This Women’s History Month, we are publishing an interview with Colombian anthropologist Alejandra Osejo-Varona (Rice University). Her ethnographic work is influenced by Latin American feminist …
Ego–posturing thoughts (not just mine) assail me, perhaps it is also a demented notion, but what if … that by necessity henceforth everyone had to write all the…
London Metal Exchange Week is Europe’s biggest annual gathering of actors in the metal sector — representatives of mining companies […] The post ‘What is sustainability if not…
Read Time:15 Minute, 4 Second En la oscuridad de una sala de cine, con el crepitar de las antiguas cintas de fondo, o frente al brillo …
Saito-san, known as perhaps the most popular deaf photographer in Japan, has been keeping a diary about his feelings about the upcoming exhibition. In one post he wrote:…
An anthropologist plunges into the world of Patagonian heavy metal music in Argentina to explore how the genre relates to language and cultural revitalization. ✽ I FIRST HEARD…
Iconic as a novelist and popular cultural figure, Zora Neale Hurston remains underappreciated as an anthropologist. Is it inevitable that Hurston’s literary authority should eclipse her anthropological authority?…
In figure 1, the pen in John’s hand points to a column on the computer screen. On the same screen […] The post Movement and Meaning for Oil…
Read Time:16 Minute, 0 Second ¿Cuántos de nosotros/as no hemos soñado de niños/as tener superpoderes? Ser súper rápido, poder volar, te…
Cast Your Vote (CYV), a civic education game, aims to teach conscious voter behavior to youth, simulating a fictional election campaign. Reflecting on the relationship between humans and technology, I…
Cristina Abbatangelo, Brendan Newton, Ellie Wan, University of Toronto, Canada The experiential learning course “FSC485: Professional Opportunity in Forensic Science” at the University of Toronto M…
There are many dimenesions of Nancy Cunard, born on this day, 10 March, in 1896. She wrote “These were the hours”, about her publishing imprint, through which she…
How does the environment figure in electoral politics in different parts of the world? Environmental politics is typically understood broadly as the policies and state negotiations focused on…
https://www.sup.org/books/anthropology/feeling-machines Nick Seaver: Readers may have heard about care robots before, perhaps even within the context of the aging population of Japan, but your…
Using an ancient Arabic poetic form, a poet-archaeologist from Florida cycles through feelings of entrapment growing up queer in the U.S. South. But in the end, they celebrate…
Foreign Capital to Boost the Development of Africa Figure 1: Africa Finance Breakfast gathering in Paris in May 2019. Photo […] The post Foreign Investment for Domestic Development…
Read Time:2 Minute, 27 Second Mouhamadou (nombre ficticio) no entiende de derechos laborales, ni vacaciones, ni de derecho a huelga, tr…
In the Anthro to UX podcast, Matt provides insights for anthropologists looking to break into user experience (UX) research through conversations with leading anthropologists working in UX. He…
Den svenska melodifestivalens stora segrare är humorgruppen KAJ – tre killar från Komossa, Oravais och Palvis i Vörå kommun i Österbotten i Finland, som roat sina landsmän i…
… We used to write letters to mobilise the comrades, by hand, on letterhead, with biros, put em in envelopes, lick stamps and then carry them to the…
Die Geschichte preußischer Landnahme und innerer Kolonisation ist eine Leerstelle in der deutschen Diskussion über das Erbe des Kolonialismus.
For this installment of In the Journals, here is a quick orientation to, and selection from, two French journals that could interest readers of Somatosphere: Terrain: Created…
بیش از صد سال است که زنان بهطور جدی (بیش از گذشته) برای خواستهها و حقوقشان خود را به آب و آتش میزنند تا بلکه بتوانند خودشان را…
ترامپیسم در آمریکا، قدیمیترین دموکراسی مدرن جهان- که امسال دویست و پنجاهمین سالگرد استقلال خود را جشن میگیرد- در کمتر از دو ماه از روی کار آمدن دوباره…