Der Respekt des Händeschüttelns
Der Kommentar ist am 23. 12. 2015 in der Print-Ausgabe der Wiener Zeitung erschienen und abrufbar auf Genios. Es häufen sich Berichte, wonach muslimische Macho-Männer sich weigern, einer…
Geopolitics in the Middle East: A new century dawns
Faisal party at Versailles Conference. Left to right: Rustum Haidar, Nuri as-Said, Prince Faisal (front), Captain Pisani (rear), T. E. Lawrence, Faisal’s attendant (name unknown), Captain Hassan Kha…
#Report: Fabulous Facial Hair History
On Saturday 28 November Alun Withey and I hosted Framing the Face: New Perspectives of the History of Facial Hair, a one day conference funded by the University…
Als Religionswissenschaftler ein Projekt in Kurdistan-Irak leiten? REMID-Interview mit Dr. Michael Blume
Im Sommer 2014 begann ein düsteres Kapitel in der Geschichte der Religionsfreiheit. Die Terrormiliz des sogenannten “Islamischen Staates” richtete im Irak Massaker an, neben verfolgten Christen und A…
The Babysitter
Big Chief, Big Daddy, Big Babysitter to the World If “winning hearts and minds” is at the top of your global campaign agenda for strategic communication, then you…
Taking the freelance plunge: My first 6 months, my next 6 months
It’s been six months since I took the plunge into freelance consulting. I’ve dipped my toes into the pool before, but only temporarily when I was in…
Themes on Territory, Justice, and Rivers: a collection
Territory and Justice: a research network Foreword by Cara Nine Papers delivered by participants at the ?Themes on Territory, Justice, and Rivers? Workshop (4-5 June 2015, UCC) Paulina…
Dustin Garrick on Water Security
From the recent conference in Oxford:
Best of 2015: AnthroSource
Here are the 10 most-downloaded articles from AnthroSource, AAA’s digital database for content from our publications. AAA members get free, unlimited access to AnthroSource. Just login with your…
Elissa Helms: Men at the borders: Gender, victimhood, and war in Europe’s refugee crisis
This post is part of a series on migration and the refugee crisis moderated and edited by Prem Kumar Rajaram (Central European University). Even for the kind of conservative…
More Anthropology Bullshit
Anthropology is beyond parody these days. I don’t know if young anthropologists realise how silly they look – I assume they don’t, or they’d stop doing what…
Pert Yaptik’s speech in the 54th reindeer herders’ day in Yar-Sale.The Yamal peninsula
Dear people, my Yamal Nenets people! Dear reindeer herders! Listen, what I am going to say. Mostly I am speaking to you, young people who are living now…
More Anthropology Bullshit
Anthropology is beyond parody these days. I don’t know if young anthropologists realise how silly they look – I assume they don’t, or they’d stop doing what…
More Anthropology Bullshit
Anthropology is beyond parody these days. I don’t know if young anthropologists realise how silly they look – I assume they don’t, or they’d stop doing what…
Top 10 Most Popular Posts on Anthropologizing in 2015
Here’s a re-cap of the top 10 most popular posts on Anthropologizing in 2015. A few of my favorites include #1, #2 and #4. As with last year’s…
Bare Feet
Encoding Poverty, Backwardness, and Dependency in US Military Imagery Bare feet. Ever since I was a small child, I have been made aware of how not wearing…
Around the Web Digest: Week of December 13
Dear readers, this post is late and I apologize for nothing. Send me any links for inclusion here at rebecca.nelson.jacobs@gmail.com. I hope you’ve been enjoying the glow of…
More instability expected in Spain after indecisive election
More political instability looms in another southern European country. No clear majority emerged from the ballot box in Spain yesterday, and the two-party system seems to be a…
Best of 2015: Anthropology News
Here are the top ten most-read Anthropology News articles of 2015! 1. Indian Mascots: Naturalized Racism and Anthropology Bernard C. Perley 2. Mentoring the Next Generation of Practicing…
anthro in the news 12/21/2015
Source: Google Images/Creative Commons Syrian refugees in poverty Marketplace (American Public Media) published a piece on the dire economic situation of Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon….
A polygraphic casebook by Susan Reynolds Whyte
There was a small glitch when our book Second Chances was almost ready to go to press. It was a layout problem. The Table of Contents was congested…
Natasha Myers, “Rendering Life Molecular: Models, Modelers, and Excitable Matter”
Natasha Myers View on Amazon After reading Natasha Myers’s new book, the world begins to dance in new ways. Rendering Life Molecular: Models, Modelers, and Excitable Matter (Duke University…