Objects are beings – A poem
The way I approach my surroundings significantly changed after two years of working theoretically as well as hands-on with objects…
Embodied Robotics and the Future of Humanity with Lora Koycheva
When we think of robots, we tend to think of things like R2-D2, the Terminator skeleton, or a piece of machinery that automates the construction of goods in…
Barbara Sjoholm, “From Lapland to Sápmi: Collecting and Returning Sámi Craft and Culture” (U Minnesota Press, 2023)
Material objects—things made, used, and treasured—tell the story of a people and place. So it is for the Indigenous Sámi living in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia, whose…
Two Myths Fueling the Conservative Right’s Dangerous Transphobia
An anthropologist attends the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)—ground zero for the current onslaught of anti-trans rhetoric and legislation in the U.S. HOW THE RIGHT DEMONIZES TRANS PEO…
Reizwort „klimaneutral“
Das Reizwort „klimaneutral“ ist auf dem besten Weg, nach ‚Green Economy‘, ‚nachhaltigem Wachstum‘ oder ‚Resilienz‘ zum nächsten überstrapazierten Modebegriff zu werden. Zumindest muss sich das Konzept…
56: So on this Day I will wake up early to do a zoom guest lecture at 8:00 AM (Japan time)…
“Introduction to Visual Anthropology: Focus on Photo-ethnography.” The first half of the lecture will be about Visual Anthropology in general; the second half will be about my Tachinomiya…
People of the Peppers
Meet Katherine Chiou, an archaeologist who conducts research in Mexico and Peru to search for clues about humanity’s spicy romance with hot chili peppers. The world over people…
Scholarly Podcasting: Book Launch
Exploring what academic podcasting is and what it could be, Scholarly Podcasting: Why, What, How? by Ian M. Cook, is the first to consider the why, what, and…
Zoha Waseem, “Insecure Guardians: Enforcement, Encounters and Everyday Policing in Postcolonial Karachi” (Oxford UP, 2022)
The police force is one of the most distrusted institutions in Pakistan, notorious for its corruption and brutality. In both colonial and postcolonial contexts, directives to confront security…
A. J. Faas, “In the Shadow of Tungurahua: Disaster Politics in Highland Ecuador” (Rutgers UP, 2023)
In the Shadow of Tungurahua: Disaster Politics in Highland Ecuador (Rutgers University Press, 2023) relates the stories of the people of Penipe, Ecuador living in and between several villages…
Going beneath the surface: The subtler messages about forced displacement in ‘The Swimmers’
The screen is dark, the music sombre. There are sounds of muffled voices and explosions. The dark screen breaks to reveal blue skies as the words “2011: A…
17 (bad) things you should know before choosing a humanitarian career
Marielys Padua Soto originally posted a list of “10 things you should know” in a post on LinkedIn and she kindly expanded the list and allowed me to…
The Perfect Fit
In my new book, The Perfect Fit: Creative Work in the Global Shoe Industry (University of Chicago Press, 2022) I study the work of repair and maintenance necessary…
Deconstruyendo "Lost". II. El camino de los muertos
Jóvenes ndembu en una ceremonia de iniciación, fotografiados por Victor Turner Esto es una de los apartados de Los mundos intermedios entre la vida y la muerte. El caso…
Invidious Comparison
Graham M. Jones Magic’s Reason: An Anthropology of Analogy University of Chicago Press, 2017 240 pp., 25 halftones, notes, bibl., index Editor’s note: This essay was origin…
Jere Bacharach
On April 9 the Middle East historian Jere Bacharach, emeritus professor at the University of Washington, passed away. He was an amazing individual, great scholar and friend. He…
“11 injured as ‘danjiri’ float topples over at Sakai event”
Photo and text from the Asahi Shimbun, 4/16/23. Thanks to L.D. for forwarding it to me. Eleven men were injured, three seriously, when a “danjiri” float toppled over…
Shaka McGlotten on their book, Dragging: Or, in the Drag of a Queer Life
Interview with Robyn Taylor-Neu https://www.routledge.com/Dragging-Or-in-the-Drag-of-a-Queer-Life/McGlotten/p/book/9780367439521 Robyn Taylor-Neu: It’s conventional (for this blog ser…
◼️Próximo número: 15/Mayo/2023 ◼️
Read Time:19 Second Ya estamos trabajando para traeros el próximo número, cargado de buenos artículos, reflexiones y divulgación soci…
Gender und Macht in der Klimakrise
Der Klimawandel mit seinen extremen Auswirkungen auf Menschen und Umwelt wie Hitzewellen und Dürren, Überschwemmungen, Eis- und Gletscherschmelzen sind in allen Weltregionen zu erleben. Klima-Aktivism…
Sticky Relationships at Wartime
Chimit, a Buryat professional in his late 20s, had been considering moving to Europe for at least a decade, but this plan proved hardly feasible with his low…
The Impossible Wait.
On Unsustainable Refugee Livelihoods and the Politics of Time in Humanitarian Governance. Estella Carpi with Amina al-Halabi[1] In this short article, in an attempt to question the politics…
En hard start for Terra sapiens, den tenkende planeten
Essay i Morgenbladet 12. mars 2023. Bildet: Whole Earth Catalog: det tidlige møtet mellom hackere og miljøaktivister. Bildet er fra en utstilling av katalogen ved MoMA Samtidig som…