Anthro in the News 10/24/16
It is now accepted, even by the UN, that UN Peacekeeping forces in Haiti from Nepal brought cholera with them in 2010. Before that, Haiti was cholera-free. Interview…
Drømmen om at blive selvstændig
Antropologi og sociologi har altid interesseret mig meget, hvorfor jeg helt naturligt har taget en uddannelse inden én af disse felter. Mit valg faldt på sociologi, som fangede…
BOOK REVIEW: PORTA PALAZZO
Porta Palazzo: The Anthropology of an Italian Market. Rachel Black. Foreword by Carlo Petrini. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014 Renata Christen (University of Amsterdam) In her book, Rachel Bla…
More on Trump’s “rigged” allegations
My article on the third debate for the Globe and Mail: In Mr. Trump’s alternate reality, Ms. Clinton occupies two contradictory positions. First, she is so powerful that…
The Pleasure and Pain of Electioneering in the UK
Canvassing for elections is an addictive mix of gossip, ideas, theatre and competition. Elections are a ritual process for creating political representatives and encouraging citizens to accept them…
Muttermilch und Vaterrolle – Konstruktionen von Elternschaft im Stilldiskurs: Perspektiven aus Expertenalltag und Familienrealitäten
Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Laura Gawinski Mutter mit ihrem gerade gestilltem Säugling | Foto: L. Gawinski „Stillen ist das Beste für Ihr Kind“ – dies ist…
How gender changes our jobs
One of the things I love about teaching anthropology is thinking about and showing how — through everyday experiences — broad processes shape local lives. I think that…
How gender changes our jobs
One of the things I love about teaching anthropology is thinking about and showing how — through everyday experiences — broad processes shape local lives. I think that…
Dumping Milk from the Treadmill of Production
Over 43 million gallons of milk has been dumped into manure pits and fields the first eight months of 2016. There is too much of it. Yet milk…
REDUX: Being “a good guy with a gun” – Self-defence Insurance in the Deep South
Greg is slightly balding and wears an untucked though formal plaid shirt as he tells a group of thirty gun owners seated at the back of a diner…
From the Field: Mexico
Levi Vonk, alumni of the MA in the Anthropology of Development and Social Transformation (2014) at the University of Sussex, was awarded a Fulbright fellowship last year to…
Dwi Handayani Syah Putri, Jakarta Fashion Week
Day Two of Jakarta Fashion Week. Today, the street style photographers finally came out. All three of them. One, Bode, was a photographer shooting for fun. He developed…
Dwi Handayani Syah Putri, Jakarta Fashion Week
Day Two of Jakarta Fashion Week. Today, the street style photographers finally came out. All three of them. One, Bode, was a photographer shooting for fun. He developed…
Dwi Handayani Syah Putri, Jakarta Fashion Week
Day Two of Jakarta Fashion Week. Today, the street style photographers finally came out. All three of them. One, Bode, was a photographer shooting for fun. He developed…
Dwi Handayani Syah Putri, Jakarta Fashion Week
Day Two of Jakarta Fashion Week. Today, the street style photographers finally came out. All three of them. One, Bode, was a photographer shooting for fun. He developed…
Harvesting Ruins: The Im/Permanence of Work Camps and Reclaiming Colonized Landscapes in the Northern Alberta Oil Sands
Janelle Marie Baker, Anthropology McGill University § *All photos taken by Janelle Marie Baker Abandoned work camp in Bigstone Cree Nation territory. My Nehiwayak (Cree) friends who have the…
Folter als GeschäftsmodellEine neue Form des Menschenhandels auf Fluchtrouten
In den vergangenen Jahren erhält Menschenhandel zunehmende Aufmerksamkeit in politischen wie wissenschaftlichen Debatten zu Flucht und Flüchtlingen. Dies hängt vor allem mit der steigenden Zahl von Mi…
Public e-seminar on media practices and the radical imagination
By Veronica Barassi via EASA Media Anthropology Network mailing list We will be launching our next e-seminar on Tuesday 25 October 2016 at 00:00 GMT. If you are…
Political culture keywords: exploring social movements and media practices that are worlds apart
Proposal to the special issue of Media, Culture and Society on “Media, political cultures and social movements”, Veronica Barassi, Alice Mattoni and Anastasia Kavada (eds.). John Postill (RMIT)…
Thank You @iupress for a Great Material Vernaculars Reception at #afsam16
A quick note to convey appreciation for the great staff of the Indiana University Press, especially the work of the press staff who attended the 2016 American Folklore…
Diana Rikasari and Acha Sinaga, Jakarta Fashion Week
Today was day one at Jakarta Fashion Week, Southeast Asia’s largest annual fashion event. This is my first time shooting it. Although I’ve been to Jakarta a number…
Diana Rikasari and Acha Sinaga, Jakarta Fashion Week
Today was day one at Jakarta Fashion Week, Southeast Asia’s largest annual fashion event. This is my first time shooting it. Although I’ve been to Jakarta a number…
Diana Rikasari and Acha Sinaga, Jakarta Fashion Week
Today was day one at Jakarta Fashion Week, Southeast Asia’s largest annual fashion event. This is my first time shooting it. Although I’ve been to Jakarta a number…