Michael Paul Adamczyk – Nowosibirsk, Russland
Frohes. Neues. Jahr. Nicht. Ich spaziere bei -30°C durch die Nacht der Großstadt und überlege mir: Was ist hier nur schiefgelaufen? An welchem Punkt hätte ich merken können,…
Michael Paul Adamczyk – Nowosibirsk, Russland
Frohes. Neues. Jahr. Nicht. Ich spaziere bei -30°C durch die Nacht der Großstadt und überlege mir: Was ist hier nur schiefgelaufen? An welchem Punkt hätte ich merken können,…
Brigitta Reiner – Adana, Türkei
2. November 2015, Halbzeit des Mobilitätssemesters: das sind für mich 9 Wochen, die ich in der Türkei, genauer: in Adana, verbracht habe. Als ich gestern ins International Office…
Brigitta Reiner – Adana, Türkei
2. November 2015, Halbzeit des Mobilitätssemesters: das sind für mich 9 Wochen, die ich in der Türkei, genauer: in Adana, verbracht habe. Als ich gestern ins International Office…
Michael Paul Adamczyk – Nowosibirsk, Russland
Frohes. Neues. Jahr. Nicht. Ich spaziere bei -30°C durch die Nacht der Großstadt und überlege mir: Was ist hier nur schiefgelaufen? An welchem Punkt hätte ich merken können,…
Michael Paul Adamczyk – Nowosibirsk, Russland
Frohes. Neues. Jahr. Nicht. Ich spaziere bei -30°C durch die Nacht der Großstadt und überlege mir: Was ist hier nur schiefgelaufen? An welchem Punkt hätte ich merken können,…
Past Imperfect
Let’s start with some old dirt. Who were the first people to arrive in North America more than 12,000 years ago? Did these intrepid explorers originate in Siberia…
Monkeys All the Way Down
Everyone’s likely heard it or seen it written on a protest sign: “I didn’t evolve from a monkey.” It’s a well-worn refrain of those who resist the evolutionary…
Food Is Health
Food is health. I’ve known it since I was a kid growing up in Wisconsin. My dad was diagnosed with diabetes when I was a baby. His disease…
Wandering Among the Stars
We dedicate this post to the crew of the space shuttle Challenger, whose intrepid wanderings were tragically cut short 30 years ago today. Growing up in rural…
Conflict on the Plains
The images in this series represent my interpretation of the struggle of Native Americans throughout the Plains Indian Wars between 1855 and 1890. During this period, the U.S.…
The Water-Cooler Problem
George Macartney had a bad day at work. The deal he was sent to close was rejected, despite months of advance negotiation. He followed the agreed-upon protocols, though…
#Podcast Interview Round Up November-December: New Books in Anthropology- REDUX
Hi there, it’s time for the latest round up of interviews from by New Books in Anthropology. Long and luxurious discussions with authors about their new books can…
I have made it! Have I?
When I decided to apply for the Engaged Anthropology Grant of the Wenner-Gren Foundation it certainly seemed to be the right thing to do. After all I had spent…
Great internet stuff: the not-so-weekly digest (#8)
Presenting another installment of a collection of most-highly-recommended articles, websites and ideas that shaped my thinking throughout the past few weeks (recently renamed from “What I’ve been read…
Inside AAA- Meet Ushma
Get to know Ushma Suvarnakar, AAA’s Director of Meetings and Conferences. Ushma is responsible for the strategic planning, fiscal management, and direction of the association’s meetings, confere…
Interactive online seminar on “Landfills: Mapping and Monitoring”
OpenHour, an online monthly seminar about DIY monitoring tools, will be hosting “Landfills: Mapping and Monitoring.” Monday 2/1 1pm EST.
My name is Erin, and I’m an archaeologist…
Hi! My name is Erin, and I’m an archaeologist. My research areas are diverse, as is often the case, but if I have to narrow it down to…
What the Seed Knows of the Soil
By Kay E. Lewis-Jones, University of Kent § Attending to the Seed On a December afternoon in the upper west side of Manhattan, a group of people sat in…
Jason Moore: Capitalism and the Web of Life
Jason Moore speaking on his new book from Verso. There is also an interesting review of the book here at New Inquiry. A short description from Verso: “Finance.…
Afghans before the Taliban
Family bond: Two colourful sisters, hand in hand, pose for a photograph in Kabul, surrounded by trading locals The Daily Mail, a British newspaper, has an online gallery…
Call for Reviews: Recent Publications on #kinship
Allegra’s reviews editor curated for you this list of some of the most interesting recent releases on #kinship. It’s sometimes good to go back to classic anthropological themes!…