A Mile High in November!
“Bronco Buster” statue in Denver. Photo courtesy Barbara Jones Denver in November can be a very interesting place to visit. The weather changes by the second so you…
Vår samtids kulturelle logikk
Forskningsprosjektet «The Cultural Logic of Facts and Figures» (CUFF) samler et internasjonalt team av fremstående samfunnsforskere rundt grunnleggende forhold ved vår samtid. Gjennom å sette søkelyse…
Eastern Indonesia in the Desawarnana
The earliest written documentation of several Indonesian islands occurs in canto 14 of the Desawarnana, the East Javanese topogenic poem of 1365. There’s been a lot of…
Eastern Indonesia in the Desawarnana
The earliest written documentation of several Indonesian islands occurs in canto 14 of the Desawarnana, the East Javanese topogenic poem of 1365. There’s been a lot of…
Eastern Indonesia in the Desawarnana
The earliest written documentation of several Indonesian islands occurs in canto 14 of the Desawarnana, the East Javanese topogenic poem of 1365. There's been a lot of…
People of the Book: Why not the Book of Love?
by Daniel Martin Varisco, MENA Tidningen As an undergraduate I attended Wheaton College in Illinois, an interdenominational evangelical Protestant enclave, from which I obtained a quality education. …
God Exists in Yemen, part 2: the Moral Economy of Rizq
This is the second part of a long essay, first part of which was published here. 1.1. The Yemeni Arab Spring: crisis and revolution So how did I…
What FoodAnthropology is Reading Now, Dec 15 Edition
Happy December 15, everyone! Here are some of the interesting things we read this week. If you have a link you’d like to share, please email it to…
Fieldnotes: Week 2
I’ve been on research and study leave for two weeks now. This is what’s happened and what I’ve learned so far. TVNZ Sunday broadcast an expose on animal…
Screw the gift economy, a reply to Clay Shirky
I came across a post today by Gaby Dunn called “Get rich or die vlogging: The sad economics of internet fame.” Dunn gives us YouTube and Instagram celebrities…
“Dinna you get attached tae yon lamb” Fieldwork with Yoda.
Two pairs of eyes looked at me from across the table waiting for my response. A third pair joined them. The four day old lamb cradled in my…
Anatomy of a Somatosphere post by Eugene Raikhel
Thanks to everyone who participated in our readership survey last month. One of the things that became immediately clear upon reading the responses was that many of our…
Why we can’t look away
By Kathryn Dudley, Reprinted with permission from the Yale Daily News As students across the country protest institutionalized racism, many commentators have tried to explain what is happening on coll…
Discrimination? Maybe not; Annoying? You bet!
I’m reminded of one of my students, whose parents are Moroccan, who told me that after the Charlie Hebdo attack she would deliberately sit in the no-talking carriage…
An Indigenous Feminist’s take on the Ontological Turn: ‘ontology’ is just another word for colonialism
Originally posted on Urbane Adventurer: Amiskwacî:by Zoe Todd, PhD Candidate, Social Anthropology, University of Aberdeen Personal paradigm shifts have a way of sneaking up on you. It started,…
Using attachment theory to understand Facebook stalking
Social media has made digital voyeurism the norm, but some of us are more inclined to pursue online surveillance than others — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How does an Anthropologist add value in the workplace?
At work I’m not employed as an anthropologist. Not directly anyway; my skills in research and higher education certainly helped…
Die Welt zusammen/denken: Krisen, Lebenswelten und Handlungsspielräume – ein Jahr Blog Medizinethnologie
Hansjörg Dilger, Dominik Mattes, Michael Knipper Eingangsbereich Hospital Gabriel Touré, Bamako, Mali | 2010 Hansjörg Dilger Vor einem Jahr erschienen die ersten Beiträge des Blogs…
Ruy Llera Blanes: Revolutionary states in Luanda: “Events” and political strife in Angola
Last 11 November, Angola celebrated forty years of independence—a memorable date. However, these celebrations have been overshadowed by a movement of contestation that has turned a spotlight on…
GOD EXISTS IN YEMEN, part 1: On the meaning of livelihood
If you can rely on God with due reliance, He will provide you with sustenance in such a manner as He provides birds and beasts. (A saying of the…
Flüchtlingsforschung gegen Mythen 2WissenschaftlerInnen diskutieren Behauptungen aus der Flüchtlingsdebatte
Immer wieder stellen Politikerinnen und Politiker sowie Personen des öffentlichen Lebens fragwürdige Behauptungen in den Raum, die durch Medien aufgegriffen und teils zu Stammtischparolen werden. Häuf…
Frogtopia Revisited, or Anthropology is Art is Frog
[Savage Minds is pleased to publish this essay by guest author Stuart McLean as part of our Writers’ Workshop series. Stuart is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Minnesota. He…