Why technology is most transformative when it is playful, and innovative spatial design happens only when designers are both tinkerers and dreamers. In Urban Play: Make-Believe, Technology, and Space (MIT…
Hi all,Sometimes a picture says more than those proverbial 1000 words and before we delve into the not-so-great news from around the #globaldev & #highered worlds let’s think…
The 2022 APLA Book Prize in Critical Anthropology was awarded to James H. Smith for “The Eyes of the World: Mining the Digital Age in the Eastern DR…
Foucault lived in Tunisia for two years and travelled to Japan and Iran more than once. Yet throughout his critical scholarship, he insisted that the cultures of the…
Diversity als affektive Identitäts- und Vermarktungsstrategie in der Sendung Germany’s Next Topmodel von Eleonora Grammatikou Wer kennt ihn nicht, den einen berühmten Satz der bereits etwas in d…
ByGabriella SantiniPhD Anthropology I met Esther, a bit by chance, as I was exploring Nairobi’s streets after a Kiswahili class. Esther is a 24-year-old Kenyan entrepreneur. She owns…
Following a devastating Civil War, archaeologists are helping Liberia rewrite a more inclusive history and forge a more diverse future. ✽ In 2019, in the aftermath of a…
Representation in the media serves as an important way through which one’s perception of reality is shaped, and norms in society are contested and negotiated (Fürsich, 2010). In…
A PhD dissertation defence, in some countries called a viva, is usually a ceremonial event only attracting a few other academics from the same field, and perhaps the…
When Rains Became Floods: A Child Soldier’s Story (Duke UP, 2015) is the gripping autobiography of Lurgio Gavilán Sánchez, who as a child soldier fought for both the Peruvian…
I am dedicating this presentation to Dr. Mark Hollstein, who passed away unexpectedly, suddenly and tragically on January 31, 2023. Mark was my friend and colleague for twenty…
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Before there were Instagram likes, Twitter hashtags, or TikTok trends, there were bloggers who seemed to have the passion and authenticity that traditional media lacked. The Influencer Industry: The…
Who are expatriates? How do they differ from other migrants? And why should we care about such distinctions? Expatriate: Following a Migration Category (Manchester University Press, 2023) by Dr. Sarah…
در این روزهای سخت و تلخ، کمتر ممکن بود باور کنیم میتوانیم دوباره لبخندهای شادمانهای بر لبهایمان، آرامش امیدوارکنندهای در وجودمان و اشکهای شوقی در چشمهایمان را تجربه…
Paleogenomic research has expanded rapidly over the past two decades, igniting heated debates about handling human remains. Who gives consent for the ancient subjects of studies—and who should…
Identitätspolitik wird von ihren rechten Kritiker:innen als „woke“ und als neue Gefahr für den Zusammenhalt der Gesellschaft denunziert. Doch schon die amerikanischen Siedlerkolonien des 17. Jahrhunde…
Minimalistisch und Energie-Autark leben. Wie ist es mit dem Campervan in Griechenland zu überwintern? Geht das? Wie ist so ein Leben als moderner Nomade? Mit dem Entschluss ins Vanlife…
It was often said, in the course of the transition from communism to capitalism in the 1990s and 2000s, that Eastern Europeans are good at surviving. The IMF…
Ulf Hannerz: På sin tid diskuterades ”tredje uppgiften”, samverkan med det omgivande samhället – de som finner sina yrkessysslor vid högskolor och universitet ska först och främst forska,…
Beginning in July of 2022 a series of articles here and on Disaster X have been examining and questioning what it means to declare crime a “public health…
Introduction When seen through the experiences and histories of experimentation and care, plants such as roses can bring new insights into the affective and material entanglements of more-than-human…
