Allegra WANTS you!
Allegra Lab is looking for Editorial Assistants to strengthen the capacity of its enthusiastic team of volunteers and spread the Open Access gospel! The tasks involve: – The…
Trust.org’s Tom Esslemont and the pipe dream of overhead-free humanitarian aid
When Tom Esslemont and the team at Trust.org send out a survey on how charities involved in the Nepal earthquake relief have spent their money, he must have…
Leonard Cassuto, “The Graduate School Mess: What Caused It and How We Can Fix It”
Leonard Cassuto View on Amazon The discontented graduate student is something of a cultural fixture in the U.S. Indeed theirs is a sorry lot. They work very hard,…
Stereotypes die hard!
Last week, an advertising campaign by Visit Finland and Finnair produced images of Sàmi in traditional clothes dancing around the fire during a shamanic ritual in the tent.…
Redakteure der Literaturzeitschrift »Johnny« im Interview
Die studentische Literaturzeitschrift »Johnny« wurde 2014 an der Goethe-Universität gegründet. Wie entstand die Idee, eine Literaturzeitschrift zu gründen? Der Ausgangspunkt lag im Seminar »Literarisc…
Plagiarism Accusation Retraction
I received an email from James Scott (‘Seeing Like a State‘, ‘The Art of Not Being Governed‘) yesterday, asking me to back up an allegation of plagiarism…
Journeys for Justice in Tanzania
Much has been written about women’s land rights in Africa, but little research has been undertaken on how law works in practice, particularly in statutory court systems. Before…
Neha Vora, “Impossible Citizens: Dubai’s Indian Diaspora”
Neha Vora View on Amazon Neha Vora‘s Impossible Citizens: Dubai’s Indian Diaspora (Duke University Press, 2013) is a wonderfully rich and engaging account of middle class Indians who…
Native Sci-fi Films and Trailers
by William Lempert Supplement to the article:NAVAJOS ON MARSNative Sci-fi Film Futures by William Lempert Editor’s Note: This article may take some time to load because of the video content, please…
8 Tips for Writing a Winning NSF (GRFP) Proposal
The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) is one of t…
8 Tips for Writing a Winning NSF (GRFP) Proposal
The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) is one of t…
8 Tips for Writing a Winning NSF (GRFP) Proposal
The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) is one of the most prestigious – and generous – sources of funding availabl…
8 Tips for Writing a Winning NSF (GRFP) Proposal
The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) is one of t…
What Anthropologists Do
The strength of anthropology is that we are always learning, gathering data isn’t something we do in a lab or even something we can easily shut off. We…
In the Journals – September 2015
Welcome back to In the Journals, a round-up of recent journal publications on security, crime, law enforcement and the state. September is upon us, and that means classes…
Anthropologists and the Moynihan Report
Family Structure, Race and Poverty Ours is a society which presumes male leadership in private and public affairs. The arrangements of society facilitate such leadership and reward it.…
Culture, Culture, Everywhere
Just as I was preparing to teach Cultural Anthropology, two posts about culture came out on powerhouse anthropology blogs. On Savage Minds, Alex Golub reviews The Asian American…
anthro in the news 9/21/15
North American totem pole; source: Erika Wittlieb, Creative Commons Indigenous tourism offers hope CBA Canada reported on a gathering of iIndigenous groups from around the world in…
Book Forum — The Viral Network: A Pathography of the H1N1 Influenza Pandemic by Eugene Raikhel
In this Book Forum, our commentators respond to Theresa MacPhail’s provocative ethnography of influenza research and public health response, The Viral Network: A Pathography of the H1N1…
NAVAJOS ON MARS: Native Sci-fi Film Futures
NAVAJOS ON MARS Native Sci-fi Film Futures September 21, 2015 – 11 minute read – by William Lempert (Updated January 2023) “You cannot have a future you do not first imagine.” –…
Jewish and Palestinian activists fighting for black liberation
I wrote an assigned feature article on the Jewish and Palestinian activists who have been involved in the Ferguson movement and more generally in the struggle for black…