U900: A cute Japanese ‘character’ band with real people inside
This evolution is extremely unusual for Japanese character-based celebrity, since maintaining the character’s appeal usually involves denying that there is a human inside the…
Creed: Learning About the Life of Men in America
Sometimes we can learn a great deal by going to the movies, which is why I encourage my students to see films. The recently released film, Creed, is…
Creed: Learning About the Life of Men in America
Sometimes we can learn a great deal by going to the movies, which is why I encourage my students to see films. The recently released film, Creed, is…
New Book Coming Soon: Waste Away: Working and Living with a North American Landfill
In Waste Away, Joshua O. Reno reveals how North Americans have been shaped by their preferred means of disposal: sanitary landfill.
Eine einseitige Darstellung von Nigeria
Unlängst wurde in einer Kindersendung auf Ö1 (16. 12. 2015, Rudi! Radio für Kinder: „Woher kommen die Flüchtlinge? Nigeria“) ein einseitiges Bild von Nigeria gezeichnet, das auch Falschinformationen…
Creed: Learning About the Life of Men in America
Sometimes we can learn a great deal by going to the movies, which is why I encourage my students to see films. The recently released film, Creed, is…
Creed: Learning About the Life of Men in America
Sometimes we can learn a great deal by going to the movies, which is why I encourage my students to see films. The recently released film, Creed, is…
The rise of radical nationalism: “The solution is to try to understand these people”
The differences between people who fear migrants and those who welcome them are not as clear-cut as commonly assumed. This insight can be a starting point for better…
The rise of radical nationalism: “The solution is to try to understand these people”
The differences between people who fear migrants and those who welcome them are not as clear-cut as commonly assumed. This insight can be a starting point for better…
The rise of radical nationalism: “The solution is to try to understand these people”
The differences between people who fear migrants and those who welcome them are not as clear-cut as commonly assumed. This insight can be a starting point for better…
The rise of radical nationalism: “The solution is to try to understand these people”
The differences between people who fear migrants and those who welcome them are not as clear-cut as commonly assumed. This insight can be a starting point for better…
The rise of radical nationalism: “The solution is to try to understand these people”
The differences between people who fear migrants and those who welcome them are not as clear-cut as commonly assumed. This insight can be a starting point for better…
Debating the End of the Human Terrain System, Part 2
US Army caption: “Fist bump–A group of local Afghan children bump fists with U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 1775th Military Police Company during a mission to Kuchi…
Debating the End of the Human Terrain System, Part 1
The US Army’s official caption: “Survey strategy–Human Terrain Analysis Team, Iraqi Police, and U.S. Soldiers with 354th Military Police Company in support of 1st Battalion, 68th Arm…
Creed: Learning About the Life of Men in America
Sometimes we can learn a great deal by going to the movies, which is why I encourage my students to see films. The recently released film, Creed, is…
Funding for Collections Research at Indiana University
This wonderful program of the Indiana University Institute for Advanced Study provides support for researchers–including community-based scholars–to study collections held at Indiana Unive…
The Game of School
Strategies are the main learning outcome of all those years of school. Anyone who flunks strategy basically flunks school. Anthropology is a field of inquiry not only focused…
anthro in the news 12/28/2015
Source: Google Images/Creative Commons To address ISIS, social science essential Two social scientists at the University of Oxford,, one a social anthropologist and the other an economist, co-authore…
In Memoriam, Sidney Mintz, 1922-2015
Professor Sidney Wilfred Mintz, affectionately known as “Sid,” passed away on December 26, 2015. In a first and now widely-shared post, Elizabeth Dunn succinctly conveyed the thoughts of…
Corbyn has no choice but to sack the Blairites
UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn could soon sack major figures of the shadow cabinet that are opposed to his agenda, especially the principled anti-war stance on the Syrian…
“Free Basics” – does it really matter to the poor in Panchagrami?
Image Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons: Facebook The launch of Facebook’s ‘Free Basics’, a rebranding of internet.org, has been a hot topic in India for the past few months as Facebook tries to…
Varoufakis announces pan-European movement to “democratise the EU”
In a recent interview for the Italian magazine L’Espresso, former finance minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis announces the formation of a new Pan-European movement in February 2016, with…