Of Critique, philosophy and anthropology – An interview with Ann Stoler
The Institute for Critical Social Inquiry (ICSI) is a program run by The New School for Social Research for the second time this year. It brings together graduate…
Street, Neighborhood, City in the New New Orleans
David Beriss University of New Orleans Old and new, Brocato’s and El Rinconcito. When Angelo Brocato’s gelato and pastry shop reopened in September, 2006, it seemed like a…
Case by case by Jason Danely
“The question for me of whether to get a stomach tube for my mother was whether or not she has lived her natural life completely.[1] Maybe her time has…
Yin and yang at Harvest Festival: Part 1
NOTE: I will not be discussing my regular research topic (drug use) in this post, out of respect to the organizers of Harvest. All names have been changed.…
Around the Web Digest: Week of September 20
A storm cut off my Internet yesterday, delaying your beloved weekly digest. The theme of this week is “how-to,” with several blogs featuring advice on how to get…
Hysterical Heritage? Reflections on the Dutch King’s Golden Carriage
The hysterical carriage Recently it once more paraded the streets of The Hague on Prinsjesdag, 'our' Golden Carriage. This is not your everyday means of transport: it is…
Hysterical Heritage? Reflections on the Dutch King’s Golden Carriage
The hysterical carriage Recently it once more paraded the streets of The Hague on Prinsjesdag, 'our' Golden Carriage. This is not your everyday means of transport: it is…
anthro in the news 9/28/15
Mural in New York City, September 2015 (Source: Anthony DelMundo / NY Daily News) What the Pope said Two media sources included commentary from anthropologists about the Pope’s…
NEW! — Mallika Shakya: Ethnicity in Nepal’s new constitution
From politics of culture to politics of justice Nepal promulgated its constitution on 20 September—the first after ending the monarchy, and one replacing the interim constitution in place…
List as Form: Literary, Ethnographic, Long, Short, Heavy, Light
[Savage Minds is pleased to publish this essay by guest author Sasha Su-Ling Welland as part of our Writers’ Workshop series. Sasha is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Gender, Women &…
Podcast on forensic anthropology
There is an interesting podcast over at Slate as part of their “Working” series on the topic of “How does a forensic anthropologist work?”. It is an extended interview…
Post-Occupancy Evaluations Ensure Buildings are Performing WELL
Comprehensive Post Occupancy Evaluations (POEs) that focus on the occupant as well as the building and operations are critical for ensuring the success of buildings from an owner’s,…
Post-Occupancy Evaluations Ensure Buildings are Performing WELL
Comprehensive Post Occupancy Evaluations (POEs) that focus on the occupant as well as the building and operations are critical for ensuring the success of buildings from an owner’s,…
Post-Occupancy Evaluations Ensure Buildings are Performing WELL
Comprehensive Post Occupancy Evaluations (POEs) that focus on the occupant as well as the building and operations are critical for ensuring the success of buildings from an owner’s,…
Article: From marginalization to self-determined participation
Budka, P. 2015. From marginalization to self-determined participation: Indigenous digital infrastructures and technology appropriation in Northwestern Ontario’s remote communities. Journal des a…
Post-Occupancy Evaluations Ensure Buildings are Performing WELL
Comprehensive Post Occupancy Evaluations (POEs) that focus on the occupant as well as the building and operations are critical for ensuring the success of buildings from an owner’s,…
Popular resistance stopped the coup, by Sten Hagberg
Last week, Burkina Faso was breaking international news. In the midst of a government meeting, soldiers of the president’s security forces – the notorious Régiment de Sécurité Présidentielle…
Culture and Power
Culture shapes how we see the world, are we reading culture critically enough? Last time out, I suggested there are differences between how anthropologists understand culture and how…
Culture and Power
Culture shapes how we see the world, are we reading culture critically enough? Last time out, I suggested there are differences between how anthropologists understand culture and how…
Culture and Power
Culture shapes how we see the world, are we reading culture critically enough? Last time out, I suggested there are differences between how anthropologists understand culture and how…
Hope for the Future? Efforts and Ideas to Improve the Current Economic Predicament
Tijo Salverda, research associate of the Human Economy Programme in Pretoria and senior research fellow at the Global South Studies Centre (GSSC) in Cologne, sent us this call…
Hope for the Future? Efforts and Ideas to Improve the Current Economic Predicament
Tijo Salverda, research associate of the Human Economy Programme in Pretoria and senior research fellow at the Global South Studies Centre (GSSC) in Cologne, sent us this call…
Hope for the Future? Efforts and Ideas to Improve the Current Economic Predicament
Tijo Salverda, research associate of the Human Economy Programme in Pretoria and senior research fellow at the Global South Studies Centre (GSSC) in Cologne, sent us this call…