Stellenbörse für geisteswissenschaftler*innen KW9
Diese Woche gibt es z.B. einige Aushilfsjobs auf der Leipziger Buchmesse, eine Stelle für Quereinsteiger*innen, die sich für die Bereiche digitaler Wissenstransfer & E-Learning interessier…
Teaching from the Textbooks: An Archaeology of the Current Historical Moment
On the last day of class, my advanced theory students would break up into small groups and each have the option of choosing one such old anthropology textbook…
Gary Alan Fine, “Fair Share: Senior Activism, Tiny Publics, and the Culture of Resistance” (U Chicago Press, 2023)
If you’ve ever been to a protest or been involved in a movement for social change, you have likely experienced a local culture, one with slogans, jargon, and…
Stephen Bullivant, “Nonverts: The Making of Ex-Christian America” (Oxford UP, 2022)
The United States is in the midst of a religious revolution. Or, perhaps it is better to say a non-religious revolution. Around a quarter of US adults now…
„Bonn – Alte Freunde, neue Feinde“. Glanz und Elend des Geschichtsfernsehens
Der Sechsteiler „Bonn – Alte Freunde, neue Feinde“ hat die Frühgeschichte der BRD als Agententhriller erzählt, bei dem allerdings das Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz viel zu gut wegkommt. Dabei…
Amar de pie
La foto es de Bill Eppridge Prólogo a José Antonio Langarita, En tu árbol o en el mio. Una aproximación a la práctica del sexo anónimo entre hombres (Bellaterra, 2015)…
Pirate Reboot – Occupy Madagascar
Graeber, David. 2023. Pirate Enlightenment, Or the real Libertalia. London: Allen Lane. In this entertaining book, the world of early eighteenth century Madagascar piracy, and the women they…
Bernard D. Geoghegan, “Code: From Information Theory to French Theory” (Duke UP, 2023)
Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan traces the shared intellectual and political history of computer scientists, cyberneticists, anthropologists, linguists, and theorists across the humanities as they developed a communication and computational-based…
ایران در آستانه رفراندوم
فهرست مطالب مقاله: اشاره: تاریخچه ی عنوان «جمهوری اسلامی» در عرصه ی عمومی عبارت « جمهوری اسلامی» در کلام آیت الله خمینی مخالفت با عنوان « جمهوری اسلامی»…
Sobre Levy-Bruhl i l’alteritat mística
La foto prové de https://vivirenelpoblado.com/ninos-embera-en-las-calles-de-el-poblado-mendicidad-y-desescolarizacion/. No figura autor. Consideracions per Carla Rivera, doctoranda. Sobre Levy-Bruh…
عکس فوری (۲۶۶)؛اوکراین، یک سال بعد: جنگ سومی که در کار نیست
سال گذشته در ۲۲ فوریه ۲۰۲۲ (۲ اسفنند ۱۴۰۰) ولادیمیر پوتین، همانگونه اغلب دیکتاتورهای پیر و فاسد و بیمار، در اشتباهی نهایی کلید مرگ و سرنگونی خود را…
Call for Papers – AAA/CASCA 2023
CFP SAFN image: SAFN & C&A Joint Reception at the 2018 AAA meeting in San Jose, CA ATTN SAFN MEMBERS: Plan and submit your sessions for the joint…
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Hi all,Honduras, Kenya, Indonesia, China-and four very different environmental challenges, all linked to consumerist lifestyles & vague promises of ‘development’ contribute to a broader theme in this …
Why I Study Human-Animal Relations as an Anthropologist
Anthropology is the study of humans, or as Dr. Jon Marks says: “the study of who we are and where we come from.” I consider it to be…
Museum Anthropology Review
“But at the laste, as every thing hath ende…” Today I published my final editorial as founding editor of Museum Anthropology Review. It may be that Museum Anthropology…
Reconsidering Fragility in Museums—and the World
Following climate protests at art museums, a conservator considers museums’ role in the unsustainable exploitation of nature and cultural heritage. ✽ Over several months in 2022, climate activists…
David H. Price, “The American Surveillance State: How the US Spies on Dissent” (Pluto Press, 2022)
When the possibility of wiretapping first became known to Americans they were outraged. Now, in our post-9/11 world, it’s accepted that corporations are vested with human rights, and…
Adventures in chatGPT: Meet David Wilkie, anthropologist
So curiosity finally got the best of me and I started looking into this whole chatGPT thing that is poised to bring about the ruin of society. I…
Job posting: FT lab manager
CLEAR lab at Memorial University is seeking a full-time (35 hrs/week) lab manager. Closing date: June 2, 2023
Soup for Breakfast: Cambodia
Scott Alves BartonUniversity of Notre Dame The city was humid by midmorning. We were sweaty. The streets fragrant, alternately perfumed with lemongrass, turmeric, galangal or ginger. Often there…
Paper: Sustainability transformation & transport infrastructures in Northern Manitoba, Canada
Budka, P. (2023). Sustainability transformation and transport infrastructures in Northern Manitoba, Canada. Paper at Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW2023), Vienna, Austria: University of Vienna, 17-2…
Winner of the Public Anthropologist Award 2023
The winner of the Public Anthropologist Award 2023 is Gwen Burnyeat for her book The Face of Peace. Government Pedagogy amid Disinformation in Colombia. Gwen Burnyeat is Junior Research…
Jane Lasonder, “Red Alert: The Inside Story of Prostitution and Human Trafficking” (Scholten Uitgeverij BV, 2016)
We love the tradition of the Amsterdam red light district, where many women stand in the windows in their underwear. Busloads of tourists and school children come by…