دربارهٔ جعفر والی؛ مثل یک عاشق بیقرار
مریم منصوری جعفر والی از آن نامهایی است که با تاریخ تئاتر نوین ایران گره خورده است … ۱۳۱۲: تولد در تهران ۱۳۹۵: درگذشت در تهران ۱۳۲۹: ورود…
The reserve army of labour – (latent)
Well, this is a new blip on the slow process of getting people paid recognition for work. There are a few other things like this – eg the…
Dania Matos: Juneteenth is a catalyst for remembering our national commitments to freedom, liberty and equity
“There is work to be done at all levels: our country, our communities, ourselves and our campus,” equity and inclusion leader writes
Links & Contents I Liked 448
Hi all,I addition to #globaldev news from Ukraine, Oxfam, Japan & Colombia there are a few really great new papers on ‘digital famine’, the future of development studies…
DGSKA-Tagung 2023: Start des Call for Workshops
Ab sofort startet der Call for Workshops für die nächste DGSKA-Tagung „Umstrittenes Wissen: Ethnologische Perspektiven“. Die Tagung findet vom 25. bis 28. Juli 2023 an der Ludwig-Maximilia…
Simidele Dosekun, “Fashioning Postfeminism: Spectacular Femininity and Transnational Culture” (U Illinois Press, 2020)
Women in Lagos, Nigeria, practice a spectacularly feminine form of black beauty. From cascading hair extensions to immaculate makeup to high heels, their style permeates both day-to-day life…
Cómo estudiar la religión al margen de lo religioso
La foto es de Matt Weber Nota enviada a los estudiantes de la asignatura Antropología religiosa del Grado de Antropología Social de la Universitat de Barcelona, el 15…
Reflections on SAR’s “Seeking Justice” Webinar Series
On June 2 SAR held the sixth and final webinar in a series called Seeking Justice: Toward a More Equitable America, which launched in February. The series was…
Alice Tilche & Akshay Khanna: Embodying emotions in theatre and film
This is the second in our series of blogposts in relation to the Budhan podcast project, a community led initiative that has sought to capture the experiences of…
Neuer Protestbrief nach Evaluation des WissZeitVG
Die Initiator*innen der Initiative „Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz abschaffen – Grundfinanzierung der Universitäten stärken“ reagieren mit einem neuen Brief an das Bundesministerium für Bildung und F…
Writing Life No. 19: An Interview with Jason Pine by Jason Pine
Figure 1 (Jason): Writing is painful for me. I do TRX Suspension Training with an amazing online and affordable personal trainer/physical therapist (email me and I’ll give you…
Did Margaret Mead Think a Healed Femur Was the Earliest Sign of Civilization?
An anthropologist digs into the origins of a popular story attributed to Margaret Mead about the original sign of civilization. ✽ According to a commonly shared story, the…
Did Margaret Mead Think a Healed Femur Was the Earliest Sign of Civilization?
According to a commonly shared story, the anthropologist Margaret Mead was supposedly asked by a student what she thought was the earliest sign of a civilized society. There…
Andrew Simon, “Media of the Masses: Cassette Culture in Modern Egypt” (Stanford UP, 2022)
Media of the Masses: Cassette Culture in Modern Egypt (Stanford UP, 2022) investigates the social life of an everyday technology—the cassette tape—to offer a multisensory history of modern Egypt.…
Jennifer Natalya Fink, “All Our Families: Disability Lineage and the Future of Kinship” (Beacon Press, 2022)
Disability is often described as a tragedy, a crisis, or an aberration, though 1 in 5 people worldwide have a disability. Why is this common human experience rendered…
Çigdem Çidam, “In the Street: Democratic Action, Theatricality, and Political Friendship” (Oxford UP, 2021)
Çigdem Çidam, Associate Professor of Political Science at Union College, has a new book titled In the Street: Democratic Action, Theatricality, and Political Friendship (Oxford UP, 2021) that examines political…
Understanding the Shaman’s Tribulations
Understanding the Shaman’s Tribulations – By Taba Menia – The scholarship of shamanism is closely related to ideas about traditional healing and their knowledge. Found across the world…
Geschichten der Ältesten: Museumskooperation zwischen Berlin und Namibia
Ausgewählte Objekte aus der Sammlung des Ethnologischen Museums reisten im Mai nach Namibia. Die Direktorin der Museums Association of Namibia, Esther Moombolah/Gôagoses, erklärt im Gespräch, was n…
Living With the Prospect of Assisted Dying
Excerpted from The Day I Die: The Untold Story of Assisted Dying in America by Anita Hannig. © 2022 by Anita Hannig. Used with permission of the publisher,…
Living With the Prospect of Assisted Dying
[no-caption] The Real Tokyo Life/Getty Images Excerpted from The Day I Die: The Untold Story of Assisted Dying in America by Anita Hannig. © 2022 by Anita Hannig.…
»Frobenius hat die Fotografie sehr geschätzt«
Seit fast 30 Jahren kümmert sich Peter Steigerwald um das fotografische Bildarchiv des Frobenius-Instituts für kulturanthropologische Forschung. Der berühmte Ethnologe Leo Frobenius (1873–1983) hat vo…
Holger Droessler, “Coconut Colonialism: Workers and the Globalization of Samoa” (Harvard UP, 2022)
In Coconut Colonialism: Workers and the Globalization of Samoa (Harvard UP, 2022), Holger Droessler provides a novel history of the impact of globalization on Sāmoa and vice versa. Using a series of…
Amy L. Stone, “Queer Carnival: Festivals and Mardi Gras in the South” (NYU Press, 2022)
Queer Carnival: Festivals and Mardi Gras in the South (NYU Press, 2022) reveals the importance of citywide celebrations like Mardi Gras and Fiesta for LGBTQIA+ communities in the US South.…
No Open Access Today, Anthropology: On the latest AAA-Wiley Announcement
Last November, it looked like some good things were on the horizon for Open Access and the American Anthropological Association’s publishing portfolio: At this morning’s #AAA2021Baltimor…