گردشگری وافزایش رفاه جوامع مقصد
در سال‌ها‌ی اخیر تاثیر گردشگری بر مولفه‌ها‌ی رفاه اجتماعی در دو حوزه شهری و روستایی مورد توجه قرار گرفته است. علاوه بر آن که اندیشمندان و نظریه پردازان…
اهمیت شهر خلاق (۶)
اهمیت شهر خلاق – شهر خلاق به مثابه مکان (۶) رقابت شهر خلاق به مثابه‌ی شهرِ جهانی با دیگر شهرها، در توانایی جذب و نگاه‌داشتِ طبقه خلاق است.…
درمانکاوی در کاشان و تهران
همراهیِ دمِ درد*: درمانکاوی در کاشان و تهران از بدحادثه و طنز روزگار، بیمارستان اصولا با موجودات منحوس، ریز و نامریی و میکروسکوپی، پدیدار میشود و موجودیت می…
2 legs good, 4 legs better: Uner Tan syndrome, part 2
Image by massaoud el allaoui from Pixabay (I am republishing a lot of my ‘legacy content’ from our PLOS Neuroanthropology weblog, which has been taken down, along with many of the…
Asifa Majid on language and olfaction
(I am republishing a lot of ‘legacy content’ from our PLOS Neuroanthropology weblog, which has been taken down, along with many of the other founding PLOS Blogs. Some…
Giving names to aromas in Aslian languages
The sanitary and mechanical age we are now entering makes up for the mercy it grants to our sense of smell by the ferocity with which it assails…
Life in the Dark
Image by Pexels from Pixabay (I am republishing a lot of ‘legacy content’ from our PLOS Neuroanthropology weblog, which has been taken down, along with many of the other found…
A Policy of Forfeiture of Rights and Annuities under the Peace Treaty of 1853
In numerous essays on this blog I have noted that many of the tribes considered the most violent, and those who had participated in the wars in southwestern…
Jathilan Dance: Experiencing the Spirits
yelling, crawling and rolling. Later, they begin to show some animal-like behavior: hissing, roaring and moving on all fours. This is my fieldwork. The place is Java, the…
Forced to Pay for the Rogue River 1853 War
One of the most egregious of acts against the Rogue River tribes in southern Oregon was making them pay for the destruction of the property of the American…
روایتی از یک رابطه؛ رابطه ی حسین خان کسمایی و کوچک خان جنگلی
اشاره: متن فشرده ی این مقاله هم زمان در کار مشترک بین سایت انسانشناسی و فرهنگ با مجله ی گیله وا چاپ رشت در شماره ی ۱۶۶ (…
La fiesta y el eterno retorno
La foto es de René Dietrich Fragmento de Tiempo e identidad. La representación festiva de la comunidad y sus ritmos, Zainak, 22 (2004): 76-98 La fiesta y el…
Lächelnd die Welt als kurios entdecken. Jacques Tati und der Autoverkehr
In den Metropolen ist die Sehnsucht nach einer Verkehrswende groß. Doch der Trend zum Auto ist ungebrochen. Könnten Filme mit anderen Bildern vom Autoverkehr daran etwas ändern? Die…
Culture & humanities – The Berkeley Blog 2021-08-14 00:52:16
The Agony of Afghanistan I first visited Kabul in January 1968. The intense cold is something that I remember well. My most recent visit was to Herat, a…
Forest fires create hell on earth: Yakutia
related to the recent post about the forest fires in Siberia, here I share some footage from local people. This is not official news, it’s private people’s videos,…
Qualifying Exam Essay: Javelinas in SPAAAACE and Time
I have passed my qualifying exams and so am making my essays available on my blog. The other essays can be found: Attending to Animals in Anthropology and…
Qualifying Exam Essay: Power and Politics Within and Beyond the Human
I have passed my qualifying exams and so am making my essays available on my blog. The other essays can be found: Attending to Animals in Anthropology and…
Qualifying Exam Essay: Attending to Animals in Anthropology
I have passed my qualifying exams and so am making my essays available on my blog. The other essays can be found: Power and Politics Within and Beyond…
Wicked Science
Wicked problems defy easy resolution and are plaqued by disagreements over their fundamental nature and cause (Credit: image by Via Sannevanderbeek) A recent article I published with colleagues…
Links & Contents I Liked 411
Hi all, The Swedish summer break is coming to its end & we will be preparing for the new semester on Monday; I thought I would kick off…
Public housing as social residualisation or a population’s majority?
What’s the first thing you think of when you hear: public housing? I asked this question to five different people in the UK, and five different people in…
Hannah Wohl, “Bound by Creativity: How Contemporary Art Is Created and Judged” (U Chicago Press, 2021)
What is creativity? While our traditional view of creative work might lead us to think of artists as solitary visionaries, the creative process is profoundly influenced by social…
Les sitcoms com il·lustració de les perspectives situades
Comentari per en Dani Malet, col·lega i amic de l’OACU i professor a l’ISCTE de Lisboa, parlant del suport audiovisual per les classes sobre interaccionisme i microsociologia. Li…
Wie wir lesen – Im Dialog. Sprache und Sein von Kübra Gümüsay.
Dieser Beitrag hat als Text in der Rubrik „Was wir lesen“ angefangen, und hat sich aber letztendlich in eine andere Richtung entwickelt: Mareike hat vorgeschlagen, unseren Austausch über…