Anthropology at the Crossroads
In many West African societies, the crossroads is place of danger. It is where the social and spirit worlds intersect. Among the Songhay people of the Republic of…
Metropolitan Museum of Art Books
You can download fifty years of publications by the Metropolitan Museum of Art for free. Yes, for free. There are books on the art of Islamic Spain, Egypt,…
Calcutta Cipher: Travellers and the City
From the vaults, this has been digitised: Calcutta Cipher ‘Calcutta Cipher: Travellers and the City’ in Social Analysis: The International Journal of Social and Cultural Practice, No. 32…
It’s Not Oscar, It’s HBO
I can’t remember the last movie I watched in an actual movie theater. Some of that is because I find the dramatic TV serial so much more powerful…
The Manuscript Cookbook Conference
We recently received the following announcement of an upcoming conference at New York University that may be of interest to our readers. The Manuscript Cookbook Conference, will be…
A dilemma at the heart of multispecies anthropology: the “inclusion” of animals
“the “inclusion” of animals is not necessarily the most interesting issue, but rather how they are included [Candea 243]. If following a classic or “Durkheimian” model, where social…
Workshop: Critical Engagements to Irregular Migration Facilitation
Irregular immigration has produced political heat across the world. Dramatic photos of migrants crammed into wretched boats circulate in the media, while journalistic accounts tell stories of poor…
Political Agency in the Middle East
Rethinking political agency in the Middle East: engaging political anthropology – International Workshop This workshop intends to bring ethnographic research in the Middle East into conversati…
Trump and the Media: Exploitative Synergy
Yesterday I tweeted about Trump’s relationship with the mass media. The tweets got a lot of attention, so I’m archiving them here. Trump captivates those sick of condescending,…
Transactions in Taste: The Collaborative lives of Everyday Bengali Foods
Manpreet K. Janeja. Transactions in Taste: The Collaborative lives of Everyday Bengali Foods. London: Routledge, 2010. 185 pages, ISBN 978-415553742. Reviewed by Meraz Rahman New Mexico State Universi…
To Understand Donald Trump is to Not Explain Donald Trump
There is something very strange about this US presidential election. There is an air of stress, with bursts of odd comic relief, sliding uncontrollably from the grimly serious…
Three new books on the Anthropocene coming out this spring
Several new titles on the Anthropocene worth checking out (plus the one I mentioned earlier this week). Here they are: The Great Acceleration: An Environmental History of the…
Oscar Watch: Geeky Nominations & Movies That Should Have Been Nominated
By Emma Louise Backe 2016 Oscars season is rife with controversy. While the Oscars, like the SAT’s, are known to be somewhat of a rigged system–one that depends…
Seeking Refuge from Gender-Based Violence
In late 2015, the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) warned of an impending refugee flow from Central America in large part because of the threat of…
Links & Contents I Liked 174
Hi all, Development news features a new aid poem; UNESCO’s app fail on freedom of expression; how traditional organizations struggle with social media in emergencies; child sponsorship works!…
The World’s Most Sustainable Technology
To my mind, a well-made Acheulean hand ax is one of the most beautiful and remarkable archaeological objects ever found, anywhere on the planet. I love its clean,…
Four cheers for Finland! #EVENTS in the North (but not only there)
To conclude this Allegra week, it is time for yet another events’ post! These are always a thrill to us: they allow us to get in touch with…
Muslims in Medieval France
Early Medieval Muslim Graves in France: First Archaeological, Anthropological and Palaeogenomic Evidence Yves Gleize , Fanny Mendisco , Marie-Hélène Pemonge, Christophe Hubert, A…
I did a thing and people liked it.
I was asked by a friend working at my university’s Center for Diversity and Inclusion to deliver a talk for the school’s annual event. I (wisely) settled on…
Teh new ethnographeez
I’m in a reading group with sociologists — no, really, it’s been a good experience — and they said to me “it’s been a while since we read…
Critical thinking: Who’s up for it?
Petition diversifying Philosophy By Georgette Veerhuis A month ago on Thursday 21 January 2016 I attended the symposium Diversify Philosophy at the VU. It sounded mysterious. Why does…
Colin Anderson at NYFW Mens, Washington St, New York
Colin is wearing a women’s coat from Landeros New York in this shot. New York Fashion Week may have split into two separate events (mens’ and women’s), but…