Frankenstein’s Monsters Finding Home
This dreamy poem of trans~formation was written in an attempt to envision a trans materialist utopia. In these verses, we find ourselves at the beginning of this emergence;…
This dreamy poem of trans~formation was written in an attempt to envision a trans materialist utopia. In these verses, we find ourselves at the beginning of this emergence;…
Anthropology of Religion: A Comprehensive Overview Contents Anthropology of Religion: A Comprehensive Overview.. 1
Oath and Ordeal: Concepts in Political Anthropology In political anthropology, the concepts of oath and ordeal offer fascinating insights into how societies establish truth, enforce justice, an…
Bridging the Gap by Catherine Hua Xiang is aimed at anyone doing business in or with China and examines the complexities of intercultural communication with Chinese people. Covering…
POWER, LAW, AUTHORITY and LEGITIMACY POWER, LAW, AUTHORITY and LEGITIMACY. 1
Anthropology of Social Control: Social control is a fundamental concept in political anthropology, referring to the mechanisms and processes by which conformity to norms, rules, and laws…
Coptic Orthodox Christians comprise the largest Christian community in the Middle East and are among the oldest Christian communities in the world. While once the objects of American…
‘Primitive Law’ and Sanctions in Political Anthropology Political anthropology, in its exploration of power, authority, and governance across diverse human societies, pays particular attention …
Economic Anthropology: Reciprocity, Redistribution and Market Exchange Anthropological economic theory, heavily influenced by Karl Polanyi’s seminal work, The Great Transformation (1957)¹ parti…
Bonus(?): This picture pretty much says it all… 7 losses in a row. And on Umeno’s birthday no less (he did get a hit, but was tagged out…
Foto presa de ajuntament.barcelona.cat Comentari per als col·legues de l’OACU a propòsit de la vindicació neomaragallista de Cerdà i, sobre tot, del noucentisme. Enviat el març de 2016.…
Public spaces are shaped by us and, in turn, they shape us. Too often, however, they are commodified, reduced to grids and coordinates designed for control, measurement, and…
A Life of Worry: Politics, Mental Health, and Vietnam’s Age of Anxiety by Allen Tran (University of California Press: 2023) In A Life of Worry, Allen L. Tran…
An evolutionary anthropologist details seasonal changes among foraging communities—and distills how the fixed political structures of industrialized societies are an outlier in human history. ✽ If you…
Maruška Svašek without ChatGPT Karel entered the museum with a visceral urge to be surrounded by artefacts. To be sucked in by the collection and erase himself. The…
Tribal Histories of the Willamette Valley Book events (upcoming and past) 2025 (upcoming) Dec 12/6 Wild Arts Festival Author Table Hillsboro Aug 8/4 Shared Stewardship 101, Benton…
I am happy to note that my book Concept Work: Constructing Frameworks for Folklore Studies is in press with Indiana University University. Look for it in October and…
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/circulations/paper Rachel Apone: Thank you for this creative, rich, and thought-provoking book! The book offers a fascinating argument about the history of Tok Pi…
Wie könnte eine von Transmaterialist*innen veränderte Gesellschaft aussehen? Auf diese Frage haben die Studierenden im studentischen Projekttutorium “Transmaterialism – an Introduction” im Somme…
Introduction In the short story Before the Law, Franz Kafka writes about a man from the country who attempts to […] The post At the state’s gate: The…
After a long silence, there is finally some activity on antropologi.info! The blogging software I had been using since 2005 (!) is no longer maintained. It is called…
انسانشناسی و فرهنگ به دنبال حملۀ غیرقانونی دولت اسرائیل به ایران و به خطر انداختن جان و زندگی مردم و فرهنگ کشورمان و وضعیت بحرانی ناشی از این…
The New Preachers of Egypt—so named because of their novel preaching styles, which incorporate everything from melodrama to music to self-help—came to prominence on the world’s first Islamic…
Im Supergedenkjahr 2024/25, zum dem 80 Jahre Kriegsende und 85 Jahre Überfall auf Polen gehören, wurde der rechtspopulistische Karol Nawrocki zum neuen polnischen Präsidenten gewählt. Als ehemaliger D…