An Interview with Alexander Betts, Curator at the Ohio History Connection
Alex Betts is a Curator at the Ohio History Connection based at the OHC’s headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. He earned a MA with distinction in Museum and Artefact…
Anthrogeekology: Matthew Wysocki
Nick here: In this new series we will be introducing you to geektastic scholars from around the world. Know someone you think we should feature? Drop us a…
The Flipside of Counterfeit Goods
Although they are often illegal, counterfeit electronics such as these fake iPhones continue to be manufactured in China and distributed widely due to high demand for inexpensive products.…
5 Homophobic Myths Destroyed by Anthropology
After the horrific mass murder in June focusing on the LGBTQ community at an Orlando club, the only thing worse than the massacre has been the thread of…
Summerholidays!
The editorial team of Standplaats Wereld would like to wish you all a great summer, with lots of new experiences, a break…
Every sperm is sacred? (Re)productive struggles in the quest for sustainability
After the pre-publication of an article on the oversight and even denial of population growth, Haydn Washington and I received a surprising number of reactions, notably from anthropologists.…
Every sperm is sacred? (Re)productive struggles in the quest for sustainability
After the pre-publication of an article on the oversight and even denial of population growth, Haydn Washington and I received a surprising number of reactions, notably from anthropologists.…
Sarah Richardson’s Sex Itself: The Search for Male and Female in the Human Genome by Paula Martin
Sex Itself: The Search for Male and Female in the Human Genome Sarah Richardson University of Chicago Press, 2013, 320 pages In Sex Itself: The Search for…
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Hi all, Even if I may sound a bit repetitive, but this week once again features some most excellent food for weekend thoughts! Development news: More dignified fundraising…
REDUX: #Brexit, Trump, and Public Anthropology
In the days after the Brexit referendum, a friend in California confided that every morning he searched the internet for articles explaining why the Brexit outcome did not…
Back to Basics: Why Podemos Lost Support in the last Spanish Election
Credit: Andrea Comas/ Reuters By Marta LobatoThe results of the Spanish general election on 26 June betrayed the expectations of many on the left. Pre-election polls predicted that…
Back to Basics: Why Podemos Lost Support in the last Spanish Election
Credit: Andrea Comas/ Reuters By Marta LobatoThe results of the Spanish general election on 26 June betrayed the expectations of many on the left. Pre-election polls predicted that…
Back to Basics: Why Podemos Lost Support in the last Spanish Election
Credit: Andrea Comas/ Reuters By Marta LobatoThe results of the Spanish general election on 26 June betrayed the expectations of many on the left. Pre-election polls predicted that…
Archäologie: Presse berichtet über „Trendsetter“ der Antike
Trier war in der Antike zweitweise Hauptstadt der Weströmischen Reiches, kulturell wurden hier Maßstäbe gesetzt. Von Alltag und Kultur der Stadt zeugen die zahlreichen Grabdenkmäler, die aber bislang…
Introducing Europe at a Crossroads: An Investigation of European Politics of Austerity and Inhospitality
The idea of the European Union as a partnership for peace, an experiment in post-national democracy, and an abode for human rights, has been subjected to a sobering…
Back to Basics: Why Podemos Lost Support in the last Spanish Election
Credit: Andrea Comas/ Reuters By Marta LobatoThe results of the Spanish general election on 26 June betrayed the expectations of many on the left. Pre-election polls predicted that…
Call for Posts: Life on the Frontier: The Environmental Anthropology of Settler Colonialism
Een Suikerfabriek. Lithograph of a painting by Abraham Salm, 1865-1872. Tropenmuseum, part of the National Museum of World Cultures [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)%5D, vi…
Interplanetary Environmentalism (Part 2)
If you missed my previous post, please see Interplanetary Environmentalism (Part 1). The subsurface oceans of Enceladus, Europa, and other worlds may be home to microbes, similar to…
Why there is an argument to be made for Norway to turn off its FM band
Norway is set to turn off FM broadcasting in a few months. Most Norwegians seem to be against turning it off, based on the argument that the digital…
Ghettos
Ghettos. We commonly associate the term today with places like “effective social or ethnic ghettos, from the favelas of Brazil to the mostly black urban neighbourhoods of the…
Refugees Without Agency
In late May 2016 riot police buses were rolled onto the Greek highways from Athens to the village of Idomeni, where is located the spontaneous self-organized refugee camp…
