Consumers today find brands through many online sources, including search engines and social media. And with the rise of hyper-personalized ads, consumers are constantly being bombarded with brands…
Als ich im Oktober nach Delhi kam, hatte ich nicht wirklich Lust, meine Familie zu treffen. In der Vergangenheit fand ich Aufenthalte bei der Familie häufig sehr langweilig…
Als ich im Oktober nach Delhi kam, hatte ich nicht wirklich Lust, meine Familie zu treffen. In der Vergangenheit fand ich Aufenthalte bei der Familie häufig sehr langweilig…
Hi all,This week’s curation takes from Afghanistan to Ethiopia, Somalia, Myanmar, Dubai & Zimbabwe with a little sprinkling of USA(id) & Davos!And then there are more insights into…
La foto es de William Klein Fragmento de Marca y territorio. Sobre la hipervisibilidad de los inmigrantes en espacios públicos urbanos, en Joaquín García Roca y Joan Lacomba, eds.,…
This blog post is part of the Experience of War conference, March 24, 2023, funded by the WARFUN project. The experience of military violence during the German ISAF operation…
Citizens around the world look to the state for social welfare provision, but often struggle to access essential services in health, education, and social security. Claiming the State: Active…
2004 bin ich durch das Queere Indien gereist und habe Interviews gemacht (und danach auch dazu geschrieben). Dabei habe ich Paromita Vohras Dokumentarfilm Unlimited Girls kennengelernt. Heute haben…
2004 bin ich durch das Queere Indien gereist und habe Interviews gemacht (und danach auch dazu geschrieben). Dabei habe ich Paromita Vohras Dokumentarfilm Unlimited Girls kennengelernt. Heute haben…
This blog post is part of the Experience of War conference, March 24, 2023, funded by the WARFUN project. Anything is better than to have nothing at all happen…
Roberta Raffaeta (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia) gave a talk entitled “Crossing ecosystems, crossing ontologies. How microbiome science is remaking what does it means to be human” a…
Anna Sokolova (Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies) gave a talk on the 1st of February 2023 entitled: ‘Red Fewer’: State Timber Production and Commercial Berry Harvesting in Late…
It’s always great when readers contact me about a potential guest post! So when Dipankar Datta, Country Director Somalia, Norwegian Church Aid, asked whether I would like to…
Sie prägen den Alltag vieler Buslenker*innen, Reinigungskräfte, Kellner*innen und Pflegenden: geteilte Dienste – eine Arbeitszeitform, bei der der Arbeitstag in mehrere kurze Zeitblöcke unterteilt ist…
The people who make music recommender systems have lofty goals: they want to broaden listeners’ horizons and help obscure musicians find audiences, taking advantage of the enormous catalogs…
Monumental Names: Archival Aesthetics and the Conjuration of History in Moscow (Routledge, 2022) asks us to consider: what stands behind the propensity to remember victims of mass atrocities by their…
Identity is often fraught for multiracial Douglas, people of both South Asian and African descent in the Caribbean. In this groundbreaking volume titled Dougla in the Twenty-First Century: Adding to…
In the Andes, minga, a form of collective labor, has existed for centuries, often helping communities weather disasters. But how does it work in practice? ✽ Judith grew…
Anne Schiller, George Mason University From the outset of the SARS-Covid 19 pandemic, governments and private entities worldwide launched health awareness campaigns that included instruction …
By Maaike Matelski On 8 December 2022, Nickey Diamond visited the VU for two lectures. Nickey is an activist from Myanmar who recently started a PhD in Anthropology…
GRADUATE ASSOCIATION FOR FOOD STUDIES Editor’s note: We are reprinting this announcement, which we received a few days ago. This looks like a great opportunity for graduate students…
New evidence is prompting researchers to rethink Homo sapiens’ origin story—and what it means to be human. ✽ As a university student in the early 2010s, I recall…
Drag shows that test the capacity of bars persist alongside wishes for stronger community among River City’s LGBTQ population. In this examination of LGBTQ community in a small,…
The city of Chiang Mai in northern Thailand has become the destination for a growing segment of the international tourism market: religious tourism. International tourists visit Buddhist temples,…