On Kindness and What the World Needs Now w/ Hannah Brencher
Have you ever felt disconnected from your relationships and your life because of your reliance on your phone and social media? Do you ever feel nostalgia for the…
#LondonVegans: Deliberating, sensing and practicing vegans in a non-vegan city
Zachary Hecht, UCL Digital Anthropology Msc Student Why would somebody forgo juicy steaks, delicate smoked salmon, velvety goat cheese, and the many seemingly delicious foods people eat? Why…
Making #Remoteness in the Sonoran desert
When we think about deserts, we usually imagine them as quintessentially remote. We tend to take their remoteness as primordial rather than see it as a result of…
The Return of the Plague: An Open Letter to Our Students
When I confronted the plague as a young man I took solace in the wisdom of a great work of literature, The Plague (La Peste
The Return of the Plague: An Open Letter to Our Students
When I confronted the plague as a young man I took solace in the wisdom of a great work of literature, The Plague (La Peste
Bridging the Divide: Bringing Archaeology and Anthropology Closer through the AAA
This is the third in a series of guest blogs this November from the AAA Archaeology Division Executive Board detailing ideas generated at retreat at the Amerind Foundation…
Survey participants wanted: Music education in Porirua Schools
Do you know any young people who attend school in Porirua? I would like to invite them to participate in a survey about music education in Porirua schools.…
Over rankings en aanvangssalarissen: antropologie in het nieuws
Door Freek Colombijn Ruim een week geleden vertelde ik op een voorlichtingsdag dat de opleiding culturele antropologie en ontwikkelingssociologie aan de VU al jarenlang door de Keuzegids Ho…
CFP: Queer/Crip Contagions
This special issue asks: how are queer/crip contagions – conceived of as unbounded convergences of bodies, minds, and meanings – working to open up new sites of, and…
Economic #Remoteness and the ‘Development’ of Rural Ukraine
Nagorna, a village in Odessa province, Ukraine, has not always been a ‘remote’ place. During Soviet times, it was part of a thriving agricultural district, with the nearby…
#AAA2016 Melanesia Interest Group Business Meeting
Those of you attending this year’s annual meetings of the American Anthropological Association are warmly invited to attend the annual Business Meeting of the Melanesia Interest Group, which…
Around the Web Digest: November 7
I am slowly recovering from the emotions of realizing a racist, misogynistic, xenophobic, and noted reality TV star will be the U.S. president for four long years. The…
Himmel und Hölle
Sprichwörtlich liegen Genie und Wahnsinn bekanntlich ja nah beieinander. Den Orsons zufolge liegen sie sogar miteinander im Bett. Wer hätte gedacht, dass Himmel und Hölle ihnen in nichts…
Christine Wilson Award Winner, Part II
Yesterday we announced this year’s winner of the 2016 Christine Wilson Undergraduate Award and today we are proud to announce the winner of the 2016 Christine Wilson Graduate…
European Brides in the Islamic State
What factors are motivating Dutch women to relocate to Islamic State strongholds at all costs? Three anthropologists set out to find the untold stories behind their emigration. Michelle…