In the powerful book Among the Eunuchs: A Muslim Transgender Journey (Hurst Publishers, 2022), Leyla Jagiella reflects on her story as a trans Muslim living among a third-gender community known as Khwajasira…
Vom 2. bis 30. Mai 2023 ist die vom Lost Cities-Projekt organisierten Posterausstellung im Foyer des IG-Farben-Hauses zu sehen. Die Ausstellung zeigt die Ergebnisse des von der Gerda-Henkel-Stiftung…
Lotta Björklund Larsen: Nästan hela SANT mötet hölls på engelska. Det är inte så märkligt då i stort sett all antropologisk forskning publiceras i engelskspråkiga tidskrifter. Som vår…
Leonidas VournelisBaruch College, CUNY In part one of this essay, I briefly described the workings of the “Household’s Basket”, a policy by the Greek government designed to help…
I was a guest on the Marfa Public Radio show, Nature Notes, discussing my research on human-javelina relations in Texas. Listen for a sneak peek at some of…
Here are some pieces that I want to read but almost definitely will not get around to. Perhaps you will have better luck? Sean Kingston has an amazing book…
ساره دستاران شمس لنگرودی از دوازده-سیزده سالگی شعر میگفته، هرچند پدر و مادر علاقهای به این کار او نداشتند؛ مادر نگران درس او بوده و پدر بر این…
[Featured image courtesy of Mike MacKenzie, https://www.vpnsrus.com/, and Wikimedia Commons] Various SAR members have suggested that SAR bring to Santa Fe an expert to talk about the possibilities…
The growth of extreme right-wing forces in the Argentine political process expresses the combination of global trends and specific trends associated with local political history. It also expresses…
Prof. Kallur Nava Saraswathy Professor of Biological Anthropology Department of Anthropology Delhi University, Delhi Email: knsaraswathy@yahoo.com Prof. Indera Paul Singh, fondly referred to as I.P S…
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Fuglekikking er ein populær hobby i Noreg, og kvart år gler fuglanes selskap oss når dei vitjar fuglekasser og fôringsbrett. Men språkleg sett kan fuglane òg vera interessante,…
«رادیکالیسم» سیاسی را به چیزی جز «تندروی» نمیتوان برگرداند. و البته هرکسی مختار است چشماندازهای امید و آینده بهتر خویش را در اینگونه تندرویها و «از ریشه کندنها»…
موسیقی دنیای باستان نیز مانند هر آنچه مربوط به دنیای باستان است جالب توجه است. این موضوع که در هزاران سال پیش سلیقه موسیقایی مردم چگونه بوده وکارکرد…
Drawing from cross-cultural research, an anthropologist shows how neighborliness can lessen wealth-based health disparities. DOES GOOD HEALTH REQUIRE WEALTH? The poorest people in the U.S. spend their…
In this project update blog post, read about OceanStates’ participation in the One Ocean Week with partners from the University of the South Pacific who visited us in…
By Fridus Steijlen – There are things in daily life that seem to always continue without notice. For me, one of them is going to the hairdresser, more…
Landlocked and surrounded by South Africa on all sides, the mountain kingdom of Lesotho became the world’s first “water-exporting country” when it signed a 1986 treaty with its…
An anthropologist and an organizer try to connect descendant communities with the remains of 20 Black Philadelphians slated for court-ordered burial. ✽ On February 13, 2023, a Pennsylvania…
Am 7. Mai wählten die Chilen:innen die Politiker:innen, die einen neuen Verfassungstext erarbeiten. Dieser zweite Verfassungsprozess wird anders verlaufen als der gescheiterte erste: Er wird stärker r…
From your backyard to a hill by the ocean, you can come upon an archaeological find just about anywhere. But what happens when that object was a keepsake…
You are warmly invited to the EASA LAWNET workshop in collaboration with Allegra Lab: From Critique to Political Practice The workshop will take place on 12 May 2023…
Die von der Direktorin des “Frankfurter Forschungszentrums Globaler Islam” organisierte Konferenz “Migration steuern, Integration gestalten” vom 28.04.2023 an der Goethe-Univer…
Abstract: Sign language is a distinct language. This recognition is enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. There are over 200 sign languages spoken…