A great metaphor
In May 1814, representatives came from near and far for the national congress to draft a constitution for Norwegian independence from Denmark. On May 16th, delegate Gustav Peter…
A great metaphor
In May 1814, representatives came from near and far for the national congress to draft a constitution for Norwegian independence from Denmark. On May 16th, delegate Gustav Peter…
Antropologen og de unge mødre
Du husker sikkert tv-showet De unge mødre, der får få år siden tog landet med storm, når det rullede hen over skærmen på Kanal 4. Programmet startede mange…
Kinship, theology and deep grammar
One of the most salient paradoxes in the study of kinship systems is their sheer analytical complexity, from the point of view of an external observer, and simultaneously…
Deparmental Lectureship in Cognitive Anthropology, Oxford
Applications are invited for a Departmental Lectureship in Cognitive Anthropology, effective from 1 September 2014, tenable until 30 September 2015. The post is based at the School of…
Magical Mentors
Graduation always makes me think about importance of mentors in a person’s life. Indeed, universities are trying to make mentoring more central to their missions. Universities have mentoring…
Magical Mentors
Graduation always makes me think about importance of mentors in a person’s life. Indeed, universities are trying to make mentoring more central to their missions. Universities have mentoring…
Magical Mentors
Graduation always makes me think about importance of mentors in a person’s life. Indeed, universities are trying to make mentoring more central to their missions. Universities have mentoring…
Magical Mentors
Graduation always makes me think about importance of mentors in a person’s life. Indeed, universities are trying to make mentoring more central to their missions. Universities have mentoring…
Magical Mentors
Graduation always makes me think about importance of mentors in a person’s life. Indeed, universities are trying to make mentoring more central to their missions. Universities have mentoring…
Magical Mentors
Graduation always makes me think about importance of mentors in a person’s life. Indeed, universities are trying to make mentoring more central to their missions. Universities have mentoring…
Environmental Anthropology, pt 1. Nature, Culture, Power – This Anthro Life
Are nature and culture separate things? How do our definitions of land, space, and place affect how we view the environment? Trees, bees, garbage, college, and power! Join…
A very short history of ayahuasca expansion and its relevance to social science
“Drugs are like chameleons. They take on the characteristics of the culture they are in” Des Tramacchi. The mercurial psychoactive effects of ayahuasca seemingly allow the substance to ac…
Tankeeksperimenter i politisk filosofi
”Antag at Paul elsker at fotografere, mens Fred elsker at fiske[…]” Adjunkt Rasmus Sommer Hansen diskuterer filosofisk metode og politisk filosofis undersøgelsesområde. Antropologien trækker ofte på d…
"An Irreplaceable Ethnographic Record"?; More Like Diary of a ColonialPhotographer!
In this post, Tayla introduces the three-part takedown of Jimmy Nelson’s Before they Pass Away by looking at colonial photography, and the danger of reading photographs as ‘truth’. It…
"An Irreplaceable Ethnographic Record"?; More Like Diary of a ColonialPhotographer!
In this post, Tayla introduces the three-part takedown of Jimmy Nelson’s Before they Pass Away by looking at colonial photography, and the danger of reading photographs as ‘truth’. It…
"An Irreplaceable Ethnographic Record"?; More Like Diary of a ColonialPhotographer!
In this post, Tayla introduces the three-part takedown of Jimmy Nelson’s Before they Pass Away by looking at colonial photography, and the danger of reading photographs as ‘truth’. It…
"An Irreplaceable Ethnographic Record"?; More Like Diary of a ColonialPhotographer!
In this post, Tayla introduces the three-part takedown of Jimmy Nelson’s Before they Pass Away by looking at colonial photography, and the danger of reading photographs as ‘truth’. It…
“The Language Gap”: Liberal Guilt Creates Another Not-So-Magic Bullet
Why are people poor? Why do children of the poor not thrive? The latest explanation for why children coming from disadvantaged households do not rise in this land…
News Round Up In-Brief
U.S. News A 12-year-old girl, Noemi Álvarez Quillay, committed suicide in a children’s shelter on the border after she was picked up by police in Juárez on her…
Nicholas Harkness, “Songs of Seoul: An Ethnography of Voice and Voicing in Christian South Korea”
[Cross-posted from New Books in East Asian Studies] In Songs of Seoul: An Ethnography of Voice and Voicing in Christian South Korea (University of California Press, 2013), Nicholas Harkness explores t… Visit New…
Europe is the main and permanent loser in this world crisis
Europe is likely to be the main and permanent loser in the current world crisis. It is once again the focus of world attention; and its current plight…