Hans Van Eyghen’s book The Epistemology of Spirit Beliefs (Routledge, 2023) assesses whether belief in spirits is epistemically justified. It presents two arguments in support of the existence of spirits…
And the shrine looked very different today… As I wrote in a previous post, due to the resignation of the local neighborhood shrine elders, it was unknown who…
It would take a book to itemize and admire all of the vital tasks and key accomplishments that Amy Skillman realized during her year as American Folklore Society…
REMID informiert ab sofort auch per Newsletter über Neuigkeiten aus dem Verein und der Religionswissenschaft. Im Newsletter weisen wir in unregelmäßigen Abständen auf neue Blogbeiträge, aktualisie…
Written by John P. Ruehl The 2025 U.S. housing market presents a paradox. Home sales are down, and there are …
Issue Contents President’s letter Dear NAPA Members, Another winter holiday season is upon us and it’s a time to reflect and prepare for a New Year. My family…
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Människor längtar efter gemenskap. Vi vill känna tillhörighet i en grupp och gör gärna saker som för oss samman. När jag var liten var nyåret något jag väntade…
by Peter Versteeg, and the SpW team When it’s dark, where do we go? Where can we stand? Are we looking back, searching for a light we once…
There have been big changes at our local shrine in the last year. The local elders, who have been in charge of preparations for most of the shrine…
Even before 2026 began, many American Folklore Society (AFS) members were already getting a first glimpse of Journal of American Folklore (JAF) 139 (551), the Winter 2026 issue.…
In April and May 1856 Joel Palmer hired 60 men to be the Grand Ronde Guards, to build a fence and control access and egress to the Grand…
Quizás no te sorprenda si te digo que fue en China donde se inventó la pirotecnia. ¿Pero y si te dijera que los chinos también inventaron la pólvora…
This is Romeo, a friendly buck (breeding male goat). Photo by Amanda Kaminsky, 2025. Amanda KaminskyUniversity of Michigan Why don’t Americans eat more goat meat? I initially started…
My last post on community problems and this post on community collaborative problem solving have unintentionally come together as bookends and an appropriate way to ring out the…
Ives, Sarah. Steeped in Heritage: The Racial Politics of South African Rooibos Tea. Duke University Press, 2017. ISBN: 978-0-8223-6993-6 xv + 255 pp. Yingkun Hou (Southeast Missouri State Un…
The first three of the photos in this series were from July of this year at a park in my neighborhood. But maybe the timing might be better…
This year I taught my undergraduate course Anthropology for Liberation at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington after a two year break. As readers of this blog will…
اکبر احمد[۱]، برگردان: آذر جوادزاده ابوریحان بیرونی دانشمندی شگفتانگیز و چندساحتی بود که آثارش حوزههایی چون اخترشناسی، ریاضیات، ژئودزی (زمینسنجی) و بسیاری رشتههای دیگر را دربر میگرفت. هزار…
فیلم (پسر) به انگلیسی (The Son)، فیلمی درام به کارگردانی فلوریان زلر است که از فیلمنامهای به نویسندگی خودش و کریستوفر همپتون ساخته شده است و در سال ۲۰۲۲ منتشر شد. این فیلم بر اساس…
Just to add to the frenzy; RIP. see original at (h/t Neil D): https://youtu.be/ai2As4XFZDY?si=g3zLRAGS_yumwvyl See also: More marsten mats One more on Marston Mats (perhaps my fav…