سانتاگ
بنیامین موزر، برگردان: آذر جوادزاده ـ آیا همیشه موفق هستید؟ سانتاگ: بله. من تا سی درصد موفق هستم. – پس همیشه موفق نیستید. سانتاگ: چرا. هستم. تا سی…
Trent Masiki, “The Afro-Latino Memoir: Race, Ethnicity, and Literary Interculturalism” (UNC Press, 2023)
Despite their literary and cultural significance, Afro-Latino memoirs have been marginalized in both Latino and African American studies. Trent Masiki remedies this problem by bringing critical attention to…
Adrienne E. Strong, “Documenting Death: Maternal Mortality and the Ethics of Care in Tanzania” (U California Press, 2020)
Documenting Death: Maternal Mortality and the Ethics of Care in Tanzania (University of California Press, 2020) is a gripping ethnographic account of the deaths of pregnant women in a…
Milei, Crowds, and Concrete Waves in Argentina
I am home, reading Stefan Helmreich’s new book, A Book of Waves (2023). The news on TV then catches my attention: I see images from the inauguration of…
Weihnachtsgeschenke? Wir haben ein paar Empfehlungen für Sie
Wir kennen das Problem: Ist Schenken an Weihnachten nicht… out? Zu konsumistisch, zu konventionell, zu – was auch immer? Und falls dennoch: Was dann? Schokolade? Socken? Oder etwas…
SAR Produces Podcasts
The School for Advanced Research is now producing podcasts starting with stories from Grounded in Clay curator…
The Search for Dignity and Respect: An Exploration of Human Universals
How do narratives shape our understanding of shared human experiences like dignity and respect? And, in what ways can an emphasis on human universals through inclusive narratives help…
نگاهی انسانشناختی بر زندگی روزمره دختران دانشجو در ایران: مسائل و چشماندازها (بخش۲)
در بخش پیشین به تغییر نگرش دختران نسبت به نقشهای زنانه و اجتماعی اشاره کردیم که در ایران نیز همچون سایر کشورها بر دو حوزۀ ذهنی و مادی…
The Outside: Migration as Life in Morocco
Alice Elliot’s monograph The Outside: Migration as Life in Morocco skilfully uses ethnography to unsettle mainstream conceptualisations of migration by tracing its hold on everyday life in what…
Ostalgie
Schon in der ersten Woche in Erfurt habe ich gesehen, dass die lokale Pastakette ein Gericht mit Namen “Ostalgie” auf der Karte hat. Nudel mit Tomatensosse und Jagdwurst,…
Ostalgie
Schon in der ersten Woche in Erfurt habe ich gesehen, dass die lokale Pastakette ein Gericht mit Namen “Ostalgie” auf der Karte hat. Nudel mit Tomatensosse und Jagdwurst,…
Looking back, looking forward
Pushmi-Pullyu, by Kerim Friedman 2021 The blog may be shutting down, but I’m not! I started blogging in 2001 and my personal blog, Keywords, is still going strong.…
Archaeology of power and identity: the political use of the discipline
Archaeology of power and identity: the political use of the discipline. 1
Julens klappar
När jag var liten var julklapparna det absolut bästa med julen. Innan jultomten skulle komma tänkte jag att jag säkert skulle få mycket julklappar, eftersom jag tyckte att…
Jenny Trinitapoli, “An Epidemic of Uncertainty: Navigating HIV and Young Adulthood in Malawi” (U Chicago Press, 2023)
A decade-long study of young adulthood in Malawi demonstrates the impact of widespread HIV status uncertainty, laying bare the sociological implications of what is not known. An Epidemic…
Ambivalenzen politischer Antisemitismus-Bekämpfung
Masha Gessens Artikel »In the Shadow oft he Holocaust« zieht einen vieldeutigen Vergleich zwischen Gaza und den Ghettos der Nazis. Aus diesem Grund wird die Verleihung des Hannah-Arendt-Preises…
Teaching ‘how to anthropology’ alongside ‘how to university’ in an introductory cultural anthropology class
I have taught our large introductory cultural anthropology course (ANTH 101) on and off since 2014, and every couple of years I redesign it based on conversations with…
Die postmigrantische Gesellschaft ist verwundet!
Eröffnungsrede von zur Jahrestagung „50 Jahre Anwerbestopp. Vom Eigensinn der Migration“ des Vorsitzenden des Rats für Migration von Prof. Dr. Vassilis Tsianos – Gehalten am 24. November 2023…
Knightscope Five (NYPD Robot)
by Ashley Prather – “Well, kill me now ’cause I let you down/I swear one day I’m gonna leave this town” ‘New York City Cops’ by The Strokes…
Brian Brown and Virginia Kuulei Berndt, “Body Art” (Emerald Publishing, 2023)
Body art, especially tattoos and piercings, has enjoyed an explosion of interest in recent years. However, the response of many health professionals and researchers to this phenomenon is…
Vincent Ialenti, “Deep Time Reckoning: How Future Thinking Can Help Earth Now” (MIT Press, 2020)
Based on twelve years of anthropological exploration, Vincent Ialenti’sDeep Time Reckoning: How Future Thinking Can Help Earth Now (MIT Press, 2020) is an engaging guide on deep time learning…
A Rhinoceros in the Library: Marx’s Sources on India
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Alex de Jong: Geert Wilders’ election victory: The left must concern itself with being a real opposition
Last week, Geert Wilders’ far-right Freedom Party (PVV) won the largest number of parliamentary seats in the Dutch national elections. The political figure is known internationally for his…