Bittersweet: An excerpt from "Sorcery and the Senses" (full text)
Every time I eat watermelon I remember that day. It was the dry season, when the rust-red floodwaters of Quebrada Fierro or “Iron Creek” subside to a lazy…
Narco Cultura : Drug Culture, Musical Innovation, and Depictions of Violence Onscreen (Film Review)
As we are well into the New Year, I am still finding myself thinking about a film I watched just before the holidays: Narco Cultura, a documentary about…
International traces of France in the American South
I’ve been reading up a bit on the international circulation in ideas of the university. It’s not hard to find documentation of how France has for a long…
Is commercial farming threatening food security?
People in Colca Valley are organizing forums to discuss climate change, food security and a controversial dam and irrigation project, says Astrid Bredhol…
Crisis? What crisis?
If we want to move towards ecological sustainability, we cannot ignore the life-worlds of people who make their living in the fossil fuel industry, says Thomas Hyll…
Zum Tod von Komla Dumor
Der ghanaische Journalist Komla Dumor ist im Alter von nur 41 Jahren verstorben. Seit Juni 2012 war er der Moderator der BBC-Sendung “Focus on Africa”. Seine Journalismuskarriere hatte…
Brent Nongbri, “Before Religion: A History of a Modern Concept”
[Cross-posted from New Books in Religion] We all know that religion is a universal feature of human history, right? Well, maybe not. In Before Religion: A History of a…
Brent Nongbri, “Before Religion: A History of a Modern Concept” (Yale University Press, 2013)
We all know that religion is a universal feature of human history, right? Well, maybe not. In Before Religion: A History of a Modern Concept (Yale University Press,…
Sign Petition opposing additional sanctions against Iran
The United States has opened the first serious talks with Iran in 34 years. Some members of Congress are attempting to sabotage this diplomatic effort by calling for…
The War Bill–Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013–Gusterson (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)
Commentary from William O. Beeman: This excellent article points up the danger of letting ignorant legislators try to micromanage diplomacy. I use the word ignorant in three senses.…
CfP 11.Ethnosymposium für Studierende, 22.-25.5.2014, Wien
Liebe Kolleg_Inn! Wir, das Organisationsteam des Ethnosymposiums 2014, möchten euch hiermit auf unseren Call for Contributions aufmerksam machen. Die Austauschplattform des Ethnosymposiums, wel…
CfP 11.Ethnosymposium für Studierende, 22.-25.5.2014, Wien
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2010 Diggies Featured on Upworthy
The 2010 team of Diggies (Digital Ethnography students) were featured on Upworthy for their “flash mob of kindness” video to support K-State Proud. Under the title, “A Mob…
A 2014 Challenge for the Social Sciences
Social scientists are living in increasingly challenging times. In states like North Carolina there is a politically driven movement to dump the “irrelevant” and “unproductive” social sciences a…
A 2014 Challenge for the Social Sciences
Social scientists are living in increasingly challenging times. In states like North Carolina there is a politically driven movement to dump the “irrelevant” and “unproductive” social sciences a…
A 2014 Challenge for the Social Sciences
Social scientists are living in increasingly challenging times. In states like North Carolina there is a politically driven movement to dump the “irrelevant” and “unproductive” social sciences a…
A 2014 Challenge for the Social Sciences
Social scientists are living in increasingly challenging times. In states like North Carolina there is a politically driven movement to dump the “irrelevant” and “unproductive” social sciences a…
A 2014 Challenge for the Social Sciences
Social scientists are living in increasingly challenging times. In states like North Carolina there is a politically driven movement to dump the “irrelevant” and “unproductive” social sciences a…
A 2014 Challenge for the Social Sciences
Social scientists are living in increasingly challenging times. In states like North Carolina there is a politically driven movement to dump the “irrelevant” and “unproductive” social sciences a…
This year’s Edge question
The new The Edge annual question, and the answers, are now online. The question was: “What scientific idea is ready for retirement?” Here are some answers that could…