Curating Gathering Voices
An Exhibition at the American Philosophical Society On April 15th the American Philosophical Society (APS) opened the third in a series of exhibitions on Thomas Jefferson—a member and…
Rules of the Underworld
Since the beginning of Mexico’s drug war in 2006, approximately 80,000 people have been killed in organized crime–related incidents. More than 26,000 others are still missing. Despite attempts to…
Awakening to Ruins
I’m reading through Robert Ginsberg’s The Aesthetics of Ruin (2004) again and came across this wonderful poem he wrote about the different options for a ruin (120): Awakening to ruins…
How Anthropology Can Transform Global Health Efforts
In the context of global health crises from tuberculosis to HIV/AIDS and Ebola, Jean Hunleth discusses How Anthropology Can Transform Global Health Efforts (American Association of Universit…
Links & Contents I Liked 183
Hi all,I’m a bit proud of myself that the Link Review has become a regular weekly feature again amidst the approaching grande final of the semester! Development news…
Book Forum–Jeanne Favret-Saada’s The Anti-Witch by Eugene Raikhel
In The Anti-Witch, Jeanne Favret-Saada revisits fieldwork she first described in her classic Deadly Words: Witchcraft in the Bocage in a more reflective mode and conceptually ambitious…
Baumwoll-Nachthemd oder Negligé? Materialität und Repräsentation von Nachtwäsche im Krankenhaus
Schlafanzug, Nachthemd, Negligé oder Nichts? Was zieht man an im Krankenhaus? Ist neben Bequemlichkeit und Hygiene auch hier der Blick der Anderen (vgl. http://blog.kulturding.de/?p=3867) ein maßgebl…
Portrails 2016
Portrayal – a depiction of someone or something in a work of art or literature; a picture Trail – a mark or a series of signs…
trashed film paragraph on Reagan-Arnie-Trump
I dunno where else to dump this, which will now not be used in a review I was writing on regional film traditions: Yet here is a topic…
Black Disabled Woman Syllabus
Vilissa Thompson, Disability Rights Consultant & Advocate, has created the Black Disabled Woman Syllabus in response to the lack of intersectionality she has seen in disability studies. …
Archaeologies of Displacement and Urban Renewal in Detroit
Last week I attended the “Archaeology and Revitalization in Detroit” sessions at the Michigan Historic Preservation Network‘s annual meeting in Detroit, on the campus of Wayne State …
Water Is…
Internationally published author, teacher and limnologist Nina Munteanu explores one of the most important substances of Earth. Nina Munteanu’s “Water Is…” represents the culmination of over … Source:…
Critiquing Anthropological (textbook) Images
Google images: “anthropology textbooks” from Dori Turnstall Think about the typical cover images of anthropology textbooks. Most likely, you are thinking about exotic images of non-Western p…
The Politics of Peace in Captain America: Civil War
By Emma Louise Backe Marvel’s latest superhero juggernaut, Captain America: Civil War (2016) is a tense, tightly paced skirmish. The camera skitters between the ideological poles of Tony…
Moral crises: magical and secular solutions (Gluckman 1964)
via HAU journal This work is licensed under the Creative Commons | © Max Gluckman. ISSN 2049-1115 (Online). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14318/hau4.2.025 REPRINT Moral crises Magical and secular solution…
Canadian Anthropology and Cultural Imperialism: Criticisms
Is there a Canadian anthropology or is it just anthropology in Canada? If it is “anthropology in Canada,” then from where has it been imported? If what we…
Unsettling Gender Normativities through Dance and Music
The annual Istanbul LGBT Pride Week will kick off at the end of June in Turkey. For the 24th consecutive year, the event will incorporate the traditional parade which will…
Sahana Udupa, “Making News in Global India: Media, Publics, Politics” (Cambridge UP, 2015)
What role does Bangalore’s private news culture play in shaping the southern Indian metropolis’ ongoing urban transformation? Sahana Udupa‘s new book Making News in Global India: Med… Visit…
Who’s Playing the ‘Nazi Card’ in Anthropology?: Rhetorical Spectres of Anti-Semitism in the BDS Debate by David Rosen
Two recent articles by BDS leaders in anthropology have accused boycott opponents of debasing the debate in anthropology, either by playing the “Nazi card” or by introducing the…
Rethinking Political Agency in the Middle East | Workshop Abstracts
Over the next two days, Allegra will be busy reporting on the international workshop Rethinking political agency in the Middle East: Engaging political anthropology which is taking place…
Roma aus dem Westlichen Balkan: Ursachen ihrer Flucht
Ausgrenzung, kumulative Diskriminierung und ein weitverbreiteter Antiziganismus bestimmen die Lebensumstände der Roma* im Westlichen Balkan (Albanien, Bosnien und Herzegowina, Kosovo, Mazedonien, Mont…
What FoodAnthro Is Reading Now, May 18 Edition
A selection of items from around the internet of possible interest to readers of FoodAnthropology. If you have items you think our readers should read, send a note…
Anthropology 101: Managing a Blog
With this series, the TGA team had several objectives. One was to share some of our own wisdom and knowledge with those of you who are considering starting to blog.…