#Review: Children of Afghanistan: The Path to Peace
In 1978, psychologist Jack Flasher defined the term ‘adultism’ as a way of perceiving children “not only as unconditionally subordinate until they attain legal adulthood but also, as…
Eight Questions and Seven Theses about Force Multipliers
“Force multipliers: Machines which allow a small effort to move a larger load are called force multipliers. Some examples of force multipliers include: a crowbar, wheelbarrow, nutcracker, and…
24. Freedom technologists: a short reading list
Freedom Technologists: Digital Activism and Political Change in the 21st Century (working title), Chapter 2, Freedom Technologists This is the twenty-fourth post in the freedom technologists series. …
Eating in the Side Room: Food, Archaeology, and African American Identity
Review of: Warner, Mark S. 2015. Eating in the Side Room: Food, Archaeology, and African American Identity. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. Ashanté Reese Spelman College Mark S. Warner’s…
Vale Anthony Wallace and Raymond Smith
I couldn’t let this week slip by without mentioning the passing of two great anthropologist: Raymond T. Smith and Anthony F.C. Wallace. Raymond T. Smith was a social…
Time for tobacco-state politicians to make ‘adult choice’ on Pacific trade agreement
By Gerry Everding If Republican senators from tobacco-growing southern states believe in social responsibility, they would fully explore the TransPacific (TPP) trade agreement’s potential impact on co…
New National Recommendations for Safe Reduction of Primary Cesarean Births
In recent years, several national partners including ACOG, AWHONN, SMFM, CDC, HRSA and others came together as the National Partnership for Maternal Safety and have worked with the…
New National Recommendations for Safe Reduction of Primary Cesarean Births
In recent years, several national partners including ACOG, AWHONN, SMFM, CDC, HRSA and others came together as the National Partnership for Maternal Safety and have worked with the…
New National Recommendations for Safe Reduction of Primary Cesarean Births
In recent years, several national partners including ACOG, AWHONN, SMFM, CDC, HRSA and others came together as the National Partnership for Maternal Safety and have worked with the…
Remixing Indian design anthropology
Indian students and Kala Raksha staff performing garba folk dance. Elizabeth Tunstall, CC BY-NC-SA Tuesday was the beginning of Navratri, the nine nights Hindu religious festival that celebrates…
Remixing Indian design anthropology
Indian students and Kala Raksha staff performing garba folk dance. Elizabeth Tunstall, CC BY-NC-SA Tuesday was the beginning of Navratri, the nine nights Hindu religious festival that celebrates…
New National Recommendations for Safe Reduction of Primary Cesarean Births
In recent years, several national partners including ACOG, AWHONN, SMFM, CDC, HRSA and others came together as the National Partnership for Maternal Safety and have worked with the…
Bayira, an ancient Ethiopian skeletal, provides the earliest African genome
John Arthur, Kathryn Arthur and Matthew Curtis in Ethiopia In 2012, an archaeological team funded by the National Science Foundation and led by Kathryn and John Arthur (both…
Management and ethics: A conversation between two Leiden anthropologists
Committee on Data Management and Ethics Henrike: Zane, I was wondering why you volunteered for the committee on data management and ethics of our Leiden institute. I know…
Management and ethics: A conversation between two Leiden anthropologists
Committee on Data Management and Ethics Henrike: Zane, I was wondering why you volunteered for the committee on data management and ethics of our Leiden institute. I know…
Management and ethics: A conversation between two Leiden anthropologists
Committee on Data Management and Ethics Henrike: Zane, I was wondering why you volunteered for the committee on data management and ethics of our Leiden institute. I know…
Management and ethics: A conversation between two Leiden anthropologists
Committee on Data Management and Ethics Henrike: Zane, I was wondering why you volunteered for the committee on data management and ethics of our Leiden institute. I know…
Management and ethics: A conversation between two Leiden anthropologists
Committee on Data Management and Ethics Henrike: Zane, I was wondering why you volunteered for the committee on data management and ethics of our Leiden institute. I know…
The rise of suburban homelessness
For the Guardian, I profiled a woman who went from living in a suburban house and making $60,000 per year to living in a homeless shelter in downtown…
Ervaringen of aanvaringen met het toerisme? Hmong vrouwen in Vietnam
Hmong vrouwen op Coc Ly markt, Vietnam. © Brian Snelson, via creative comments. Door Freek Colombijn Op maandag 5 oktober promoveerde Lê Thị Đan Dung op een onderzoek naar Hmong…
NEW! — Stef Jansen: Yearnings in the Meantime
“Normal lives” and the state in a Sarajevo apartment complex Yearnings in the Meantime is a volume of the “Dislocations” series published by Berghahn Books. The immense dislocations…
Brian Massumi’s “What Animals Teach Us About Politics” by Naisargi Dave
What Animals Teach Us About Politics by Brian Massumi Duke University Press, 2014, 152 pages. This is a book about choice. That reader who chooses non-acquiescence, chooses learning…
Data management and ethics: A discussion between two Leiden anthropologists
Data Management and Ethics Committee Henrike: Zane, I was wondering why you volunteered for the Data Management and Ethics Committee of our Institute here in Leiden. I know that…