Why do we feel guilty–and sometimes hurt ourselves–when we harm someone? Why do we become angry–and sometimes violent–when we see other people being harmed? Why do we forgive…
A pop-up studio in Myanmar, Photo by Jan Chipchase. Editor’s note: Jan Chipchase, a former creative director of Global Insights at Frog Design and principal scientist at Nokia,…
Every year business-oriented publications like Forbes, The Wall Street Journal and Kiplinger’s rate college majors. What
Every year business-oriented publications like Forbes, The Wall Street Journal and Kiplinger’s rate college majors. What
[Cross-posted from New Books in Gender Studies] With Intimate Activism: The Struggle for Sexual Rights in Postrevolutionary Nicaragua (Duke University Press, 2013), Cymene Howe offers an ethnography o… Visit New Books in Anthropology…
With Intimate Activism: The Struggle for Sexual Rights in Postrevolutionary Nicaragua (Duke University Press, 2013), Cymene Howe offers an ethnography of activism. Woven into Nicaragua’s politic… Visit New Books in Anthropology…
Antropologi er en humanisme Den antropologiske disciplin har siden sin fødsel kæmpet en nærmest kronisk kamp for disciplinær identitet såvel indadtil som udadtil. Det antropologiske kompleks har funde…
From an article about the anxieties of big data by Microsoft researcher Kate Crawford. 2014 is the year we learned about Squeaky Dolphin. That’s the Pynchon-worthy code name…
I’m not one to speak about theory and method in the abstract. But when I am asked about my method, I typically respond that I use historically informed…
I recently finished my first year of my PhD program in anthropology at Binghamton University. Now, I am course complete and working on bibliographies for my qualifying exams.…
[Cross-posted from New Books in Religion] In 2004, the traditionally Polish-Catholic community of Hamtramck Michigan became the site of a debate over the Muslim call to prayer. Members of the…
In 2004, the traditionally Polish-Catholic community of Hamtramck Michigan became the site of a debate over the Muslim call to prayer. Members of the Hamtramck community engaged in…
I recently found myself lamenting the lack of ethnography in my professional life with a new acquaintance. Don’t get me wrong: my job stretches me in other ways.…
One of the most famous instruments in West Africa is the kora – a 21 string bridge-harp traditionally played by poet/musicians known as ‘griot’. Koras are generally made…
One of the most famous instruments in West Africa is the kora – a 21 string bridge-harp traditionally played by poet/musicians known as ‘griot’. Koras are generally made…
One of the most famous instruments in West Africa is the kora – a 21 string bridge-harp traditionally played by poet/musicians known as ‘griot’. Koras are generally made…
One of the most famous instruments in West Africa is the kora – a 21 string bridge-harp traditionally played by poet/musicians known as ‘griot’. Koras are generally made…