Maria Gunko: Violent faces of the Russian state
“Our whole state manifested itself in [Verkhniy] Lars, in a concentrated form: violence, mess, corruption, and indifference” – told me Vadim, who left Russia through Georgia shortly after…
Bringing Back Incestuous Abuse into the Social Realm
Text by Marie Paquignon (Freie Universität Berlin) Art by Lena Rorschach Introduction “To describe and to voice violence is a step towards peace” (Dussy 2021, 29, translated from…
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Hi all,What a week, eh? But while the UK is descending into a Benny Hill-esque tragic-comedic state, it also means more bad news for #globaldev-in the UK, but…
Vā Kōrero: Philipp Schorch & Paul Janman
Recap of the guest lecture by Philipp Schorch and Paul Janman at Vā Moana Pacific Spaces in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand
Reflections on Chinese Sexuality: A Conversation with Weiyi Hu
How is sexuality experienced in contemporary China? What are the connections and tensions between China and the West in producing knowledges of sexuality? Dr Weiyi Hu notes that…
Gruppenfotos
Durch meine Reise nach Indien bin ich irgendwie wichtiger geworden. Zumindest erscheine ich nun immer wieder auf Gruppenfotos mit wichtigen Menschen und werde von ICAS:MP getweetet. Zuerst war…
Gruppenfotos
Durch meine Reise nach Indien bin ich irgendwie wichtiger geworden. Zumindest erscheine ich nun immer wieder auf Gruppenfotos mit wichtigen Menschen und werde von ICAS:MP getweetet. Zuerst war…
What Cargo Cult Rituals Reveal About Human Nature
In Melanesia, Indigenous communities developed elaborate rituals to bring themselves material wealth starting in the late 19th century. These practices reveal a profoundly important and universal soci…
Marx and Haiti: Towards a Historical Materialist Theory of Racism – Wulf D. Hund
This is out – much awaited and of importance: https://www.lit-verlag.de/isbn/978-3-643-91518-4
Book Review: Horizon Work: At the Edge of Knowledge in an Age of Runaway Climate Change by Adriana Petryna
In Horizon Work: At the Edge of Knowledge in an Age of Runaway Climate Change, Adriana Petryna explores ‘horizoning’ as a conceptual device that sets up new ranges and circumstances for…
The Janus-face of bureaucratic incorporation of Islam in Europe
By Thijl Sunier On October 28, 2022, I shall give my valedictory lecture speech as professor of anthropology, chair of Islam in European Societies. The theme of the…
Mansi Choksi, “The Newlyweds: Rearranging Marriage in Modern India” (Atria Books, 2022)
Two neighbors from the same village fall in love and elope to a shelter for couples that break caste norms. A Hindu woman falls in love with a…
Elsa Sjunneson, “Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman’s Fight to End Ableism” (Simon Element, 2021)
As a deafblind woman with partial vision in one eye and bilateral hearing aids, Elsa Sjunneson lives at the crossroads of blindness and sight, hearing and deafness–much to…
A History of Food Production in Yemen
In October, 2022, I participated in the Food Sovereignty Workshop at Ohio State University and discussed the issue of sustainable agriculture and water resource use to improve the…
Ashlee Dauphinais takes the page 99 test
My dissertation has been a deeply personal project from the beginning. It would make sense, then, that page 99 finds me in the middle of a section titled…
Die deutsche Perspektive dezentrieren
Zum Einstand meines ICAS:MP Fellowships habe ich gestern im Kolloquium einen Vortrag über mein Forschungsvorhaben gehalten. Zu der Anwerbung von Krankenschwestern aus Kerala in die BRD arbeite …
Die deutsche Perspektive dezentrieren
Zum Einstand meines ICAS:MP Fellowships habe ich gestern im Kolloquium einen Vortrag über mein Forschungsvorhaben gehalten. Zu der Anwerbung von Krankenschwestern aus Kerala in die BRD arbeite …
Ben Chappell, “Mexican American Fastpitch: Vernacular Sport and Cultural Citizenship in Mid-America” (Stanford UP, 2021)
Today we are joined by Ben Chappell, Professor of American Studies at the University of Kansas, and author of Mexican American Fastpitch: Identity at Play in Vernacular Sport (Stanford University…
Will a Nobel Prize Make Paleogenomics More Accountable?
An anthropologist offers possible directions for ancient DNA studies moving forward—especially regarding the field’s complex histories with Indigenous communities and public education. This article w…
US-Midterms: Wahlkampf mit der Grenze
Im Wahlkampf zu den US-Midterms spielt die Grenze zu Mexiko eine wichtige Rolle. Republikanische Gouverneure nutzen Migrierende als Spielbälle ihrer Politik und beschwören ein angebliches Chaos an der…
Review: Beyond Global Food Supply Chains
Victoria Stead and Melinda Hinkston, eds. Beyond Global Food Supply Chains: Crisis, Disruption, Regeneration. Palgrave. MacMillan. Open Access. (2022) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/…
„Migrationshintergrund“ – Ein breiter gesellschaftlicher Konsens in der Einwanderungsfrage ist unverzichtbar
Kommentar von Prof.‘ Dr.‘ Barbara John, Humboldt-Universität Berlin – Einreichung am 10. Oktober 2022 Mit dem Initialbeitrag „Anstelle des Migrationshintergrunds – Eingewanderte erfa…
“Ich glaube fest daran, dass die Kulturen der Welt verbunden sind”
Lone Monagen ist Museumsmanagerin und Konservatorin am Nationalmuseum von Botswana. Im Sommer absolvierte sie einen ICOM-Austausch am Museum Europäischer Kulturen. Im Interview erzählt sie, was sie g…
“I strongly believe in the interconnectivity of the cultures of the world”
Lone Monagen is museum manager and curator at the National Museum of Botswana. In the summer, she completed an ICOM exchange at the Museum of European Cultures. In…