“Making a Bill” in Search of Health
CC 4.0 by TravelingOtter The Poorest, Sickest State Mississippi is the U.S.’s poorest state and has the lowest rates of insurance coverage. Mississippi also has very poor health…
ASFS Student Paper Awards
Students! Check out these awards for undergraduate and graduate essays from the Association for the Study of Food and Society. These are great opportunities for fame and recognition.…
Web Roundup: Something Rotten – Scent, Morality, Good and Evil by Sara M Bergstresser
A well-known quote from Hamlet is “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.” This, of course, refers to the illegitimate and immoral reign of the fictional King…
Is the Term “People of Color” Acceptable in This Day and Age?
One day a student approached me after class and asked, “What should I call students who are of Asian descent? Is it OK to just say Asian, or…
Can microbes, pigs and humans be co-workers?
What would it mean to consider that non-human beings also do work? Is it possible to have other forms of food production, not through human domination, but collaboration…
Can microbes, pigs and humans be co-workers?
What would it mean to consider that non-human beings also do work? Is it possible to have other forms of food production, not through human domination, but collaboration…
The Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatter Syllabus Project, Week 13: Noah Tamarkin on thinking with South African Activists and Artists
The editors of Anthropoliteia are happy to present the latest entry in on ongoing series The Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatterSyllabus Project, which will mobilize anthropological work as a pedagogical…
9.12. / Festvortrag zum Winckelmann-Fest
Am Freitag, den 9. Dezember, laden das Liebieghaus und das Institut für Klassische Archäologie der Goethe Universität Frankfurt wie jedes Jahr zum Winckelmannfest ein. Der Geburtstag von Johann…
Can microbes, pigs and humans be co-workers?
What would it mean to consider that non-human beings also do work? Is it possible to have other forms of food production, not through human domination, but collaboration…
Can microbes, pigs and humans be co-workers?
What would it mean to consider that non-human beings also do work? Is it possible to have other forms of food production, not through human domination, but collaboration…
Can microbes, pigs and humans be co-workers?
What would it mean to consider that non-human beings also do work? Is it possible to have other forms of food production, not through human domination, but collaboration…
Protecting Undocumented Students Post-Election
From meeting to action. Working together to support our students. In the wake of the recent presidential election, we find ourselves reflecting deeply on our roles as…
Vacancy: Head of Postgraduate Program, Victoria and Albert Museum
Reference: NOV20161155 Expiry date: 23:59, 16 December 2016 Location: South Kensington Salary: £51,484.00 – £58,116.00 Per Annum Benefits: Group Personal Pension, Life Assurance Schem…
Internet Archive builds archive copy in Canada
From http://blog.archive.org/2016/11/29/help-us-keep-the-archive-free-accessible-and-private/ by B. Kahle: … On November 9th in America, we woke up to a new administration promising radical chan…
Towards a Transnational Anthropology Union #UniversityCrisis
At the last European Association of Social Anthropology (EASA) meeting, a few of us called an open meeting for early career and precarious anthropologists to discuss precarity in…
Glen Innes Soundscape
Recorded in Glen Innes on 2/12/16 – 3/12/16 (Headphones recommended)
Humanitarianism in the Anthropocene
The anual Australian Anthropology Society conference is fast approaching. I will be co-chariing a panel on Humanitarianism in the Time of the Anthropocenetogether with Darryl Stellmach (University of…
Around the Web Digest- November 28
I hope the students and professors that are finishing up their terms in the coming weeks are surviving the last wave of work before taking a well-deserved break.…
Victims, volunteers and voices of the digital age
Figure 1. A widely shared campaign image calling for the release of Prita Mulyasari, one of Indonesia’s best known ‘ITE Law victims’ (korban UU ITE). Source: Hadin (2013).…
Überlebende des IS-Terrors: „Niemand soll sagen können, er habe von diesen Verbrechen nichts gewusst“
Vor bald einem Jahr berichteten wir von dem Projekt “Sonderkontingent” des Landes Baden-Württembergs, welches unter der Leitung von Dr. Michael Blume durchgeführt wurde (Als Religionswissenschaftler …