Note for an anthropology of tourism development
Anthropologists, somewhat unconsciously, remained for a long time in the position of conservative culture camp commandants—overseers of a pickled-in-aspic view of ‘the native’ that was no…
Anthropologists, somewhat unconsciously, remained for a long time in the position of conservative culture camp commandants—overseers of a pickled-in-aspic view of ‘the native’ that was no…
Your article, Contested Glories of Selective Renovation in West Bengal, has been published in South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, Volume 49, Issue 3, and is now available…
A possible issue I thought up in the last few days: Most large servers, phones, etc. are running Unix-based systems, and in Unix, time is counted as how…
In the early 1970s, the socialist state of Bulgaria was starting to develop a series of interconnected systems for the automated governance of different areas of social and…
Maria D. Vesperi and Emily Martin Like Democracy Now!, the news program that inspired our name, Anthropology Now suggests an assertion, an assessment and a demand. Yes, this…
Vanessa K. Valdés No, ra-san-blaj in Kreyòl. n. assembly, compilation, enlisting, regrouping (of ideas, things, people, spirits; for example, fè yon rasanblaj, do a gathering, a ceremony, …
Photo caption: Ainu musician Oki plays the tonkori during a performance in New York on June 4, 2026. (Photo not for sale)(Photo courtesy of Richard Termine/The Japan Society)(Kyodo)…
Imagine that every time you poop, your hygiene routine involves depositing your used toilet paper into a toilet-side receptacle. As you wash your hands, the device mixes, processes,…
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/how-data-need-people/776A73CBBE3EAA67243A4830514F1F62 Grey Gundaker: Although sociology and history of science have been around a long time, it took a whil…
ByAbira Pathak MSc Anthropology and Professional Practice Asking a crucial question to someone who has spent most of their career doing just that is a kind of wager. But as anthropologists-…
Carole McGranahan and Gina athena Ulysse Defined as assembly, compilation, enlisting, regrouping (of ideas, things, people, spirits; for example, fè y…
In 1847 William Kuykendall (b. Virginia) arrived in Oregon. He married Margaret Jane Hines on 3/9/1848 and on June 1, 1850, they took a Donation Land Claim of…
Una de les heterotopies de Vjeko Sager Notes per Oriol Pasqual, col·lega i amic de l’OACU, enviades el novembre de 2025. Sobre el concepte d’heterotopia Manuel Delgado Els…
Tachinomi Banpaiya Monzen Nakacho has been described as “a popular, ultra-cheap, no-frills standing bar (tachinomi) located in the traditional shitamachi (downtown) neighborhood of Monzen-Nakacho in…
Hoy me gustaría hablar sobre qué es la tecnocasta desde un punto de vista de un antropólogo principiante. Que es la tecnocasta me ha llevado a la curiosidad…
Im Gespräch gibt die Musikwissenschaftlerin Miriam Akkermann über ihre Forschungsprojekte zum Zusammenhang von Musik und Schlaf Auskunft. Warum wirken Schlaflieder und warum kann ein Schlaflied politi…
Orihara Shoten is a liquor shop and a “standing drink bar” usually known as 立ち呑み屋 (tachinomiya). This shop many shelves with various kinds of alcohol and refrigerators filled…
Im Gespräch gibt die Musikwissenschaftlerin Miriam Akkermann über ihre Forschungsprojekte zum Zusammenhang von Musik und Schlaf Auskunft. Warum wirken Schlaflieder und warum kann ein Schlaflied politi…
ByGaia Baldi MSc Digital Anthropology The ruins of Colonia Varese behind a bathing establishment, photo by author. I cannot remember the first time the abandoned beh…
OK, so Inō Tadataka「伊能 忠敬」lived from February 11, 1745 to May 17, 1818. And he wasn’t really drinking with me at the izakaya (at least not in person).…
Small drops form on my forehead. Slowly, they make their way down along my temples. The weather app on my phone shows a red alert. For days, I…
ByJeehwan Cha MSc Digital Anthropology My first visit to the UCL campus was on a cloudy day in early September 2025. When I asked whether there was a…
طرح موضوع کتاب پرارج «مشروطهی ایرانی» اثر ماشاءالله آجودانی پژوهشگر تاریخ معاصر ایران برای نخستین بار در سال ۱۳۸۲ توسط نشراختران – تهران منتشر شد و تا سال…