Christine Yano, “Pink Globalization: Hello Kitty’s Trek across the Pacific”
[Cross-posted from New Book in East Asian Studies] This cat has a complicated history. In addition to filling stationery stores across the …
Christine Yano, “Pink Globalization: Hello Kitty’s Trek across the Pacific” (Duke UP, 2013)
This cat has a complicated history. In addition to filling stationery stores across the globe with cute objects festooned with little whiskers …
Idul Fitri Celebration 2013 in My Village
Part of the annual celebration in my village is to visit the grave (ziarah kubur) on the afternoon before the ied mubarak .. …
Idul Fitri Celebration 2013 in My Village
Part of the annual celebration in my village is to visit the grave (ziarah kubur) on the afternoon before the ied mubarak .. …
Idul Fitri Celebration 2013 in My Village
Part of the annual celebration in my village is to visit the grave (ziarah kubur) on the afternoon before the ied mubarak .. …
Restarting from Anthropology Beyond Good and Evil
My blog Islam, Muslims and an Anthropologist started in 2007 and since then 228,803 people (an average of 38,000 per year) have …
Long Time No See!
You may have noticed by prolonged absence from the blog. I thought when I graduated I’d have tons of time to research …
Is neoliberalism good for humans? Ask the evolutionists!
Research in the zoo about the origins of human cooperation can be relevant for understanding the economic crisis. Also “the harder sciences” …
Back to the Struggle Against Ignorance
As a society we seem to no longer place high value in scientific knowledge, intellectual excellence or, for that matter, artistic creativity …
Back to the Struggle Against Ignorance
As a society we seem to no longer place high value in scientific knowledge, intellectual excellence or, for that matter, artistic creativity …
Back to the Struggle Against Ignorance
As a society we seem to no longer place high value in scientific knowledge, intellectual excellence or, for that matter, artistic creativity …
Back to the Struggle Against Ignorance
As a society we seem to no longer place high value in scientific knowledge, intellectual excellence or, for that matter, artistic creativity …
Back to the Struggle Against Ignorance
As a society we seem to no longer place high value in scientific knowledge, intellectual excellence or, for that matter, artistic creativity …
CfP: Die Politik der Maker, 11/2013 HFBK Hamburg
Call for Papers zur DGTF-Jahrestagung 2013 an der HFBK in Hamburg. Die Tagung Die Politik der Maker möchte die Hintergründe der Maker …
CfP: Die Politik der Maker, 11/2013 HFBK Hamburg
Call for Papers zur DGTF-Jahrestagung 2013 an der HFBK in Hamburg. Die Tagung Die Politik der Maker möchte die Hintergründe der Maker …
CfP: Die Politik der Maker, 11/2013 HFBK Hamburg
Call for Papers zur DGTF-Jahrestagung 2013 an der HFBK in Hamburg. Die Tagung Die Politik der Maker möchte die Hintergründe der Maker …
Pauline Turner Strong, “American Indians and the American Imaginary: Cultural Representation Across the Centuries”
Pauline Turner Strong’s new book American Indians and the American Imaginary: Cultural Representation Across the Centuries (Paradigm Publishers, 2012) traces the representations of …
What editing is
Editing is a lot of things, but one of them is an endless series of minor improvements in phrasing. While I was …
CfP: Veränderte Lebenswelt(en), 05/2014 KIT, Karlsruhe
Veränderte Lebenswelt(en). Konfigurationen von Mensch und Technik Veranstalter: Marie-Hélène Adam MA / Szilvia Gellai MA / Julia Knifka MA / Yasmine Kühl …
Dissertation writing scene
This is the roof of the library where I’m writing a first draft of the introduction to my dissertation. The sunshine …
How international investments change rural Sierra Leone
What happens when international companies develop large-scale projects in poor rural areas in Sierra Leone? How do people respond to the changes? …
Digital spying – we do have a choice…
…argues a certain digital anthropology pundit, published in the FT today. Text follows…Peter Cochrane, former head of technology for BT, maintains that our digital data will …