in Bolivia to study Quechua in 1992. My wife and I were…
The Graphic Anthropology Field School (GrAFs) is a project launched by Expeditions, an independent network of scholars in the human sciences. For 11 years, we have been holding…
Have you ever been in a conference room, listening to one presentation after another, only to realize that they all seemed strangely similar? As in, following the same…
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The alternate title for this post was going to be “Malinowski, Radcliffe-Brown, and Boas walk into a bar…”. This is a little autobiographical passage from pages 46-48 of History,…
Hi all, Back from a short trip, good discussions about my latest post on Christian mission misrepresentations, time for weekend readings! Development news: Better journalism on Haiti; Coca…
Hi all, Back from a short trip, good discussions about my latest post on Christian mission misrepresentations, time for weekend readings! Development news: Better journalism on Haiti; Coca…
For September 2016, Charlotte Brives, Frédéric Le Marcis, and Emilia Sanabria edited a special issue of Medical Anthropology titled “The Politics and Practices of Evidence in Global Health.̶…
For this installment of Top of the Heap, I was delighted to work with Assistant Professor Adia Benton from Northwestern University. I think it’s probably common for people to talk…
The annual Australian Anthropology Conference is approaching (12-15 December 2016). Besides co-chairing a panel on Humanitarianism in the Time of Anthropocene I will also present a paper in…
Just… no. It’s that time of year again, when millions of Americans hit the streets dressed as terrifying celebrities, food items, and ethically questionable depictions of others’ cul…
One of the recurring themes and aims of the blog is putting contemporary examples of popular communication about development issues into a broader context. The aim is to…
One of the recurring themes and aims of the blog is putting contemporary examples of popular communication about development issues into a broader context. The aim is to…
Während der Burkini politische Bedeutung im Westen hat, wird in China der Facekini diskutiert. Die Maske soll in Schwimmbädern oder am Strand vor Sonnenbrand und Bissen von Meerestieren…
