Top of the Heap: Adia Benton by Hannah Gibson
For this installment of Top of the Heap, I was delighted to work with Assistant Professor Adia Benton from Northwestern University. I think it’s probably common for people to talk…
Hospitality within hostility: safe migration management in the Mekong
The annual Australian Anthropology Conference is approaching (12-15 December 2016). Besides co-chairing a panel on Humanitarianism in the Time of Anthropocene I will also present a paper in…
The relevANTH Guide to Choosing a Culturally Sensitive Halloween Costume
Just… no. It’s that time of year again, when millions of Americans hit the streets dressed as terrifying celebrities, food items, and ethically questionable depictions of others’ cul…
A perfect digital (shit)storm: U.S. Christian missionary communication from Uganda
One of the recurring themes and aims of the blog is putting contemporary examples of popular communication about development issues into a broader context. The aim is to…
A perfect digital (shit)storm: U.S. Christian missionary communication from Uganda
One of the recurring themes and aims of the blog is putting contemporary examples of popular communication about development issues into a broader context. The aim is to…
Facekinis in China: Schick oder gefährlich?
Während der Burkini politische Bedeutung im Westen hat, wird in China der Facekini diskutiert. Die Maske soll in Schwimmbädern oder am Strand vor Sonnenbrand und Bissen von Meerestieren…
Let Our Profs Be Profs!
Sussex Anthropologist Jon Mitchell joins a roundup of anthropologists reflecting on the ‘neoliberal academy’ in his recent essay, ‘Let Our Profs Be Profs’ at the Anuac journal. This special issue brin…
Do Mobile Phones Set Citizens Free?
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, mobile phones are being used in many different ways for many different reasons—from oppression to liberation. PAPY MULONGO/AFP/Getty Images Today …
Ethnography & Tourism: Part I
Part of the blog-writing duo had the opportunity to travel from Canada to Japan for one short week. During this time, blogger Jennifer Long wanted to explore the…
Spain’s current political impasse
Yesterday, 12 October 2016, I took part in a seminar titled “Resolving Spain’s political deadlock” held at my home institution, RMIT University, in Melbourne. I presented alongside Marta…
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Glad you’re here! Check out some of our favorite episodes in any order and get to know the anthropological life. And, if you’re long-time listeners we hope you’ll enjoy…
Residential Schooling Brings Opportunity to India’s Poorest Indigenous Children
The Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), a residential boarding school in India, provides Indigenous students with the “capacity to aspire” and hope for a better life. Christine…
Unusual Politics as Usual?
What Trump’s smash-it-all message tells us about presidential campaigns. Before we join the refrain that the candidacy of Donald J. Trump in this presidential election is unprecedented, we…
The Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatterSyllabus Project, Week 6: Lee D. Baker on Ta-Nehisi Coates
The editors of Anthropoliteia are happy to present the latest entry in on ongoing series The Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatterSyllabus Project, which will mobilize anthropological work as a pedagogical…
CFP: Opening the Bin – New perspectives on waste, culture and society from the humanities and the social sciences
The purpose of this two-day transdisciplinary workshop is to gather scholars from the social sciences and the humanities together with a few practitioners to critically discuss the places,…
What FoodAnthro is Reading Now, October 12, 2016
A few of food and nutrition-related items that have caught our attention recently. Do you have items you think we should include? Send links and brief descriptions to dberiss@gmail.com or…
Self-governing schools in Tanzania
“Neoliberalism” is always an unsatisfying category, but as it does broadly designate a cluster of policies and institutional logics, it tends to stick around as an ideal type. David…
Jamie Peck and Nik Theodore, “Fast Policy: Experimental Statecraft at the Thresholds of Neoliberalism” (U. of Minnesota Press, 2015)
How do new policies move from one city or country to another, and is there something distinct about how those transfers work in our perpetually accelerating and ever-more…
Kelly Watson, “Insatiable Appetites: Imperial Encounters with Cannibals in the North Atlantic World” (NYU Press, 2015)
Kelly Watson’s Insatiable Appetites: Imperial Encounters with Cannibals in the North Atlantic World (New York University Press, 2015) explores the history of the New World through the lens…