This is a postprint of the article – The Version of Record of this manuscript has been published and is available in Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, 2024, at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/1…
In 1866, Alfred Russel Wallace sent a breathless letter to his friend and colleague, Thomas Huxley, inviting Huxley to join him in exploring a “new branch of anthropology”:…
In Understanding Humans: How Social Science Can Help Solve Our Problems, David Edmonds curates a selection of interviews with social science researchers covering the breadth of human life and society,…
How is growing water scarcity experienced by livestock producers? And to what extent does the materiality of water and the infrastructures on which users rely influence social relations…
This discussion paper offers two contributions to our collective discussion on the theme of fascism: (a) an integrated set of elements comprising our definition of the concept; and…
A Nigerian eco-activist and poet wonders what future lies ahead in the face of climate change impacts and resistance to large-scale emission reductions. “Strange Future” is part of…
Anthropological poems from around the globe speak to people’s creative will, resistance, and resilience—and the significance of our shared humanity. ✽ In July 2023, SAPIENS put out a…
A bit sad that this airline is not doing the very economical UK run anymore, but then maybe those extra luggage loads (was 45kg per pax) risked tipping…
Members of the Sovereign Citizen conspiracy movement have been described as “paper terrorists” because of the way that they attempt to intimidate their enemies with mountains of nonsensical,…
ZfE|JSCA 148 (2023) Issue 1+2 Ab jetzt ist die Zeitschrift für Ethnologie|Journal of Social and Cultural Anthropology im Open-Access-Format online – Sie finden die beiden aktuellen Ausgaben von…
In A Theory of Everyone: Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going, Michael Muthukrishna contends that the core issue affecting Western societies is increasing energy…
Granola Nazis are a part of the contemporary 'dissident right', with a particular interest in health, wellness, and nature. Though a fringe ideology, it is criticall…
Angel Park is a Mormon fundamentalist polygamous community where plural marriages between one man and multiple women are common. Based on many years of in-depth ethnographic research, in Illicit…
Diese Woche gibt es z.B. ein PR-Volontariat bei Kindernothilfe in Duisburg, eine Stelle als Projektkoordinator*in im Bereich Marketing für Quereinsteiger*innen bei Bioland e.V. in Essen und ei…
We have photos to be exhibited! The photos have been blurred so as not to ruin your Photo Exhibition Experience. Matsuri 「Through Multi-sighted Photographies」 祭り 「多視点からの写真を通して」 2024 February…
April 4-6, 2024 | University of Pittsburgh In the face of compounding harms—mass extinctions, settler-colonial dispossession, gentrification, displacement—what does it … More
دلِ ما را که ز مارِ سرِ زلفِ تو بِخَست / از لبِ خود به شفاخانۀ تریاک انداز حافظ «مدوسا»[Méduse] در اساطیر یونان، نام یکی از هیولاهایی است که…
خلاصه: محدود بودن امکان گسترش افقی شهرها از یک سو و پرهزینه بودن گسترش عمودی آنها از سوی دیگر، سبب میشود که ساخت شهرهای جدید به عنوان یکی…
Together with Ulrike Davis-Sulikowski, Anita Krainer and Gertraud Seiser, I have written an obituary of my long-time mentor and teacher Elke Mader for the journal Zeitschrift für Ethnologie/Journal…
Cosmetic surgery was once associated with a one-size-fits-all approach, modifying patients to conform to a single standard of beauty. As this surgery has become more accessible worldwide, changing…
In Amazonian Cosmopolitans: Navigating a Shamanic Cosmos, Shifting Indigenous Policies, and Other Modern Projects (U Nebraska Press, 2022), Suzanne Oakdale focuses on the autobiographical accounts of two Brazilian Indigenous leaders,…
Against the Carceral Archive: The Art of Black Liberatory Practice (Fordham UP, 2023) is a meditation upon what author Damien M. Sojoyner calls the “carceral archival project,” offering a…
Deserteure gehören zum Krieg, seit es Soldaten gibt. Doch welche Fahnenflucht als feige und welche als heroisch gilt, hängt stets von der Parteinahme in einem Konflikt ab.
