Teaching and bad affect
I’m teaching an Anthropology of Europe class and I decided we’d end by talking about current events. So the week before this, we talked about the Greek economic…
A World Famous African-American Scientist Puts the Presidential Election in Perspective: “I Am Not Surprised At All”
On Wednesday, the day after our 2017 presidential election, I dreaded having to put on my host face to go out to dinner with Dr. Joseph Graves, our…
Building professional social networks through the American Anthropological Association annual meeting
A few years ago, I’d all but decided I wasn’t going to go to the American Anthropological Association main conference anymore. This was the year it was in…
Rennen voor Erdoǧan, Gülen of Atatürk? De politisering van de Istanbul Marathon 2016
Door Heleen van der Linden Sport verbindt. Toch? Ook als het aan de Nederlandse politiek ligt klopt dat cliché als een bus. “Sport…
„Wenn ein Freund aus fernen Landen kommt…“ – Ausländische Kollegen in China
Das Verhältnis zwischen Ausländern und ihren chinesischen Kollegen ist nicht immer einfach. Es lauern eine Vielzahl kultureller Fallstricke und oft gibt es Berührungsängste. Im Internet tauschen sich …
Green Thumbery: What Can the First Weeds Tell Us?
Weeds are the bane of gardening but they can help us learn how we arrived at agriculture’s doorstep — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Green Thumbery: What Can the First Weeds Tell Us?
Weeds are the bane of gardening but they can help us learn how we arrived at agriculture’s doorstep — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Re-Naming the Savage Minds Blog: Your Suggestions, Please
The editorial collective at Savage Minds has decided to change our name. We have several reasons for this, but mostly feel that the name no longer fits or…
香港的筆記 Notizen über Hong Kong
Dieser Blogeintrag ist eigentlich keiner, der an den Schluss gehört. Es sind diese Kleinigkeiten, die einem auffallen und die darauf warten zu einer größeren Geschichte zu werden. Daher…
CFP: FOOD IN CANADA AND BEYOND
We recently received notification of the looming deadline (January 15, 2017) for this conference, which may be of interest to SAFN members and FoodAnthropology readers. The Canadian Association…
Genetics, Race, and the Practice of Science, Part Two
On how human genetics is biopolitical. Earlier this year Jonathan Marks and I sat down at the University of Notre Dame for a conversation about his recent books,…
Of Quinoa, Agricultural Science, and Social Change – New Essay from Adam Gamwell on the Savage Minds Anthropologies Projects
Photo: Colin Stone Peacock TAL’s Adam Gamwell has a new essay about his research on quinoa biodiversity in Peru out on Savage Minds blog! Excerpt: Specters of the…
Contribute to a new series: “Aftermath” by Eugene Raikhel
Somatosphere invites readers to submit to “Aftermath,” a new series examining the consequences of recent nationalist political turns throughout the world, including the US election. We are…
Review: Handbuch der Medienethnographie
Budka, P. (2017). [Review of the book Handbuch der Medienethnographie, by C. Bender & M. Zillinger]. Paideuma. Mitteilungen zur Kulturkunde, 63, 303-307. Der Sammelband „Handbuch der Medienethnog…
Links & Contents I Liked 210
Hi all, We are enjoying a busy semester and there are also a few things going on behind the blogging scene, but on Fridays you should enjoy your…
Links & Contents I Liked 210
Hi all, We are enjoying a busy semester and there are also a few things going on behind the blogging scene, but on Fridays you should enjoy your…
Book Forum – Hervé Guibert’s Cytomegalovirus: A Hospitalization Diary by Eugene Raikhel
A quarter-century after it was written, Hervé Guibert’s Cytomegalovirus reads both as a vital document of a particular moment in the history of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and as…
Apply now for an Ebola Response Anthropology Platform small grant
In 2016 the Ebola Response Anthropology Platform (ERAP) was awarded the international impact prize of the UK Economic and Social Research Council. With the prize fund, ERAP would…
Apply now for an Ebola Response Anthropology Platform small grant
In 2016 the Ebola Response Anthropology Platform (ERAP) was awarded the international impact prize of the UK Economic and Social Research Council. With the prize fund, ERAP would…
Apply now for an Ebola Response Anthropology Platform small grant
In 2016 the Ebola Response Anthropology Platform (ERAP) was awarded the international impact prize of the UK Economic and Social Research Council. With the prize fund, ERAP would…