Stand in the Place Where You Live
Anthropologists for the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions presents this compelling statement of support from the perspective of Latin Americanist anthropologist Diane Nelson. She connects the …
What FoodAnthropology is Reading Now: Nov 15th Edition
November 15: The internet this week was full of great food reads. If you’d like to contribute a link for future round-ups, please email them to LaurenRMoore@uky.edu. Submissions…
Gemeente Zuidplas heet u welkom
Het zoeken naar ontspanning en het spelen van spelletjes is belangrijk voor iedereen. Door Nadine Goeree. Mijn ons-kent-ons dorpje, waar ik graag ben en niet uit weg zou…
Pray for All
Three days ago, a massive terrorist attack took place in various locations in Paris, France. About 130 were killed and roughly 350 were injured. The entire world had…
How to (Suitably) Comfort the Grieving
Two weeks ago, I discovered this really touching Upworthy blog on social media about grief: http://www.upworthy.com/magic-words-to-say-when-everythings-going-wrong-not-everything-happens-for-a-reason….
Rewind and Fast Forward, Part 5
I’m grateful to the many savage minds for making room for Rewind and Fast Forward. Our deal was two weeks as a guest blogger and four to five blogs. My…
Rasanblaj Continua: A Conversation with Gina Athena Ulysse
This past summer marked the release of Caribbean Rasanblaj, a special double issue of the Hemispheric Institute’s journal, e-misférica. Our social media team at Anthropology Now was proud to spread t…
Pauvre Paris. Reflections in the aftermath of November 13, 2015
When I lived in Paris (1986), young Algerians, especially men, were the most despised members of the city’s society. They hung out, smoking cigarettes on streets and trying…
Another Thanksgiving Basket Story: Don’t Cry Over Spilled Coffee!
Delivering the Thanksgiving Basket to the Poorest and Most Disadvantaged Households in Principal Bill Rich’s School District Always Brought Out New Adventures
The Paris massacre and the Syrian refugee crisis
Two dramatic events, one unfolding over the last several years, the other a sudden shock, currently eclipse all other issues. Syrians desperate to escape their broken country enter…
The Paris massacre and the Syrian refugee crisis
Two dramatic events, one unfolding over the last several years, the other a sudden shock, currently eclipse all other issues. Syrians desperate to escape their broken country enter…
The Paris massacre and the Syrian refugee crisis
Two dramatic events, one unfolding over the last several years, the other a sudden shock, currently eclipse all other issues. Syrians desperate to escape their broken country enter…
The Attack on Paris
By now most people have seen the news that Friday night there was a terror attack in Paris. I can only imagine what the people of France and…
After the Paris attacks; a letter to my daughter.
After the Paris attacks. A letter to my daughter, Lou Hart. Sophie and Constance are shaken, S more moved by all the calls from kin and friends, poring…
Industrialisation Was A Big Change – Anthropology/Sociology
There was a brilliant article on Aeon recently about male tears in European history and how men appear to have wept just as much as women until…
Industrialisation Was A Big Change – Anthropology/Sociology
There was a brilliant article on Aeon recently about male tears in European history and how men appear to have wept just as much as women until…
Industrialisation Was A Big Change – Anthropology/Sociology
There was a brilliant article on Aeon recently about male tears in European history and how men appear to have wept just as much as women until…
BDS, the AAA, and Academic Imperialism
We Disagree to Agree Support for a particular cause can come from numerous sources and points of view, each representing different interests. Similarly, people can arrive at the…
Summer Roundup: The Ethnographic Case, Part 2 by Deanna Day
In June, we debuted an extensive new series on Somatosphere, The Ethnographic Case. Edited by Emily Yates-Doerr and Christine Labuski, the series is organized on an expanding, virtual…
Making Black Lives Matter: Reflections on the Declaration and the Movement (Introduction Part II)
[Savage Minds is pleased to run the second part to the introduction for the “Making Black Lives Matter: Reflections on the Declaration and the Movement” series. Here, Bianca…
Anthropology != Ethnography
I was talking in the pub about the fundamental nature of anthropology with one of my classmates during my master’s course a few years ago after…
Q&A: Ted Fischer of Vanderbilt | Nashville Post
Read the Nashville Post’s Q&A: Ted Fischer of Vanderbilt on Social Entrepreneurship and Mani+Ted Fischer is professor of anthropology and director of the Center for Latin American Studies…