Alternatives to the Anthropocene: CFP for special issue in Radical History Review
See the full Call for Papers here; a blurb is posted below. Key deadlines: June 1 for abstracts, November for full papers. A Call for Proposals from the…
El secreto como fuente de estructuración social
La foto es de Anthony Bautista Comentario para Horacio Espinosa, de la Universidad de Guadalajara, sobre Georg Simmel y el secreto, enviado en octubre de 2010. EL SECRETO…
Próximo número: 21/Junio/2021
Síguenos en: Instagram: @revista_anthropologies Twitter: @AnthropologiesO Facebbok: Anthropologies O envíanos un email a: info@anthropologies.es La entrada Próximo número: 21/Junio/2021 aparece primer…
Horizon No Less Curved
Toutswemogala Hill in Botswana. Thato Moahi/Department of National Museum and Monuments, Botswana My poem “Horizon No Less Curved” grew from insights about humanity and history, timelessn…
Brief an den Bundespräsidenten zum Gesetz zum Erscheinungsbild von Beamt*innen
Sehr geehrter Herr Bundespräsident Steinmeier, am 23.04.21 wurde das „Gesetz zur Regelung des Erscheinungsbilds von Beamtinnen und Beamten sowie zur Änderung weiterer dienstrechtlicher Vorschriften“ (…
Ehrensache Klima: Wir protestieren (auch) in der Pandemie.
Ein Beitrag von Jasmin Sina zum Projekt „Bonndemic. Urbane Kulturen in und nach der Pandemie“. Wir gehen langsamer und kommen direkt vor dem Beethoven-Gymnasium zum Stehen. Vor der…
Communication Anthropology: A Realization
Arbind Sinha Advisor MICA, Ahmedabad Email: arbind21@gmail.com The concept of communication is integral to anthropological knowledge generation and its applications, and has always been a part of …
Matthew Clair, “Privilege and Punishment: How Race and Class Matter in Criminal Court” (Princeton UP, 2020)
Privilege and Punishment: How Race and Class Matter in Criminal Court (Princeton UP, 2020) by Matthew Clair is a powerful ethnographic study of the experiences and perspectives of criminal de……
Giulia Zampini on Researching Drug Taking
Today I talked to Giulia Zampini about her research into drug taking, and particularly about the “People and Dancefloors” project. Based on a participatory action research methodology, People… Visit New Books in Anthropology…
Land, Property, Technology: Exploring Blockchain as Infrastructural Promise
A view from the Rift Valley escarpment, illustrating a landscape that far exceeds official registries. Photo by author. In my work, I explore the ways in which blockchain…
سفرنامه جنوب هند (۲۲)
کنده کاری بر روی غار معبد واراها در شهر ماهابالی پورام نشان دهنده ویشنو یکی از خدایان سه گانه در هندویسم در تجلی واراها ( گراز ) که…
طلاق: کشاکش بین دو سامانه
در مورد علت‌های طلاق، هر نظریه‌ای با توجه به نگرش و سطح تحلیل خود (فردی، اجتماعی، مذهبی) به علت‌های گوناگون طلاق اشاره می‌کنند: مثل گسترش اعتیاد، کم شدن…
فرهنگ و توسعه
آمارتیا سن اولین اقتصاددان یا دانشمندی است که جایزه نوبل را در این رشته نه به دلیل پیشبرد تئوری‌های اقتصاد ،بلکه به دلیل نشان دادن آموزش، بهداشت، سواد،…
War of Extermination & Help Planning the Reservation
Sometimes I find remarkable letters that sum up all I have been thinking about what was happening in the 1850s between the tribes and the settlers in Oregon.…
Designs and Anthropologies: Frictions and Affinities
Buy this volume SERIESAdvanced Seminar » CATEGORIESApplied Anthropology »Cultural Anthropolo…
After a Year of Being Locked Down
Nobody (as far as I know) has commented on how hard this year of lockdowns has been on university professors. That’s good: nobody should. Many millions of workers…
Welcome to the Curatorial economy
Curatorial ability. You have it. And up until til now, you just gave it away. We are all culture curators one way or another. We are passionate about…
Mediating Mobility: Migration and Brokerage at the Borders of the State
Natasha Raheja (Cornell University) will present on ‘Mediating mobility: Migration and brokerage at the borders of the State’. Elizabeth Challinor (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa) will ac…
Nathan Wendte takes the page 99 test
I was intrigued to hear about the “page 99 test,” according to which, the quality of a dissertation can be judged on the content of page 99. As…
Algo más sobre la naturaleza alucinada del urbanismo
Ilustración de Hiroshi Manabe Consideraciones para María Gabriela Navas, doctoranda ALGO MÁS SOBRE LA NATURALEZA ALUCINADA DEL URBANISMO Manuel Delgado Una última cosa sobre la relación entre utopismo…
Breve apunte sobre la conveniencia de leer a Oscar Lewis
La foto es de Joel Meyerowitz Nota para Pedro Gómez Alarcón, doctorando. Breve apunte sobre la conveniencia de leer a Oscar Lewis Manuel Delgado Ahora abordo brevemente lo…
Last Call: Vizantrop Fest (June 1st)
The ethnographic film festival Vizantrop in Belgrade is accepting submissions until June 1, 2021. Submissions are free and open for films with innovative and analytical approach to cultures…