Countdown
Der Countdown läuft. In einer Woche bin ich wieder in Berlin. Und so viele Termine und Verabredungen wie in den letzten sieben Tagen hatte ich die ganze Zeit…
Adam Michael Auerbach and Tariq Thachil, “Migrants and Machine Politics: How India’s Urban Poor Seek Representation and Responsiveness” (Princeton UP, 2023)
How poor migrants shape city politics during urbanization As the Global South rapidly urbanizes, millions of people have migrated from the countryside to urban slums, which now house…
(Re)conquista de la Historia
Read Time:6 Minute, 24 Second El debate a favor y en contra del término «Reconquista» nunca pasa de moda entre historiadores y, ta…
Msysh: The power of the eye
AUTO-PAGE-TITLE Patiently Edona explained to me, “Evil eye gets unleashed when someone thinks ‘Oh this is good, this is nice.’ It will also happen when someone thinks that…
SELF-HELP GROUPS: PATHWAY TO STRENGTHENING AGENCY OF ADIVASI WOMEN
A Case study from Kalam Village, Kalahandi District By Madhulika Sahoo (1) and Sanghamitra Bhoi (2) Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Director Student Welfare and Placement, Kalahand…
Reflections on the Collective Memory
An Essay on the Question of its Existence, and its Suggestibility Text by Michl-Felix Bierl (Freie Universität Berlin) Image by Lena Rorschach The following essay is a reflection…
Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) in time of crisis. Observations from ethnographic fieldwork on board LNG carriers
Introduction November 2022, somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. I am sipping evening tea with Dario, an electrician from Ukraine, one of the 25 seafarers working…
Why the world needs anthropologists? Because they make a difference!
By Barbara van Male. A freelance journalist, a UX-researcher, a policy advisor in radicalisation, a researcher in water management, and a senior officer at an NGO walk into…
Andrea Acri and Paolo E. Rosati, “Tantra, Magic, and Vernacular Religions in Monsoon Asia: Texts, Practices, and Practitioners from the Margins” (Routledge, 2022)
Tantra, Magic, and Vernacular Religions in Monsoon Asia: Texts, Practices, and Practitioners from the Margins (Routledge, 2022) explores the cross- and trans-cultural dialectic between Tantra and intersecting ‘magical’ and…
Todd McGowan, “Capitalism and Desire: The Psychic Cost of Free Markets” (Columbia UP, 2016)
If you have ever gotten excited over buying a new object only to feel let down once you acquire it, then today’s discussion will be relevant to you.…
thoda thoda
Mitter der 1990er habe ich zwei Semester Hindi an der Uni Kiel belegt. Das erste Semester war super. Ich hatte ein Gefühl für die Sprache und konnte einiges…
thoda thoda
Mitter der 1990er habe ich zwei Semester Hindi an der Uni Kiel belegt. Das erste Semester war super. Ich hatte ein Gefühl für die Sprache und konnte einiges…
What Molars and Math Reveal About the Human Brain
A paleoanthropologist explains what fossilized teeth—analyzed through a recently developed mathematical equation—can tell us about how brains have developed in utero over millions of years of human ev…
Camas Journal 2023: Baby Camas, Mowing, Cultural Fire
This year I tried to get out there into the field when the camas is beginning to erupt from the ground. I am not sure I have seen…
Kufun + Fun = CoFuFun at Tenri Station Plaza
CoFuFun is an open space for special events, gatherings and for children (and adults) to play. It was produced by Nendo, a not-for-profit arts and architectural group, to…
انتشار ویژهنامه نوروز ۱۴۰۲ و هفدهمین سالگرد موسسه انسانشناسی و فرهنگ
همچون هر سال ویژهنامه نوروزی و سالگرد موسسه انسانشناسی و فرهنگ منتشر میشود. در ویژهنامه امسال که با سردبیری ناصر فکوهی، مدیر موسسه و دستیاری خانم پگاه دودانگه …
◼️Próximo número: 03/Abril/2023 ◼️
Read Time:18 Second Ya estamos trabajando para traeros el próximo número, cargado de buenos artículos, reflexiones y divulgación …
Überfordernde Milch
Man könnte meinen, es müsste einfach sein Milch zu kaufen. Vorallem wenn es dafür auch noch spezialisierte Läden gibt. Und es ist auch nicht schwer sie zu kaufen,…
Überfordernde Milch
Man könnte meinen, es müsste einfach sein Milch zu kaufen. Vorallem wenn es dafür auch noch spezialisierte Läden gibt. Und es ist auch nicht schwer sie zu kaufen,…
När kankurangen kommer – övergångsriter bland mandinka
Jag sitter i bussen som kör på en smal sandväg igenom en liten by. Plötsligt ropar någon till, ”Vad är det där!?” Två rödlurviga varelser rör sig på…
Julia Kowalski, “Counseling Women: Kinship Against Violence in India” (U Pennsylvania Press, 2022)
Women’s rights activists around the world have commonly understood gendered violence as the product of so-called traditional family structures, from which women must be liberated. Counseling Women: Kinship Against…
The Future of Genes and Equality: A Discussion with Kathryn Paige Harden
If your genes make you better suited to succeed, is that fair? And if not, can anything be done about it? Kathryn Paige Harden – professor psychology at…
David Houston Jones, “Visual Culture and the Forensic: Culture, Memory, Ethics” (Routledge, 2022)
The relationship between images and truth has a complicated history. In the Western tradition, the Kantian settlement on aesthetic judgment as detached from external interests gave rise to…
Juwen Zhang, “Oral Traditions in Contemporary China: Healing a Nation” (Lexington Books, 2022)
Oral Traditions in Contemporary China: Healing a Nation (Lexington Books, 2022) is the newest monograph from Professor Juwen Zhang of Willamette College. Through a historical survey and analyses of oral traditions like…