A Late Tribute to Workers
- Post date 10th September 2015
- Post author By Marianne Paiva
Bigger, Better, Faster, More? Breaking the taboo of production.
The Taboo of Production The conversation of about electronic waste (e-waste) almost without exception, focuses exclusively on what happens after consumers discard their electronics. Framing the conver…
Kristin Peterson, “Speculative Markets: Drug Circuits and Derivative Life in Nigeria”
Kristin Peterson View on Amazon Kristin Peterson‘s new ethnography looks carefully at the Nigerian pharmaceutical market, paying special attention to the ways that the drug trade links West…
Kristin Peterson, “Speculative Markets: Drug Circuits and Derivative Life in Nigeria” (Duke UP, 2015)
Kristin Peterson‘s new ethnography looks carefully at the Nigerian pharmaceutical market, paying special attention to the ways that the drug trade links West Africa within a larger global…
LSE has digitized Fabian society archives from 1884-2000
Some really interesting historical tracts from the Fabian society on all sorts of topics–poverty, property, labour and so on–are now available in digital format here.
Workshop-Ankündigung: Wirtschaftsflüchtlinge, Gutmenschen & Powerfrauen
Vorurteile in den Medien: Wie erkennen – was tun? Dass sich in Medien Vorurteile finden, ist den TMB-Leserinnen natürlich bekannt. Wer jedoch Begriff und Funktionen von Vorurteilen, die…
What’s The Hadith On Facebook?
Just after dawn has broken, the musical voice of the muezzin fills the silence, calling the faithful to prayer: “al-salaatu khayrun min al-nawm.” (prayer is better than sleep) Except (perh…
The Riddle of Sean Lien
[Savage Minds welcomes guest bloggers Renée Salmonsen and Chuan-wen Chen.] Originally posted on the Guava Anthropology Blog 28 September 2014 Author: Hsiu-Hsin Lin Translators: Renée Salmonsen & …
Preliminary Thoughts on Race, Disability, and Health
Despite increasingly widespread attention to disability rights, disability outcomes in the United States remain shockingly divided by race. Few people realize that having a disability today is literal…
Zu viel Zuwanderung? Mit Informationen gegen Mythen
Sehr geehrte Redaktion der Wiener Zeitung, sehr geehrter Herr Wotke! Vielen Dank für Ihren Artikel „Eine magische Zahl“ vom 27. August 2015 in der Wiener Zeitung, der wichtige…
Partha Chatterjee: Why I Support the Boycott of Israeli Institutions
[Savage Minds is honored to publish this essay by Partha Chatterjee, Professor of Anthropology and Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University, and of the…
When did the Anthropocene begin? A series of essays offering socialist takes
From the editor of the journal Climate and Capitalism, this piece is an interesting read. It is itself one of a series of essays being posted here by…
As Sanaa Becomes Aleppo
With reports of Saudi coalition troops massing on the border to invade Yemen, the situation in Yemen gets even more dangerous. Will the beautiful Old City of Sanaa…
Some interviews
I was interviewed about a variety of subjects recently, ranging from Ferguson to ethics in journalism to state oppression and activism in Central Asia to my new book.…
“Bioculturalism” — An interview with Greg Downey by Greg Downy
This series aims to get anthropologists and closely-related others talking seriously, and thinking practically, about how to synergize biological and social scientific approaches to human health and w…
Anthropologists Writing: The Fall 2015 Writers’ Workshop Essay Series
It is my pleasure to announce the fourth (and final) season of our Writers’ Workshop series. Each Monday we will share a new essay reflecting on some aspect…
Donald Trump is a fireship
The question in yesterday’s post was: Why has Donald Trump survived our discovery of his flaws and deficiencies? Normally, a new candidate has his or her moment in…
Woordwaarde. De keuze van woorden en de beeldvorming over moslims in Nederland
Door: Aalt Smienk Waarom lezen en horen we in media vaak ‘moslimterrorisme’ en minder vaak islamterrorisme’ of ‘terroristische moslims’. En wat betekent deze keuze van de zendende partijen…
Emerging Expulsion Logics: Where Does it Leave Democracy?
Source: Emerging Expulsion Logics: Where Does it Leave Democracy?
Toxic Politics: A Collection of Research Projects
The global economy produces pervasive contaminants, harmful pollutants, damaging particles, and poisonous atmospheres, which are inescapably part of everyday life, though the harms and benefits are un…
Beards and holy sites: Competing over True Islam in Kyrgyzstan
It has been 15 years since I last set foot in Kazïbek, the last village before the Chinese border in Kyrgyzstan. As I walk towards the house where…
Aspiring Politician? Try Facebook to build your personal brand.
Image Courtesy: @mkstalin and image shared on Saravanan’s Facebook profile Personal brand building through social media requires a strategically planned presentation of oneself to a general audi…
Around the Web Digest: Week of August 30
Send along anything interesting to rebecca.nelson.jacobs@gmail.com! The BBC reports that Chimpanzees and Monkeys Have Entered the Stone Age (by using relatively sophisticated stone tools). More intere…