Cyberbullying: an anthropological take
I was asked recently to provide an anthropological take on childhood cyberbullying by IDG Connect. The article is here (http://www.idgconnect.com/abstract/9950/are-sexting-cyberbullying-worse-offline-…
Cyberbullying: an anthropological take
I was asked recently to provide an anthropological take on childhood cyberbullying by IDG Connect. The article is here (http://www.idgconnect.com/abstract/9950/are-sexting-cyberbullying-worse-offline-…
Machik Weekend: A global forum for civic engagement and Tibet
Machik Weekend a global forum for civic engagement and Tibet November 20-22, 2015
Pepper water and protests in Haiti
By Scott Freeman Tear gas is not uncommon in Port au Prince. Over the past decade, whether it has been protests over food shortages, controlling political demonstrations, or…
Cyberbullying: an anthropological take
I was asked recently to provide an anthropological take on childhood cyberbullying by IDG Connect. The article is here (http://www.idgconnect.com/abstract/9950/are-sexting-cyberbullying-worse-offline-…
Alimentary Uncertainties: From Contested Evidence to Policy — A special issue of BioSocieities by Aaron Seaman
The June 2015 issue of BioSocieties is a special issue guest edited by Emilia Sanabria and Emily Yates-Doerr, entitled “Alimentary uncertainties: From contested evidence to policy.” The is…
White + word Gap = wrong
With Netta Avineri and Eric J. Johnson, I’ve addressed a report in the Washington Post on the many contextual factors affecting children in poverty. The well-intentioned plans to teach…
In the Journals – June 2015
Welcome back to In the Journals, a monthly review of just a fraction of the most recent academic research on security, crime, policing, and the law. Summer may…
Links & Contents I Liked 148
Hi all, This blog has been silent for far too long! But the ‘end of the term’ period has turned into a rather prolonged period of wrapping up,…
Sweeping Away Agbogbloshie. Again.
By Josh Lepawsky & Grace Akese On 20 June 2015 Ghanaian authorities, including military personnel, entered the infamous Old Fadama/Agbogbloshie site in Accra and began violently dispersing the…
“Slow” Medicine in Fast Times
Only those who regard healing as the ultimate goal of their efforts can, therefore, be designated as physicians. —Rudolf Virchow When Gyatso called to give me the list…
Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How there is Another Way for Africa’ — Book Review by Thomas Perring
During the spring term I taught African Studies at Uppsala University. Students created a blog Uppsala African Reviews where they published reviews of books with a focus on…
Liberia: The Violence of Democracy, a book review by Elin Carlsson
During the spring term I taught African Studies at Uppsala University. Students created a blog Uppsala African Reviews where they published reviews of books with a focus on…
A review of Maria Eriksson Baaz and Maria Sterns book Sexual violence as a weapon of war? Perceptions, prescriptions, problems in the Congo and beyond, by Nadja Piiroinen (2015).
During the spring term I taught African Studies at Uppsala University. Students created a blog Uppsala African Reviews where they published reviews of books with a focus on…
physical and metaphorical journeys through #fieldnotes
This week, we’re sharing some of our recently-acquired fieldnotes with you, dear reader, in addition to two installments from our reviews section. Journeys can be single or multi-fold,…
No communication without reputation, no reputation without communication
(This post forms part of our “book club” discussing Thom Scott-Phillip’s latest book with its author. This précis introduced the discussion.) I chose to organise an ICCI book club around…
Cultural attraction, “standard” cultural evolution, and language
(This post forms part of our “book club” discussing Thom Scott-Phillip’s latest book with its author. This précis introduced the discussion.)Speaking Our Minds (SOM) was a great pleasure to …
Manissa Maharawal: Shut it down: Notes on the #blacklivesmatter protests – Part 2
Part 2. Breaking windows and broken windows policing: “Do we have the same level of outrage when a young black person gets killed as we do when a…
White + Word Gap = Wrong!
The following post was written by AAA members Susan D. Blum, Netta Avineri, and Eric J. Johnson in response to a recent article in the Washington Post. Read…
Iranians Overwhelmingly Favor Lausanne/Vienna Accords
I have just returned from a three-week trip in Iran in which I interviewed hundreds of Iranian citizens. I have written several reports of my trip. They are…