Hunting in Northern Cyprus #Fieldnotes
November 2015; I proceeded ten metres behind Ertan Abi for much of the morning, a place in which I was not directly within the firing line but could…
Eating with Strangers: Bringing an Anthropological Perspective to the Table
This entry is part 4 of 4 in the Anthropologies #22 series. The anthropologies food issue continues! Up next we have an essay from cultural anthropologist Christy Shields-Argelès,…
Made in America 2016, Philadelphia
I just shot a bunch of images from Made in America for BET. Apparently, they saw my coverage of AfroPunk and were hoping I could do something similar…
Around the Web Digest- August 28
Hope readers in the U.S. are having a great Labor Day (aka your annual state-mandated day off from the crushing reality of capitalism)! Here are your readings for…
(Almost) Anthro Blogging 101: Lady Science
In this edition of Blogging 101, we’re featuring Lady Science, a blog and publication started by Anna Reser and Leila McNeill. Anthropology and geek culture also involves studies…
Anthropoliteia’s #BlackLivesMatter Syllabus
Anthropoliteia (@anthropoliteia) is another great anthropology resource publishing in blog form, offering “critical perspectives on police, security, crime, law and punishment around the world.” One of…
Wahlen in Hongkong: Wohin will die Metropole?
Die chinesische Regierung versprach Hongkong 1997 weitreichende Autonomie bei der Aufnahme ins Reich der Mitte. Vielen Bürger der Großstadt geht die Autonomie jedoch nicht weit genug. Bei den…
Top of the Heap: Matthew Kohrman by Hannah Gibson
[For this instalment of the Top of the Heap series, I spoke with medical anthropologist and Associate Professor Matthew Kohrman from Stanford University.] Summer has arrived in North…
Gold fever in Sakolabada, Mali
Sakolabada is a new town which completely depends on gold mining. Officially, it doesn´t exist, it doesn´t show on any official administrative map. However, in this non-existent town,…
Virtual Roundtable: ALESSANDRO MONSUTTI’S RESPONSE #PoliticalAgency
1. To what extent does the notion of political agency help to understand political change? I started my ethnographic career in the Pakistani city of Quetta in the…
El laboratorio de gustemología de la Facultad de Ciencias Antropológicas de la UADY
Estas semanas hemos estado celebrando la apertura del Laboratorio de gustemología, alimentos y bebidas de la Facultad de Ciencias Antropológicas de la Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, con un…
Is Lapis Lazuli Fuelling Conflict in Afghanistan?
by Magnus Marsden **Republished from Hurst.** A recent Global Witness report has brought much-needed attention to the plight of Afghanistan’s lapis lazuli and tourmaline mines, located in the…
Web Roundup: Controversy and Commerce by Sara M Bergstresser
There have been many controversies about substantial and sudden jumps in pharmaceutical prices, the most memorable/infamous surrounding Martin Shkreli, the [widely despised and thoroughly unrepentant]…
My final week in Cuba: A new layer of asphalt for Obama and the Rolling Stones
By Caroline van Slobbe. Now, it is all over. I went to Cuba, wrote my MA thesis, and in July received an email that I graduated. Wow, that…
This is your brain on Li-Lo: Ayahuasca in the Twenty-First Century
The genie is out of the bottle, tweeting about the next shamanic bodywork leadership seminar, and the bottle; well, check and see if it isn’t in the back…
This is your brain on Li-Lo: Ayahuasca in the Twenty-First Century
The genie is out of the bottle, tweeting about the next shamanic bodywork leadership seminar, and the bottle; well, check and see if it isn’t in the back…
This is your brain on Li-Lo: Ayahuasca in the Twenty-First Century
The genie is out of the bottle, tweeting about the next shamanic bodywork leadership seminar, and the bottle; well, check and see if it isn’t in the back…
This is your brain on Li-Lo: Ayahuasca in the Twenty-First Century
The genie is out of the bottle, tweeting about the next shamanic bodywork leadership seminar, and the bottle; well, check and see if it isn’t in the back…
NYE MASSIVE OPPSIGELSER INKLUDERER OGSÅ AKEDEMIKERE SOM ALDRI HAR HATT NOE Å GJØRE MED GÜLEN
I mitt forrige blogginnlegg for bare noen dager siden skrev jeg hvor mange som totalt sett var avsatt og fengslet i forbindelse med utrenskningen av Gülen-tilhengere etter kuppforsøket…
Emergent Brazilians comment the impeachment of the president
This is one of the memes circulating among low income Brazilians in reference to the impeachment of President Dilma. The top comment says: “Gosh, is this true?” Below…
Decline of Brazil’s Middle Class
Although he was a left-wing, socialist president for two consecutive terms, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva demonstrated that a left-wing administration…
Fear and Loathing in Truth or Consequences
Neoliberalism, Colonialism, and the Lineage of the Frontier at Spaceport America The Spaceport Operations Center (SOC) at Spaceport America. Photo: Taylor R. Genovese I race south down I-25 from…
Islam Karimov is dead
As I noted in an earlier post — which you should read if you’re interested in Uzbekistan — I have been studying Uzbekistan extensively for over a decade.…