NYAS Lecture 10/29: Sick of Race: How Racism Harms Health and Misleads Medicine
As October wraps up we’re thrilled to announce another great installment of the New York Academy of Sciences lecture series
Brazil’s National Museum Fire
On September 2, a hot Sunday in Central Brazil, I saw the incredible images of an enormous fire rapidly consuming the National …
AAA Resources on Ethics and Professional Responsibility
[pquote] The MPAAC Ethics Representatives work closely with the AAA Ethics Advisory Group to field member queries about ethically difficult situations. [/pquote] …
A new book about Yukaghir people
Our anthropological team would like to congratulate Dr Cecilia Odé with her new book Life with the Yukaghir: North-East Siberia’s oldest tundra …
Links & Contents I Liked 297
Hi all, Welcome to your weekly gateway to #globaldev readings! Development news: Impressions from the Safeguarding Summit; foster care instead of orphanages; …
How Men Stole Civilization
Museum objects such as this painting—Frieze of Dancers, by Edgar Degas—are often impressive and beautiful. But what do they tell us about …
The Price of Safety: Understanding Anti-Seawall Sentiment in Post-Tsunami Japan
In the aftermath of Japan’s 2011 earthquake and tsunami, local governments have sought to mitigate future risk through the construction of seawalls. …
Lee Humphreys, “The Qualified Self: Social Media and the Accounting of Everyday Life” (MIT Press, 2018)
Physical journals, scrapbooks, and photo albums all offer their owners the opportunity to chronicle both mundane and extravagant events. But unlike social …
Pasar Seni Lukis Indonesia (PSLI) 2018
‘Art is long, life is short’ This extraordinary event is held October 12-21 2018 at the Jatim Expo Surabaya.
148 – Caroline A. Jones
Dominic and Cymene talk foot injuries, bears, and a project called “smell my box.” We then (15:52) welcome to the podcast the …
“Radical Bricoleurs”: On Doing Science, Community Life, Activism and Bureaucracy in Mozambique
By Anselmo Matusse, University of Cape Town § One day I was walking with Mr. Angelo, 69 years old, a former Renamo soldier, …
The Oldest True Stories in the World
Australia’s iconic Opera House is lit up with an art installation called Songlines during a festival in 2016. For Aboriginal Australians, songlines …
The political potential of responsibility in domestic humanitarianism
This post is part of a series linked to the workshop “Assessing the Anthropology of Humanitarianism: Ethnography, Impact, Critique”. ———————————————– Operation Sovereign …
Should aid workers fly less? Yes, but it’s a bit more complicated
Over at From Poverty to Power my dear colleague Thea Hilhorst shared some reflections on why aid workers should fly less and …
Meet Our Wadsworth International Fellows: Ireri Ceja Cardenas
Ireri Ceja Cardenas received her undergraduate degree at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente, ITESO, México, and a Master’s
Inhabiting Public Space: Guerrilla Music on YouTube
Este contenido está disponible en español aquí. *Many of the names and places mentioned below have been changed.* While the FARC (Fuerzas …
The University of Tartu, Appreciated
I recently spent an extended time in Tartu, Estonia. I had the wonderful opportunity to be a Fulbright Specialist visiting the Departments …
What Can Fossils Tell Us about Early Human Diets?
We may never know the intricate details of early human diets—and sometimes, different lines of evidence can seem contradictory. Happy National Fossil …
Spatenstich für den Neubau der Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaften der Goethe-Universität
Der Campus Westend der Goethe-Universität erhält einen Neubau, der den Umzug der letzten noch auf dem Campus Bockenheim verbliebenen geisteswissenschaftlichen Fächer auf …
→Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaften – Aktuelles aus der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
#EASA2018 – The Other Protocols
The following words, as well as two other poems to be published on Allegra in the near future were written during three …
Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, “What Slaveholders Think: How Contemporary Perpetrators Rationalize what They Do” (Columbia UP, 2017)
According to the Walk Free Foundation, there are currently 46 million slaves in the world. Despite being against international law, slavery is …
Religionswissenschaft und Ideologiekritik. Ein Gespräch aus der Zukunft
Heute bin ‘ich’ ein auktorialer Erzähler in einer Geschichte einer möglichen Zukunft, die ich erzählen möchte. Wie jeder Futurismus ist es eine …
Most Initial Conversations Go Better Than People Think
We’re largely overestimating how much our feelings are on display to others — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
In the Journals – September 2018, Part II by Livia Garofalo
And now for Part II for September. Enjoy! Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Mutable environments and permeable human bodies Margaret Lock …