After Charlie Hebdo: complex media cultures and the limits of liberalism
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Asylum-Seekers for Sale – Nora Gottlieb
Nora Gottlieb In early April 2015, the Israeli government confirmed that it had struck an unusual deal with the government of Rwanda. In return for “millions of dollars…
Asylum-Seekers for Sale
Nora Gottlieb In early April 2015, the Israeli government confirmed that it had struck an unusual deal with the government of Rwanda. In return for “millions of dollars…
AAA Meeting Schedule is Up: There’s a .gif for that
It is that time of year. Our major conference, though months away, is already starting to take shape. Yesterday, notices of acceptance went out. If you are like…
Heather Paxson’s The Life of Cheese: Crafting Food and Value in America by James Babbitt
The Life of Cheese Crafting Food and Value in America University of California Press, 2012, 332 pages. Heather Paxson’s The Life of Cheese might seem like an odd…
That buried secret of ours! non-fiction and fiction on memories of violence, death politics and the economy of silence in post-revolution Iran
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi is an acclaimed and respected writer in Iran. A post stamp has recently been produced in his honor. One of his latest novels, The Colonel, was…
A happy ending for 30,000 mollyed-out kids running around Toronto.
My heart dropped into my stomach when I first saw the announcement. Fireworks and junk during Zedd’s finale. “You’re welcome for this 3-second photo op,” thought the cleanup…
Visual Turn I: Artistic and Infrastructural Frictions
Encounters with art and design by an anthropologist and curious non-expert in visual culture. The question, ‘what is that we can do together?’ — whoever and wherever that…
Where a growth of Islam does not mean a growth in anti-Muslim sentiments
“In Europe, we too quickly link the idea of converting to Islam with radicalization. Such discourses are much less common here. There is much less fear of Islam…
Where a growth of Islam does not mean a growth in anti-Muslim sentiments
“In Europe, we too quickly link the idea of converting to Islam with radicalization. Such discourses are much less common here. There is much less fear of Islam…
Where a growth of Islam does not mean a growth in anti-Muslim sentiments
“In Europe, we too quickly link the idea of converting to Islam with radicalization. Such discourses are much less common here. There is much less fear of Islam…
Where a growth of Islam does not mean a growth in anti-Muslim sentiments
“In Europe, we too quickly link the idea of converting to Islam with radicalization. Such discourses are much less common here. There is much less fear of Islam…
Where a growth of Islam does not mean a growth in anti-Muslim sentiments
“In Europe, we too quickly link the idea of converting to Islam with radicalization. Such discourses are much less common here. There is much less fear of Islam…
Fiji Fieldschool press release
Photo by Suhad Hussain. 2015 Macquarie University students in the unit, Anth 225 ‘Field school in anthropology: Fiji,’ are currently on Beqa Island in Fiji where they are…
ECAS2015 Panel: Social and Political Mobilisation in Mining Communities in Southern and Central Africa
Miles Larmer (Oxford) and Vito Laterza (UCT) will convene a panel on “Social and Political Mobilisation in Mining Communities in Southern and Central Africa” at the 6th European…
ECAS2015 Panel: Social and Political Mobilisation in Mining Communities in Southern and Central Africa
Miles Larmer (Oxford) and Vito Laterza (UCT) will convene a panel on “Social and Political Mobilisation in Mining Communities in Southern and Central Africa” at the 6th European…
ECAS2015 Panel: Social and Political Mobilisation in Mining Communities in Southern and Central Africa
Miles Larmer (Oxford) and Vito Laterza (UCT) will convene a panel on “Social and Political Mobilisation in Mining Communities in Southern and Central Africa” at the 6th European…
The Challenge of Public Dissemination
The following post was submitted by Elisa (EJ) Sobo, Professor of Anthropology, San Diego State University. The New York Times recently featured an op-ed piece titled ‘Academics seek…
ECAS2015 Panel: Social and Political Mobilisation in Mining Communities in Southern and Central Africa
Miles Larmer (Oxford) and Vito Laterza (UCT) will convene a panel on “Social and Political Mobilisation in Mining Communities in Southern and Central Africa” at the 6th European…
New digital ethnography reading group
By Allistair Hill PhD candidate Digital Ethnography Research Centre (DERC) RMIT University, Melbourne Due to scheduling clashes, this month we are running the first group Thursday 9 July…
Interviewing a Capoeira Legend
by Gaya Nikolsky Legacy, history and mythology are essential when forming a social group or a community. And for capoeira, its history and the story of its liberation…