آمایش سرزمین، شهرهای جدید و استراتژی بهینهسازی مصرف انرژی
خلاصه: محدود بودن امکان گسترش افقی شهرها از یک سو و پرهزینه بودن گسترش عمودی آنها از سوی دیگر، سبب میشود که ساخت شهرهای جدید به عنوان یکی…
Article: Elke Mader obituary (1954-2021)
Together with Ulrike Davis-Sulikowski, Anita Krainer and Gertraud Seiser, I have written an obituary of my long-time mentor and teacher Elke Mader for the journal Zeitschrift für Ethnologie/Journal…
Alka Vaid Menon, “Refashioning Race: How Global Cosmetic Surgery Crafts New Beauty Standards” (U California Press, 2023)
Cosmetic surgery was once associated with a one-size-fits-all approach, modifying patients to conform to a single standard of beauty. As this surgery has become more accessible worldwide, changing…
Suzanne Oakdale, “Amazonian Cosmopolitans: Navigating a Shamanic Cosmos, Shifting Indigenous Policies, and Other Modern Projects” (U Nebraska Press, 2022)
In Amazonian Cosmopolitans: Navigating a Shamanic Cosmos, Shifting Indigenous Policies, and Other Modern Projects (U Nebraska Press, 2022), Suzanne Oakdale focuses on the autobiographical accounts of two Brazilian Indigenous leaders,…
Damien Sojoyner, “Against the Carceral Archive: The Art of Black Liberatory Practice” (Fordham UP, 2023)
Against the Carceral Archive: The Art of Black Liberatory Practice (Fordham UP, 2023) is a meditation upon what author Damien M. Sojoyner calls the “carceral archival project,” offering a…
Wer will nicht zu den Soldaten? Russische und ukrainische Deserteure – vor dem Hintergrund der deutschen Geschichte
Deserteure gehören zum Krieg, seit es Soldaten gibt. Doch welche Fahnenflucht als feige und welche als heroisch gilt, hängt stets von der Parteinahme in einem Konflikt ab.
When A Woman Is Married to Multiple Brothers: Land, Climate and Cultural Changes in Western Himalaya
Aghaghia Ra…
April, 2023
Vol. 15, Issue 1 – April, 2023 Features A Case Study …
REMID Website-Relaunch: Finde den Fehler!
Sehr geehrte Mitglieder und Interessierte, Wir freuen uns, Ihnen mitteilen zu dürfen, dass die REMID-Website einem umfassenden Relaunch unterzogen wurde. Um sicherzustellen, dass alles reibungslos…
Extreme Arctic weather impacts for animal husbandry
Florian Stammler and Erik Kielsen Much has been written already about the losses of reindeer due to icing-over, or rain on snow events, among reindeer herders in Siberia…
Zeitmanagement jenseits des Mainstreams
Aus dem Workshop gefragt Wenn wir insbesondere als historisch arbeitende Geisteswissenschaftler:innen mit Projektmanagement befasst sind, kann sich eine Unzufriedenheit einstellen, sobald …
Florida 2024 Annual Meeting: APLA Calls for AAA Transparency
This statement is a call to action from the board of the Association for Political and Legal Anthropology. The Association … More
Only 2 Weeks Until… / まであと2週間…
Photo Exhibition 写真展 Matsuri 「Through Multi-sighted Photographies」 祭り 「多視点からの写真を通して」 2024 February 10 (Sat) ~ 13 (Tues) 2024年2月10日(土) ~ 13日(火) 11:00 – 18:00 (last day / 最終日は 11:00 –…
Selbstständigkeit: Informationen, Netzwerk und Bestärkung
Orientierende Plattformen für geisteswissenschaftliche Innovationen und Anwendungen Brotgelehrte-Gründungswerkstatt voraus: 5.2.2024, 14-15:30 UhrGründungswerkstatt – Brotgelehrte (o…
Zine-making in Leiden: workshops on experimental print publications
Can academia still be fun and experimental? Maybe it can with the printing, folding, and collage techniques of zines. In two hands-on workshops, Sander Hölsgens and James McGrail…
Ludovic Slimak, “The Naked Neanderthal: A New Understanding of the Human Creature” (Pegasus Books, 2023)
What do we really know about our cousins, the Neanderthals? For over a century we saw Neanderthals as inferior to Homo Sapiens. More recently, the pendulum swung the…
Social challenges for Vietnam
Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, Volume 25, Issue 1 (2024) Issue1 Social challenges for Vietnam Introduction Introduction Introduction: challenging transformations for Vietnam John H…
REMID e.V. feiert Neustart mit Modernisierung der Website
Das vergangene Jahr 2023 markierte einen Neustart für REMID e.V. auf vielen Ebenen. Mit einer frischen Vorstandskonstellation kam auch eine neue Energie auf: REMID wurde modernisiert und präsentiert…
SAFN Awards: Undergrad and Grad Award Deadline March 31, 2024!
Texas State Fair Awards. Photo: David Beriss Amanda Green, SAFN President Welcome to the new year SAFN members! We want to draw your attention to SAFN’s Awards, which…
How Ethnographic Research is Shaping the Future of Insight in Business and Technology
How can businesses effectively integrate insights from social sciences like psychology and anthropology to gain a deeper understanding of human behavior, and how might this integration impact decision…
Thank You!
Dear Readers, Over the years, some of us (the past and present members of the collective that runs this blog) have been fortunate enough to meet some of…
Gene Therapy’s Promise Meets Nigeria’s Sickle Cell Reality
Breakthrough treatments can now cure sickle cell anemia in the U.S. But the pricey therapies will hardly help in Nigeria, where social changes could do more for millions…
Fatih Tatari: Pasturing Dairy Technosciences in Northeastern Turkey
https://aoe.fi/api/v1/download/fatihtatarinewest-1706178793771.m4a This talk explores dairy infrastructures in rural Kars, a northeastern border province of Turkey. Ba…
Intravenous ideological global apparatus – IISAs
I am holding out for the new intravenous culture industry critique. Cannot get students to leave their screen devices alone even if they are banned in the classroom.…