On Being Declared Missing in the Himalayas
Neither the Fulbright Commission overseeing my work nor the US Embassy in Kathmandu could contact me and, in the interim, the three …
Vom Gerichtsurteil zur Gleichstellung: Taiwans Ehe für Alle
Mitte Mai bestätigte das taiwanische Parlament eine Gesetzesänderung, durch die die Heirat von gleichgeschlechtlichen Paaren erlaubt wird. Der Weg dorthin war nicht einfach …
Rethinking difference: Muslim and Christian lives in comparative perspective
Image credit: David Evers, Flickr, Creative Commons. By Daan Beekers, Hansjörg Dilger and Daniel Nilsson DeHanas. In recent decades, the anthropology of …
The Horror of War – Part 2
It was Christmas Eve and it just so happened that I pulled guard duty. The post I was assigned to was a …
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Hi all, We just received a record number of 26 MA theses that need grading, I managed to publish a new book …
When Black Female Victims Aren’t Seen as Victims
Female activists, including the author (right), march in protest of gender-based violence and femicide in Lima, Peru, in November 2016. Fotoholica Press/Getty …
Humanitarian Wars? (book review)
It does not happen often, but I think a German word actually captures the essence of Rony Brauman’s book Humanitarian Wars? Lies …
Andrea Ballestero’s new book! A future history of water
If, like me, you’ve been waiting for this title, it will be out next month. Details below on Andrea Ballestero’s fascinating research: …
Anthropology and History: summer school 5-11 August
Colleagues from Russia put together a really interesting programme to revisit the relation of anthropology and history, particularly in Russia and post-socialist …
Indonesian Homecoming Quotes 2018 (Catatan Mudik)
Mudik is traditional practiced by Indonesian people every year. Out its place of origin will be back in every Idul Fitri. Is …
APLA Supports Turkish Scholars
The Association for Political and Legal Anthropology unequivocally condemns the sentencing in Turkey of Professor Ayşe Gül Altınay to 25 months in prison for having …
179 – Nicole Starosielski
On this week’s pod, we firstly recall the happy days of After Oil School 2: Solarity. Then (14:31) your co-hosts share their …
Illustrated Man #12 — Charles Addams and joking about “the primitive”
Ask any Boomer or some of the older Gen X-ers to hum the theme to The Addams Family and you will quickly …
White Fans, Liberal Ideologies, and the Erasure of Black Stories in Gaming
Last month, the highly anticipated video game Mortal Kombat 11 (MK11) was released to an excited yet wary fighting game community. Game …
In the Journals May, 2019
Welcome back to In the Journals, a brief look at just a few articles that have been published in previous months on …
In the Journals – May 2019 by Livia Garofalo
Here is the journal round-up for May! A very interesting batch of articles this month, including the very timely section in Cultural …
Practicing Heritage Means Life or Death in Rwanda
Community engagement and participation in heritage have become buzzwords for heritage scholarship. Both community engagement and participating in heritage have promised not …
Workshop: Critical understanding of racialization in the era of global populism, June 3-4, 2019
International Research Workshop Critical understanding of racialization in the era of global populism Workshop program Workshop theme 3-4 June, 2019 Venue: Aalborg …
Unraveling the Mystery of Human Bipedality
[no-caption] Julie Delton/Getty Images Bipedality, the ability to walk upright on two legs, is a hallmark of human evolution. Many primates can …
League of Legends: rituality, interactions and events
In a previous blog post, we mentioned the subcultures originated around the consumption of a particular product or brand. We also mentioned …
Hochdotierter Eduard-Anthes-Preis 2019 für Frau Clarissa Agricola M.A.
Am 9. Mai wurde in Darmstadt Frau Clarissa Agricola M. A. der Eduard-Anthes-Preis 2019 verliehen. Es handelt sich dabei um den wichtigsten …
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Laddade platser: Om tatueringar och deras skapande
Det fysiska rummet är ganska litet, väggarna täckta av flash-affischer, teckningar, memorabilia, hyllor med böcker och desinfektionsmedel. Jag går långsamt igenom en …
Call for Papers: The Illicit Global Economy Discourse
Special Issue of Public Anthropologist Guest Editors: Luigi Achilli and Gabriella Sanchez (European University Institute) In the contemporary literature on transnational organized …
Jennifer Fluri and Rachel Lehr, “The Carpetbaggers of Kabul and Other American-Afghan Entanglements” (U Georgia Press, 2017)
For most people, geopolitics is something that happens out there, in boardrooms and on battlefields. But critical geographers, and feminist political geographers …