Fear-bola and the Risk Society
Yes Ebola is real and dangerous, but hysteria and misinformation are socially irresponsible and dangerous… In 1986 sociologist Ulrich Beck published Risk Society. In it he described a…
Useful Atrocities
Who outside of Syria knows the names Yara Abbas, Maya Naser, Mohamed al-Saeed…? The corporate media has inundated us with news of the two American journalists allegedly beheaded,…
Another look at the two-systems model of mindreading
Apperly and Butterfill (2009) and Butterfill and Apperly (2013) have proposed a two-systems model of mindreading. According to this model, humans make use of two distinct psychological syste…
The Nazca Culture
The south coast of Peru is home to one of the more famous ancient South American archaeological cultures, the Nazca/Nasca. The reason it's such a celebrated tradition…
Turns out, Beer is pretty important to human history – This Anthro Life
Join TaL as we celebrate the libation that some claim made civilization possible – beer! We will cover some of the historical uses of beer, its changing meaning…
Halloween, Pregnancy and Birth Style
I LOVE Halloween! It is my very favorite holiday. I love all of the creativity that goes into becoming someone else, and that we all love to see…
Halloween, Pregnancy and Birth Style
I LOVE Halloween! It is my very favorite holiday. I love all of the creativity that goes into becoming someone else, and that we all love to see…
Halloween, Pregnancy and Birth Style
I LOVE Halloween! It is my very favorite holiday. I love all of the creativity that goes into becoming someone else, and that we all love to see…
Halloween, Pregnancy and Birth Style
I LOVE Halloween! It is my very favorite holiday. I love all of the creativity that goes into becoming someone else, and that we all love to see…
Oppression, Mental Health, and the House Science Committee
By Steven Folmar, Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Anthropology, Wake Forest University On September 15 of this year, I learned from my Program Officer at the N…
Safety in numbers: Squatting as social and financial security
Squatter settlements around the world are not generally considered to bestow financial or social security upon the people who live in them. Rather, they tend to be portrayed…
What Is ‘Race’?
Last weekend I was asked to give a Community Perspectives talk for Black History Month in Birmingham, entitled Black Beneath the Skin? The idea was to present some themes that intersect with…
Barbara Harriss-White, et al., “Dalits and Adivasis in India’s Business Economy: Three Essays and an Atlas”
Dalits and Adivasis in India’s Business Economy: Three Essays and an Atlas (Three Essay Collective, 2013) is a wonderful new book by Barbara Harriss-White and small team of collaborators –…
Barbara Harriss-White, “Dalits and Adivasis in India’s Business Economy” (Three Essays Collective, 2013)
Dalits and Adivasis in India’s Business Economy: Three Essays and an Atlas (Three Essay Collective, 2013) is a wonderful new book by Barbara Harriss-White and small team of collaborators –……
Florence Polling und Hannah Rebstock – Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, Indien
Und plötzlich haben wir 3000 neue Schwestern Nachdem wir unseren sechswöchigen Tamil-Sprachkurs des PILC (Puducherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture) in Pondicherry beendet hatten, begaben wir uns…
Florence Polling und Hannah Rebstock – Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, Indien
Und plötzlich haben wir 3000 neue Schwestern Nachdem wir unseren sechswöchigen Tamil-Sprachkurs des PILC (Puducherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture) in Pondicherry beendet hatten, begaben wir uns…
Florence Polling und Hannah Rebstock – Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, Indien
Und plötzlich haben wir 3000 neue Schwestern Nachdem wir unseren sechswöchigen Tamil-Sprachkurs des PILC (Puducherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture) in Pondicherry beendet hatten, begaben wir uns…
[Book Review] Practical Ethnography: A Guide to Doing Ethnography in the Private Sector by Sam Ladner
thenarcissisticanthropologist: Excited to read this. It’s he book I would have written if I had the commitment to write a whole book instead of a blog but looks…
Florence Polling und Hannah Rebstock – Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, Indien
Und plötzlich haben wir 3000 neue Schwestern Nachdem wir unseren sechswöchigen Tamil-Sprachkurs des PILC (Puducherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture) in Pondicherry beendet hatten, begaben wir uns…
the arkham knight
After the disappointment ‘Batman: Arkham Origins’ (Warner Bros. Games Montreal 2013) was [and ↑Jaz is with me here, giving good reasons, why it was disappointing], Rocksteady Studios…
Hardcore frihet
Det er anarkisten Lill-Ann Chepstow-Lusty, med bakgrunn blant annet som fotograf i Gateavisa, som sammen med Svein Gullbekk er kurator for Kulturhistorisk museums jubileumsutstilling om frihet, og det…
Abu Nidal and his children
Some years ago, I found myself in the passenger seat of a car trying to make its way through the city centre of Lahore. The traffic was confusing.…
En overopphetet verden
Noe har skjedd med verden de siste årene: Alt går fortere enn før. Det er fem ganger så mange som reiser på ferie til utlandet enn bare for…
En overopphetet verden
Noe har skjedd med verden de siste årene: Alt går fortere enn før. Det er fem ganger så mange som reiser på ferie til utlandet enn bare for…