Hvordan effektsikrer vi feltarbejdet?
Feltarbejdet. Dette centrale og nærmest hellige antropologiske fænomen er en obligatorisk del af den antropologiske dataindsamling. I de store etnografiske værker støder vi på eventyrere, der kaster s…
Growth vs sustainability: Off to explore one of today’s main contradictions
Thomas Hylland Eriksen is getting ready for fieldwork close to The Great Barrier Reef that may be about to become a victim of Australia’s economic growth.
Anthropology Blogs Update: Additions, Revisions, New Blogs
This material has moved to the updated list of Anthropology Blogs 2017. Thanks!
Some Possible Anthropological Futures: WCAA vs. SSCI
By Gordon Mathews It’s become increasingly recognized that the world has multiple anthropologies—that anthropology is not only a Euro-American endeavor but a global endeavor. One reason…
“Reviews that made me cry”
I’m borrowing this expression from one of Biella Coleman’s tweets, not to emphasise her message, but since it embodies well my feelings regarding a review report on one…
What anthropologists have been talking about for the last four decades?
Find out the answer in one graph: http://backupminds.wordpress.com/2013/09/04/anthropology-co-citation-graph/ Enjoy!
On Korean American students in Illinois
Continuing with my sequence of book reviews, I recently sent LATISS a review of Nancy Abelmann‘s fascinating 2009 book The Intimate University. It should be coming out in…
Also a crisis of learning
Our models for learning are inadequate. To solve humanity’s biggest crises we have to learn how to learn together in new ways, says Fred Steier who will be…
War with Syria Would Fulfill Neoconservative Plan for Middle East Regime Change (Beeman–New America Media)
http://newamericamedia.org/2013/09/war-with-syria-would-fulfill-neoconservative-plan-for-middle-east-regime-change.php# War with Syria Would Fulfill Neoconservative Plan for Middle East Regime Change …
Dream Tobacco: For "Apa" Mariano
It was a brilliant September afternoon on the upper Manu river, at the end of the dry season when strong breezes and gathering clouds announce the coming of…
Dream Tobacco: For "Apa" Mariano
It was a brilliant September afternoon on the upper Manu river, at the end of the dry season when strong breezes and gathering clouds announce the coming of…
Dream Tobacco: For "Apa" Mariano
It was a brilliant September afternoon on the upper Manu river, at the end of the dry season when strong breezes and gathering clouds announce the coming of…
– An exercise in thinking differently
More specific knowledge is not always the most imporant thing. What we really need is to train our mind to think outside the box. That's the aim of…
En padde til besvær
Lesetid: 6 minutterCane Toads er en giftig paddeart som er kunstig introdusert i Australia. Lokalsamfunn, myndigheter og biologer engasjerer seg for å stoppe skadene paddearten medfører. Feltarbeid av…
Rachel Prentice, “Bodies in Formation: An Ethnography of Anatomy and Surgery Education” (Duke UP, 2013)
Rachel Prentice‘s new book blends methodological approaches from science studies and anthropology to produce a riveting account of anatomical and surgical education in twenty-first century North… Visit New…
Christine Yano, “Pink Globalization: Hello Kitty’s Trek across the Pacific”
[Cross-posted from New Book in East Asian Studies] This cat has a complicated history. In addition to filling stationery stores across the globe with cute objects festooned with…
Christine Yano, “Pink Globalization: Hello Kitty’s Trek across the Pacific” (Duke UP, 2013)
This cat has a complicated history. In addition to filling stationery stores across the globe with cute objects festooned with little whiskers and bowties, Hello Kitty has inspired…
Fetch Eyewear Review
About this review Fetch Eyewear is the latest in my review series of online eyeglass retailers focusing on predominately online stores that offer a limited range of designer…
Idul Fitri Celebration 2013 in My Village
Part of the annual celebration in my village is to visit the grave (ziarah kubur) on the afternoon before the ied mubarak .. Kebontengah Graveyard Ramadhan last sunset, the…
Idul Fitri Celebration 2013 in My Village
Part of the annual celebration in my village is to visit the grave (ziarah kubur) on the afternoon before the ied mubarak .. Kebontengah Graveyard Ramadhan last sunset, the…
Idul Fitri Celebration 2013 in My Village
Part of the annual celebration in my village is to visit the grave (ziarah kubur) on the afternoon before the ied mubarak .. Kebontengah Graveyard Ramadhan last sunset, the…