Scholarly Podcasting: Book Launch
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…
Zoha Waseem, “Insecure Guardians: Enforcement, Encounters and Everyday Policing in Postcolonial Karachi” (Oxford UP, 2022)
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…
A. J. Faas, “In the Shadow of Tungurahua: Disaster Politics in Highland Ecuador” (Rutgers UP, 2023)
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…
Going beneath the surface: The subtler messages about forced displacement in ‘The Swimmers’
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…
17 (bad) things you should know before choosing a humanitarian career
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…
The Perfect Fit
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…
Deconstruyendo "Lost". II. El camino de los muertos
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…
Invidious Comparison
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…
Jere Bacharach
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…
“11 injured as ‘danjiri’ float topples over at Sakai event”
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…
Shaka McGlotten on their book, Dragging: Or, in the Drag of a Queer Life
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…
◼️Próximo número: 15/Mayo/2023 ◼️
Read Time:19 Second Ya estamos trabajando para traeros el próximo número, cargado de buenos artículos, reflexiones y divulgación soci…
Gender und Macht in der Klimakrise
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…
Sticky Relationships at Wartime
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…
The Impossible Wait.
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…
En hard start for Terra sapiens, den tenkende planeten
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 Birth and a Death—a Haunting of Igbo Landing
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…
Stellenbörse für geisteswissenschaftler*innen KW16
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…
Avatar 2 indulgences
Avatar 2 seems like its channeling every Hollywood Vietnam War fantasy ever – what is up with that? Western cowboy military in the delta and includes an apocalypse…
Geisteswissenschaften und Sport
Seit einigen Wochen können diejenigen, die Brotgelehrte auf Instagram folgen, Anteil an der “Olympiade” nehmen; eine Idee, die Ilija Trojanow folgt. Insbesondere bei den Ausdauersport…
Mark [Bookman] – A Call to Action (Trailer) FINAL
Mark – A Call to Action (Trailer) FINAL from Anchor Media Group on Vimeo. Source: https://vimeo.com/815400131?fbclid=IwAR3QXITgvcS_FgUybR3IHJ5ktQJFuvXVz35nkHbSmKARrC7YiCFpAd3X25A
Über die Nakba sprechen lernen
Um eine stabile jüdische Mehrheit zu sichern, vertrieb Israel bei seiner Gründung hunderttausende Palästinenser:innen. Das Geschehen von 1948 ist wie ein Brennglas für aktuelle Fragen: nach der Zukunf…
La antropología en un México complicado
Sé que no he escrito mucho en mi blog estos últimos tres años. Esto se debe a que en Yucatán, que es parte de México, he vivido los…