Äckel som kulturell kraft
”Äta myror?” utbrister Mowgli förskräckt i Disneys filmatisering av Rudyard Kiplings Djungelboken. ”Javisst”, svarar björnen Baloo, ”kittlar dödsskönt i kistan!” Myror är föda för djur, så det var…
An anthropological chronicle from EASA 2022
I invite you to share in a partial and subjective review of the exhausting academic marathon that was the 17th congress of the European Association of Social Anthropologists…
Zurück! Krise, Kritik, Academia
„Wir machen Tempo!“ Muss es eigentlich immer voran gehen, immer schneller? Plädoyer für ein neues Denken von Wandel und Wissen in Krisenzeiten
What makes a job ad “terrible”?
On September 18, 2021, Dada Docot launched what she called “Search for 2021 Worst Anthro Job Ads.” Taking place on Twitter, this “contest” brought public attention to conversations…
Reconstructing the Willamette Valley Camas Swales
In recent work I have begun to document the various wetlands of the Willamette Valley from before settler changes took effect. Our best, and most
A glitch in the matrix / trumam
This was unnerving when talking sci fi. https://www.aakarbooks.com/details.php?bid=875
wet nellie redux
It is my conviction that all of us who ever saw the 1977 James Bond film “The spy who loved me” were fascinated by “Wet Nellie,” Bond’s (Roger…
A Concert in the Rainforest: Sound in Multispecies Ethnography
A Concert in Analamazaotra The four minute clip above was one of many that I recorded during preliminary fieldwork this past summer in the Eastern rainforest corridor of…
¿Qué es un imbécil?
La foto es de Nate Robert Notas para el espacio “El rincón y la esquina”, con Marta Sanz, en el programa “Hoy por hoy”, de Àngels Barceló en…
Indien-EU-Beziehungen
Am Samstag war ich bei einer Podiumsdiskussion des Indo-German Media Networks zu “India-EU relations after the Russian invasion of Ukraine”. Zwei indische Politikwissenschaftler_innen und der ARD-Korr…
Indien-EU-Beziehungen
Am Samstag war ich bei einer Podiumsdiskussion des Indo-German Media Networks zu “India-EU relations after the Russian invasion of Ukraine”. Zwei indische Politikwissenschaftler_innen und der ARD-Korr…
David Newheiser, “The Varieties of Atheism: Connecting Religion and Its Critics” (U Chicago Press, 2022)
David Newheiser is a senior research fellow in the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry at Australian Catholic University. He is the author of Hope in a Secular Age: Deconstruction,…
Did Meat Do Neanderthals In?
Studying zinc levels in unearthed Neanderthal skeletal remains, an archaeologist examines whether the carnivorous eating habits of Neanderthals in the Eurasian Steppe contributed to their eventual ext…
Privatisation of academia…
On the issues of weaponising research, this might be a minor quibble, but its part of the great restriction… Of course I like what academia-edu can do for…
Review: Koshersoul
Michael W. Twitty. Koshersoul: The Faith and Journey of an African American Jew. Amistad—An Imprint of Harper Collins. New York: 2022. ISBN: 9780062891754. Richard Zimmer, (Sonoma Stat…
Sāmoan Multiplicities in Sāmoa: Reflections on field trip
In early November, Safua Akeli Amaama, Annika Sippel, and Philipp Schorch spent a week together in Apia, Sāmoa…
Elizabeth Ellcessor on her book, In Case of Emergency
Interview by Volha Verbilovich New York University Press Volha Verbilovich: Emergency media are cultural and temporal. In Case of Emergency develops these definitions, revealing the history…
Autonormativität und Klasse
Anlässlich des Unfalltodes eines Radaktivisten in Delhi hat der Indian Express geschrieben: “A recent National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-5 revealed that only about 8 per cent of Indian…
Autonormativität und Klasse
Anlässlich des Unfalltodes eines Radaktivisten in Delhi hat der Indian Express geschrieben: “A recent National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-5 revealed that only about 8 per cent of Indian…
Mrinal Pande, “Popular Hinduism, Stories and Mobile Performances: The Voice of Morari Bapu in Multiple Media” (Routledge, 2022)
This book addresses the recent transformations of popular Hinduism by focusing upon the religious cum artistic practice of Ramkatha, staged narratives of the Ramcharitmanas. Focusing on the sensory and media…
Jason Ananda Josephson Storm, “Metamodernism: The Future of Theory” (U Chicago Press, 2021)
For decades, scholars have been calling into question the universality of disciplinary objects and categories. The coherence of defined autonomous categories—such as religion, science, and art—has collapsed under…
Stellenbörse für Geisteswissenschaftler*innen KW50
Diese Woche gibt es z.B. eine Stelle als Content-Manager für den Bereich E-Learning, eine Stelle als Lektor*in bei Bastei Lübbe Ag in Köln und eine Stelle für Quereinsteiger*innen…
Ep #100 The laws of Robotics & Anti-Trust Laws: Frank Pasquale on AI Law & Multidisciplinary Interactions
We’re back this week with a great interview with Frank Pasquale! The Familiar Strange · Ep #100 The laws of Robotics & Anti-Trust Frank Pasquale on AI Law…
Virtuelle Konferenzteilnahme
Vor gut einer Woche habe ich an einem Workshop in Italien teilgenommen. Und da ich da nicht hinfliegen konnte, habe ich virtuell teilgenommen. Ich habe hier in Delhi…