What is arXiv and how can we get one?
After ckelty’s post on the SSRN/Elsevier merger fellow mind, Ryan Anderson, gave me a shout out in Twitter, ArXiv for social science research anyone? @savageminds @culanth @haujournal @jmtromble…
In the Journals – May 2016
Summer is here and that means that most of us will no doubt be undertaking fieldwork of some sort. But fear not, as we here at In the…
Choosing Paths, Not Roads
By Madhuri Karak, CUNY Graduate Center § Walking in Niyamgiri, in Odisha, India, never ceased to be a sensorial onslaught for me. There are no asphalt roads, only trails…
Lions, Tigers, and Bears, Oh … and Hominins?
Ligers, tigons, and pizzlies, oh my! What do these critters have in common? They are the offspring of animals that belong to distinct lineages, or populations that have…
Mariya Ivancehva: The revolution will not be criticized? The (im)possibility of left-wing critique in Venezuela
This post is part of a series on the Latin American pink tide, moderated and edited by Massimiliano Mollona (Goldsmiths, University of London). After heading the pink tide…
Bärtige Individualisten
Er ist also wieder da: der Bart. Ganz egal, ob als Vollbart, Schnurrbart oder Drei-Tage-Bart. Prinzipiell ist er in allen Altersklassen zu finden, aber momentan maßgeblich bei jungen…
Der Schwarze Mann (Batumi #1)
Batumi 2016 (F:Voell) „Ich bin noch immer da!“ Der Schwarze Mann sitzt bei uns mit am Tisch. Keiner spricht mit ihm, keiner redet über ihn. Im Augenwinkel ist…
Racialisering van moslims schaadt onderzoek en debat
Door Ton Salman en Peter Versteeg Op de Volkskrant-pagina’s speelde recentelijk een interessante en antropologisch belangrijke discussie. Op 7 mei poneerde oud-collega Martijn de Koning de stelli…
‘Vat en sit’: South African men through the eyes of the women?
By Laetitia Simorangkir While conducting fieldwork for my research on the organization of care arrangements in South African communities, I surprisingly often ended up in situations where…
Call for Papers and Visual Submissions: Photography and (con)text/Photography in Academic Research 8-9 September 2016
Via the Royal Anthropological Institute ‘photography + (con) text’ is pleased to announce a call for papers and visual submissions for a conference on ‘Photography in Academic…
“Snapshots of Change” – How Focusing on Change Affects Perspectives on Research Material
Ever since the multiplication of protest movements that have gained prominence since 2011, the issue of change and its assessment has become a recurring topic in scientific research.…
Flüchtlingsforschung gegen Mythen 3WissenschaftlerInnen diskutieren Behauptungen aus der Flüchtlingsdebatte
Immer wieder stellen Politikerinnen und Politiker sowie Personen des öffentlichen Lebens fragwürdige Behauptungen in den Raum, die durch Medien aufgegriffen und teils zu Stammtischparolen werden. Häuf…
Austerity Bites: Food Stories from Lewisham
Are you planning to be in or near London anytime between May 25 and June 6? If so, you may want to head over to Lewisham, where you…
World Anthropology Day and the Diversity Wall at Los Angeles Valley College
“World Anthropology Day is a day for anthropologists to celebrate and participate in their discipline with the public around them. Anthropologists are innovators and creative thinkers who contribute…
Peer Review and Academic Citizenship: A Call to Our Colleagues
Most of us who earned our degrees before the advent of email remember the thrill of being asked to write our first peer review. We both remember how…
Moderne Medien in China: WeChat rund um die Uhr
Anstatt nach Handynummern oder Visitenkarten fragt man heutzutage in China mit großer Selbstverständlichkeit: „Darf ich Ihren QR Code auf WeChat scannen?“ WeChat prägt die täglichen Gewohnheiten seine…
Disability as Diversity: A New Biopolitics by Michele Friedner
We’re a medical anthropologist and a literary critic, and while our research interests seemingly have little overlap, we found ourselves engaged in a series of conversations about how…
Anthro in the news 5/23/16
The kindness of Kenyans Source: Siegfried Modola/IRIN All Africa published an op-ed by Rahul Oka, assistant professor of cultural anthropology at the University of Notre Dame. He comments…
On Decolonising Anthropology
This entry is part 5 of 5 in the Decolonizing Anthropology series. By Zodwa Radebe Decolonisation can be understood as the process that decolonises what was colonised; not what…
What would your university look like if you could just say, “no?”
This is the Fourth post in a sequence called Strange Rumblings in the Meritocracy. Sometime towards the end of graduate school, I got it into my head that…
Austerity Bites: Food Stories from Lewisham
Via Gabriela Nicolescu, Goldsmiths Exhibition organised by the Goldsmith’sDepartment of Anthropology Venue: Weston Atrium, Stuart Hall Building, Goldsmiths Private View: 24th May, 17.30 Dates: …
The Anti-Politics of World Heritage
Mt. Kenya: A place of nature In September 2010, I embarked on a PhD project that examined the World Heritage listing of Mt.Kenya, an alpine area located in…
Breaking “Cave-o-nomics”
Myth: Modern capitalism evolved from barter It is quite common the assumption that modern capitalism evolved from barter. But this is but a myth. There doesn’t seem to…
Breaking “Cave-o-nomics”
Myth: Modern capitalism evolved from barter It is quite common the assumption that modern capitalism evolved from barter. But this is but a myth. There doesn’t seem to…