Material objects—things made, used, and treasured—tell the story of a people and place. So it is for the Indigenous Sámi living in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia, whose…
An anthropologist attends the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)—ground zero for the current onslaught of anti-trans rhetoric and legislation in the U.S. HOW THE RIGHT DEMONIZES TRANS PEO…
Das Reizwort „klimaneutral“ ist auf dem besten Weg, nach ‚Green Economy‘, ‚nachhaltigem Wachstum‘ oder ‚Resilienz‘ zum nächsten überstrapazierten Modebegriff zu werden. Zumindest muss sich das Konzept…
“Introduction to Visual Anthropology: Focus on Photo-ethnography.” The first half of the lecture will be about Visual Anthropology in general; the second half will be about my Tachinomiya…
Meet Katherine Chiou, an archaeologist who conducts research in Mexico and Peru to search for clues about humanity’s spicy romance with hot chili peppers. The world over people…
Exploring what academic podcasting is and what it could be, Scholarly Podcasting: Why, What, How? by Ian M. Cook, is the first to consider the why, what, and…
The police force is one of the most distrusted institutions in Pakistan, notorious for its corruption and brutality. In both colonial and postcolonial contexts, directives to confront security…
In the Shadow of Tungurahua: Disaster Politics in Highland Ecuador (Rutgers University Press, 2023) relates the stories of the people of Penipe, Ecuador living in and between several villages…
The screen is dark, the music sombre. There are sounds of muffled voices and explosions. The dark screen breaks to reveal blue skies as the words “2011: A…
Marielys Padua Soto originally posted a list of “10 things you should know” in a post on LinkedIn and she kindly expanded the list and allowed me to…
In my new book, The Perfect Fit: Creative Work in the Global Shoe Industry (University of Chicago Press, 2022) I study the work of repair and maintenance necessary…
Jóvenes ndembu en una ceremonia de iniciación, fotografiados por Victor Turner Esto es una de los apartados de Los mundos intermedios entre la vida y la muerte. El caso…
Graham M. Jones Magic’s Reason: An Anthropology of Analogy University of Chicago Press, 2017 240 pp., 25 halftones, notes, bibl., index Editor’s note: This essay was origin…
On April 9 the Middle East historian Jere Bacharach, emeritus professor at the University of Washington, passed away. He was an amazing individual, great scholar and friend. He…
Photo and text from the Asahi Shimbun, 4/16/23. Thanks to L.D. for forwarding it to me. Eleven men were injured, three seriously, when a “danjiri” float toppled over…
Interview with Robyn Taylor-Neu https://www.routledge.com/Dragging-Or-in-the-Drag-of-a-Queer-Life/McGlotten/p/book/9780367439521 Robyn Taylor-Neu: It’s conventional (for this blog ser…
Read Time:19 Second Ya estamos trabajando para traeros el próximo número, cargado de buenos artículos, reflexiones y divulgación soci…
Der Klimawandel mit seinen extremen Auswirkungen auf Menschen und Umwelt wie Hitzewellen und Dürren, Überschwemmungen, Eis- und Gletscherschmelzen sind in allen Weltregionen zu erleben. Klima-Aktivism…
Chimit, a Buryat professional in his late 20s, had been considering moving to Europe for at least a decade, but this plan proved hardly feasible with his low…
On Unsustainable Refugee Livelihoods and the Politics of Time in Humanitarian Governance. Estella Carpi with Amina al-Halabi[1] In this short article, in an attempt to question the politics…
Essay i Morgenbladet 12. mars 2023. Bildet: Whole Earth Catalog: det tidlige møtet mellom hackere og miljøaktivister. Bildet er fra en utstilling av katalogen ved MoMA Samtidig som…
A Ghanian American poet-anthropologist crafts her own African diasporic and Indigenous identity through weaving herself into a famous story of African resistance and survival. “A Birth and a…
Diese Woche gibt es z.B. ein Praktikum im Bereich Digital Learning (Balingen), ein journalistisches Volontariat bei rumble GmbH & Co. KG in Dortmund und eine Stelle als Lektor*in…