Anthropology Blogs Update – June 2014
It’s been too long since the last entry, and I’ve been notified of some new anthropology blogs–or ones I had not known about. Thank you for the update–the…
News Round Up In-Brief
U.S. News Since October, more than 47,000 unaccompanied children have been apprehended on the U.S.-Mexico border, particularly in Arizona and regions of South Texas that have not seen such high…
The Meaning of Death
“An Ode to the Beauty of Existential Angst” by Vasilios Markou Vasili is one of 11 students from Digital Ethnography 2014 who moved into the Meadowlark Hills retirement…
Nhulunbuy and the future of a remote township: an open letter to State Capitalism
Dear State Capitalism, You are sneaky and very shit. I knew this already, of course, but have recently learned it anew in my concern for the…
Will There be a Sunni-Shi’a War in the Middle East? Not Likely–William O. Beeman, New America Media
Will There be a Sunni-Shi’a War in the Middle East? Not Likely New America Media, News Analysis, …
Power cuts create new inequalities
Lack of energy not only harms businesses in Nepal, but also contributes to new class divides, pollution and migration to richer countries.
Alberto Acerbi on cultural evolution
Alberto Acerbi’s excellent blog hosts a noteworthy discussion of Claidière, Scott-Phillips and Sperber’s recent PTRS paper on cultural attraction. Alex Mesoudi, Thom Scott-Phillips and Dan Speber join…
How to Talk about Terror – This Anthro Life
Episode 30, Season 3 In “How to Talk about Terror” we delve into the rise of terrorism as a political and media term framing violence within the world…
Interviewed by David Steiman
Beautifully produced by David Steiman at Pasadena City College.
Learning as soul-making
“After years of experimenting with social media and praising the learning potential of these tools, Wesch realized that they don’t automatically establish either genuine empathy or meaningful bo…
To Live in this World
by Jordan Thomas and Kenzie Wade, Digital Ethnography Class of 2014 This past semester, seven of the eleven students in my Digital Ethnography class moved into a continuing…
What I’m writing these days
I haven't posted anything in a while, primarily because I've been busy. I've been planning and researching a book on ancient Indonesia, writing out detailed chapter plans and…
From the Amazon to Australia: A Dumontian analysis of ayahuasca healing
The psychoactive beverage ayahuasca is used differently in Australia compared to in its homeland of indigenous Amazonia. The simplicity of this statement is haunted by an immense complexity. The…
Waiting for emancipation: the prospects for liberal revolution in Africa
MP3 of the Audrey Richards lecture in African Studies at Cambridge University, 22nd May 2014 This was an improvised talk lasting 49 minutes. It contains several verbal mistakes:…
Waiting for Emancipation: The Prospects for Liberal Revolution and a Human Economy in Africa
You can now listen to the 2014 Audrey Richards Annual Lecture in African Studies, delivered on Thursday 22 May in Cambridge by Professor Keith Hart, co-director of the…
Babies’ and birds’ causal understanding
A very interesting comparison between crows and humans in a new (free access) paper in Proceedings of the Royal Society B entitled “Of babies and birds: complex tool…
The Eye of the Needle: Ethno-fictional tale about jaguar transformation published in Anthropology and Humanism
The pale light of a half moon filtered through the forest canopy and dappled the path where she tracked a maddening stench. Hunger tore at her belly like a…
The Eye of the Needle: Ethno-fictional tale about jaguar transformation published in Anthropology and Humanism
The pale light of a half moon filtered through the forest canopy and dappled the path where she tracked a maddening stench. Hunger tore at her belly like a…
The Eye of the Needle: Ethno-fictional tale about jaguar transformation published in Anthropology and Humanism
The pale light of a half moon filtered through the forest canopy and dappled the path where she tracked a maddening stench. Hunger tore at her belly like a…
The Eye of the Needle: Ethno-fictional tale about jaguar transformation published in Anthropology and Humanism
The pale light of a half moon filtered through the forest canopy and dappled the path where she tracked a maddening stench. Hunger tore at her belly like a…
On "Race in/outside post-WWII Europe" – notes on a recent workshop
Three days ago, June 10, I had the pleasure to welcome 12 presenters and one guest to the workshop I organized at CEU under the title “Race in/outside…
On "Race in/outside post-WWII Europe" – notes on a recent workshop
Three days ago, June 10, I had the pleasure to welcome 12 presenters and one guest to the workshop I organized at CEU under the title “Race in/outside…
On "Race in/outside post-WWII Europe" – notes on a recent workshop
Three days ago, June 10, I had the pleasure to welcome 12 presenters and one guest to the workshop I organized at CEU under the title “Race in/outside…
On "Race in/outside post-WWII Europe" – notes on a recent workshop
Three days ago, June 10, I had the pleasure to welcome 12 presenters and one guest to the workshop I organized at CEU under the title “Race in/outside…