The German Catechism
For many, the memory of the Holocaust as a break with civilization is the moral foundation of the Federal Republic. To compare it with other genocides is therefore…
Being Si Al Sayed
Music videos in the Arab world, and not least in Egypt, are at the same time widely viewed, popular and relatively understudied. They can reflect pressing contemporary issues, controversial…
Persian Kamancheh Music
This new recording by Misagh Joolaee is sad but enthralling at the same time. Read about it and listen on the Qantara Website.
Sociedad "de masas" y crítica a la massmediología
La foto es de Yanidel Notas para la clase Antropología de los Espacios Urbanos del 27/12/14 SOCIEDAD “DE MASAS” Y CRÍTICA A LA MASSMEDIOLOGÍA. Manuel Delgado Es sobre…
La hipervisibilización de las mujeres en el espacio urbano
Lesser Ury “Escena de calle berlinesa”, pintado en 1889 Mensaje para la doctoranda Fátima Carcedo en mayo de 2015 SOBRE LA HIPERVISIBILIZACIÓN EN EL ESPACIO URBANO Manuel Delgado…
سرنوشت نقد موسیقی ایرانی (۲)
سال ۱۹۹۸ بود که “ماهنامه پر” در واشنگتن به نوشتن نقدهای تندی علیه فرهنگ شریف و محمد رضا شجریان دست زد و البته همانگونه که در نوشته پیشین…
بوطیقای شهر (۱۰۸)
پیرسانسو برگردان ناصر فکوهی و زهره دودانگه این توصیف اگر پایه و اساسی داشته باشد برای ما نکاتی دربارۀ شاعرانۀ فضای شهری روشن می‌کند. نخست آنکه تصاویر هرگز…
بیست سالگی واقعا سن خوبی است؟
بیست سالگی واقعا سن خوبی است؟ درباره جوانان و کروناویروس برگردان: آذر جوادزاده “من ۲۰ ساله بودم. اجازه نمی دهم کسی بگوید بیست سالگی بهترین سال‌های زندگی توست”…
روشن بنویسیم
رحمانِ افشاری رضا بابایی، که متأسفانه خیلی زود از میانِ ما رفت، کتابی دارد به نامِ بهتر بنویسیم[۱] که بسیار خواندنی و آموختنی است. اگرچه بیشترِ مطالبِ آن…
Interiors
Alisse Waterston To cite this article: Alisse Waterston (2020) Interiors, Anthropology Now, 12:3, 100-105, DOI: 1…
Shit’s Getting Real: A Cultural Analysis of Toilet Paper
Grant Jun Otsuki To cite this article: Grant Jun Otsuki (2020) Shit’s Getting Real: A Cultural Analysis of Toilet…
Links & Contents I Liked 407
Hi all, From the UK, Germany & Sweden we are venturing further afield to the DRC, Myanmar/India, Brunei Durassalam & even Australia! We are also continuing debates on…
#BookReview: Being a Parent in the Field
In 2017, my colleague Philipp Zehmisch and I had to cancel a panel on love and family relationships in ethnographic fieldwork, due to a lack of participants. Fabienne…
Timothy Williams, “The Complexity of Evil: Perpetration and Genocide” (Rutgers UP, 2020)
Why do people participate in genocide? In The Complexity of Evil: Perpetration and Genocide (Rutgers UP, 2020), Timothy Williams presents an interdisciplinary model that shows how complex and… Visit New Books…
Toby Miller, “Violence” (Routledge, 2020)
What is violence? In Violence Toby Miller, Stuart Hall Professor of Cultural Studies, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana–Cuajimalpa, Mexico offers a reconsideration of the concept, along with… Visit New Books in Anthropology for the…
Michael D. Nichols, “Religion and Myth in the Marvel Cinematic Universe” (McFarland, 2021)
Breaking box office records, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has achieved an unparalleled level of success with fans across the world, raising the films to a higher level of…
El dulce atractivo de la miseria ajena
Un mural del artista francés JR Notas para Laia Kurc, investigadora del CSIC, enviadas en junio de 2016 El dulce atractivo de la miseria ajena Manuel Delgado Me…
The Fire this Time?
Michael L. Blakey To cite this article: Michael L. Blakey (2020) The Fire this Time?, Anthropology Now, 12:3, 39-49, DOI: 10.1080/19428200.2020.1884486 Michael L. Blakey The Case for Letting…
December 2020
INTRODUCING A NEW ANTHROPOLOGY NOW TEAM MEMBER Photo Editor IntroductionSydney Silverstein ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE COV…
Spår av förflutet vardagsliv
Härförleden besökte jag en god vän som periodvis befinner sig på en liten holme utanför Houtskär. Besöket var huvudsakligen av social karaktär, men jag skulle även bistå honom…
‘Silicon health’ for Africa: Understanding the rise and impact of drone logistics by René Umlauf
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), better known as drones, are on the rise. During the ongoing corona crisis their potential to either monitor curfews or to provide contactless deliveries…
‘Weather-ing’ the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in the UK by Brianne Wenning
Few things are more stereotypically British than discussing the weather. A sense of national pride seems to pervades this discussion. In fact, during our time in the UK…
Writing Life No. 11: An interview with Susan Frohlick by Amy Speier
Figure 1. Sue’s writing space in the beautiful Syilx (Okanagan) Nation territory. With Scooter, the family’s unruly cat. The development of our writing dyad has unfolded organically over…
A Letter From COVID-19
[no-caption] Beastfromeast/Getty Images In June 2020, I published a “Letter From COVID-19” in the Italian newspaper la Repubblica. At the time of writing, Italy was still under lockdown…