What FoodAnthropology Is Reading Now, August 8 Edition
The inter-webs are exploding with fascinating food and nutrition readings; we can hardly keep up here at FoodAnthropology. Before we get to the readings, however, we would…
Anthro in the news 8/8/16
Olympic sports vs. favela life Rio’s Rocinha favela in the foreground. Source: Wikipedia An article in The Chicago Tribune juxtaposed the lavish display of competitive sports at the…
Please Don’t Shoot the Fact-Checker
Anthropologists seeking to communicate their research to general audiences are likely to work with fact-checkers. Here’s some advice on how to handle the process if you’ve been interviewed…
In the Journals – July 2016
Welcome back to In the Journals, a monthly review of just a fraction of the most recent academic research on security, crime, policing, and the law. Summer is…
Anthropology outside Anthropology, Part 1
“I’m an anthropologist by training and I work as a medical interpreter.” When I tell this to people from anthropology backgrounds, I often receive sympathetic groans from them,…
Report: Media Anthropology Network activities at the 14th EASA Biennial Conference
Report on EASA Media Anthropology Network activities at the 14th EASA Biennial Conference, Milan, 20-23 July 2016 by Philipp Budka 1) EASA Media Anthropology Network Meeting (21 July…
The Olympic Future of Mixed Martial Arts
MMA offers a brutal competitive antidote to the cult of the passive spectator, writes D. S. Farrer The Olympics should embrace Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), the world’s fastest…
Ethnographic Refusal: A How to Guide
Refusal is a method whereby researchers and research participants together decide not to make particular information available for use within the academy. Here are some strategies for identifying…
A Short Resource Guide to Food, Race, and Cultural Appropriation
Cultural appropriation has been almost a buzzword lately, giving us anthropologists a lot of popular culture fodder on the topic — and perhaps more importantly, spurring critical discussion…
Ethics in the Anthropocene: new paper in The Anthropocene Review
Together with Peter Brown and Chris Orr (both at McGill), I’ve co-authored a new article now available at The Anthropocene Review in advance of print. If you’d like…
Virtual roundtable: Deniz Gökalp’s response #PoliticalAgency
1. To what extent does the notion of political agency help to understand political change? I do not think that political agency is no longer relevant to understanding…
Anthropologies #22: Reflections on Food in Food Research
This entry is part 2 of 2 in the Anthropologies #22 series. The second installment of the anthropologies issue on food comes from Zofia Boni, a food anthropologist.…
Burning incense | 烧香
One month ago I happened to drop by Basement6 right on time for the opening of a solo exhibition by Shangainese artist 许聪 Xu Cong called Technological Spectacle…
Around the Web Digest- July 31
Hi everyone, hope the first week of August is not beating down on you too hard! Here are your readings for the week. As the 2016 Summer Olympic…
Community Food Literacy
The Community Literacy Journal has just announced the publication of a special issue on “Community Food Literacies.” This journal is available electronically, through Project Muse, but if …
Web Roundup: Polarization on the rise by Maria Cecilia Dedios
This web-roundup looks at the problem of polarization. Several events during the past month have brought the issue to the forefront. As a result, the web was filled…
Things that Make Us
Via The Institute of Making Zoe Laughlin of UCL’s Institute of Making has a new podcast, Things That Make Us. Following the model of Desert Island Discs, each week, Laughlin interviews…
The Summer of Trump: Vulnerability and the Social Contract
Time will tell. Several days ago I went ocean fishing with a friend and colleague. We looked forward to a glorious day out
The Summer of Trump: Vulnerability and the Social Contract
Time will tell. Several days ago I went ocean fishing with a friend and colleague. We looked forward to a glorious day out