Teenagers on social media in southeast Italy – quantitative data
In this blog post I will take a look to the quantitative data from my fieldwork, discussing some findings from a questionnaire I conducted with students in their…
If A War Is The Answer, What Was The Question?
Dr Samuel Randalls Department of Geography University College London The notion that climate change should invoke security-laced rhetoric and a military-style response is not new (de Goede and…
The Dangers of the Manhattan Model for Fighting Climate Change
Professor Merrill Singer Department of Anthropology University of Connecticut Asserting the Manhattan Project, the effort that developed the first nuclear weapons, as a model for addressing global cli…
Should This Not Be A War Against Ourselves?
Professor James Fairhead Department of Anthropology University of Sussex As a coalition builds to escalate war in Syria and neighbours, several of our princes and politicians have been…
The Climate Emergency Mobilization Framework: A Critical Review
Professor Hans A Baer School of Social and Political Sciences University of Melbourne Various scholars and climate activists have proposed a framework for climate change campaigning based on…
Without Attachment or Fear
Professor Dominic Boyer Director, CENHS, Rice University http://culturesofenergy.org/ Even if one were the sort who believed that war solved anything, there would still be the issue of identifying…
Youth Mobility, Bondage and Freedom in Cameroon, C.1940s-C.2000: National and Transnational Perspectives
On Sunday 7 July 2015, the Cameroon Radio and Television in its weekly Sunday Program, Cameroon Calling, broadcasted what shocked the public audience. It had chosen as its…
‘Antropologie is springlevend’
door Dirk de Hoog De faculteit Sociale Wetenschappen dreigt flink te moeten bezuinigen en dus ook de afdeling Sociale en Culturele Antropologie. Sommige mensen vrezen zelfs dat die…
Rethinking political agency in the Middle East #project
This Allegra focuses on an exciting new feature incorporated into our beloved website a while back: namely Projects! What this feature entails are collaborations – events, even research ventures…
Around the Web Digest: Week of December 6
The blog harvest was rich again this week at the Savage Minds ranch. Help me find more blogs by sending me links at rebecca.nelson.jacobs@gmail.com. HuffPost featured this article…
An Armenian Source on Medieval Sumatra/Srivijaya
There aren’t many Eastern Christian sources on ancient Indo-Malaysia/Nusantara, but there’s no reason to neglect them nor to believe that they’re less valuable than Marco Polo. In…
An Armenian Source on Medieval Sumatra/Srivijaya
There aren’t many Eastern Christian sources on ancient Indo-Malaysia/Nusantara, but there’s no reason to neglect them nor to believe that they’re less valuable than Marco Polo. In…
An Armenian Source on Medieval Sumatra/Srivijaya
There aren't many Eastern Christian sources on ancient Indo-Malaysia/Nusantara, but there's no reason to neglect them nor to believe that they're less valuable than Marco Polo. In…
Food Studies Awards Galore!
FoodAnthropology recently posted the call for papers for the 2016 ASFS/AFHVS/CAFS conference, which SAFN is also sponsoring and which, if you are looking for an excellent reason to…
Christine Hong, “Identity, Youth, and Gender in the Korean American Church”
Christine Hong View on Amazon In her new book, Identity, Youth, and Gender in the Korean American Church (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015), Dr. Christine Hong explores the lives of female…
Four Excerpts from a Four-Field Introductory Textbook
In the weeks leading up to the publication of Through the Lens of Anthropology: An Introduction to Human Evolution and Culture by Robert J. Muckle and Laura Tubelle…
Klimaforskning fra «beredskap til redskap»
Trykket i Morgenbladet, 11.desember 2015 Grønn (be)redskap. Jeg er enig med Vidar Enebakk i at humanistisk forskning trenger å bli mer samtidsrelevant. Enebakk har evaluert Forskningsprogrammet SAMKUL…
And Still the World Pursued–The Management of Waste in Max Mad: Fury Road
By Emma Louise Backe Where must we go, we who wander this wasteland, in search of our better selves.” -The First History Man What are the roots that…
Arlene Davila, “Latinos, Inc.: The Marketing and Making of a People”
Arlene Davila View on Amazon In Latinos Inc.: The Marketing and Making of a People (University of California Press, updated ed. 2012) Arlene Davila, Professor of Anthropology at…
#Report: ANTHROMOB bi-annual workshop 2015
In our 2-day workshop – Grounding (Im)mobilities – Embodiment, Ephemera, Ecologies – at the ICS in Lisbon this past September, more than 30 anthropologists gathered to problematise the (im)material di…
Book Chapter: Solidarity Economy in Contemporary Greece, by Theodoros Rakopoulos
By Theodoros Rakopoulos I wrote chapter 8 of the book Economy For and Against Democracy, edited by Keith Hart and published last month by Berghahn Books – you…
Book Chapter: Solidarity Economy in Contemporary Greece, by Theodoros Rakopoulos
By Theodoros Rakopoulos I wrote chapter 8 of the book Economy For and Against Democracy, edited by Keith Hart and published last month by Berghahn Books – you…