It’s no longer all quiet on the western front. In recent years, Europe’s “fight against illegal migration” has alternately been broadcast from the militarised Greek-Turkish border and the…
John Brett University of Colorado Denver As a Denver native and passionate eater of foods, what follows is my personal, if a bit quirky, list of places I…
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Futurists are scientists that use data analysis, ethnographic methods and other scientific procedures to design and make predictions about our future. To do this, they do something called…
Eric H. Cline View on Amazon It quickly sold out in hardback, and then, within a matter of days, sold out in paperback. Available again as a 2nd…
It quickly sold out in hardback, and then, within a matter of days, sold out in paperback. Available again as a 2nd edition hardback, and soon in the…
It’s Autumn (at least here in Europe), days are becoming shorter and you’re feeling a bit low? Worry no more dear Allies! We have put together this list…
Yale University Announces Gift to Establish Center for Islamic Law and Civilization at Yale Law School Yale University President Peter Salovey and Yale Law School Dean Robert C.…
US News The U.S. Agency for International Development is set to direct $419 million in humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees and is now committed to spending $4.5 billion…
US News The U.S. Agency for International Development is set to direct $419 million in humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees and is now committed to spending $4.5 billion…
This is the first of a series of articles that I will be posting this month as a guest-contributor for Savage Minds. In each post I will be sharing…
Fertile Disorder: Spirit Possession and its Provocation of the Modern by Kalpana Ram University of Hawaii Press, 2013, 336 pages Spirit possession is a familiar anthropological interest. But…
Start your week off by tuning in to the TAL crew, the entire TAL crew, back from fieldwork (albeit briefly) as we talk about our experiences in ethnography, archaeology,…
Kate Pahl View on Amazon Literary practices are often associated with specific social groups in particular social settings. Kate Pahl‘s Materializing Literacies in Communities: The Uses of Literacy…
Literary practices are often associated with specific social groups in particular social settings. Kate Pahl‘s Materializing Literacies in Communities: The Uses of Literacy Revisited (Bloomsbury… Visit New Books in…
This session picks up on work that posits an understanding of waste as emergent, or as co-emerging alongside certain configurations of governance.
The Task Force on AAA Engagement on Israel-Palestine issued its final report today. It is a long and thorough report, so I won’t attempt to summarize the whole…
Deze blog verschijnt ook op Zaman Vandaag. © Lego Photo mureut, via Flickr Creative Commons Door Thijl Sunier Nadat de week ervoor een nationale hysterie uitbrak…
A really early announcement for a great conference on Arctic Anthropology! I hope to meet many of the readers of our blog in a years time in St.…
Some really interesting articles in the latest issue of the Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture. Apologies for the formatting, and thanks to Christiana Peppard…
Last week Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin asked us not to name the man responsible for the killings at the community college in Oregon. And the debate begins.…
A major international conference focused on the intersection of media art and technological change over time. How is this shifting the way museums operate and how conservation works?…