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Review: Research Methods in Digital Food
Joseph Leer and Stinne Gunder Strom Grogager, eds. Research Methods in Digital Food Studies. Routledge. London and New York. ISBN: 978-0-367-81926-2 (hbk);ISBN: 978-0-367-81927-9 (pbk…
The Food Security Myth: Struggle Toward Food Sovereignty in Benin
Segnide J. Guidimadjegbe Oregon State University I was born and raised in Benin, a West African Country that is used to be called “Dahomey.” Very young, my sibling…
The Clay Always Has Something to Say: 2021 Native Artist Fellow Brandon Adriano Ortiz-Concha
Guest post by Emily Santhanam, 2020–2021 SAR Anne Ray Intern Walking toward the crowd, I felt a burn of energy in the air. People w…
Overcooling of offices reveals gender inequity in thermal comfort
Our appetite for cooling is growing — air conditioning represents the fastest-growing source of energy use in buildings, with cooling energy tripling between 1990 and 2016. In our…
Call for Films: Riga Pasaules Film Festival 2022
Submission deadline: 19th December 2021 Healing If the documentary’s vocation towards the truth is not merely to represent it, but in engaging the viewer beyond the film frame,…
When Carbon Credits Drive People From Their Homes
A sign inside the Alto Mayo Protected Forest promotes “conservation agreements that change lives,” including ecotourism and sustainable coffee. Blanca Begert The Mayo River begins in the …
Antropología más allá de la humanidad: de setas, venados, árboles, lobos y pájaros de fuego.
«En esta época de desafíos medioambientales causados por los humanos, tenemos que acordar que las historias humanas y las no humanas forman parte del mismo conjunto de desafíos…
The Emotional Logic of a Black Poetics: Truth, Metaphor, Beauty, Joy
In this free live event, Poetry Editor Christine Weeber and SAPIENS Public Anthropology Fellow Eshe Lewis will speak with Justin D. Wright, a doctoral student in sociocultural anthropology…
Chris Gregory: What is the false coin of our own dreams?
I confess that the first time I met David I was not impressed. It was in 2006 at a conference in Halle. David gave a 50-minute summary of…
Webinar am 16.12.: „Was ist eigentlich der FID SKA – und was finde ich auf EVIFA?“
Wer schon mal von EVIFA oder dem FID SKA gehört hat, aber nicht wirklich weiß, was sich dahinter verbirgt – oder ein bisschen mehr wissen möchte, als bei…
Ute Hüsken et al., “Nine Nights of Power: Durgā, Dolls, and Darbārs” (SUNY Press, 2021)
The autumnal Navarātri festival—also called Durgā Pūjā, Dassehra, or Dasain—is the most important Hindu festival in South Asia and wherever Hindus settle. A nine-night-long celebration in hon… Visit…
Automating the Beast: Modern Police Power and the (Digi)Dog
As an undergraduate, I worked multiple jobs to make ends meet. For one of those jobs, I was a kennel attendant at a veterinary clinic and earned $7.75…
El dubte de Salomé i el seu càstic i redenció al Protoevangeli de Jaume
Salomé ajudant a Maria a banyar el Nen a un dels frescos de Göremme, a la Capadocia. Comentari per el company Oriol Pascual, del Grup de Recerca en…
AMAA on Cooking Data: Culture and Politics in an African Research World by Cal Biruk
Questions developed by the members of CU Denver’s ANTH4600/5600, S2021: Kaylynn Aiona, Delilah Chavarria, Darcy Copeland, Keaton Green, Ari Jones, Caitlin Konchan, Chris Kuelling, Kuba Kwiecinski, Ro…
Catching a Looter
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office has conducted a major investigation into an antiquities dealer who bought looted materials from archaeological sites and museums. Read about it here…
Does DNA Simplify or Complicate Repatriation Claims?
University of Cape Town archaeologist Simon Hall leads a visit to the farm in Sutherland, South Africa, from which the remains of several individuals were taken a century…
باستان شناسی فقر: شاخصهای مادی و ملموس
گزارش نشست باستان شناسی فقر: شاخصهای مادی و ملموس باستان شناسی فقر: شاخصهای مادی و ملموس جلسۀ سیزدهم پنجشنبههای پرسش و پاسخ با عنوان «باستان شناسی فقر:…
Nishaant Choksi, “Graphic Politics in Eastern India: Script and the Quest for Autonomy” (Bloomsbury, 2021)
Investigating the communicative practices of indigenous Santali speakers in eastern India, this book examines the overlooked role of script in regional movements for autonomy to provide one o……
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Keith Hart Self in the World: Connecting Life’s Extremes (Berghahn, Spring 2022) Keith Hart’s Self in the World is the story of a brilli…
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پنجشنبههای پرسش و پاسخ، جلسه بیست و سوم: سینمای زیستمحیطی
مؤسسۀ انسانشناسی و فرهنگ بیست و سومین جلسه از پنجشنبههای پرسش و پاسخ را با حضور رامتین شهبازی (دکتری فلسفۀ هنر، پژوهشگر و منتقد سینما) با موضوع «سینمای…
معمولیهای غیرمعمولی
معمولی های غیرمعمولی؛ تأملی کوتاه بر جریان سلبریتیسم در جامعه ایرانی تا پیش از ظهور رسانههای تعاملی و شبکههای اجتماعی، ما صرفاً مصرفکنندگان مطالب و تصاویر دریافتی بوده…