Aiming to explore the Sino-Tibetan border region, which is renamed “Shangri-La” by the Chinese government for tourism promotion, Crafting a Tibetan Terroir (U Washington Press, 2025) examines how the deployment of the…
Thinking about the sea Figure 1: The Sea is Not Empty’, the Women Dreaming emerging from the sea in Marra […] The post Regulating Underwater Worlds: Anthropology, experts…
Read Time:7 Minute, 14 Second “Increíble el primer animal que soñó con otro animal. Monstruoso el primer vertebrado que logró incorpora…
Celebrating the ghost of the Maid of Orleans, New Orleans, 2023. Photo David Beriss. The time has come to plan and submit sessions for the 2025 American Anthropology…
How and Why Jason De León Wrote Soldiers and Kings By…
Even as the second strongest force in the new German Parliament, the far-right will most likely be excluded from the government. Still, …
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The winner of the Public Anthropologist Award 2025 is Elliott Prasse-Freeman for his book Rights Refused. Grassroots Activism and State Violence in Myanmar (Stanford University Press, 2023). Elliott…
Dental modification was common across ancient societies, but perhaps none were more avid practitioners than the Maya. They filed their teeth flat or pointy, polished and drilled them,…
Warum mein neuer Job mich fand – und nicht umgekehrt von Dana S. Atzpodien Ich habe an der Universität Münster im Fach Politikwissenschaft mit einer kumulativen Dissertation zum…
A moose mating ritual “Sorry, what did you say?” asked the company CEO during a meeting about new regulatory requirements. […] The post Seeing Treaty Rights: The cumulative…
Read Time:21 Minute, 2 Second Los Países Bajos fueron un legado patrimonial de los Austrias desde 1496, aunque sus relaciones estarían …
No, you can’t! My wife has just politely asked if she can take a picture of a mural in a Korean restaurant we pass in Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi.…
“Gaming” is conceptually branching out. It “virtually” overlaps with museum visuals and actively engages with lived cultures and heritage. Both developments point out that perhaps even with the…
Every two weeks I am going to feature one of the chapters of our Handbook on Humanitarianism and Inequality which was published in spring 2024. This week we…
A group of forensic anthropologists argues their field must reject the myth of pure objectivity and challenge systemic inequities through advocacy and activism. ✽ WHEN A PERSON DIES,…
A little after 1 am on Feb. 15, 2021 during a frigid storm, the Texas electric grid came close to […] The post Deregulated Grids, Natural Gas and…
مقدمه جوامع مدرن با محوریت قرار دادن مفهوم دولت ملی، یعنی با تأکید بر مشروعیت یافتن قدرت سیاسی از پایۀ اجتماعی، مسئولیت سنگینی را بر دوش حاکمان گذاشته‌اند…
نوشته‌ی «جاشوا راثمن[۱]»، برگردان: شیوا شکوری من به روش کار کردن بدون حضور فیزیکی عادت داشتم؛ اول یک مسئله‌ی فلسفی را شناسایی می‌کردم و بعد آن را مطالعه…
بخش سی‌ونهم/ سرمایه‌داری (Capitalism)/ دان روز/ برگردان: ناصر فکوهی سرمایه‌داری از محدودیت پذیرفتن در قالب تعاریف می‌گریزد. گاه سرمایه‌داری را نوعی کارآفرینی آزاد نامیده و آن را به‌مثابۀ…
Read Time:8 Minute, 28 Second Madrid tiene los mimbres para ser una ciudad con posibilidades reales de ofrecer una vida digna a sus hab…
Regulation in images While in the Western European/American context, regulation is the stuff of big companies, in Poland it is […] The post Regulation (Un)Done: Introduction appeared first…
Home gardener Calvin harvests mustard greens for friends from church. Photo by Aimee L. Trojnar. PhD thesis by Aimee L. Trojnar, Department of Anthropology, Southern Illinois University, 2024.…
https://press.anu.edu.au/publications/series/pacific/uneven-connections Ira Bashkow: Uneven Connections is a fascinating study of mobile phones in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Phones used to be exp…