Call for Reviews
Public Anthropologist publishes reviews of recent books, films and documentaries related to current debates that are socially and politically challenging. Public Anthropologist …
Caleb Simmons, “Nine Nights of the Goddess: The Navaratri Festival in South Asia” (SUNY Press, 2018)
Nine Nights of the Goddess: The Navaratri Festival in South Asia (SUNY Press, 2018), edited by Caleb Simmons, Moumita Sen, and Hillary …
A War for Oil: The US Economic War on Venezuela
A Bridge Too Far {click to enlarge} It resembled something from a post-apocalyptic setting in a movie: images of the blocked highway …
When Women’s Laughter Keeps Men in Line
Among the Mbendjele gathering-hunting people who live in the Republic of Congo, “women’s laughter manages to keep men in line.” Drawing from …
Will the Iconic Skull of an Ancient Human Return to Zambia?
[no-caption] Trustees of the NHM The town of Kabwe sits about 70 miles north of Zambia’s capital, Lusaka, as the crow flies. …
Zum Abschluss
von Clarissa Bach, Alexandra Ditscher und Christopher Klapperich Wir wollten wissen, wieso Studierende sich für das Ethnologiestudium entschieden haben und welchen Einfluss …
Care in the middle voice by Tyler Zoanni
When thinking about care, it is easy to assume an asymmetrical structure with two fixed two roles: the care-giver and the cared-for. …
Potentiale partizipativer Fluchtforschung. Anstoß zu einer Debatte.
Von Samia Aden, Caroline Schmitt, Yasemin Uçan, Constantin Wagner und Jan Wienforth Der Beitrag reflektiert in Anknüpfung an die Beiträge von Steinhilper …
Museum Anthropology Has a Lot to Offer Public Anthropology!
This post was submitted by AAA member Jen Shannon, curator and associate professor of cultural anthropology at the University of Colorado’s Museum …
Federal Policy Embedded in Oregon Tribal Territory Maps
Maps of Oregon tribal regions have existed since 1805. Lewis and Clark published the first maps in 1810 and their hand-drawn maps …
Collaboration as Innovation: A Brief History of University of Toronto’s Ethnography Lab
Innovations in Anthropology Series Welcome to the Innovations in Anthropology Series, a blog series devoted to profiling the teaching, production, and dissemination …
Jonathan Birch, “The Philosophy of Social Evolution” (Oxford UP, 2017)
It seems to go against evolutionary theory for an individual to give up its own chances at reproducing in order to increase …
Thomas Patton, “The Buddha’s Wizards: Magic, Protection, and Healing in Burmese Buddhism” (Columbia UP, 2018)
In his recent monograph, The Buddha’s Wizards: Magic, Protection, and Healing in Burmese Buddhism(Columbia University Press, 2018), Thomas Patton examines the weizzā, …
“Excuse me, what is that camera for?!”
By Telissa Schreuder. A camera is a funny little thing. Nothing but plastic and then some you would think. Just aim and …
Does recycling actually conserve or preserve things?
By Samantha MacBride There are a series of assumptions behind the familiar assertion that recycling saves resources and energy, and in so …
„ETHNOLOGIE IST EIN BROTLOSES STUDIUM“ HAT SICH FÜR MICH IN GEWISSER WEISE BESTÄTIGT
NAME: Mirjam L. STUDIENFÄCHER: Ethnologie (Hauptfach), Religionswissenschaften und Politologie (Nebenfächer) BERUF: Übersetzerin +++ Ich habe Ethnologie studiert, weil… … ich in einem …
Digitized global mobilities’ The role of new media and digitization in the security approaches of the refugee crisis
3- 4 June, 2019, Utrecht University Digitization and the use of social media has dramatically changed most aspects of our everyday practices, …
Compassionate Cannibalism
Returning again to the ethnography by Conklin that started my thinking on this issue, the experience of compassionate cannibalism of the Wari …
The Sophie Coe Prize in Food History 2019
Yet another great opportunity for the essayists among us! For further information, please visit the prize web site. Although the flyer (cited …
What are the Prospects for a US War with China?
Was Barack Obama’s “pivot to Asia” the signal for a coming US war on China? Is the current clash between the US …
The counter-revolution in Venezuela, by Saleh Mamon
https://salehmamon.com/2019/02/04/the-counter-revolution-in-venezuela/ The counter-revolution in Venezuela Hugo Chavez (1954-2013) The United States is putting in place its long planned intervention f…
ASFS Pedagogy Award
In a recent post, we reminded you of deadlines for various awards from the Association for the Study of Food and Society. …
Links & Contents I Liked 311
Hi all, This week’s review is a bit shorter-but I’m really pleased that it’s packed with great content written by women & …