Ebola and Virology – This Anthro Life
Episode 38, Season 3 Amy and Adam are joined in studio again by season 1-2 host Ryan Collins, recently returned from fieldwork in Mexico. We turn our anthropological…
The Problem Isn’t Just Facebook: It’s You Too.
Lately, news of the Facebook emotional contagion study and Facebook Messenger’s permissions, have flooded feeds and inboxes. The former was a paper published in the Proceedings of the National A…
The Perpetually Confused Conflicts in the Middle East–public lecture by William O. Beeman with discussion from Portland Oregon
The Perpetually Confused Conflicts in the Middle East Attached is a recording of a lecture given to the “Thirsters” civic group in Portland, Oregon on August 7, 2014…
Amchi- Tibetan Medicine and Ethical Anthropological Filmmaking
Former MPhil student Elif Eda Tibet tells us about her latest documentary. Amchi is an observational road trip documentary, about an idealistic Tibetan doctor Amchi Karma Chodon journey…
Martians and Mechanical Cages
Trinidad traffic culture and what a anthropologist from Mars might think of it all If an anthropologist on Mars observed many areas of Trinidad from far they would…
Quiet War in the Amazon: "Uncontacted" tribes vs. drug lords and loggers
The Txapanawa[1] have never been alone nor “uncontacted” in their century-long history of resistance. Isolation and resistance go hand and hand in this remote borderland region outside the reach…
Quiet War in the Amazon: "Uncontacted" tribes vs. drug lords and loggers
The Txapanawa[1] have never been alone nor “uncontacted” in their century-long history of resistance. Isolation and resistance go hand and hand in this remote borderland region outside the reach…
Banana Diplomacy: "First contact" with isolated tribe in the Amazon
They were separated only by the narrow course of the Envira river. From a distance of a few meters they tried to speak to each other. As the…
Banana Diplomacy: "First contact" with isolated tribe in the Amazon
They were separated only by the narrow course of the Envira river. From a distance of a few meters they tried to speak to each other. As the…
Quiet War in the Amazon: "Uncontacted" tribes vs. drug lords and loggers
The Txapanawa[1] have never been alone nor “uncontacted” in their century-long history of resistance. Isolation and resistance go hand and hand in this remote borderland region outside the reach…
Quiet War in the Amazon: "Uncontacted" tribes vs. drug lords and loggers
The Txapanawa[1] have never been alone nor “uncontacted” in their century-long history of resistance. Isolation and resistance go hand and hand in this remote borderland region outside the reach…
Banana Diplomacy: "First contact" with isolated tribe in the Amazon
They were separated only by the narrow course of the Envira river. From a distance of a few meters they tried to speak to each other. As the…
Banana Diplomacy: "First contact" with isolated tribe in the Amazon
They were separated only by the narrow course of the Envira river. From a distance of a few meters they tried to speak to each other. As the…
Keith Hart Interview in Porto Alegre
Transcription of a video interview with Ruben Oliven and Arlei Damo held at UFRGS postgraduate programme in Social Anthropology, Porto Alegre, Brazil on 27 May 2011. To be…
Human Economy Events in Pretoria – August 2014
The Human Economy Programme team proudly presents an exciting series of events at the University of Pretoria (Hatfield Campus) for the second half of August 2014.If you would…
Tourism hinders organic farming
Corsica is perfectly suited for organic farming. But the growing tourism industry has turned arable land into housing estates. Young people are unsuccessfully looking for farm…
German Lessons
Not so long ago Germany served as a cautionary example for the Anglo-American economies. After the success of the post-war economic mirac…
Helene Snee, “A Cosmopolitan Journey?: Difference, Distinction and Identity Work in Gap Year Travel”
[Cross-posted from New Books in Critical Theory] Helene Snee, a researcher at the University of Manchester, has written an excellent new book that should be essential reading for anyone…
Helene Snee, “A Cosmopolitan Journey: Difference, Distinction and Identity Work in Gap Year Travel” (Ashgate, 2014)
Helene Snee, a researcher at the University of Manchester, has written an excellent new book that should be essential reading for anyone interested in the modern world. The…
The Unequal Distribution of Inequality: Lessons from South Africa
By Tijo Salverda As I have already pointed out in an earlier piece in this blog, growing inequality has become a major issue of concern around the world.…
Julia Sallabank, “Attitudes to Endangered Languages: Identities and Policies”
[Cross-posted from New Books in Language] As linguists, we’re wont to get protective about languages, whether we see them as data points in a typological analysis or a mass…
Ebola Emissions
The coverage of the Ebola outbreak is a window into how ill-informed we are about disease, geography and culture. It reinforces stereotypes of Africa as a “country,” in…
Ebola Emissions
The coverage of the Ebola outbreak is a window into how ill-informed we are about disease, geography and culture. It reinforces stereotypes of Africa as a “country,” in…
Ebola Emissions
The coverage of the Ebola outbreak is a window into how ill-informed we are about disease, geography and culture. It reinforces stereotypes of Africa as a “country,” in…