Re-illuminating the sacred
Exterior of Light of the World Christian Church in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Elizabeth Tunstall, CC BY-NC The church bulletin lists a call for volunteers for a new ministry:…
Harvest Festivals and Hot Dog Picnics: Dr. Maureen Costura Discusses Active Learning and Archaeology at the Culinary Institute of America
This month, we hear from Dr. Maureen Costura, Associate Professor at The Culinary Institute of America. She discusses teaching anthropology at an applied institution, how she incorporates her…
Savage Minds at #AAA2015
Welcome to Denver! If you are like me, you will be disappointed by the failure of the AAA to foreground the Mile High City as the location of…
Anthropologies #22 Call for Submissions: The anthropology of food!
Burgers, Plate 4. Photograph by Thomas Hawk, 2009. Everyone eats, and there are cultural and social meanings embedded in the food that we consume. This issue of anthropologies…
Zoë Wool’s “After War: The Weight of Life At Walter Reed” by Christopher Webb
After War: The Weight of Life At Walter Reed by Zoë Wool Duke University Press, 2015, 264 pages. In After War: The Weight of Life At Walter Reed,…
#AAA2015: Allegra’s Favorites
This week, anthropologists will be making their way to Denver for the yearly academic (and sometimes chaotic) ritual that is #AAA2015. The “Familiar/Strange” theme of this year’s AAA…
Give the Gift of Waste this Christmas
As part of the European Week for Waste Reduction, Hubbub and the North London Waste Authority (NLWA) are hosting a range of £5 cooking session across seven North…
Anthropology as the study of composite worlds – an interview with Philippe Descola
An academic interview is just a snapshot but it can offer a vivid account of a life’s work. The following is an edited version of an interview with…
What do those temporary Facebook profile pictures really mean?
We know that online peer pressure is powerful. But what we don’t know is whether that pressure is driving real change. — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
It’s Not the End of the World, It’s a Necessary Challenge to Our Cosmology: reflections of an Israeli anthropologist
Anthropologists for the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions was thrilled to receive this essay from an Israeli anthropologist working in an Israeli state institution. The post is anonymous…
DisNGOization in practice
I have been here for three weeks that have run so fast that it seems I landed yesterday. It is time to focus on the main reason of…
Polo & Odoric on the Pole Star
One of the many marvels noted by both Odoric of Pordenone and Marco Polo is the disappearance of the north star, presumably Polaris (α Ursae Minoris), when…
Reclaiming Humanity for Black Lives in Jamaica
[Savage Minds is pleased to present the third essay in the series “Making Black Lives Matter: Reflections on the Declaration and the Movement.” Born and raised in Kingston,…
Polo & Odoric on the Pole Star
One of the many marvels noted by both Odoric of Pordenone and Marco Polo is the disappearance of the north star, presumably Polaris (α Ursae Minoris), when…
Polo & Odoric on the Pole Star
One of the many marvels noted by both Odoric of Pordenone and Marco Polo is the disappearance of the north star, presumably Polaris (α Ursae Minoris), when…
NEW! — Samuel W. Rose: Marxism and mode of production in the anthropology of native North America
This contribution elaborates on the relevance of the concept of mode of production in understanding contemporary North American indigenous populations. While examination of Native American peoples pla…
John Durham Peters, “The Marvelous Clouds: Toward a Philosophy of Elemental Media”
John Durham Peters View on Amazon [Cross-posted from the NBN Seminar] John Durham Peters‘ wonderful new book is a brilliant and beautifully-written consideration of natural environments as subjects for … Visit New…
‘Auto-rewilding’ landscapes and the Anthropocene – Interview with Anna Tsing
Anna Tsing is professor of anthropology at the University of Santa Cruz, California and the Nils Bohr professor at Aarhus University, Denmark, where she heads the Living in…
Research Colloquium: Climate Change, Food and Human Sustainability
The following notice was received here at FoodAnthropology and may be of interest to our readers with interests in theological matters: The 2016 CrossCurrents / Auburn Research Colloquium…
anthro in the news 11/16/15
France as terrorist target ATTN (France) published an article documenting recent terrorist attacks in France along with commentary from cultural anthropologist John Bowen’s article in Time. Ja…
A Call to Action: Fieldnotes on Bringing the Black Lives Matter Movement Home
[Savage Minds is excited to present the second essay in the “Making Black Lives Matter: Reflections on the Declaration and the Movement“series. The author, Nicole Truesdell, is Senior…
The Bodies Exhibit
I recently visited the Bodies exhibit at Atlantic Station which features anatomical presentations of preserved human corpses. They kind of ease you in. The exhibit opens tamely with…