Navigating the Unreal: Virtual Reality in Psychiatric Treatment
“Three men are constantly speaking to me behind my right ear,” says Pia Oxenvad, a young woman experiencing auditory hallucinations. “It feels like they are standing right behind…
Teengirl Culture – Folge 3: Über Fangirls und Fanboys
Schreiende Teenagegirls campen vor ausverkauften Konzerthallen, Fancommunities in den sozialen Netzwerken tauschen sich über ihre Idole aus, grölende Cis-Männer bejubeln ihren Herzensverein im Stadion…
Laurence Ralph Reckons With Police Violence (EF, JP)
In the third episode of our Global Policing series, Elizabeth and John spoke back in 2020 with anthropologist Laurence Ralph about The Torture Letters: Reckoning with Police Violence (U Chicago Press, 2020). The book…
Arqueoastronomía: del cosmos a nuestro pasado
Read Time:12 Minute, 6 Second Álex García Álex García «Las investigaciones más recientes en antropología, arqueología (y especialment…
Gaza and the coming age of the ‘warrior’
‘Is it ethical to write something ‘interesting’ about a massacre as the massacre is unfolding?’ I keep asking myself. ‘Is this not a form of exploiting the dead…
The Power of Collective Identity: Brad Deutser on Building Human-Centered Organizations
What is the importance of belonging in the workplace according to research? And what are some key actions that business leaders can take to create a fantastic work…
Ancient Pollen Is Hiding in a Surprising Place
A paleoecologist explains what pollen in fossilized mammal urine can reveal about past ecosystems and environmental change. This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been repu…
Stefan Tanaka, “History without Chronology” (Lever Press, 2019)
In this interview, we talk with Stefan Tanaka, professor emeritus of UCSD and a specialist in modern Japanese history. He is author of two books on modern Japan, Japan’s Orient: Rendering…
Briana L. Wong, “Cambodian Evangelicalism: Cosmological Hope and Diasporic Resilience” (Pennsylvania State UP, 2023)
The Cambodian Civil War and genocide of the late 1960s and ’70s left the country and its diaspora with long-lasting trauma that continues to reverberate through the community.…
El cine de samuráis
Read Time:16 Minute, 17 Second Manu Pineda Manu Pineda El camino predestinado De la misma forma que el Western estadounidense o el Neo…
Das Böse. Ein Blick in den Abgrund
Die Hamas ist eine terroristische Organisation, Netanjahu ein katastrophaler Politiker. Beide gaben dem Bösen Raum, was zum Massaker am 7. Oktober 2023 und zum darauffolgenden Krieg in Gaza…
Resilience Through Urban Weeds
Author: Carolina Némethy and Miguel da Cruz Resilience Through Urban Weeds This article is written in collaboration with Miguel da Cruz, a visiting student from Brazil. Weeds are…
Commemorating the Anthropological Contemplations of Professor Gerald Sider with Gerald Sider
The following are my speaking notes for a roundtable presentation at the CASCA/AAA meetings in Toronto. I’m not able to be there so I share my comments here…
Into the Light
Christianity and colonization deeply reshaped Samoan culture starting in the 1830s, complicating how anthropologists Margaret Mead and Derek Freeman saw the Pacific Islands. The first Christian missi…
Nudging – review
In Nudging, Riccardo Viale explores the evolution of nudging (behavioural mechanisms to encourage people to make certain choices) and proposes new approaches that would empower rather than paternalise…
Belly Versus Bin: How Digital Autoethnography Brought Me Back From the Brink of Disordered Eating
Content and Trigger Warning: This post contains commentary and reflections about disordered eating. Food(ie) Fixation In September 2019, I responded to an advertisement by a Dutch university for a…
Textured Definitions: A Glossary Made by Ravines in Guatemala City
By Mel Ford, Department of Anthropology, Rice University Editorial Note: This post is part of our series highlighting the work of the Anthropology and Environment Society’s 2022 Roy A.…
Edith Podhovnik on her book, Purrieties of Language
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/purrieties-of-language/DE1A04A7E248AFCA72D8F94FE0917D6F?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=bookmark Katja Politt: The boo…
Our History is Our Mandate
An edited talk delivered at the London School of Economics and Social Sciences on Nov 7th 2023 I spend a great deal of time researching and teaching about…
Emily H. C. Chua, “The Currency of Truth: Newsmaking and the Late-Socialist Imaginaries of China’s Digital Era” (U Michigan Press, 2023)
China’s news sector is a place where newsmakers, advertising executives, company bosses, and Party officials engage one another in contingent and evolving arrangements that run from cooperation and…
Stellenbörse für geisteswissenschaftler*innen KW46
Diese Woche gibt es z.B. eine Stelle als Chefredakteur*in im Deutschen Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt in Bonn, ein Praktikum im Bereich Beratung (gesellschaftliche Teilhabe, Diversität, Femin…
Komische Zeitung
Gestern früh klingelte es in meiner Erfurter Wohnung. Was es eigentlich nie macht. Es war die Postbotin, etwas verzweifelt: “Ich habe hier die komische Zeitung von Frau Goel…
Komische Zeitung
Gestern früh klingelte es in meiner Erfurter Wohnung. Was es eigentlich nie macht. Es war die Postbotin, etwas verzweifelt: “Ich habe hier die komische Zeitung von Frau Goel…