8 Tips for Writing a Winning NSF (GRFP) Proposal
The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) is one of the most prestigious – and generous – sources of funding availabl…
8 Tips for Writing a Winning NSF (GRFP) Proposal
The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) is one of t…
What Anthropologists Do
The strength of anthropology is that we are always learning, gathering data isn’t something we do in a lab or even something we can easily shut off. We…
In the Journals – September 2015
Welcome back to In the Journals, a round-up of recent journal publications on security, crime, law enforcement and the state. September is upon us, and that means classes…
Anthropologists and the Moynihan Report
Family Structure, Race and Poverty Ours is a society which presumes male leadership in private and public affairs. The arrangements of society facilitate such leadership and reward it.…
Culture, Culture, Everywhere
Just as I was preparing to teach Cultural Anthropology, two posts about culture came out on powerhouse anthropology blogs. On Savage Minds, Alex Golub reviews The Asian American…
anthro in the news 9/21/15
North American totem pole; source: Erika Wittlieb, Creative Commons Indigenous tourism offers hope CBA Canada reported on a gathering of iIndigenous groups from around the world in…
Book Forum — The Viral Network: A Pathography of the H1N1 Influenza Pandemic by Eugene Raikhel
In this Book Forum, our commentators respond to Theresa MacPhail’s provocative ethnography of influenza research and public health response, The Viral Network: A Pathography of the H1N1…
NAVAJOS ON MARS: Native Sci-fi Film Futures
NAVAJOS ON MARS Native Sci-fi Film Futures September 21, 2015 – 11 minute read – by William Lempert (Updated January 2023) “You cannot have a future you do not first imagine.” –…
Jewish and Palestinian activists fighting for black liberation
I wrote an assigned feature article on the Jewish and Palestinian activists who have been involved in the Ferguson movement and more generally in the struggle for black…
Syrians in St. Louis
For the Guardian, I wrote about the movement to resettle tens of thousands of Syrian refugees in St Louis: “Syria, Syria, you’re not alone! Call St Louis your…
Real Writing
[Savage Minds is pleased to run this essay by guest author Daniel Goldstein as part of our Writers’ Workshop series. Daniel is Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University. He is…
New book: Love in the Anthropocene from Dale Jamieson and Bonnie Nadzam
OR Book Going Rouge This looks like a really innovative title from Dale Jamieson and Bonnie Nadzam. Love in the Anthropocene An audacious collaboration between an award-winning novelist…
Moralische Überheblichkeit gegenüber dem Islam
Es ist prinzipiell erfreulich, dass der Standard seine Seite „Kommentar der anderen“ der breitesten Öffentlichkeit als Plattform zur Verfügung stellt, auf der jedermann und jedefrau Meinungen äußern d…
Gerard Russell, “Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys Into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East”
Gerard Russell View on Amazon In this interview Gerard Russell talks about his vivid and timely new book Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys Into the Disappearing Religions of the…
The Value of Time and the Temporality of Value in Socialities of Waste
Drawing from long-term ethnographic research on a 25-year-old medical aid program linking the U.S. and Madagascar, I use this brief essay to trace how Malagasy and American participants…
Crossing the sexes with friendship
It seems reasonable to suppose that if our relationships are so important to our happiness, then we are choosing relationships that make us happy. However, we may not…
Allegra Turns 2! #Best Of
Our baby just turned two…and in this short pace of time, it managed to attract a constantly growing readership. Ok, let’s be frank: we suck with stats and…
Around the Web Digest: Week of September 13
The theme of this blog roundup seems to be “our digital selves.” Send me anything you’ve written or found at rebecca.nelson.jacobs@gmail.com! The Global Social Media Impact Study blo…
Digital Deities?
A new study by economist Seth Stephens-Davidowitz tells us that Internet searches for “God” are way down. He notes that this is true even in cases of catastrophe:…
Tagung Bewegtbilder und Alltagskultur(en) von Super 8 über Video zum Handyfilm….
Donnerstag, 29.10.2015, 14 Uhr – Samstag, 31.10.2015, 15 Uhr, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt. Informationen und Hinweise auf der Konferenzwebseite. Programm Donnerstag, 29.10. 2015, Museum Mode…
Tagung Bewegtbilder und Alltagskultur(en) von Super 8 über Video zum Handyfilm….
Donnerstag, 29.10.2015, 14 Uhr – Samstag, 31.10.2015, 15 Uhr, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt. Informationen und Hinweise auf der Konferenzwebseite. Programm Donnerstag, 29.10. 2015, Museum Mode…