Dan Berger’s relationship with “America’s political prisoners” (xii) has been personal from the very beginning. At age sixteen and out of historical curiosity, Berger sought contact with black…
Ramadan Diaries takes you into the Ramadan experience of two students of anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis, Oguz Alyanak and Dick Powis. They will be fasting…
Savage Minds just published my (Dori Tunstall) and Jennifer Esperanza's article, Decolonizing Anthropology Textbook Covers, on their blog. It presents seven visual strategies for presenting ima…
Savage Minds just published my (Dori Tunstall) and Jennifer Esperanza's article, Decolonizing Anthropology Textbook Covers, on their blog. It presents seven visual strategies for presenting ima…
Savage Minds just published my (Dori Tunstall) and Jennifer Esperanza's article, Decolonizing Anthropology Textbook Covers, on their blog. It presents seven visual strategies for presenting ima…
Savage Minds just published my (Dori Tunstall) and Jennifer Esperanza's article, Decolonizing Anthropology Textbook Covers, on their blog. It presents seven visual strategies for presenting ima…
Since 2009, news outlets across China have repeated the mantra that “two-thirds of China’s cities face besiegement by garbage”—constituting a national crisis. Included is Kunming, the burgeoning capit…
By Sophie Chao, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia § First published in Anthropology & Environment Society’s section of Anthropology News Rejecting human exceptionalism and exploring th…
Hello everyone! I hope you are enjoying the first days of summer, I am sweating in the Chicago humidity as I type this. Anyways, here are some readings…
Governments have erected numerous barriers to stem the tide of migrants and refugees flowing into Europe. These obstacles fuel a system that exploits migrants and puts their lives…
The inscription says “No to the new deal, No to the Debt No in the EU.” All set for the big victory celebrations. Photo by Stamatis Amarianakis.On the…
The inscription says “No to the new deal, No to the Debt No in the EU.” All set for the big victory celebrations. Photo by Stamatis Amarianakis. On…
The second book by Gardner and Lewis, Anthropology and Development: Challenges for the Twenty-First Century, is both an update and a rewrite of their 1996 publication, Anthropology, Development…
The inscription says “No to the new deal, No to the Debt No in the EU.” All set for the big victory celebrations. Photo by Stamatis Amarianakis. On…
This entry is part 8 of 8 in the Decolonizing Anthropology series. By: Elizabeth (Dori) Tunstall and Jennifer Esperanza As young anthropology students in the 90s we heard Dr.…
Gun speak is louder than words National Public Ratio (U.S.) interviewed Robert Myers, a professor of anthropology and public health at Alfred University in New York, about his…
Price, David H. 2016. Cold War Anthropology: The CIA, the Pentagon, and the Growth of Dual Use Anthropology. Duke University Press. A few years ago, I had a…
Der Medienwatchblog hat sich die Mühe gemacht und Österreich-Schlagzeilen über die ach so hohe Kriminalität im Land mit der Kriminalstatistik verglichen – und siehe da: Während Österreich allenthalben…
“You caught me at my most slobbish,” Laura said to me when I stopped her at the corner of Sansom and 17th. “Then I’d love to run into…
Ray, Krishnendu. 2016. The Ethnic Restaurateur. London; New York, NY: Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Reviewed by Rafi Grosglik Department of Sociology, Brandeis Universi…
Note from the Editor, Tricia Wang: Next up in our Co-designing with machines edition is Steven Gustafson (@stevengustafson), founder of the Knowledge Discovery Lab at the General Electric Gl…
Note from the Editor, Tricia Wang: The next author for the Co-designing with machines edition is Angèle Christin (@angelechristin), sociologist and Postdoctoral Fellow at the Data & Soci…
We are pleased to announce that the latest issue of Focaal – Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology has recently published and is available online at its new home, www.berghahnjournals.c…
Check out my latest piece on Bernie Sanders and the US presidential race, published today in The Independent. Here is an extract: “Many who voted for the Vermont…