Covering Ferguson
I have covered Ferguson since August 9, 2014, tweeting about a then unidentified teenager being killed by police within hours of the tragedy occurring. Below are the articles…
#Review: Street Corner Secrets. Sex, Work, and Migration in the City of Mumbai
Albertin Sarrazin once wrote, “whether you’re on the lam or whether you’re out hustling, gold is worth nothing compared to silence” (p.149). Those marginalised into prostitution are exploited…
The Insurgent Underground
The people of Gaza have long been punished by the Israeli state for refusing to live in a ghetto, but in July and…
The Insurgent Underground
The people of Gaza have long been punished by the Israeli state for refusing to live in a ghetto, but in July and…
Book proves culture leads to Asian American success, headlines claim opposite
A strong media push by the Sage Foundation has put Jennifer Lee and Min Zhou’s book The Asian American Achievement Paradox into the public sphere in the past couple of days, garnering…
Two evaluations of community Ebola interventions, two different results
This spring, when my team from the Ebola Response Anthropology Platform evaluated Community-Based Ebola Care Centres (CCCs) in Sierra Leone, one thing we constantly heard complaints about was human-re…
Two evaluations of community Ebola interventions, two different results
This spring, when my team from the Ebola Response Anthropology Platform evaluated Community-Based Ebola Care Centres (CCCs) in Sierra Leone, one thing we constantly heard complaints about was human-re…
Two evaluations of community Ebola interventions, two different results
This spring, when my team from the Ebola Response Anthropology Platform evaluated Community-Based Ebola Care Centres (CCCs) in Sierra Leone, one thing we constantly heard complaints about was human-re…
Two evaluations of community Ebola interventions, two different results
This spring, when my team from the Ebola Response Anthropology Platform evaluated Community-Based Ebola Care Centres (CCCs) in Sierra Leone, one thing we constantly heard complaints about was human-re…
Bagrati revisited
Kathedrale Bagrati in Kutaisi (2004) Es war eine Rückkehr. 2004 war ich das erste Mal in Georgien. Damals brachte mich mein Kollege Lavrenti Janiashvili nach Kutaisi und dort…
Special Issue on Geographies in the Anthropocene from Geographical Research
Some interesting looking papers in the latest issue of Geographical Research on the Anthropocene, the full table of contents is here.
Malthus and the #EXPO2015
The subject of EXPO 2015 is “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life”, which coincides with the “European Year for Development”. The European page contains the slogan “How can…
Anthropology… what kind of job will you get with that? – words of wisdom from Hayley
Kia ora! Long time no see. We thought we would kick off a new round of blog posts with one of our most popular features ‘anthropology… what kind…
Anthropology… what kind of job will you get with that? – words of wisdom from Hayley
Kia ora! Long time no see. We thought we would kick off a new round of blog posts with one of our most popular features ‘anthropology… what kind…
Anthropology… what kind of job will you get with that? – words of wisdom from Hayley
Kia ora! Long time no see. We thought we would kick off a new round of blog posts with one of our most popular features ‘anthropology… what kind…
Epidemics and Xenophobia by A. David Napier
In June 2015 The Bellagio Task Force on Epidemics and Xenophobia met to discuss the resurgence of xenophobia across the globe—one most recently prompted by fearful and unsympathetic…
anthro in the news 8/3/15
Seeking Angelina lips The Globe and Mail reported on the growing use by women in Canada of cosmetic surgery, pointing to a look that is called “richface.” The…
Ten years after – the Muhammad Cartoons: Perspectives, Reflections, Challenges International Conference, Aalborg University
Ten years after the newspaper Jyllands-Posten published 12 cartoons the Muhammad Carton Crisis continues to be a discursive reference point for new controversies involving artists and threatening Musl…
2015 Interns Return to AAA
From Emily This was my last week at the NHHC’s Underwater Archaeology Branch and I was sad to see it go. In my last week I continued work…
Gina Athena Ulysse on Sandra Bland
In a piece on Africa is a Country titled “Meditation on Sandra Bland’s self-possession, The Beatles and neo-Black codes of conduct,“ anthropologist Gina Athena Ulysse reflects on Sandra…
Trumping Fears of the Other: Media and the Politics of Contagion
Perhaps our deepest fears are those associated with illness, contagion, and death. No one embraces illness, especially chronic