Centro urbano y centralidad ritual
La foto es de Jenxi Seow y está tomada de iamseow.com En José María García-Pablos, ed. Nombrar lo urbano, Escuela de Arquitectura, Ingeniera y Diseño, Universidad Europea, Madrid,…
Gathering Impressions of London’s Walthamstow Wetlands
ByPhoebe Hamilton-JonesMSc Social and Cultural Anthropology alumnus Standing on the exposed edge of Lockwood reservoir on a bitingly cold, grey day, the noise I am struck by first…
فیزیک و فلسفه؛ برادری یا نیاز مبرم(۲)
در شماره پیش، از دو استدلال نهایی ارسطو برای تبیین روش و منش فلسفی در رساله مشهور به ترغیب به فلسفه سخن گفتیم که کارلو رووِلی برای پاسخ…
سرشت علمی مطالعات زنان ۷: گونه‌شناسی میان‌رشتگی
بعد از رویکردهای میان‌رشته‌ای آنچه که حائز اهمیت است که بدان پرداخته شود، گونه‌شناسی میان‌رشته‌ای است، گونه‌شناسی تصویری روشن از انواع میان‌رشته‌ای به مخاطب نشان می‌دهد که ممکن…
بحران جامعه و افول امر اجتماعی در ایران
در حاشیه صحبت های استاد رنانی بحران جامعه و افول امر اجتماعی در ایران محسن رنانی، اقتصاد دان برجسته کشور، اخیرا در برنامه ای در شبکه های…
سایبرگ؛ «شهروند هزاره‌ی سوم»
در سال ۱۹۸۴ وقتی اولین قسمت از دوگانه‌ی نابودگر یا همان ترمیناتور ساخته شد که داستان آن در ۲۰۲۹ و در بحبوحه جنگ هسته‌ای انسانها شکل گرفته هیچ‌کس…
The passing of a maker of film-makers, or was he a shoe-maker? A tribute to Colin Young
In 1923 Dziga Vertov was flattered to be labelled a ‘shoe-maker’ rather than an ‘Artist of Soviet Cinema’. He knew that documentary film-makers “must be more aware that…
Links & Contents I Liked 427
Hi all, It’s one of those weeks where a very eclectic set of links/post/reports has caught my attention-from Barbados becoming a republic, to crypto-mining-related power outages in Kazakhstan; ban…
Informality and international trade: The case for an African Customs Union Part 2 by Keith Hart
(Keynote address for a World Customs Organization/World Bank conference on ‘Informality, international trade and customs’, Brussels, 3-4 June 2013) It … More
Lærarspråk i norsk som andrespråk når nynorsk er opplæringsspråket
Lærarar er både språkbrukarar og språklærarar i andrespråksklasserommet. I denne teksten skal me sjå nærmare på den talespråklege variasjonen til lærarar, nærmare bestemt korleis lærarar snakkar i un…
Philip Zimbardo, “Critical Situations” (Open Agenda, 2021)
Critical Situations is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Philip Zimbardo, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Stanford University. During this extensive conve… Visit New…
Susana Sousa
Read Time:11 Second Licenciada en Filosofía y Letras. Teatrera y escribienta, aunque la RAE no lo acepte. Hija de un picnic. Humani…
Pantomime Terror and Global South Asia on Screen
Cheap paperback stocking stuffers… – though I wonder if 1 left in stock contradicts that whole value-scarcity thing. Pretty sure there is more than one.
Addressing the structural foundations of homelessness in the Bay Area
Ending homelessness in the Bay Area will require a strong commitment at all levels of government, including the political will not only to address the immediate crisis of…
How to Write an Op-Ed: A Free SAPIENS Workshop
Do you have an opinion that you hope can change the world? In this free online webinar, SAPIENS’ editor-in-chief Chip Colwell explains the ins-and-outs of writing op-eds or…
David Graeber LSE Tribute Seminar: Value
‘Value’ is the one central themes that runs throughout and conjoins all of David Graeber’s writings. This week focuses on his first book, whose original title, eventually flipped…
Positioning your position
In the picture above, you see me reading along with Hebrew psalms and prayers during a synagogue (shul) service on simchat torah. Simchat torah is a festive day…
The Humans We Haven’t Met Yet
At the Sima de los Huesos (“Pit of the Bones”) archaeological site in Spain, researchers recovered DNA from 417,000-year-old hominin fossils that may be the ancestors of Neanderthals.…
Being a Human: Adventures in 40,000 Years of Consciousness with Charles Foster
Charles Foster set out to answer one of the most perplexing questions of all – what sort of creatures are we humans? – in one of the most…
Master’s Student position: Wild food movements and contaminants of concern in Imappivut
In partnership with the Nunatsiavut Government, we are recruiting a Master’s student to work on the project Wild food movements and contaminants of concern in Imappivut.
Matching Reading to Energy Levels: Reading Strategies of a PhD Student in Anthropology
Anders Norge Lauridsen: Not that long ago, one of my supervisors held an informal presentation about his reading strategies. It was part of a series of lunch seminars…
69 Recall this Buck 4: Daniel Souleles on Private Equity (JP, EF)
In this installment of our Recall this Buck series (check out our earlier conversations with Thomas Piketty, Peter Brown and Christine Desan), John and Elizabeth talk with Daniel Souleles, an… Visit New Books…
Jonatan Leer and S. G. S. Krogager, “Research Methods in Digital Food Studies” (Routledge, 2021)
Research Methods in Digital Food Studies (Routledge, 2021) offers the first methodological synthesis of digital food studies. It brings together contributions from leading scholars in food an… Visit New Books…
Devin J. Vartija, “The Color of Equality: Race and Common Humanity in Enlightenment Thought” (U Pennsylvania Press, 2021)
The Enlightenment is often either praised as the wellspring of modern egalitarianism or condemned as the cradle of scientific racism. How should we make sense of this paradox? The…