یادداشتهای پایان قرن (۳۰)
فصل چهارم: اصالت وجود ۲. ماکس وبر، متفکر وجودی مدرنیته در بین اندیشمندانِ عصر مدرن گروهی هستند که جداً دانستن نظرها و تفکراتشان جهت شناسایی «مدرنیته» از اهمیت…
Jobs you might not be as keen on despite the feels…
With posts like this postdoc below (at the admirable Claremont network, Pamona Liberal Arts), knowing of course that such jobs are too few and far between, I wonder…
Im Krieg wohnen
Die ukrainische Gegenwartsliteratur hat uns seit 2014, seit der Annexion der Krym und der Besetzung der Ostukraine durch prorussische Separatisten, sehr genau beschrieben, was es bedeutet, „im Krieg…
Shopping is Civil War
Shopping is civil war. From No Orient – https://norient.com/video/shopping-is-civil-war Discussion of videos from: James Tuovinen 2013 Olimpia Splendid – Jukka Pekka Eric Wareheim 2014 Ham Vla…
Don Kalb: “Fuck Off” versus “Humiliation”: The Perverse Logic towards War in Europe’s East
Image 1: Czar Vladimir, by BakeNecko. I like the tone and the global historical perspective of David Harvey’s FocaalBlog article. Harvey’s socialist internationalism versus competitive nation-…
MA in Visual Anthropology, Media and Documentary Practices (University of Münster)
The application period for the new master course starting in autumn 2022 is open! In today’s globalized world, where media representations shape social and political spheres, a critical…
Review: Cheffes de Cuisine
Rachel E. Black, Cheffes de Cuisine: Women and Work in the Professional French Kitchen. University of Illinois Press, 2021. ISBN: 978-0-252-04400-7 (hbk); ISBN: 978-0-252-08605-2 (pbk); ISBN: 978…
Another Kind of Concrete – Koushik Banerjea
being ill is my excuse for catching up with novels, but I interrupt the stream of hackery to give a progress report on this as its the best…
An Ecology of Knowledges: An Interview with Micha Rahder
An Ecology of Knowledges: Fear, Love, and Technoscience in Guatemalan Forest Conservation By Micha Rahder, Independent Scholar 336pp. Durham, NC: Duke University Press § Colin Hoag spoke…
Reviving Huaycán—and the Community That Surrounds It
Aracely Solano, a youth volunteer and member of the Huaycán Cultural collective, welcomes visitors to the archaeological site outside of Lima, Peru. Daniel Meza Just an hour’s drive…
The Future of Sleep: A Discussion with Derk-Jan Dijk
Many people, at some stage of their life, worry about sleep: are they getting enough of it? Or even, too much? Derk-Jan Dijk is Professor of Sleep and…
Book List – March
Over the last 365 days, I read 40+ books. Among them, some are selected on my recommended book list to help people who are keen on…
Ethnographies of Nuclear Life: From Victimhood to Post-Victimization
Listen to an audio recording of this post by the author here. This browser does not support HTML5 audio Iitate village, located in Fukushima Prefecture, is typic…
Sudan’s kleptocratic military system won’t stop the people’s movement from rising by Jehron Muhammad
Anti-military coup, pro-democracy marches occurring in Sudan with growing numbers and increasing frequency since October show there is a renewed, … More
The Southern Exploring Expedition and The Kalapuyans
The Charles Wilkes Exploring expedition came to Oregon in August 1841. The expedition split into two parts with some of the expedition venturing up the Columbia, and a…
Call for Sounds: EASA Conference 2022 (Panel P122)
We are looking for participants who would like to share their original sound work during the panel “The Sounds that Bring Us Together” at the EASA conference (Belfast,…
Memorializing Death in an Age of Mass Mortality: Keywords of Covid-19 by Richard C. Keller
How do we remember death when it constitutes our landscape? In an age of ubiquitous mortality—not only pandemic deaths, but also deaths from meteorological disasters, deaths of migrants…
Derek Hall: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: A Response to David Harvey
David Harvey’s February 25 FocaalBlog post is presented as “An Interim Report” on “Recent Events in the Ukraine”. Harvey’s essay effectively covers some of the core forces that…
Mark Sicoli on his book, Saying and Doing in Zapotec
Interview by Grace East https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/saying-and-doing-in-zapotec-9781350142169/ Grace East: Your book takes us on an immersive journey through the complex and varied social…
Aminta Arrington, “Songs of the Lisu Hills: Practicing Christianity in Southwest China” (PSU Press, 2020)
The story of how the Lisu of southwest China were evangelized one hundred years ago by the China Inland Mission is a familiar one in mission circles. The…
Andrea Flores, “The Succeeders: How Immigrant Youth Are Transforming What It Means to Belong in America” (UC Press, 2021)
Dr. Andrea Flores’ most recent book, The Succeeders: How Immigrant Youth Are Transforming What It Means to Belong in America (University of California Press, 2021), is a detailed account of…
The Dirt
Discard Studies is a young field of research that takes systems of waste and wasting as its topic of study, including but beyond conventional notions of trash and…
روسیه در اوکراین: شتابان به سوی دوزخ
روز اول سپتامبر ۱۹۳۹ آدولف هیتلر با جنونی ناشی از خودشیفتگی، نژادپرستی، ملی گرایی و اعتماد به نفسی ابلهانه اشغال لهستان را آغاز کرد. این حمله که در…
استاد علی بلوکباشی و علوم اجتماعی دانشگاهی در ایران
لزوم بازاندیشی در منطق علوم اجتماعی در نسبت با بزرگان این رشته علی بلوکباشی، متولد ۱۳۱۴، دارای دکتری انسانشناسی از دانشگاه آکسفورد، یکی از معدود کسانی است که…