Around the Web Digest- Week of May 29
Hi everyone! My name is Eddie and I am the new Around the Web/Social Media Intern! I am a recent B.A. from Loyola University Chicago; flailing through post-grad…
Islam hat eine schlechte Presse
Der Kommentar ist am 2. Juni 2016 in Die Furche erschienen. Unterzieht man die Schlagzeilen der letzten Zeit in Google News einer Wortanalyse, dominieren beim Thema Islam die…
A left vision for basic income
Today Swiss people are voting in a referendum that will determine whether to include a universal basic income in the federal constitution. The constitutional amendment proposes the institution of a…
Zeitzeugenbericht: Wang Dan berichtet vom Tian’anmen-Massaker
1989 war Wang Dan王丹 Student in Peking und Anführer einer Bewegung, die für ein demokratisches China auf die Straße ging. Am vierten Juni wurden die Proteste gewaltsam von…
The Games! They’re Alive!
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to participate in the Living Games Conference in Austin, Texas. Living Games, which started in 2014 at the NYU Game…
What FoodAnthropology Is Reading Now, June 3 Edition
An amazing selection of items from around the internet gathered to delight and fascinate our faithful readers. If you have items you think our readers should read, send…
Anthropology Blog Report
Anthropology Report has updated their list of over 200 active blogs sharing information and thoughts on anthropology. We are thrilled to see anthro everywhere! listed in the company…
The Perils of Adulthood Part 1: Making New Friends
The other day I was in my car listening to an episode of one of my favorite podcasts , This American Life. The theme was related to the…
Links & Contents I Liked 185
Hi all, Angelina has kept me busy as you can see below, but obviously I have come across a few more interesting readings for your weekend pleasure and…
Labor Pains and Helpless Infants: Eve or Evolution? (Part 2)
In Part 1 of this post, we discussed two explanations for difficult childbirth and helpless babies: the Fall and the obstetrical dilemma (OD) hypothesis. Both have their weaknesses.…
Songs for Freedom, Not for Free
by Sandy Bonnington It has been a busy and exciting couple of months for hip-hop lovers, with the Tidal-exclusive release of Beyoncé’s Lemonade and Drake’s Views for the…
Gathering the Genetic Testimony of Spain’s Civil War Dead
The remains of many soldiers and citizens who died during the Spanish Civil War, which lasted from 1936 to 1939, have never been recovered. The development of genetic…
Ab 8. Juni: „LOOKING AT Sebastião Salgado – Migrations“
Vom 8. Juni bis 15. Juli findet in der Studiengalerie 1.357 der Goethe-Universität die Ausstellung „LOOKING AT Sebastião Salgado – Migrations“ des weltberühmten brasilianischen Dokumentarfotogra…
Michael F. Robinson, “The Lost White Tribe: Explorers, Scientists, and the Theory that Changed a Continent” (Oxford UP, 2016)
Michael F. Robinson‘s new book is such a pleasure to read, I cant even. It’s not just because you get to say Gambaragara over and over again if…
Sunken Treasure
Finders Keepers? Reproductions of the treasure found on the Nuestra Senora de Atocha. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. The Nuestra Senora de Atocha, a Spanish galleon carrying a…
Amitav Ghosh – The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable
This new title from Amitav Ghosh, one the world’s finest literary minds looks very interesting. More at U Chicago Press here. I’ve put a series of four lectures…
Notes on the 10th digital ethnography reading (Wacquant 2004)
Wacquant, L. J. D. (2004). Body & Soul: Notebooks of an Apprentice Boxer. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. Notes by Edgar Gomez Digital Ethnography Research Centre…
Sex/Gender: Part III: What Counts as Adequate Function? by Constance Cummings
A Critical Moment: Sex/Gender Research at the Intersections of Culture, Brain, and Behavior FPR-UCLA 2016 Conference Summary The sex/gender conference succeeded in bringing together people “with dif…
How to avoid awful panel discussions? Organize and attend fewer events!
Duncan Green is probably one of the politest ‘ranters’ I have come across on the Internet, so his Conference rage: ‘How did awful panel discussions become the default…
Indigenous peoples?!
Mon lokalbefolkningen bliver et udflugtsmål i sig selv?! Min sammenligning om os/dem holder vist stadig, desværre… Udkantsdanmark som naturreservat (artikel fra A4)
How Karl Marx Ruined My Dinner Party
At dinner one night, I made two fatal social errors in rapid succession. First, during casual conversation with two good friends, I began talking about American culture. Not…
Valuing Aboriginal cultural knowledge in Western science
The relationship between Western science (scientists, government officials, etc.) and Aboriginal knowledge has often been rocky, with Westerners often only acknowledging the value of local indigenous …
Local food, global labour
The globalized movement of things, money, ideas, images and people has become more frequent and normal than any time in history. This is especially the case for those…