Web Roundup: Biohacking, BioArt, and other Playful Abominations by Sara M Bergstresser
These days, it is fun to “hack” almost everything. You can hack your life, you can hack your home, and you can even hack your period. So, as…
Brian Holmes on Capital Circulation in the Anthropocene
Re-blogged from: Brian Holmes on Capital Circulation in the Anthropocene
time to csángó
Time to Csángó, a creative short documentary by Hadas Bar, Ian Cook, Anette Dujisin, explores the popularity of the táncház (dance house) movement in Budapest, Hungary, especially csángó…
Research is not activism: And whose interests are at stake, anyway?
Recently Amnesty International voted to pursue a policy advocating the decriminalisation of sex work (sort of). If you were judging the issues by what Big Media told you,…
ETHNO-NEULIN(K)S IM AUGUST 2015
+++ WER SCHAFFT WISSEN? FIGURATIONEN DES LAIEN ZWISCHEN FORSCHUNG, LEIDENSCHAFT UND POLITISCHER MOBILISIERUNG (TAGUNG) Schon lange wird Wissenschaftsgeschichte als Verwissenschaftlichungsgeschichte ge…
Third session of digital ethnography reading group
by Will Balmford Research assistant Digital Ethnography Research Centre (DERC) School of Media and Communication RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia Hello all, Welcome to round three of DERG! We’ve…
What’s in a name? by Ruth Goldstein
“Is writing seemly? Does the writer cut a respectable figure? Is it proper to write? Is it done?” – Jacques Derrida, “Plato’s Pharmacy” in Disseminations ~ ~ ~…
“It all comes alive.” Robbie Baer on Successful Service-Learning Projects with Anthropology of Food Students
Lauren Moore University of Kentucky This month, we hear from Dr. Roberta Baer, Professor at the University of South Florida. She shares what she’s learned from four service-learning…
Anthropologies #21: Climate Change Issue (Introduction)
For the latest issue of anthropologies, we’re taking a look at the ever contentious subject of climate change. Over the next week or so, we will be posting…
anthro in the news 8/31/15
Debating the U.S.-Iran deal The MinnPost (Minneapolis, U.S.) carried an article describing a debate among four scholars about the Iran nuclear deal that was held at the University…
Fixing Democracy
Looking at Lessing’s movement for political reforms in the US how might such ideas translate to electoral reforms in T&T Lawrence Lessig is a professor of law at…
Fixing Democracy
Looking at Lessing’s movement for political reforms in the US how might such ideas translate to electoral reforms in T&T Lawrence Lessig is a professor of law at…
Fixing Democracy
Looking at Lessing’s movement for political reforms in the US how might such ideas translate to electoral reforms in T&T Lawrence Lessig is a professor of law at…
“The Dregs of the Library”: Trashing the Occupy Wall Street Library
When our library at Occupy Wall Street was destroyed, we used our beloved books tactically, as evidence, and then used the trauma of destruction to make a case…
The Sleeper
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What Baby George and Handstands Have Taught Me About Learning
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New Website – myteachingnotebook.com
Dear subscribers, I have launched a new website focusing on the pursuit of joy in teaching and learning at myteachingnotebook.com. I’ll cross-post articles here for awhile, but if…
Frightening Fictions: Lore Podcast Review
By Emma Louise Backe Journalists are widely speculating that we live in the “Golden Age” of podcasts, ushered in by the success of podcasts like Serial or Invisibilia.…
Abschlussarbeit: Was habe ich mir dabei bloß gedacht?
Man sitzt an ihr wochen- wenn nicht gar monatelang herum, zerbricht sich im Minuten- wenn nicht gar Sekundentakt den Kopf, zu Fragen, die man sich selbst erarbeitet oder vom…
Ethnographic Field Data 3: Preserving and Sharing Ethnographic Data
[This is the final post in a three-part series on archiving and sharing fieldwork data.] Lisa Cliggett: How can we archive all this data? Two years ago, I…