Why the world needs anthropologists? Because they make a difference!
By Barbara van Male. A freelance journalist, a UX-researcher, a policy advisor in radicalisation, a researcher in water management, and a senior officer at an NGO walk into…
Andrea Acri and Paolo E. Rosati, “Tantra, Magic, and Vernacular Religions in Monsoon Asia: Texts, Practices, and Practitioners from the Margins” (Routledge, 2022)
Tantra, Magic, and Vernacular Religions in Monsoon Asia: Texts, Practices, and Practitioners from the Margins (Routledge, 2022) explores the cross- and trans-cultural dialectic between Tantra and intersecting ‘magical’ and…
Todd McGowan, “Capitalism and Desire: The Psychic Cost of Free Markets” (Columbia UP, 2016)
If you have ever gotten excited over buying a new object only to feel let down once you acquire it, then today’s discussion will be relevant to you.…
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Mitter der 1990er habe ich zwei Semester Hindi an der Uni Kiel belegt. Das erste Semester war super. Ich hatte ein Gefühl für die Sprache und konnte einiges…
thoda thoda
Mitter der 1990er habe ich zwei Semester Hindi an der Uni Kiel belegt. Das erste Semester war super. Ich hatte ein Gefühl für die Sprache und konnte einiges…
What Molars and Math Reveal About the Human Brain
A paleoanthropologist explains what fossilized teeth—analyzed through a recently developed mathematical equation—can tell us about how brains have developed in utero over millions of years of human ev…
Camas Journal 2023: Baby Camas, Mowing, Cultural Fire
This year I tried to get out there into the field when the camas is beginning to erupt from the ground. I am not sure I have seen…
Kufun + Fun = CoFuFun at Tenri Station Plaza
CoFuFun is an open space for special events, gatherings and for children (and adults) to play. It was produced by Nendo, a not-for-profit arts and architectural group, to…
انتشار ویژه نامه نوروز۱۴۰۲ و هفدهمین سالگرد موسسه انسانشناسی و فرهنگ
همچون هر سال ویژه نامه نوروزی و سالگرد موسسه انسانشناسی و فرهنگ منتشر می شود. در ویژه نامه امسال که با سردبیری ناصر فکوهی، مدیر موسسه و دستیاری…
◼️Próximo número: 03/Abril/2023 ◼️
Read Time:18 Second Ya estamos trabajando para traeros el próximo número, cargado de buenos artículos, reflexiones y divulgación …
Überfordernde Milch
Man könnte meinen, es müsste einfach sein Milch zu kaufen. Vorallem wenn es dafür auch noch spezialisierte Läden gibt. Und es ist auch nicht schwer sie zu kaufen,…
Überfordernde Milch
Man könnte meinen, es müsste einfach sein Milch zu kaufen. Vorallem wenn es dafür auch noch spezialisierte Läden gibt. Und es ist auch nicht schwer sie zu kaufen,…
När kankurangen kommer – övergångsriter bland mandinka
Jag sitter i bussen som kör på en smal sandväg igenom en liten by. Plötsligt ropar någon till, ”Vad är det där!?” Två rödlurviga varelser rör sig på…
Julia Kowalski, “Counseling Women: Kinship Against Violence in India” (U Pennsylvania Press, 2022)
Women’s rights activists around the world have commonly understood gendered violence as the product of so-called traditional family structures, from which women must be liberated. Counseling Women: Kinship Against…
The Future of Genes and Equality: A Discussion with Kathryn Paige Harden
If your genes make you better suited to succeed, is that fair? And if not, can anything be done about it? Kathryn Paige Harden – professor psychology at…
David Houston Jones, “Visual Culture and the Forensic: Culture, Memory, Ethics” (Routledge, 2022)
The relationship between images and truth has a complicated history. In the Western tradition, the Kantian settlement on aesthetic judgment as detached from external interests gave rise to…
Juwen Zhang, “Oral Traditions in Contemporary China: Healing a Nation” (Lexington Books, 2022)
Oral Traditions in Contemporary China: Healing a Nation (Lexington Books, 2022) is the newest monograph from Professor Juwen Zhang of Willamette College. Through a historical survey and analyses of oral traditions like…
Five Highlights From the 2023 RAI Film Festival
This March, SAPIENS is partnering with the Royal Anthropological Institute’s RAI Film Festival to celebrate anthropological documentaries. ✽ The art of anthropological documentary filmmaking is thriv…
Zwanzig Jahre Irakkrieg. Ein Land auf der Suche nach dem Staat
Was sind die Grundlagen eines politischen Systems? Nach dem Sturz von Saddam Hussein sollte die Teilung der Macht zwischen Schia und Sunna dem Irak Frieden und Demokratie garantieren.…
Review: Black Food Matters
Hanna Garth and Ashanté M. Reese, eds. Black Food Matters: Racial Justice in the Wake of Food Justice. University of Minnesota Press. Minneapolis. 2020. ISBN: 978-1-5179-0814-0. pp. 302.…
Designing Resilience – Behavioral Science Meets Humanitarian Action with Britt Titus
How to Build a More Resilient WorldThe COVID-19 pandemic leveled the playing field between those who have the privilege to avoid or mitigate disasters and those who don’t.…
SAPIENS Podcast Season 5 Trailer
In the fifth season of the SAPIENS podcast, listeners will hear a range of human stories: from the origins of the chili pepper to how prosecutors decide someone…
Por una antropología trágica
La foto procede de http://www.popupideas.com. No veo el autor Fragmento de “Emergencias”, en Iñaki Rivera, Héctor Silveira, Encarna Bodelón y Amadeu Recasens, eds., Contornos y pliegues del Derech…
Erin Raffety, “Families We Need: Disability, Abandonment, and Foster Care’s Resistance in Contemporary China” (Rutgers UP, 2022)
Set in the remote, mountainous Guangxi Autonomous Region and based on ethnographic fieldwork, Families We Need: Disability, Abandonment, and Foster Care’s Resistance in Contemporary China (Rutgers UP, 2022) traces the…