The Adriatic in Hungary
How does the culture of the Adriatic tie in with the western border of Hungary? Savaria Museum in Szombathely is currently exploring those ties with a series of…
The Adriatic in Hungary
How does the culture of the Adriatic tie in with the western border of Hungary? Savaria Museum in Szombathely is currently exploring those ties with a series of…
Toby Green, “The Rise of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in Western Africa, 1300-1589”
[Cross-posted from New Books in History] Slavery was pervasive in the Ancient World: you can find it in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. In Late Antiquity , however, slavery went…
Singing on the Train
If traveling by train from Sicily to mainland Italy, the train is cut in half and boards a ferry. The ferry, carrying its cargo of train cars and…
“Irreplaceable ethnographic record”?; more like commodification andexotification
Books like Jimmy Nelson’s are important because they highlight the inner battle that occurs when consuming content that is simultaneously problematic and enjoyable. On the surface, this book…
“Irreplaceable ethnographic record”?; more like commodification andexotification
Books like Jimmy Nelson’s are important because they highlight the inner battle that occurs when consuming content that is simultaneously problematic and enjoyable. On the surface, this book…
“Irreplaceable ethnographic record”?; more like commodification andexotification
Books like Jimmy Nelson’s are important because they highlight the inner battle that occurs when consuming content that is simultaneously problematic and enjoyable. On the surface, this book…
Urban Cycling – This Anthro Life
Episode 36, Season 3, Aired 7/29/14 Urban cycling is both a global and local phenomenon. From Boston to Bombay to Beijing, bike cultures differ across the globe but…
“Irreplaceable ethnographic record”?; more like commodification andexotification
Books like Jimmy Nelson’s are important because they highlight the inner battle that occurs when consuming content that is simultaneously problematic and enjoyable. On the surface, this book…
Lazy farmers or unfair world trade?
Fair prices, better working conditions, security: It is supposed to be a solution to economic injustice. But in the tiny Caribbean island Dominica, more and more banana farmer…
Alice Conklin, “In the Museum of Man: Race, Anthropology, and Empire in France, 1850-1950” (Cornell UP, 2013)
Host Jonathan Judaken and author Alice Conklin discuss the thorny relationship between science, society, and empire at the high water mark of French imperialism and European fascism, as well…
Alice Conklin, “In the Museum of Man: Race, Anthropology, and Empire in France, 1850-1950” (Cornell UP, 2013)
Host Jonathan Judaken and author Alice Conklin discuss the thorny relationship between science, society, and empire at the high water mark of French imperialism and European fascism, as well…
Alice Conklin, “In the Museum of Man: Race, Anthropology, and Empire in France, 1850-1950”
[Cross-posted with permission from Jonathan Judaken’s Counterpoint on WKNO in Memphis]. Host Jonathan Judaken and author Alice Conklin discuss the thorny relationship between science, society, and emp… Visit New Books in…
News Round Up In-Brief
U.S. News Responding to rampant gang violence in Honduras, the Obama administration is considering a proposal to screen minors there to see if they can enter the U.S.…
Von Marken zu Führung – Warum Mitarbeiterführung vor Markenführung kommt
Gastbeitrag von Jan Willand „Hallo Schatz, wie war dein Tag?“ Banal, vereinfacht, aber so in etwa kann man sich hunderttausende Abende in den Wohnhäusern deutscher Arbeitnehmerfamilien vorstellen. Wel…
Mazurka Klandestina
Mazurka Klandestina beschreibt eine Graswurzelbewegung, die das Tanzen zurück auf die Straßen und Plätze der Städte bringt. Ausgehend von Italien treffen sich Menschen informell zur einfachen Freude a…
The Political Economy of Malnutrition
Almost half of Guatemalan children under five are malnourished, the vast majority rural Maya kids. This is a hidden human tragedy of epic proportions, each of these lives…
Eine Leistung?
“Outside of the Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, Azerbaijan” (© Grzegorz Wąsik). Das wird wohl das Titelbild des Sammelbands. Bin ich glücklich, dass mein Sammelband endlich erscheinen wird?…
Tuberculosis: more anthropologists wanted
Nhat preparing a sample to be tested in the GeneXpert system If tuberculosis (TB) is so often described as the quintessential social disease, why aren’t more researchers in the…
Forbud mod sexkøb er ikke løsningen
I sin kronik i Berlingske Tidende d. 13. juli retter Charlott Højgaard (CH) en hård kritik imod mig og 25 andre forskere i køn, prostitution og menneskehandel, fordi…
Choosing Your Pregnancy Care Provider and Birth Location
You’re Pregnant? Congratulations! You’re full of excitement and love, and your family is already planning your nursery and picking names and buying toys and clothes. You know you…
Choosing Your Pregnancy Care Provider and Birth Location
You’re Pregnant? Congratulations! You’re full of excitement and love, and your family is already planning your nursery and picking names and buying toys and clothes. You know you…
Choosing Your Pregnancy Care Provider and Birth Location
You’re Pregnant? Congratulations! You’re full of excitement and love, and your family is already planning your nursery and picking names and buying toys and clothes. You know you…
Choosing Your Pregnancy Care Provider and Birth Location
You’re Pregnant? Congratulations! You’re full of excitement and love, and your family is already planning your nursery and picking names and buying toys and clothes. You know you…