A Lens on Cyprus Reunification
[no-caption] Vasili Sotiropulos Panikos sat on a beach in Cyprus, dressed in a blue Speedo and straw hat, sipping whiskey with his friends. Behind him, the Mediterranean Sea…
Rare job opening: Groningen Professor Arctic Studies
This blog is run by the anthropology team of the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland. But today we want to share a very rare job opening of our…
Rashmi Sadana, “The Moving City: Scenes from the Delhi Metro and the Social Life of Infrastructure” (U California Press, 2021)
The Moving City: Scenes from the Delhi Metro and the Social Life of Infrastructure (U California Press, 2021) is a rich and intimate account of urban transformation told through…
Jagriti Gangopadhyay, “Culture, Context and Aging of Older Indians: Narratives from India and Beyond” (Springer, 2021)
Culture, Context and Ageing of Older Indians: Narratives from India and Beyond (Springer 2021) discusses the intersections between culture, context, and ageing. It adopts a socio-cultural lens and highlights emotional,…
Abby S. Waysdorf, “Fan Sites: Film Tourism and Contemporary Fandom” (U Iowa Press, 2021)
In her new book, Fan Sites: Film Tourism and Contemporary Fandom (U Iowa Press, 2021)(University of Iowa Press, 2021), Abby Waysdorf explores why and how we experience film and television-related places,…
Online exhibition: Human traces in the landscape
Online exhibition: Human traces in the landscape The online exhibition Human traces in the landscape conveys impressions and sentiments from rapidly changing frontier areas in Indonesia and Papua…
Vårdberget som rituellt rum
Fastlaskiainen och Wappen är två händelser, då Vårdberget kan kallas ett rituellt rum. Hur kommer det sej så, hurdana former tar det här rituella rummet och hur påverkar…
Heritage out of Control: Buddhist Material Excess in Depopulating Japan
Inherited Buddhist objects and their associated ritual care connect the dead with the living. Buddhist things are not only material. They contain spiritual and emotional power, even when…
منابع تاریخ‌نگاری بلوچستان
تصویر:در اواخر قرن نوزدهم توسط سِر پرسی سایکس مستشار بریتانیایی در بلوچستان گرفته شده و در سال ۱۹۰۲ در کتاب او با عنوان هزار مایل در ایران…
مقاله کوتاه توصیفی بر لیلی و مجنون نظامی
فاطمه زمانی مظفرآبادی آزمایشگاه – این مطلب در چارچوب بخش آزمایشگاه انسان‌شناسی از مجموعه کارنوشت های دانشجویان کارشناسی ارشد و دکترا برگزیده و منتشر می‌شوند. انتشار این مطالب…
Der Pakt mit dem Computer
Das Bildungswesen ist ein attraktiver Absatzmarkt für die Produkte digitaler Technologieunternehmen. Die Expansionsstrategien der Konzerne lassen sich aber nur verstehen, wenn man gleichzeitig die Ber…
The cosmopolitical photographies of the Yanomami by Claudia Andujar
The purpose of this essay is to analyze Claudia Andujar’s works, built within the struggle of the Yanomami people. This analysis will be based on the “postmodern” turn,…
Lament for Yemen
Lament for Yemen Yemen,your body lies crushedbeneath the rubble that was the homewhere you were bornyour blood floods the landbreaks the terraced slopeswhere sorghum supplied every needyour br…
A Genetic Chronicle of the First Peoples in the Americas
Beringia National Park in present-day Russia is part of what was once a vast refuge that allowed ancestors of Native Americans to cross into North America and survive…
Heritage out of Control: Jinns Matter
Contested mystical heritage in Pemba, Zanzibar On the island of Pemba, off the coast of Tanzania, jinns play a key role in shaping human lives and the material…
Claudine Kuradusenge-McLeod, “Narratives of Victimhood and Perpetration: The Struggle of Bosnian and Rwandan Diaspora Communities in the United States” (Peter Lang, 2021)
The labels of victim and perpetrator in the aftermath of genocide have shaped the stories of pain and reconstructions for many of the Bosnian and Rwandan Americans. The…
30 Tage Einstiegsplanung online
Derzeit gibt es recht viele Ausschreibungen. Zugleich hat sich für viele Absolvent*innen einiges geändert: Sie sind später fertig geworden, als gedacht. Sie haben sich in der Corona-Zeit sc…
30 Tage Einstiegsplanung online
Derzeit gibt es recht viele Ausschreibungen. Zugleich hat sich für viele Absolvent*innen einiges geändert: Sie sind später fertig geworden, als gedacht. Sie haben sich in der Corona-Zeit sc…
Old Photos of Mandate Era Jerusalem
There is a fascinating Facebook site on old photographs of Jerusalem. Below is one of the images. Note the Victrola.
Cheryl Yin takes the page 99 test
Growing up in Long Beach, CA, surrounded by the Cambodian diaspora, Khmer (Cambodian) honorific registers were the bane of my existence. As a child, I could not differentiate…
Climate change in plain sight: anthropological contribution in the time of climate crisis
In-depth fieldwork methods can reveal invaluable insights of climate change beyond the domain of science and politics. Based on her ethnography of Sicilian farmers amidst agricultural transition, Anna…
پنجشنبههای پرسش و پاسخ، جلسه سی و یکم: موقعیت اجتماعی تجار و صاحبان صنایع در ایران معاصر
پنجشنبههای پرسش و پاسخ، جلسۀ سی و یکم: موقعیت اجتماعی تجار و صاحبان صنایع در ایران معاصر ✍️مؤسسۀ انسان‌شناسی و فرهنگ سی ویکمین جلسه از پنجشنبههای پرسش و…
تنش، شورش و انقلاب در قاب عکس (۳)
بازتابندگی سه سویه ابتدا به صورتی بسیار اختصاری بگوییم بازتابندگی در رویکرد انسان‌شناسی چیست و سپس موقعیت سه سویه مورد نظرمان را در «بحران» اشاره کنیم. آنچه عمدتا…