Zika at the Rio Games: Pandemic or Panic?
The World Health Organization stated that there was “no public health justification” to postpone the 2016 Rio Olympics due to the Zika virus. Is the fear of Zika…
Anthropology: Innovation by Another Name
By Astrid Countee Everyone is talking about innovation. Big business wants it, startups want it. Even my grandma wants it. But how do you do it? What is…
Post Doc: Dietary transitions in Ghanaian cities
Post Doc Opportunity that may interest FoodAnthropology readers: PROJECT INFORMATION Title of project: Dietary transitions in Ghanaian cities: mapping the factors in the social and physical food envi…
Links & Contents I Liked 195
Hi all,TGIF! Time for a fresh link review from the wonderful world of development, digital culture and higher education! Development news: The #allmalepanel gets a thorough feminist academic…
Soccer, Kinship and Migration Dreams in Cameroon
For young men in Cameroon, international soccer dreams and family relations are closely connected. International men’s football (soccer) match: Germany vs. Cameroon. Photo courtesy Wikime…
An Interview with Curator and American Music Specialist Levon Williams
Levon Williams will return to Indiana University in the fall of 2016 to pursue a MA degree in Non-Profit Management in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs.…
The Limits of Rations and Cash for Food Programs: Food Related Illness in The Gihembe Refugee Camp by Emily A. Lynch
An elderly woman, whom I will call Mama Solange, walks the narrow, muddy pathway between her home and the neighbors compound in the refugee camp. She takes me…
Virtual Roundtable: Julie Billaud’s response #PoliticalAgency
1. To what extent does the notion of political agency help to understand political change? I started engaging with the notion of political agency in my earlier work…
D. Asher Ghertner, “Rule by Aesthetics: World-Class City Making in Delhi” (Oxford UP, 2015)
D. Asher Ghertner explores why the ways things look are fundamental for Delhi’s transformation into a “world class”city. Based on deep ethnographic engagement in one of the city̵……
Anthropology outside Anthropology, Part 2
You can find Part 1 here. My patients sometimes present me with an opportunity to reflect on anthropological literature through our brief and yet candid conversations. By rule,…
Teaching AAA 2016: Narratives, Evidence, and Uncertainty
This is the fifth post in our blog series designed to help you link your teaching with the 2016 Annual Meeting theme, Evidence, Accident, Discovery. The series offers relevant teaching…
Thomas Marchione Award
Thomas Marchione Award: Recognizing Outstanding Student Research Honoring the seminal academic and humanitarian work of Thomas J. Marchione, this award is given to an MA, MS or Ph.D.…
On Clinton Derangement Syndrome
In which I try to explain to a European audience this unique pathology affecting Americans: The answer is often axiomatic. People hate Hillary Clinton because people hate Hillary…
How a Teacher’s Race Affects their Ability to Teach about Race
I met with someone from the Diversity and Equity Office at the University where I teach part-time yesterday. We’ve agreed to collaborate on a few classes for my…
What Can Vampire Bats Teach Us About Friendship?
How did human friendship evolve? Vampire bats offer a unique opportunity to study the phenomenon of friendship through observing their strong social bonds. Josh More/Flickr Gerald Carter …
Sporting Change in Spain
The Morisco Games celebrate Spain’s Islamic past through sporting competition in the present. The King of Granada conquered Purchena, where the victory was marked with lavish games. There…
Virtual Rountable: Latif Tas’ response #PoliticalAgency
1. To what extent does the notion of political agency help to understand political change? First of all, I think you need to change the wording of the…
Assassination
Another horrifying day in the US election. My latest on Trump’s assassination threats for Globe and Mail: “By the way, and if she gets the pick – if…
Vale Elizabeth Colson
When Elizabeth Colson passed last month at the age of 99, anthropology lost one of its preeminent figures. Colson was a unique figure in many ways: She straddled…
AAA Intern Update: National Museum of African Art
This post was submitted by one of AAA’s 2016 summer interns, Chrislyn Laurore, an anthropology student at Mount Holyoke College. By now, many of us who have taken…
Morgan Pitelka, “Spectacular Accumulation: Material Culture, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Samurai Sociability” (U. of Hawaii Press, 2016)
Morgan Pitelka’s new book looks closely at the material culture of the Three Unifiers of the late sixteenth century in Japan– Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu–in……
Rio’s Olympic Festival in the Streets
In the 1980s, anthropologist John J. MacAloon argued that the real power of the Olympic Games lies in the unscripted, celebratory street festivals that erupt in public spaces.…
“Don’t Think About the Crisis, Work!”
Rage, Crisis, and the Informal Economy in Brazil The foundation of Brazilian modernity has emerged from an unresolved contradiction. The informal economy has embraced millions of low-income…
Virtual Rountable – Paul Anderson’s response #PoliticalAgency
1. To what extent does the notion of political agency help to understand political change? Michel de Certeau argued that agency comes in different shapes and sizes, according…