Toward a Messy History of Creative Tensions #humanrights
To the blind believer in human rights, nothing so messy as history is truly necessary. To question, to complicate, to ‘problematize’ has been thought to come at too high…
Refugees in Germany
There is currently a big problem with the countless Syrian refugees that have nowhere to go. Many countries claim that there is no room or no opportunities for…
Human Economy Book Chapter: Habits of Austerity, by Jürgen Schraten
By Jürgen Schraten I wrote the first chapter of the book Economy For and Against Democracy, edited by Keith Hart and published this month by Berghahn Books –…
Human Economy Book Chapter: Habits of Austerity, by Jürgen Schraten
By Jürgen Schraten I wrote the first chapter of the book Economy For and Against Democracy, edited by Keith Hart and published this month by Berghahn Books –…
Human Economy Book Chapter: Habits of Austerity, by Jürgen Schraten
By Jürgen Schraten I wrote the first chapter of the book Economy For and Against Democracy, edited by Keith Hart and published this month by Berghahn Books –…
Human Economy Book Chapter: Habits of Austerity, by Jürgen Schraten
By Jürgen Schraten I wrote the first chapter of the book Economy For and Against Democracy, edited by Keith Hart and published this month by Berghahn Books –…
Climate change and the crisis of reciprocal relations among the Q’eros (Cuzco, Peru)
Geremia Cometti Postdoctoral Fellow Swiss National Science Foundation at the Laboratoire d’Anthropologie Sociale in Paris The Q’eros are an indigenous group living on the oriental slope of the…
Anthropologists in Practice: An Interview with Kevin Newton, User Research Lead at Tennessee Data Commons
Anthropologists in Practice is an ongoing series of interviews featuring practicing anthropologists who work outside the academy. The goal of the series is to provide a source of…
Curation of Migration
Moving Matters Traveling Workshop (MMTW) reunites artists, academics and performers that share the experience of serial migration. The flexible format of the workshop exhibits work or specific perform…
Lisa Jahn & Sarah Molinari: New developments in Puerto Rican economic readjustment?
This commentary comes from a discussion panel hosted on Tuesday, September 8, by the Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies (CLACLS) at the Graduate Center, CUNY, featuring…
Expatriates: Dilemmas and Misconceptions
Those who have chosen to become permanent expatriates at some time or another experience a very disturbing and confusing dilemma. What makes this dilemma so disturbing is it…
Kopftuch, wieder einmal
Zum Kommentar Religion ist privat, das Kopftuch ein Symbol von Helmut Brandstätter im Kurier vom 28. 11. 2015 erlauben wir uns – entsprechend kultur- und sozialanthropologischen Erkenntnissen –…
“Responsibility to Protect-lobbyisten hebben hun geloof in mensenrechten zo goed als opgegeven”
Foto: UN Multimedia Door Annette Jansen Genocide en etnische zuivering komen al sinds het begin van de 19e eeuw voor, maar pas eind jaren 90 – na…
Stigma, Moral und Zwangsmaßnahmen – Gesundheitsversorgung für Sexarbeiterinnen?
Ursula Probst Sexarbeiter*innen und Unterstützer*innen demonstrieren im Oktober 2015 in Berlin gegen das geplante Prostituiertenschutzgesetz | 01.10. 2015 | Credits: h3xtacy https://www.flickr.co…
Introducing ‘Textbook Narrative of Origins’ #HumanRights
Where does the history of human rights begin: centuries, even millennia earlier, or a mere few decades ago? What constitutes this history and what can we really learn from…
Web Roundup: Public, Intimate Spaces (Bathrooms & Brains) by Sara M Bergstresser
Bounded categories and category-bounded spaces are always of interest. This month, there were salient discussions of two such spaces: the (gendered) public bathroom and the brain. Bathrooms Public…
Encircling Empire: Report #26 — Reviewing Force Multipliers
This and previous issues have been archived on a dedicated site—please see: ENCIRCLING EMPIRE. For frequent updates, please “like” our Facebook page and/or follow on Twitter. Over the…
Perpetual War
Perpetual War Text by Katherine T. McCaffrey. Photos by Bonnie Donohue. Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, is home to 107 abandoned military bunkers, a legacy of the U.S. naval…
Paying it Forward at AAA 2015
AAA member Ralph Bolton shared the following story on his Facebook page: “One evening in Denver at the American Anthropological Association meeting a few days ago, I went out…
Writing with Love and Hate
[Savage Minds is pleased to publish this essay by guest author Bhrigupati Singh as part of our Writers’ Workshop series. Bhrigupati is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Brown University.…
Children on the Border: Could Migration be the Problem, Not the Solution?
Youth gang recruits in Guatemala and elsewhere in Central America are at risk at home, during migration, and even once they reach the U.S. Photo courtesy of USAID.…
ASFS Student Paper Awards!
The Association for the Study of Food and Society has annual student paper awards. Details for this year’s awards are below. Note that the deadline is February 1,…
Authors and Impresarios: How to Move Across Disciplines by Hyo Yoon Kang
A conversation with Mario Biagioli. Mario Biagioli is a Distinguished Professor of Law and Science and Technology Studies, as well as Director of the Center for Science and…
anthro in the news 11/30/2015
ISIS recruits through friends and social media An article in the New York Times on ISIS recruitment provides extensive commentary from cultural anthropologist Scott Atran, co-founder of the…