The conference “Elections in central and southern Africa, dynamics of exclusion and participation,” at SOAS on 26 June 2015, prompts me to some personal reflections. Elections in central…
In addition to special issues highlighted earlier this month on Somatosphere — Limn (on “Ebola’s Ecologies“), the Annals of Anthropological Practice (on “Community Health…
States resort to disappearances to remove unwanted critics or minorities from society. The act of a disappearance often follows a pattern: a group of masked armed men take…
I have a new publication out in the Theorizing the Web special issue of the open access journal Interface. Check it out! I also recommend reading the rest of…
I love this ad. How quickly bashful behavior gives way to full-on performance. And how this disappears (when the woman enters the store). And then reappears (when it occurs to our…
Medical anthropology, although considered a subcategory in anthropology, has been making contributions to medicine and public health since the development of anthropology itself. The fact that anthrop…
The latest published outcome of my fruitful research and writing partnership with Daniel Esser is a new article in Learning and Teaching where we discuss Countering the risks…
The “nomadic” Ph.D. Summer School “Field Experiences in Northwest Russia” (FENOR) has been a full success After two weeks of extensive travelling and working together on different aspects…
The Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena (Germany) are seeking to employ two full-time postdoctoral researchers in the field of cultural evolution. The…
It has all the earmarks of a tearjerker. The billboard erected in Phoenix, Arizona, by anti-prostitutionists looks like artwork for a 1940s paperback cover or poster for a…
Plenty of patients but little patience as the war drags on…
Last week at Victoria University, we had ‘Study at Vic Day’ – an open day for prospective students. I spent some time on the Cultural Anthropology stand, talking…
Last week at Victoria University, we had ‘Study at Vic Day’ – an open day for prospective students. I spent some time on the Cultural Anthropology stand, talking…
Last week at Victoria University, we had ‘Study at Vic Day’ – an open day for prospective students. I spent some time on the Cultural Anthropology stand, talking…
Last week at Victoria University, we had ‘Study at Vic Day’ – an open day for prospective students. I spent some time on the Cultural Anthropology stand, talking…
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Het Holocaust Monument in Berlijn. © Ilya Boyadin, via Flickr creative commons. Saskia Jenelle is studente van de master Sociale en Culturele Antropologie aan de VU en is…
To kick off this issue, we begin with Sean Seary’s excellent overview of recent literature about anthropology’s engagement with climate. This review originally appeared on Anthropology Rep…
View from the 2015 Cultures-Based Innovation Symposium at the Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada. Elizabeth Tunstall I rece…
View from the 2015 Cultures-Based Innovation Symposium at the Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada. Elizabeth Tunstall I recently concluded the Ameri…
Better late than never, I always say, as the semester starts anew and we all either pack our lunchboxes to go back to school or feel that old…
The current issue of Social Theory & Health is a special double issue on theorizing health inequalities. Comprising eleven articles, the issue developed out developed out of a…
In fall 2015, I adopted the new Robert Welsch and Luis Vivanco textbook Cultural Anthropology (see previous discussion of Hartwick Anthropology Courses). It’s now time for the first…