Ethnographic Interventions: Waking Up and Walking With Abel
In a destructive climate how do we open the eyes of our students to the complexities of the human condition? How do we ignite their curiosity about the…
AAA Webinar Wednesday: Research Methods for Anthropological Studies of Food and Nutrition
SAFN is organizing a webinar with the American Anthropological Association. Former SAFN presidents Janet Chrzan and John Brett will lead a discussion of their forthcoming edited collection on…
Al-Ameriya bedreigt? Oorlog en de vernietiging van cultureel erfgoed in Jemen.
Door Marina de Regt. Zondagochtend werd de film Qudad: Reinventing a Tradition vertoond op het Ambacht in Beeld festival in Amsterdam. De film gaat over de restauratie van…
Ethnographic Interventions: Waking Up and Walking With Abel
In a destructive climate how do we open the eyes of our students to the complexities of the human condition? How do we ignite their curiosity about the…
Ethnographic Interventions: Waking Up and Walking With Abel
In a destructive climate how do we open the eyes of our students to the complexities of the human condition? How do we ignite their curiosity about the…
Ethnographic Interventions: Waking Up and Walking With Abel
In a destructive climate how do we open the eyes of our students to the complexities of the human condition? How do we ignite their curiosity about the…
Ethnographic Interventions: Waking Up and Walking With Abel
In a destructive climate how do we open the eyes of our students to the complexities of the human condition? How do we ignite their curiosity about the…
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Something is rotten in the state of Denmark Mon Shakespeare var fremtidsvisionær, da han skrev disse ord? Idag bliver der ihvertfald talt om Danmarks “rådne banan” eller “Udkantsdanm…
Back from the Field: Syncing into Holly Walter’s Research Part 2 – This Anthro Life
Holly Walter’s joins TAL in the studio to share her experiences and insights into Shaligram stones! Her fieldwork took her from Kathmandu to Mustang on a pilgrimage, following…
2015 AAA Photo Contest Submission Period End Midnight September 30th.
This has been an amazing year for submissions to the annual photo contest– and we’re not done yet! There’s still time to submit your photos for consideration of…
The Power Behind Disposability: Why New York City’s ban on polystyrene was vilified, sued, and reversed
On July 1 New York City banned disposable Styrofoam containers. First they were sued over the decision, and last week the ban was overturned. What is the big…
Krisen. Re-Formationen von Leben, Macht und Welt – DGV-Tagung 2015
Krisen. Wer hat die nicht. Uns allen allzu geläufig und bestens bekannt. Nicht nur, dass wir tagtäglich von persönlichen Krisen heimgesucht werden – Arbeit weg, zu viel der…
Replik zu Florian Klenks Kommentar „Offene Grenzen brauchen offene Worte“ (Falter 38/15)
Ja, es stimmt, es braucht eine ehrliche Debatte. Naivität und das Beklatschen von Flüchtlingen lösen keine Probleme. Schade ist jedoch, dass es auch Herr Klenk schafft, wieder bekannte…
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…