Unlimited Girls
2004 bin ich durch das Queere Indien gereist und habe Interviews gemacht (und danach auch dazu geschrieben). Dabei habe ich Paromita Vohras Dokumentarfilm Unlimited Girls kennengelernt. Heute haben…
Pleasures of War
This blog post is part of the Experience of War conference, March 24, 2023, funded by the WARFUN project. Anything is better than to have nothing at all happen…
Roberta Raffaeta: Crossing ecosystems, crossing ontologies. How microbiome science is remaking what does it means to be human
Roberta Raffaeta (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia) gave a talk entitled “Crossing ecosystems, crossing ontologies. How microbiome science is remaking what does it means to be human” a…
Anna Sokolova: ‘Red Fewer’: State Timber Production and Commercial Berry Harvesting in Late Soviet Karelia
Anna Sokolova (Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies) gave a talk on the 1st of February 2023 entitled: ‘Red Fewer’: State Timber Production and Commercial Berry Harvesting in Late…
Recruitment pitfalls in humanitarian aid organizations-An insider’s view
It’s always great when readers contact me about a potential guest post! So when Dipankar Datta, Country Director Somalia, Norwegian Church Aid, asked whether I would like to…
Fragmentierte Arbeitszeiten: Geteilte Dienste in Pflege und Reinigung
Sie prägen den Alltag vieler Buslenker*innen, Reinigungskräfte, Kellner*innen und Pflegenden: geteilte Dienste – eine Arbeitszeitform, bei der der Arbeitstag in mehrere kurze Zeitblöcke unterteilt ist…
Nick Seaver, “Computing Taste: Algorithms and the Makers of Music Recommendation” (U Chicago Press, 2022)
The people who make music recommender systems have lofty goals: they want to broaden listeners’ horizons and help obscure musicians find audiences, taking advantage of the enormous catalogs…
Galina Oustinova-Stjepanovic, “Monumental Names: Archival Aesthetics and the Conjuration of History in Moscow” (Routledge, 2022)
Monumental Names: Archival Aesthetics and the Conjuration of History in Moscow (Routledge, 2022) asks us to consider: what stands behind the propensity to remember victims of mass atrocities by their…
Sue Ann Barratt and Aleah N. Ranjitsingh, “Dougla in the Twenty-First Century: Adding to the Mix” (UP of Mississippi, 2021)
Identity is often fraught for multiracial Douglas, people of both South Asian and African descent in the Caribbean. In this groundbreaking volume titled Dougla in the Twenty-First Century: Adding to…
When Disaster Tests the Strength of Human Cooperation
In the Andes, minga, a form of collective labor, has existed for centuries, often helping communities weather disasters. But how does it work in practice? ✽ Judith grew…
Learning How to Wash Your Hands in Anthropology Class
Anne Schiller, George Mason University From the outset of the SARS-Covid 19 pandemic, governments and private entities worldwide launched health awareness campaigns that included instruction …
Two years after Myanmar’s military coup survivors of Rohingya genocide and victims of post-coup atrocities file joint complaint
By Maaike Matelski On 8 December 2022, Nickey Diamond visited the VU for two lectures. Nickey is an activist from Myanmar who recently started a PhD in Anthropology…
Graduate Journal of Food Studies seeks three co-editors
GRADUATE ASSOCIATION FOR FOOD STUDIES Editor’s note: We are reprinting this announcement, which we received a few days ago. This looks like a great opportunity for graduate students…
Did Humanity Really Arise in One Place?
New evidence is prompting researchers to rethink Homo sapiens’ origin story—and what it means to be human. ✽ As a university student in the early 2010s, I recall…
Clare Forstie, “Queering the Midwest: Forging LGBTQ Community” (NYU Press, 2022)
Drag shows that test the capacity of bars persist alongside wishes for stronger community among River City’s LGBTQ population. In this examination of LGBTQ community in a small,…
Brooke Schedneck, “Religious Tourism in Northern Thailand: Encounters with Buddhist Monks” (U Washington Press, 2021)
The city of Chiang Mai in northern Thailand has become the destination for a growing segment of the international tourism market: religious tourism. International tourists visit Buddhist temples,…
Neretva & Sutjeska in Horror and Magic of Individual Remembrances – research notes and late-night thoughts
This blog post is part of the Experience of War conference, March 24, 2023, funded by the WARFUN project. Yugoslav historiography counted seven major Axis military operations undertaken against…
Metro fahren
Eine der besten Sachen, die Delhi in den letzten 20 Jahren verändert hat, ist die Metro. Damit kommt mensch gut und sicher an viele Orte in der Stadt.…
Metro fahren
Eine der besten Sachen, die Delhi in den letzten 20 Jahren verändert hat, ist die Metro. Damit kommt mensch gut und sicher an viele Orte in der Stadt.…
In den Köpfen, in den Straßen. Zwei Bücher erzählen vom 30. Januar 1933
Der 1933 in Deutschland geschriebene Roman Unsere Straße hat einmal einen Klassiker der antifaschistischen Erinnerung an den Beginn des Nationalsozialismus gebildet. Heute ist er weitgehend vergessen….
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. – Civil Rights Leader or Pan Africanist?
By Jehron Muhammad Every year, including 2023 we in the United States celebrate the life and legacy of civil rights …
Tras el cristal
Final de Marca Copito. Un gorila blanco y otros legados y memorias, destinado al catálogo de la exposición Ikunde. Barcelona metrópoli colonial, celebrada en el Museu de les…
The self-realising soldier
This blog post is part of the Experience of War conference, March 24, 2023, funded by the WARFUN project. Soldiers participate in wars for various reasons, some of which…