Film Forum — In the Shadow of Ebola by Marissa Mika
It was only a year ago that the Ebola epidemic in West Africa was highly visible. Images of health workers dressed in hot and heavy hazmat gear, body…
Teaching Anthropology of/through Games, Part 1
In part one of this two-part series, Krista Harper (UMass Amherst) provides insight into her successful Fall 2014 course, “Anthropology of/through Games.” There is so much here that is…
When We Assess Democracy In Egypt, Whose “Democracy” Are We Measuring?
“Bread, freedom, social justice!” What’s your definition of democracy? Yesterday, after a lecture on ethnographic fieldwork, a student came up to me to discuss the anthropological c…
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Hi all, While our ComDev program is about to celebrate its 15th anniversary this week, there is also a lot of good food-for-reading available that deserves some of…
Paper: Indigenous audio-visual media production and broadcasting – Canadian Examples
Budka, P. 2015. Indigenous audio-visual media production and broadcasting – Canadian Examples. Paper at “Eleventh Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies”, Vienna, Austria: University of Vienna,…
Too Expensive to Eat
When Food Becomes Money in a Rural Village of Fiji The commodification of various traditionally produced and procured foodstuffs, like taro and fish has been a gradual and…
Christopher R. Duncan, “Violence and Vengeance: Religious Conflict and Its Aftermath in Eastern Indonesia “
View on Amazon Researching the communal killings that occurred in North Maluku, Indonesia during 1999 and 2000, Christopher Duncan was struck by how participants “experienced the violence as…
Dumpsters, difference, and illiberal embodiment
Food Not Bombs and endeavors like it, I would argue, also create the conditions to queer categories of embodiment like race, class, and sex and interrogate their privileged…
Emergent Socialities of Waste
As the excesses, effluents, and excreta of larger social spheres are discarded, discounted, and possibly denigrated, what happens at those margins where they recirculate? What fissures in prevailing…
From the Centre of Europe to the End of the World: Intimate reflections on activism, healing and belonging in the field
I was not feeling any particular excitement or thrilling feverishness. Preparing for the unknown journey into fieldwork in Santiago de Chile to research inner dynamics of the student social…
World STI and HIV Congress day 3
A summary of the third day of the World STI and HIV congress in Brisbane, Australia. Read on… Tuesday, 15 September 2015 Plenary Talks today were delivered by Raphael Valdivia, Jane Hocking,…
Drugs are… good? No, that can’t be right. Can it?
Like most academics, I’m obsessive. I spend a lot of my free time doing searches for new research on recreational drug use. I do this partly because there’s…
Guava Anthropology Meets Savage Minds
Language choice can be an issue of access. In attempt to shorten some of the gaps, but mostly to highlight some of the awesome anthropology happening in Taiwan,…
People, Primates and Pathogens: Integrated approaches to Health, Disease, and the human-animal interface with Augustin Fuentes and Lisa Jones-Engel
The AAA welcomes back Agustin Fuentes for another Webinar Wednesday, this time joined by Dr. Lisa Jones-Engel. Please note our different time this week: 11 AM Eastern. Utilizing…
Saying Nice Things About Detroit
UPDATE: Please read Andre Ventura’s response to this post for more information about the signs Last week a friend took me on a drive down 8 Mile Road, which…
The Koorie Heritage Trust re-centres Indigenous communities by design
Jefe Greenaway leads a sneak preview tours of the new Koorie Heritage Trust place. Author, Author provided This Saturday marks the 30th anniversary of the Koorie Heritage Trust.…
The Koorie Heritage Trust re-centres Indigenous communities by design
Jefe Greenaway leads a sneak preview tours of the new Koorie Heritage Trust place. Author, Author provided This Saturday marks the 30th anniversary of the Koorie Heritage Trust.…
anthro in the news 9/14/15
“ Refugees from Syria arrive in Europe (Photo from Al Jazeera) Refugees in Europe: Care is reasonable and possible Bloomberg News carried an article on the European…
Cover letter definites and don’ts, plus 3 examples that landed me interviews
Even in the digital era of professional websites, portfolios, social media and networking, some companies still require a cover letter with job applications. Along with a resume and…
The Frontman-Bono (in the name of power) (book review)
It is fair to say that Bono is one of the leading global celebrities involved in the aid industry and probably one of the founding fathers of modern,…
Farewell From the 2015 Interns
I can’t believe this summer and internship are coming to a close. This opportunity has absolutely validated the saying ‘time flies when you’re having fun.’ When I first…
Announcing the 100 Ethnographies Project
About 20 years ago, I attended some kind of workshop or gathering for postgraduate anthropology students at the Australian National University, where I was a PhD student in…
Constructing and Consuming Gender through Media: Call for Papers
Constructing and Consuming Gender through Media Call for Papers CyberOrient: Online Journal of the Virtual Middle East Editor-in-Chief: Daniel Martin Varisco Guest Editor: Mona Abdel-Fadil Submission …
Homo naledi represents incredible new find
The next cover of National Geographic will feature a very exciting development in the world of physical anthropology, with the story of the discovery of Homo naledi,…