Activating and Deactivating Heritage Symbols
On the Tubman $20 and Other Symbolic Controversies After a long controversy between students and upper-level administration, Yale University decided not to remove the name of John C.…
Taking up Space
Nine years ago when I started my doctoral studies not only was I in a fertile intellectual endeavour undertaking fieldwork, reading theory, stretching my brain and writing,…
Anthropoinsults
Referring to industrial pollution as the anthropocene lets the polluters off the hook. It has gone on some time now, so as the word isn’t going away its…
Tomorrow! Free training call on “What You Need To Know About Contaminated Drinking Water: A Focus on Lead”
Learn about water testing, particularly for lead, including what people need to know about testing, what to look for, who should do the testing, and how testing should…
Earthly togetherness: making a case for living with worms by Filippo Bertoni
In this short essay, I will try to convince you of the importance of earthworms in thinking about politics. If this sounds like an argument, that is because…
NZ animal welfare & public consultation
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) regulates animal welfare in NZ, and it currently has two proposals out for public consultation. Interested parties have until Thursday 19 May…
All Hail the Entrepreneur!
by Thomas Chambers In an article in last week’s Guardian, Stuart Heritage argues that “without The Apprentice, Donald Trump would still be a failed boardgame salesman”. Heritage accuses the show…
The week ahead
I’ve realised that going back to work in a couple of weeks means remembering how to make and keep a schedule. (Who knew?! That’s how long I’ve been…
Trying to make a meaningful connection: Keith Hart’s anthropology
Transcription of an interview with Federico Neiburg and Fernando Rabossi held at the National Museum (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro), on May 23rd, 2011. It will…
35. Los tecnólogos de la libertad y el futuro de la justicia global
Dr John Postill Estado del poder 2016 ver PDF Original English version: Postill, J. 2016. Freedom technologists and the future of global justice. In State of Power 2016.…
The reality of race: fieldwork experiences from Ghana
Millicent, one of the staff members of the hostel where I stayed, and I. By Marije Maliepaard Recently my Colombian friend and I were talking about being white in a country like…
Begging Wars: Nottingham Police’s dodgy Prince tribute
Begging Wars. This ghastly bin-hoarding in Nottingham – truly ideological but with colour palette decisions that are more spurious than the ten levels of prejudice this Police ad…
Mary M. Steedly, “Rifle Reports: A Story of Indonesian Independence” (U of California Press, 2013)
Mary M. Steedly‘s new book, Rifle Reports: A Story of Indonesian Independence (University of California Press, 2013), is one of a kind and will continue to be so,…
David Novak on “The Dubbing of a New Era: Audiocassettes, Open Access and the Dissonances of Digital Democracy”
Brian Dettmer, Skull 11 (80’s metal), 2007 I am excited for Dave Novak‘s upcoming talk May 26th at UC Davis. I will serve as the discussant for…
resource development versus other community sustainability options’?
This is the general topic of the next course in our PhD programme by the Uarctic Thematic Network “Arctic Extractive Industries. It’s going to take place this time…
Suggestions for Summer Reading: Karl Ove Knausgaard’s Struggle to Write
For the past couple of years I’ve been addicted to a series of books by the Norwegian writer, Karl Ove Knausgaard. Presented as fiction, these explore in minute…
Food Research and Political Action: Why I support BDS
Editor’s note: SAFN is a section of the American Anthropological Association. The AAA is currently holding a vote on a resolution to boycott Israeli academic institutions. There has been…
Investigating Potlach Rituals in Contemporary Copenhagen
Vi prøver ubehjælpeligt at hænge vores improviserede tørresnor med intetsigende udprintede mereimellem-screenshots, som vi har svedt over at få ordnet i paint op på den tavle, vi har…
Turning cool kids into outlaws – Legal #fictions and the management of heroin abuse in post-reform China
Cool kids. On a rainy afternoon towards the end of my fieldwork in Qilin, southwest China, I sat with one of my informants, Jiao Hua – a round,…
Shiny! A Geek Anthropologist Newsletter!
Hello amazing TGA readers! At the end of May, we’ll be launching a brand new TGA newsletter. Each month, we’ll provide subscribers with: a list of recent posts;…
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Hi all, Development news starts with 2 powerful pieces on orphanage tourism and a sustainable future for global volunteering; how aid became big business; #allmalepanels and introducing female…
Creative Collaborations: The Making of “Lissa (Still Time): a graphic medical ethnography of friendship, loss, and revolution” by Sherine Hamdy
Is there a widely accessible yet conceptually rigorous way to convey anthropological insights into the lived complexities and bioethical dilemmas that attend managing chronic illness in two vastly…
Water in Yomibato: Guest post by National Geographic writer Emma Marris
I traveled last November to Manu Park in the Peruvian Amazon with writer Emma Marris to guide her among the Matsigenka people for a story she published this…