Courtney Handman on her book, Circulations
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…
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 is no longer maintained.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…
“Bright morning light on pond and path around the garden” https://www.flickr.com/photos/mi_shigapics/51427254438/in/album-72157712160299046 Thanks to Guven Witteveen for sharing this info through t…
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…
از اواخر فروردین ۱۴۰۴، پس از فراز و فرودهای زیاد خوشبختانه مذاکرات ایران و آمریکا برای رسیدن به توافقی بر سر «مسئله هستهای» ایران و از میان برداشتن…
De svarta jeansen rör sig från trakten av torget mot Mariegatan i Åbo. Mängden är kanske inte enorm en regnsjuk torsdag i juni, men följer man med vad…
A linguistic anthropologist explores the queer Ballroom scene in San Juan—and how performers are incorporating critiques of colonialism into the art form. “READING” ABOUT HER FASHION I look…
Peasant Reserve Zones (Zonas de Reserva Campesina, or ZRCs in Spanish) constitute a legal framework established to organize territories historically inhabited by peasant communities in Colombia. Desig…
From large cities to small towns, “No Kings Day” will counter Trump’s birthday spectacle with people power. “Nah, he wouldn’t really do that.” I’ve lived in the Upper…
An archaeologist who studies past farming practices in the north coast of Peru argues these offer models for navigating current climate crises. ✽ SEEING THE NORTH COAST of…
Reisen als Bildungserlebnis und Berufsfeld Reisen und Bildung – eine historische Verbindung Das Reisen als Teil der (Aus-)Bildung hat eine lange Tradition. Bereits seit der Renaissance war d…
Cartoonist Ricardo Caté of Santo Domingo/Kewa Pueblo in conversation with SAR advisory board member and award-winning author Douglas Preston. On a golden June evening in Santa Fe, the…
Cartoonist Ricardo Caté of Santo Domingo/Kewa Pueblo in conversation with SAR advisory board member and award-…
In this series we invite anthropologists to share stories of growth, change, and discovery throughout their careers. By reflecting on the life choices that shaped them, the unexpected…
UPDATE 6/18/25: It might be hard to see, but a pigeon picks the weeds and litter in search of food… Or th help clean the mess? Meanwhile (harder…
Am 25. Mai 2025 ist Prof. Dr. Karl-Fritz Daiber im Alter von 93 Jahren verstorben. Mit ihm verlieren die Theologie, die Soziologie und die Religionswissenschaft eine prägende Persönlichkeit,…
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…
«این باوری رایج است که تخیل را قوهی شکل دادن به تصاویر بدانند، درحالی که آنرا باید بیشتر قوهی از شکل انداختن تصاویری دانست که به ادراک درمیآیند،…
مقدمه تاریخ اجتماعی ایران، اغلب در هزار توی ارادههای فردی قدرتمندان و دست نشاندگان آنان پنهان است. شناخت چگونگی شکلگیری این تاریخ، محتاج شناخت نظام فکری و فرهنگی…
Let’s be honest. Anthropology is plagued by dull, pretentious, and sometimes even meaningless prose: language that is at best imprecise and at worst incomprehensible. Now and then, examples…