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…
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You know us well! We, at Allegra, are always on the look out for exciting anthropological events from around the world. Which is why we have cooked you…
Media, The Myth of Trump and What Really Matters
Circus-like media attention is good for ratings, for advertising revenues, for circulation and for Mr. Trump. It enables Mr. Trump to spin–with ever-increasing brilliance–the myth of his invin…
Media, The Myth of Trump and What Really Matters
Circus-like media attention is good for ratings, for advertising revenues, for circulation and for Mr. Trump. It enables Mr. Trump to spin–with ever-increasing brilliance–the myth of his invin…
Media, The Myth of Trump and What Really Matters
Circus-like media attention is good for ratings, for advertising revenues, for circulation and for Mr. Trump. It enables Mr. Trump to spin–with ever-increasing brilliance–the myth of his invin…
Media, The Myth of Trump and What Really Matters
Circus-like media attention is good for ratings, for advertising revenues, for circulation and for Mr. Trump. It enables Mr. Trump to spin–with ever-increasing brilliance–the myth of his invin…
Media, The Myth of Trump and What Really Matters
Manchester, UK. Amid the swirl of Trump politics it is easy to lose sight of what is important in social life. There is no shortage of media coverage…
Media, The Myth of Trump and What Really Matters
Circus-like media attention is good for ratings, for advertising revenues, for circulation and for Mr. Trump. It enables Mr. Trump to spin–with ever-increasing brilliance–the myth of his invincible…
Media, The Myth of Trump and What Really Matters
Circus-like media attention is good for ratings, for advertising revenues, for circulation and for Mr. Trump. It enables Mr. Trump to spin–with ever-increasing brilliance–the myth of his invincible…
Media, The Myth of Trump and What Really Matters
Circus-like media attention is good for ratings, for advertising revenues, for circulation and for Mr. Trump. It enables Mr. Trump to spin–with ever-increasing brilliance–the myth of his invin…
Media, The Myth of Trump and What Really Matters
Circus-like media attention is good for ratings, for advertising revenues, for circulation and for Mr. Trump. It enables Mr. Trump to spin–with ever-increasing brilliance–the myth of his invin…
Abyssinian fundamentalism and cyberwar in Eritrea
Here is the eighth (8th) set of notes under the theme of media and change in preparation for the volume Postill, J., E. Ardevol and S. Tenhunen (eds.)…
Islam, broadcast media, and the remaking of religious experience in Mali
See below a seventh (7th) set of notes under the theme of media and change in preparation for the volume Postill, J., E. Ardevol and S. Tenhunen (eds.)…
The role of race in the Democratic race
For the Globe and Mail, I wrote about fractures in the Democratic Party and a disturbing racial divide in the Sanders-Clinton race: Mr. Sanders did not create the…
How new voter ID laws might sway the election
For Quartz, I wrote about restrictive new voter ID laws that may disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of non-white voters in swing states, potentially handing a victory to Donald…
Philadelphia Street Style: Nikki, off 4th Street
I stopped Nikki as she was about to step into a tattoo shop on 4th Street to get her elbow done. “It’s going to suck!” she told me.…
Correlation (and causation…)
Just as every year I make a point of telling students that Africa is not a country, many instructors often find themselves lecturing students about how correlation is not…
Exotische Folklore: Barok
Barok musici in San Ignacio de Moxos, Bolivia Door Ton Salman Het zijn, wereldwijd, tijden van eerbetoon aan culturele tradities. Tot en met in de vakantiefolders worden de “authentieke…
Power, culture and the state press in Ghana
Here is a sixth (6th) set of notes under the broad theme of media and change in preparation for the volume Postill, J., E. Ardevol and S. Tenhunen…
Rumours and the reinvention of the Internet in Ghana
See below a fifth (5th) set of notes under the broad theme of media and change in preparation for the volume Postill, J., E. Ardevol and S. Tenhunen…
Fish Kills and Protests on the Islands of Chiloé
Protesters set fire to a barricade near Castro. Photo courtesy Richard Vercoe Southern Chile’s Archipelago of Chiloé is a region best known for its mythology, historic churches,…
Anthro/Zine Highlights: Student Report from Bali
Now in its second year of publication, Anthro/Zine is the undergraduate companion to Anthropology Now. Each new issue, published under a Creative Commons license, is released online to…
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…