anthro in the news 1/18/16
Source: Google Images/Creative Commons Autism that can kill Kim Shively, professor of cultural anthropology at Kutztown University in Pennsylvania, published an article in the Morning Call (All…
The genie is out of the bottle – it’s foolish to think encryption can now be banned
Politicians have turned their sights on encryption once more following terrorist outrages in Paris and San Bernardino, California. A country that once welcomed encryption, France is now considering…
Aisha Durham, “Home With Hip Hop Feminism: Performances in Communication and Culture”
Aisha Durham View on Amazon Is hip hop defined by its artists or by its audience? In Home With Hip Hop Feminism: Performances in Communication and Culture (Peter Lang, 2014) Aisha…
Ulla Berg, “Mobile Selves: Race, Migration, and Belonging in Peru and the U.S.”
Ulla Berg View on Amazon Ulla Berg’s new book Mobile Selves: Race, Migration, and Belonging in Peru and the U.S. (New York University Press, 2015) highlights the deeply…
Notes on the 6th digital ethnography reading session (Pink, Horst, Postill et al 2016)
By Allister Hill PhD student Digital Ethnography Research Centre (DERC) RMIT University, Melbourne On Tuesday 15 December we wrapped up the last of the Digital Ethnography Reading Sessions…
Links & Contents I Liked 170
Hi all, On the official first day of the spring term I am particularly welcome our 150+ new and returning ComDev students who have enrolled in one of…
Doing remote ethnography
by John Postill RMIT University Melbourne Draft chapter to the Routledge Companion to Digital Ethnography Eds. Larissa Hjorth, Heather Horst, Anne Galloway & Genevieve Bell January 2016 See…
CFP for “Transecology: Transgender Perspectives on the Environment”
This volume seeks to provide novel insights into ecological and environmental issues by drawing on specifically transgender perspectives. Deadline for abstracts: March 1, 2016.
Ulla Berg, “Mobile Selves: Race, Migration, and Belonging in Peru and the U.S.” (NYU Press, 2015)
Ulla Berg’s new book Mobile Selves: Race, Migration, and Belonging in Peru and the U.S. (New York University Press, 2015) highlights the deeply historical and central role of…
‘Silence is golden/but my eyes still see’: Award winning documentary ‘The Silence of the Flies’
In December 2015 the School of Anthropology and Conservation was privileged to welcome alumnus Gonzalo Chacon for a screening and discussion of the award winning documentary ‘The Silence…
CFP: EASA 2016. “Living well together”: considering connections of health, wellbeing and work in the lives of humans and other living beings.
“Living well together”: considering connections of health, wellbeing and work in the lives of humans and other living beings. EASA conference, “Anthropological Legacies and Human Futures”, 20-23 July,…
Biting the hand that feeds
Misogyny at the Trinidad Guardian… Maybe I am a prude, but is it ok for a national newspaper to regularly publish a column whose language, imagery and content…
Biting the hand that feeds
Misogyny at the Trinidad Guardian… Maybe I am a prude, but is it ok for a national newspaper to regularly publish a column whose language, imagery and content…
Biosocial Approaches to the 2013-2015 Ebola Pandemic
Despite more than 25 documented outbreaks of Ebola since 1976, our understanding of the disease is limited, in particular the social, political, ecological, and economic forces that promote…
Biosocial Approaches to the 2013-2015 Ebola Pandemic
Despite more than 25 documented outbreaks of Ebola since 1976, our understanding of the disease is limited, in particular the social, political, ecological, and economic forces that promote…
Biting the hand that feeds
my last column for the Guardian under their current editor, who i think fired me for calling out his star columnist for being a sexist… Maybe I am…
Biosocial Approaches to the 2013-2015 Ebola Pandemic
Despite more than 25 documented outbreaks of Ebola since 1976, our understanding of the disease is limited, in particular the social, political, ecological, and economic forces that promote…
Biosocial Approaches to the 2013-2015 Ebola Pandemic
Despite more than 25 documented outbreaks of Ebola since 1976, our understanding of the disease is limited, in particular the social, political, ecological, and economic forces that promote…
It’s the culture, stupid! Or is it?
The events in Cologne have sparked controversies across Europe. This time, the topic is not the economic and social costs of the…
It’s the culture, stupid! Or is it?
The events in Cologne have sparked controversies across Europe. This time, the topic is not the economic and social costs of the…
It’s the culture, stupid! Or is it?
The events in Cologne have sparked controversies across Europe. This time, the topic is not the economic and social costs of the refugee crisis, but questions concerning culture…