Trumpmenbashi: Central Asian dictatorship and American tabloid spectacle
My first article for The Diplomat is on the parallels between Donald Trump and the leaders of Central Asian authoritarian states: In January, shortly before he began sweeping…
A Smear in Disguise: Comments on Starrett
Anthropologists for the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions is pleased to present Charles Hirschkind‘s powerful rebuttal to Gregory Starrett’s recent essay in Anthropology News that …
Panel: “Media anthropology’s legacies and concerns” @ EASA 2016 Conference Milan
The EASA Media Anthropology Network’s panel “Media anthropology’s legacies and concerns” at the 14th European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) conference in Milan (20-23 July, 2016) …
Opportunities and challenges of the European refugee situation for Communication for Development
There has been a constant flow of recent critical writing about traditional development and communication approaches* – often in the context of the current European refugee situation. As…
Spacecraft(ing) by Vincent Duclos
“Who gave us the sponge to wipe away the entire horizon? What were we doing when we unchained this earth from its sun?” cries Nietzsche’s madman in a…
Anthropology & Human Rights – Version 2016
The relationship of anthropology and human rights has by now been aptly illustrated: over the past decades we have moved from ‘engagement’ to ‘disengagement’ and finally ‘re-engagement’, to…
Natural Infrastructures: Sediment, Science, and the Future of Southeast Louisiana
By Monica Patrice Barra, The Graduate Center, City University of New York § Losing a football field an hour “Historical and projected coastal Louisiana land changes: 1978-2050” (www.lacoas…
32. Review of Firebrand Waves of Digital Activism 1994–2014 (Karatzogianni 2015)
This is the thirty-second post in the freedom technologists series Postill, J. in press 2016. Review of Karatzogianni, A. (2015) Firebrand Waves of Digital Activism 1994–2014. Palgrave Macmillan…
Paranoid Reading, Writing, and Research: Secrecy in the Field
In my first Savage Minds guest post, I wanted to write about the encounter that most deeply influenced my time in the field. In the remainder of my…
Oerwoudgeluiden
Door Ton Salman. Excuses dat ik nu pas mee kom; de krantenberichten erover zijn al oud. De kwestie is dat het krantenkaternen betreft waaraan ik meestal geen prioriteit…
Ladders to Other Worlds
As a symbol of cultural continuity, the wooden pueblo ladder connects its users to their ancestors, the universe, their spiritual beliefs, and one another. Pueblo Indian communities in…
anthro in the news 3/21/16
Sorry is not enough Source: Pixabay The Star Phoenix of Saskatoon (Canada) reported on a lecture at the University of Saskatchewan by Audra Simpson, professor of anthropology at Columbia…
Philadelphia Street Style: J. off 17th St
“I usually dress way more conservative than this,” J. told me, as we stood at the entrance off an alleyway off of 17th St. “I usually dress like…
A Geek’s Guide to the 2016 PCA/ACA Conference
By Emma Louise Backe This week, Nick Mizer and I will be headed out to Seattle, Washington to attend the annual PCA/ACA Conference. Popular culture itself is a…
Introduction to “On the Ground”
The very public lynchings of black men, women, and children prompted much concern, discussion, and action at the 2014 Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association in Washington,…
DNA and Indigeneity
DNA in the News Rapid developments in genetic technologies are allowing for innovative applications in archaeology and anthropology. Intriguing scientific studies hinting at population origins, moveme…
An Anniversary as a Laboratory #HumanRights
This Allegra week we focus on a theme that we have addressed numerous times earlier: human rights. This repeated attention is not entirely coincidental as the theme features…
Refusal as Research Method in Discard Studies
Ethnographic refusal is a practice by which researchers and research participants together decide not to make particular information available for use within the academy. Its purpose is not…
Magic Words: A Numbered List by Vincent Duclos
Boundary Biǎo 表 Interiorization (Inclusion) The Fold Emptiness Pathway Tōng 通 Media/Medium Resonance Excess Immunity/Community 1. Boundary Boundary is such a common-sense concept that it hardly ne…
Introduction: “Translating Vitalities: Spacecraft(ing)” by Judith Farquhar
Medical practice treats the body as an active field. Growth, pathology, healing, immune response, digestion, atrophy, arousal, pain, panic – none of these organic processes is stable, fixed,…
Strategies to Support Your “Typical” Kids
I was thrilled to have a piece published by The Mighty last week. My aim was to reach as many parents as possible with a few key strategies…
Why abstinence-only drug education doesn’t work—in fact, it backfires spectacularly.
I talked to a lot of middle-class recreational drug users for my research. None of them had any idea when they were younger that they’d end up dropping…
Chinas Bildungswesen: Alle Macht der Partei
Die chinesische Regierung übt immer stärkeren ideologischen Druck auf Universitäten und Schulen aus. Wie Chinas Netizens berichten, stößt diese lange überholt geglaubte Politik auf wenig Zustimmung. &…
