The Role of the Indian Anthropological Society in Shaping Indian Anthropology Introduction The Indian Anthropological Society (IAS), established in 1969, has been a pivotal institution in th…
The Role of the Anthropological Survey of India in Shaping Indian Anthropology Introduction The Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI), established in 1945, stands as a cornerstone in…
Some time ago, I noticed that the Alberta Geological Survey had produced an extension to the game Minecraft. I was curious about it, since it allowed players to…
Studies of statebuilding and peacebuilding have been criticized for their disregard of people living the consequences of intervention projects. Beyond International Intervention: Politics of Improvement in Serbia (University of Michigan…
Inklusion ist ein oft benutzter Begriff, dessen ursprünglich breit angelegte Bedeutung sich allmählich verengt hat: durch die Bezugnahme insbesondere auf Menschen mit Behinderungen sowie auf Bildungsk…
Es ist aus feinster Pasta gemacht, besteht aus zahlreichen Fleischbällchen, hat Stielaugen und kann fliegen. Es ist der Schöpfer der Welt und verspricht dir einen Biervulkan und einen…
In Maraña: War and Disease in the Jungles of Colombia (University of Chicago Press, 2025), Lina Pinto-García delves into the relationship between war and disease, focusing on Colombian armed conflict and…
A richly cinematic and compelling look at priest-politicians in Brazil and their religious and secular entanglements, Vote of Faith: Democracy, Desire, and the Turbulent Lives of Priest Politicians (Fordham UP,…
Read Time:3 Minute, 24 Second -1.500 y no se hable más. -Mi cliente ofrece 1.200. -Dile que mis hijos tienen que comer. -También los su…
Año 1931, unos jóvenes portan los restos de una imagen de la capilla de San José en Sevilla Fragmento de Violencia, ritual y división simbólica de los sexos…
Read Time:9 Minute, 28 Second «La vida es como el oleaje, así que déjate llevar como el mar». -Luisa Cortés. A finales de la década de…
In Defending Rumba in Havana: The Sacred and the Black Corporeal Undercommons (Duke University Press, 2025), anthropologist and dancer Maya J. Berry examines rumba as a way of knowing the embodied…
Amidst the proliferation of material technologies developed to solve the problems of planetary climate change and carbon emissions, the technoscientific community increasingly champions a new molecula…
The CIA brags about the US being the largest weapons exporter/producer – Psycho killer, qu’est-ce que c’est? From their very own world factbook. that one browses over coffee…
Professor Karel Mulder sat at his desk, wreathed in the noble decay of academia—a kingdom of paper that had long since declared independence from any attempts at order.
What happens when the prediction fails, but the system marches on as if it hadn’t? When the algorithm forgets what the body remembers?
A filmmaker showcases archaeologists unearthing tiny lithics that evidence the presence of hunters from 13,000 years ago in what is today Michigan. ✽ Brendan Nash, a doctoral candidate…
In times of political upheaval and cultural turmoil, transformative spaces and interventions that are easily accessible seem rare …
In photo and video material of violent conflict, a phenomenon regularly occurs that needs interpretation: perpetrators of violence who appear to enjoy their actions, or bystanders laughing or…
Read Time:6 Minute, 48 Second En las sociedades antiguas, la jerarquización de los espacios públicos y privados constituyó el pretexto …
ByZara KhanBSc Anthropology On February 27th, The Creative Collective hosted a creative ethnographic writing workshop, exploring two key questions: How can we write ethnography in creative way…
Why is investing in and accumulating gold perceived as prestigious, but extracting it is seen as greedy? The gold industry, alongside nation-states, has marginalized the artisanal and small-scale…
Every two weeks I am going to feature one of the chapters of our Handbook onHumanitarianism and Inequality which was published in spring 2024. This week we are…
Read Time:2 Minute, 31 Second Los movimientos migratorios son percibidos, en muchos casos, como un problema para España desde que, a co…