AAA, BDS and #Palestine: New Thematic Week
When the Jewish Agency in Tel-Aviv announced the institution of the Provisional Government of Israel on 14 May 1948, the war that followed resulted in the destruction and…
Around the Web Digest: Week of October 18
Happy Sunday (technically)! If you come across any links to include here, email me at rebecca.nelson.jacobs@gmail.com. It’s not explicitly anthropological, but City Lab started an interesting co…
The Human Condition in the Anthropocene: Dipesh Chakrabarty’s Tanner Lectures
Two lectures, plus a round table:
My Home is my Castle
Anthropology and architecture through the eyes of PhD Candidate Leniqueca Welcome Recently I had the pleasure of reading the work of a budding local anthropologist/architect, Ms. Len…
My Home is my Castle
Anthropology and architecture through the eyes of PhD Candidate Leniqueca Welcome Recently I had the pleasure of reading the work of a budding local anthropologist/architect, Ms. Len…
My Home is my Castle
Anthropology and architecture through the eyes of PhD Candidate Leniqueca Welcome Recently I had the pleasure of reading the work of a budding local anthropologist/architect, Ms. Len…
Empire’s “Mimic Men”
Imperialism by Invitation or Imitation? US efforts in remaking the international system according to an image reflecting the US are not usually in complete vain since the track…
The rise of developmental science: Debates on health and humanity – A Special Issue of Social Science and Medicine by Francis Mckay
Shaping the modern child: Genealogies and ethnographies of developmental science Dominique P. Béhague, Samuel Lézé Introductory article. No abstract. Fertile bodies, immature brains?: A genealogical c…
Fortress Europe continues to treat migrants as criminals
Dimitris Dalakoglou, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Antonios Alexandridis, University of Sussex The European Union, one of the strongest economies in the world and home to some of the most…
The Americans with Disabilities Act After 25 Years – A Special Issue of Disability Studies Quarterly by Francis Mckay
Twenty-Five Years After the ADA: Situating Disability in America’s System of Stratification Michelle Maroto, David Pettinicchio Americans with disabilities represent a significant proportion of the po…
In the Journals Oct 2015 – Part 1 by Francis Mckay
Hi all. Here’s the first part of this month’s roundup. Configurations Nano Dreams and Nanoworlds: Fantastic Voyage as a Fantastic Origin Story Emily York Fantastic Voyage, a…
Von Krisen und Ethnologen. Die DGV-Tagung 2015
Vom 30.09. bis 03.10 fand in Marburg die 36. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Völkerkunde statt. Insgesamt drei Tage lang gab es Vorträge, Workshops, Diskussionsrunden und Panels zum Thema …
Secrets of the Sex Magic Space Lamas Revealed! Tibetan Buddhist Aliens and Religious Syncretism
In this post I’m going to be talking a little about aliens. Tibetan ones, specifically. Also, sex magic. Bear with me now. A lot of this may be…
Summer Roundup: Inhabitable Worlds, Part One by Deanna Day
Continuing our summer roundups, today we are highlighting a first set of essays from our Inhabitable Worlds series, brought to us by editors Michele Friedner and Emily Cohen.…
Food in Culture and Social Justice at Oregon State University
Today, we will hear from Joan Gross, Professor of Anthropology discussing Oregon State University’s Food in Culture and Social Justice program. This post is part of SAFN’s Food…
Student Protests Return to Tokyo
Contributing Editors’ Note: Due to recent media attention on the activists of Students Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy (SEALDS), we have moved up Robin O’Day’s report in this…
Damsels & Demons: Women in Horror Part II
By Emma Louise Backe Part I of the series can be read here. The genre of horror is one that is not overtly concerned with gender, and yet…
Armageddon after Ankara
The Ankara bombing: Presaging the end of the Turkish Republic? What we have witnessed in the last two years, culminating in the horrible scenes of 10 October in…
Ain’t no Jaguars in Ghana’s urban jungle: luxury and the postcolonial bizarre
Sipping my morning coffee in the corrosive speech of Bernard Avle, the radio host of Accra’s Citi FM Breakfast Show – a deliciously satirical commentary on salient socio-economic issues…
#Review: Anthropology, Theatre and Development #Performance
In their introduction to Anthropology, Theatre and Development: The Transformative Potential of Performance, Alex Flynn and Jonas Tinius do an admirable job of lending conceptual coherence to the…