Encrypting Ethnography: Digital Security for Researchers
(This invited post comes to us from Jonatan Kurzwelly. Jonatan is a a Ph.D. candidate in anthropology at the University of St. Andrews. You can email him at kurzwelly@mailbox.org .…
The Ocean Conservatory’s Call for Mass Incineration in Asia: Disposability for Profit, Fantasies of Containment, & Colonialism
The Ocean Conservatory would like to burn 80% of the waste in coastal Asia with US-made incinerators. According to a wide range of experts and grassroots organizations from…
Udflytning af arbejdspladser
I går fremlagde Regeringen den længe ventede plan om udflytning af statslige arbejdspladser. 3900 arbejdspladser blev det til. Jeg ved ikke helt hvordan jeg forholder mig til det. Ja, det…
Kulick and Rydström’s “Loneliness and Its Opposite: Sex, Disability, and the Ethics of Engagement” by Narelle Warren
Loneliness and Its Opposite: Sex, Disability, and the Ethics of Engagement by Don Kulick and Jens Rydström Duke University Press, 2015, 376 pages Access to opportunities for the…
Sanjay Srivastava, “Entangled Urbanism: Slum, Gated Community and Shopping Mall in Delhi and Gurgaon”
Sanjay Srivastava View on Amazon Entangled Urbanism: Slum, Gated Community and Shopping Mall in Delhi and Gurgaon (Oxford University Press, 2015) is the latest book by Sanjay Srivastava. A…
An Anthropological Endeavor
I was very inquisitive about having the opportunity of understanding how two anthropologists, Gretchen Bakke and Marina Peterson, formed their content for an upcoming publication pertaining to anthrop…
Links & Contents I Liked 158
Hi all, Let’s wrap up another week with some food for reading, sharing, discussing and thinking! Did Saudi-Arabia bribe the UK for UN support with just 100K USD?…
Surveying Social Relationships
One of the chapters of our forthcoming book How the World Changed Social Media, which will be published as an Open Access book by UCL Press in February…
H&M and Hijabi Fashion
H&M: Where Pseudo-Sustainability Meets Diversity Porn by Melody Moezzi, MS Blog, September 30, 2015 The world’s second largest fashion retailer recently made a deliberate move to attract members…
On The Importance of Liking Students
Probably the most important trick to being a good teacher is believing that you have something to teach students, and that they are better of learning it then…
Wellbeing and Health
From “No Shame, No Blame: Secrets of Living Well” produced by Vanderbilt Health and Wellness
Wellbeing and Health
From “No Shame, No Blame: Secrets of Living Well” produced by Vanderbilt Health and Wellness
Human-Livestock Entanglements into the Anthropocene
I was delighted to be invited to participate in Foodscapes: A World Food Day Symposium at the University of Canberra on October 16th. Every single one of the…
Wellbeing and Health
From “No Shame, No Blame: Secrets of Living Well” produced by Vanderbilt Health and Wellness
Relaunch der Arbeitsgruppe Visuelle Anthropologie im WS 2015/16
Seit einigen Jahren gibt es am Seminar für Ethnologie nun schon die studentische Arbeitsgruppe Visuelle Anthropologie, welche Raum zur kreativen und praktischen Auseinandersetzung mit dem Thema Ethnol…
PRACTICING SHAMANISM: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A SHAMAN?
Learn more about shamanism! Reindeer Skin Shaman Drum: Online sale. https://www.etsy.com/listing/117653042/reindeer-skin-shaman-drum-travelling Shaman traditions, in their hundreds of different forms …
Apply to our MA in Communication for Development & Advances in C4D course!
Hi all, As most of you know, I have a fantastic ‘day job’ at Malmö University in Southern Sweden. Right now, applications are open for both our flagship…
Experimental Education in Feminist Anthropology
With students sprawled out on the lawn, a passer-by stopped to listen to the workshop as we sat in a circle under the sun and a participant or two…
Sheep Time?
I’m always trying to figure out new ways of doing remote presentations so I was pretty excited when I was invited to prepare something that could be continually…
Web Roundup: A busy month for Pharma… by Jane Roberts
This month it was hard not to pay attention to what was happening in the world of Pharma, where several cases came to light illustrating just how murky…