Att hålla tummarna på olika språk
Under läsningen av en spännande projektrapport stöter jag på företeelsen ”att hålla tummarna” och får veta att man gör detta på olika vis i grannländerna Finland och Sverige.…
Influencia del cambio climático en la salud humana
Read Time:10 Minute, 39 Second Los ecosistemas y la salud humana están en peligro a escala mundial a causa del cambio climático. Co…
What Industrial Societies Get Wrong About Childhood
[no-caption] ER Productions Limited Each year across the world, kids of roughly the same age are packed into classrooms and confined to desks with the intent of learning…
Aaron J. Jackson, “Worlds of Care: The Emotional Lives of Fathers Caring for Children with Disabilities” (U California Press, 2021)
Vulnerable narratives of fatherhood are few and far between; rarer still is an ethnography that delves into the practical and emotional realities of intensive caregiving. Grounded in the…
Gabriella Lukács, “Invisibility by Design: Women and Labor in Japan’s Digital Economy” (Duke UP, 2020)
In the wake of labor market deregulation during the 2000s, online content sharing and social networking platforms were promoted in Japan as new sites of work that were…
Haga vida sana: tírese por un barranco
Artículo publicado en El Periódico de Catalunya el 9 de agosto de 1993, a raíz de la fotografía que aquí reproduzco de Marta Ferrusola, esposa del presidente de…
Book Prize in Critical Anthropology!
The Association for Political and Legal Anthropology (APLA) is pleased to announce the 2021 APLA Book Prize in Critical Anthropology!
Las espadas están en alto: posibles consecuencias de una guerra abierta entre Marruecos y Argelia
Read Time:2 Minute, 16 Second En el norte de África se encuentran las espadas en alto. Marruecos y Argelia conviven con una tensión…
International Development and Poetic Practice: An Online Classroom Activity
Anne Schiller – George Mason University Cultural anthropology courses frequently satisfy world cultures requirements, attracting enrollments from across the university. My 150-seat online introduct…
Making #2021AAABaltimore Manageable: The Teaching Culture Top 25
What? November already? We cannot believe how the last two years have flown by. At the same time, it feels like a lifetime since we gathered in Vancouver…
Secrets of Power and other leadership lessons from Elizabeth I
Marissa Shrum and I talk from time to time. Today, we got talking about Elizabeth I. Today is November 17 and that makes it the anniversary of Elizabeth’s…
El marketing ama a los animales pero la humanidad los está perdiendo
El marketing ama a los animales pero la humanidad los está perdiendo. Frase muy cierta, nada irónica, y algo paradójica. En el consumo y la publicidad de los…
Enigmas of Corporeal Justice: Surrogacy and Legality in India
Over the last two decades, India has become a popular global destination for what is commonly referred to as reproductive tourism, wherein clients travel from one part of…
Book Review: Veganism: Politics, Practice and Theory by Eva Haifa Giraud
In Veganism: Politics, Practice and Theory, Eva Haifa Giraud examines current vegan practice to unpack the emerging and complex forces at play for the vegan movement. The book’s navigation of…
From Things and Stuff to Radically Optimist Multi-Modal Platform
On May 20, 2021, Felix Girke, a member of our editorial collective, gave a presentation in the framework of the workshop “Multimodal Digital Publishing” hosted by the Working…
The Diet of the Future Is a Menu That Draws From the Ancient Past
The author wears an outfit he made using ancient tools, methods, and materials while filming the National Geographic TV show The Great Human Race in Alaska. Brent Meske/Courtesy…
Carolyn L. White, “The Archaeology of Burning Man: The Rise and Fall of Black Rock City” (U New Mexico Press, 2020)
How do you do archaeological research on a place that exists for only one week per year, in the middle of the Nevada desert, and is based on…
John B. Kachuba, “Shapeshifters: A History” (Reaktion Books, 2019)
There is something about a shapeshifter—a person who can transform into an animal—that captures our imagination; that causes us to want to howl at the moon, or flit…
Glacial Deaths, Geologic Extinction: my latest article now in Environmental Humanities
In my most recent article I examine what it might look like to think about extinction beyond species. I start with the increasing number of funerals for glaciers…
Me gusta cuando ignoras, porque estás como obediente. O de la destrucción intencionada del pensamiento crítico y autónomo en la educación pública
Read Time:4 Minute, 38 Second Introducción Si hay una rama educativa que sale perdiendo en los nuevos borradores del currículum de …
ضرورت تعیین «حریم پویا» به جای «حریم ثابت» درساحل دریای خزر
تقدیم به فعالان زیست محیطی دریای خزر ضرورت تعیین« حریم پویا» به جای «حریم ثابت» درساحل دریای خزر ( قانون اراضی مستحدث و ساحلی را اجرا کنید!) …
زندگی در عصر شبکههای اجتماعی مجازی
با شروع قرن بیست و یکم و گسترش اینترنت در کامپیوترهای خانگی و پیدایش موبایل و وسایلی شبیه به آن مانند تبلت، زندگی اجتماعی در جوامع انسانی به…
آینده مراکز تجاری چگونه خواهد بود؟
آینده ی مراکز تجاری / تاثیرات کرونا بر نحوه ی خرید برگردان هانیه بختیاری تا پیش از همه گیری کرونا عده ی مشخصی از مردم در سراسر جهان…
آستانگی؛ عکسهایی از تراسهای خانههای ایرانی در دوران قرنطینه
تهیه و تنظیم: ریحانه شهبازی «اتاقی به آستانهی خود میرسید…» سهراب سپهری شهرنشینی با خود مسائل و اقتضائاتی را به همراه دارد که یکی از آنها، تغییر فضاهای…