Call for Papers for 2017 ICASS Conference: Umea, Sweden, June 8-12 Session Title: Remediation, Restoration and the Environmental Legacies of Extractive Industries in the North Organizers: Dr. Arn Keel…
It is a pleasure to convene this forum for The Weight of Obesity: Hunger and Global Health in Postwar Guatemala. Marianne de Laet, Simon Cohn, and Jeannette Pols,…
This speech was given in November, 10, 2016 in Salekhard (Yamal, Western Siberia) during International Symposium “Preventing the dissemination of infectious animal diseases on climate changeR…
by Kevin Karaca As a climber I am fascinated by the wilderness: great empty canyons or vast tundras worthy of expedition, steep tall cliff faces ready to climb.…
For a long time, the direction seemed to be clear: the days of remote areas were numbered and it was only a question of time before they would…
Vijf jaar na de revolutie in Jemen: het land is in crisis, voedsel op rantsoen, prijzen stijgen de pan uit, mensen ontvluchten dood en verderf, en vredesinitiatieven stagneren.…
Suddenly the night has grown colder. The god of love preparing to depart.* The chill of the 2016 US elections is still in my bones. Glued to any…
Multimodality describes an anthropology across multiple media platforms–an anthropology that traverses film, photograph, theater, design, podcast, app and game (to name a few) as well as conventional…
As The Geek Anthropologist has expanded over the past several years, the editors have had a number of discussions about our identity as an online publication. Though our…
For some people, the election that just took place might seem like just another choice between the lesser of two evils. One more election that we all learn…
Here are links to two brilliant articles addressing the change we are seeing in our country – exemplified by our current presidential election. Cracked: How half of America…
Dear comrades on my news feed, Am sure you probably already will have seen this but I’m sending it out in place of any comment about either Trimp…
We asked Annual Meeting workshop organizers to give our blog readers a sneak peek at the events they have planned for AAA 2016. This post was submitted by Carwil…
At a pharmacy in Vyronas, Greece, Dimitris (left) provides a referral for medical care while Soula (top center) helps fill prescriptions. All services at this and other community-based…
Hi all, Have a break from the misery around us-enjoy your development link review ;)! Development news: Can peacekeeping be fixed after Sudan? Reforming the UN’s HR system;…
Hi all, Have a break from the misery around us-enjoy your development link review ;)! Development news: Can peacekeeping be fixed after Sudan? Reforming the UN’s HR system;…
Latinx memorials force us to question the whiteness of queer identity and national memorialization. On June 12, 2016, a gunman armed with an AR-15-style rifle opened fire at…
What does that mean? As an affront to order, it means we are pollution. It means we must be aggressively ignored, ordered, or erased. We know this. This…
By Keith Hart You will learn more about Trump in coming months. He isn’t the Mussolini (but with frightening power) that he threatened to be in trying to…
By Keith Hart You will learn more about Trump in coming months. He isn’t the Mussolini (but with frightening power) that he threatened to be in trying to…
I had just started reading Mark Schuller’s Humanitarian Aftershocks in Haiti when hurricane Matthew hit the island. It was a sad and timely reminder to critically analyze and…