Anthro in the news 6/22/15
Hate in America In the wake of the shooting in Charleston, many wonder what drives a person to commit a hate crime and whether hate groups have influence. …
Mass Extinction, Security & Intervention in the Anthropocene
Originally posted on synthetic zero: “No Promises: Mass Extinction, Security and Intervention in the Anthropocene The concept of ‘security’ is paradoxical. It acknowledges the fragility of life and…
Notes Toward a Critique of Autonomy: A talk from the Sydney Anarchist Bookfair
Below is a talk I gave at the Sydney Anarchist Bookfair earlier this month, Notes Toward a Critique of Autonomy. It’s ‘notes toward’ because it is not…
Notes Toward a Critique of Autonomy: A talk from the Sydney Anarchist Bookfair
Below is a talk I gave at the Sydney Anarchist Bookfair earlier this month, Notes Toward a Critique of Autonomy. It’s ‘notes toward’ because it is not…
‘Speaking Our Minds’ Book Club: A précis of the book by Thom Scott-Phillips
We are thrilled to open our second book club, devoted to Thom Scott-Phillips’ book, Speaking Our Minds: Why human communication is different, and how language evolved to make it…
Coming to Malaysia – protection, responsibility and labour
The so-called ‘boat people crisis’ in the Andaman Sea has been brewing for a long while. Economic migrants and refugees attempt the perilous sea crossing to reach safety…
“I’m crazy for the moment.” A quest for rituals #1
„-T.: OMG! Doherty claims he’s clean. That’s not Doherty anymore. ”Sex, Drugs and rock’n’roll” prince of the 21th (sic) century is now dead to me. – T. added:…
Anonymity, Ethnography, and Alice Goffman: Welcome, journalists
I think I’ve written and thrown away three separate posts on the Alice Goffman debate trying to find something to say that people will find interesting. I personally don’t find the…
Aid agencies must continue to adapt to changing demands of Ebola crisis
Some of the UK’s leading aid agencies’ prevention work, such as safe burials and awareness raising, in response to the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone is “impressive” but…
Social media and new rewards in learning
Photo by Elisabetta Costa Education has become an important topic of investigation in our comparative research. Last May we also explored and presented our findings in a…
Creating Methods that Speak Across Disciplines in Medical Anthropology by Emily Mendenhall
María and I finished our three hours together with a blood spot and a hug. It was an extra long hug, and I couldn’t be sure if it…
The Character of Sexual Harassment at Cons
By Emma Louise Backe At an event where hundreds of individuals from around the country converge in capes and costumes, the symbols and trappings of heroism, we don’t…
Thinking in an Emergency Or, Free Tents as a Cautionary Tale
The seduction against thinking in an emergency comes, as we have seen, from two sources: first, from a false opposition between thinking and acting; second, from a plausible…
Resolations 2015
“Film can rescue anthropology and deliver it from its confines.” The introduction from film-maker Hugh Brody to this year’s screening of ethnographic projects made by the…
REDUX: What does Humanity look like? Ethnography of the CIA – with Carole McGranahan
It has been a while since I have last encountered her – I wonder if I will still recognize her. Sure, she could disguise herself, to become instantly…
The Rules that Rachel Broke
If you have spent time on any social networking or news websites over the past week, in all likelihood you will already know that the Rachel referred to…
I Will Not Call Her Name: An Ethno-poem on Racial and Gendered Violence
[Savage Minds is pleased to publish this ethno-poem by L. Kaifa Roland who is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Kaifa is the author…
Race and Rachel Dolezal: A Conversation with Patricia Sunderland
Recent news surrounding Rachel Dolezal has led to quite the discussion on race. Our associates at the Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference (EPIC) pointed us to an article (‘You May…
Conference Report: Global Policing at Oxford
Conference on Global Policing, Oxford UK (23 and 24 April 2015) Recently several of us here at Anthropoliteia were able to participate in a conference organized by Ian…
Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si
Pope Francis’ encyclical, released today, has been the most anticipated papal encyclical in decades. I’ll return to it soon, but for now I’ve copied an excerpt below. It…
How did we choose our field sites?
Our project field site locations A question we are often asked is how we selected our field sites for the project. Why these nine sites? Why are there…
Pt I, Companion animals (and belonging)
I’ve started pulling together my paper for the Losing Ground – Gaining Ground session at the RGS Conference in Exeter in September, where I’ll be presenting on what…