Did Women and Children Exist in Prehistory?
Stone tools, like Acheulean hand axes, remain well-preserved for eons because they are stones first, tools second. Fired ceramics remain well-preserved for millennia because they are, in essence,…
Zum Bedarf eines europäischen Qualifikationspasses für Flüchtlinge
Derzeit gibt es an vielen Hochschulen Initiativen, um Flüchtlingen die Aufnahme oder Fortführung eines Studiums zu ermöglichen. Was aber, wenn die für einen Hochschulzugang notwendigen Bescheinigungen…
Vortrag: Das Kinderzimmer als mythischer Ort des Pop
Im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung „Spielarten der Populärkultur – ästhetische und didaktische Perspektiven“ spricht der Literaturwissenschaftler Prof. Heinz Drügh am 14. Juni „über einen mythischen Or…
Around the Web Digest- Week of May 5
I apologize for the delay! Here are some readings for this week! Again feel free to leave article suggestions at smechong@gmail.com With the first week of Ramadan complete,…
Anthro in the news 6/13/16
Anthropologist jailed in Iran without charge Hoodfar speaking at George Washington University in 2015. Source: Barbara Miller/GW The National (Abu Dhabi) reported that sociocultural anthropologist Hom…
Review: Borderland Biashara Report (2016)
Image 1: Traders and Transport Options on the Border of Kenya and Uganda. Photo credit: Niti Bhan. Upon reading the Emerging Future's Lab newly released report Borderland Biashara…
Review: Borderland Biashara Report (2016)
Image 1: Traders and Transport Options on the Border of Kenya and Uganda. Photo credit: Niti Bhan. Upon reading the Emerging Future's Lab newly released report Borderland Biashara…
Review: Borderland Biashara Report (2016)
Image 1: Traders and Transport Options on the Border of Kenya and Uganda. Photo credit: Niti Bhan. Upon reading the Emerging Future's Lab newly released report Borderland Biashara…
Excavating the Chesapeake: Exploring the Intersecting Geological, Political, and Technical Layers that Constitute a Watershed
By Jeremy Trombley, University of Maryland, College Park § My research looks at the entities and interactions that constitute the Chesapeake Bay watershed – specifically the role that computational mo…
Review: Borderland Biashara Report (2016)
Image 1: Traders and Transport Options on the Border of Kenya and Uganda. Photo credit: Niti Bhan. Upon reading the Emerging Future's Lab newly released report Borderland Biashara…
Co-designing with machines: moving beyond the human/machine binary
Letter from the Editor: I am happy to announce Welcome to the The Co-Desinging with Machines edition. As someone with one foot in industry redesigning organizations to flourish in a…
Mass Violence and Teachable Moments
This past weekend, Orlando, Florida witnessed the worst mass shooting in America’s recent history. This violent, planned attack in a public place is tragic, and our hearts go out…
The Orlando massacre
My heart goes out to the victims of the Orlando shooting. I hope people in the area continue to donate blood and that people nationwide give money and…
Das schönste Konsumobjekt: Der Körper
Im Sortiment des Konsums gibt es ein Objekt, dass schöner und wichtiger erscheint, als jedes andere Objekt jemals zuvor: Der Körper! Geht man auf Elle.de werden den Lesern…
AnthroClub Profile: Elmira College
Anthropology Clubs (AnthroClubs) is an official student program for undergraduate members of the American Anthropological Association that works to foster community among those majoring, minoring, or …
Srimati Basu, “The Trouble with Marriage: Feminists Confront Law and Violence in India” (U of California Press, 2015)
Are solutions to marital problems always best solved through legal means? Should alternative dispute resolutions be celebrated? In her latest book The Trouble with Marriage: Feminists Confront Law…
The dos & don’ts of Cultural Appropriation
In “The Dos and Don’ts of Cultural Appropriation” (2015, The Atlantic), author Jeni Avins argues that cultural appropriation can actually be a positive thing. Heavily focused on the…
Graphic Medicine and Medical Anthropology by Dana Walrath
Introduction When I began my graphic memoir series, Aliceheimers, it focused just on life with my mother Alice before and during dementia. But the revelatory insight that she…
Big Pharma, IP & Medicine for the Poor
by Gemma Harvey When pharmaceutical giant GSK (GlaxoSmithKline) recently announced that it will not be filing for patent protection for new medications in Least Developed and Low Income…
The Power of Public Scholarship
As the mass shootings in Orlando suggest, we are at a social tipping point. The time has come for scholars, guardians of truth and wisdom, to step up…
The Power of Public Scholarship
As the mass shootings in Orlando suggest, we are at a social tipping point. The time has come for scholars, guardians of truth and wisdom, to step up…
The Power of Public Scholarship
As the mass shootings in Orlando suggest, we are at a social tipping point. The time has come for scholars, guardians of truth and wisdom, to step up…
The Power of Public Scholarship
As the mass shootings in Orlando suggest, we are at a social tipping point. The time has come for scholars, guardians of truth and wisdom, to step up…