Al-Sisi On-Line: Egypt’s President On Social Media
In Egypt, President Hosni Mubarak notoriously was anything but sophisticated in his understanding of social media. Seeing it as a toy available only to an educated and relatively…
Barcelona’s local elections in the global spotlight
Less than a week ago, on 24 May 2015, local and regional elections were held across Spain. In Barcelona, Madrid and other major cities, new anti-establishment candidates either…
Book Review: I See My Representation and I Will Raise You, Identification
By Dan Gardner To read Tom Boellstorff’s introduction to this book reviews series, head over to The Book Review as Conversation. “In a fictional world where I can use magic…
Joseph Webster, “The Anthropology of Protestantism: Faith and Crisis among Scottish Fishermen”
In The Anthropology of Protestantism: Faith and Crisis among Scottish Fishermen (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), anthropologist Joseph Webster takes readers deep into the lives of fishermen in Gamrie, a v……
GW event: Promoting Arctic Urban Sustainability
When: Thursday and Friday, June 4-5, 2015, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Where: Alumni House (1918 F Street NW), Washington, DC 20052 The unprecedented rate of climate change in the…
A Geek’s Guide to Washington D.C.’s AwesomeCon
By Emma Louise Backe Awesome Con is in Washington, D.C. this weekend and I can’t wait to see the Metro flooded with cyborgs, otaku and every version of…
Opening doors: Rural Chinese business promotion on social media
A typical shopfront in the North China fieldsite (Photo: Gillian Bolsover) One surprising feature of QQ – the most popular social media platform in the rural Chinese town where…
Concept map: Post-colonial technoscience
This map visualizes the concept of “post-colonial technoscience” discussed by Smith, L. C. 2010. Locating post-colonial technoscience: through the lens of indigenous video. History and Technology: An …
Arctic Anthropologist as Arctic Centre Director?
Dear all readers worldwide. Drumming up candidates for the Director post of Arctic Centre Rovaniemi (thanks, Yamal Iri for lending this Image) The University of Lapland advertises internationally…
A Nation Rising: Review Essay
Over at Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society (an open-access journal), our sister-scholar Natalee Kēhaulani Bauer has a new review essay published. Itʻs about A Nation Rising (Noelani …
Key Words for Understanding the Germany Economy
We often speak of “capitalism” or “the market” as if they are singular things. We are comfortable talking about how the economy is doing, if “it” is up…
Key Words for Understanding the Germany Economy
We often speak of “capitalism” or “the market” as if they are singular things. We are comfortable talking about how the economy is doing, if “it” is up…
An Impish Desire for Imperial Déjà Vu
An Impish Desire for Imperial Déjà Vu Daniel Martin Varisco, MENA Tidningen, May 27, 2015 A recent online commentary by Robert Kaplan for Foreign Policy displays the provocative…
Key Words for Understanding the Germany Economy
We often speak of “capitalism” or “the market” as if they are singular things. We are comfortable talking about how the economy is doing, if “it” is up…
Key Words for Understanding the Germany Economy
We often speak of “capitalism” or “the market” as if they are singular things. We are comfortable talking about how the economy is doing, if “it” is up…
From Beyoncé to Markets – Anthropologists Studying Elites
Suits, ties and going native Erik: During fieldwork I was invited by a business elite to join them for dinner at the most luxurious hotel on Cape…
(Fast so spannend wie) Brandschutz
Wenn es denn so einfach wäre … Seit einiger Zeit arbeite ich vermehrt im Bereich der Hochschuldidaktik, in der zentralen Hochschuldidaktik der Universität Marburg. Die verschlungenen Pfade der…
“It is [the anthropologist’s] task to inquire into the causes that have brought about the observed…”
“It is [the anthropologist’s] task to inquire into the causes that have brought about the observed differentiation, and to investigate the sequence of events that have led to…
Corporate Mortality and the Culture of Failure
Sizes of some 30,000 companies traded publicly on US markets from 1950-2009, measured by their sales (controlling for inflation and GDP growth). The relatively rapid growth of smaller…
Tanjung Tembikar Pasuruan Harbor
The harbor, the traditional ship, fishermen and all the trouble is that part that cannot be separated.I make an observation around Tanjung Tembikar harbor on 24 march in…
Tanjung Tembikar Pasuruan Harbor
The harbor, the traditional ship, fishermen and all the trouble is that part that cannot be separated.I make an observation around Tanjung Tembikar harbor on 24 march in…
Practicing Anthropology in Design and Business – Portland State University Presentation
These are my slides from a talk I gave at Dr. Jeremy Spoon‘s undergraduate Applied Anthropology class at Portland State University on May 20th, 2015. In the presentation,…
Tanjung Tembikar Pasuruan Harbor
The harbor, the traditional ship, fishermen and all the trouble is that part that cannot be separated.I make an observation around Tanjung Tembikar harbor on 24 march in…