Vietnam and Russia share a common socialist history dating back to the Cold War. But since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and Vietnam’s đổi mới reforms, Russia…
By Barbara Arisi and Jean Segata In order to celebrate the mes de los muertos (month of the dead), we write this obituary. We pay homage to one…
Diese Woche gibt es eine tolle Stelle im Bereich Stadtentwicklung, Recht und Soziales, ausgeschrieben vom Deutschen Institut für Urbanistik (Berlin), eine Volontariatsstelle im Bookspot Verlag…
UBC-V student governors took to twitter November 30th to call out #UBCBoG’s lack of transparency. December 5th’s full meeting of the board has a mere one hour of…
När man rör sig i Åbo är det uppenbart när studenterna har någon form av festlighet eller tillställning. Då ser man studenter i halare – alltså en slags…
این مطلب در خرداد ۱۳۸۸ منتشر و اکنون در تاریخ ۱۵ آذر ۱۴۰۱ بازنشر میشود. دو همتای آشیل و هکتور، یعنی اسفندیار و رستم در حماسهء بزرگ منظوم…
An anthropologist recounts a magical moment of songwriting collaboration between Diné (Navajo) and Ndebele artists gathered for the WOMAD Festival in South Africa. ✽ In October, I traveled…
In Wien stehen viele Denkmäler herum, die einen antisemitischen Politiker ehren. Auf eine Intervention reagierte die Stadt erst mit Schweigen, dann mit Kunst und altbekannten Ausflüchten zur Geschicht…
Image 1: One of Ruth’s writing spaces filled with family and childhood photos, art and objects that inspire her and that are filled with memories. On the laptop…
Aquí se puede leer mi ponencia del Congreso Internacional sobre la Amazonía Peruana II, titulado “Plantas para alejar las malas vibras: Observaciones etnbotánicas de la Amazonía urbana.” …
ByJihai LiBSc Anthropology, 2021-24 This is an assignment of the undergraduate module ‘Introduction to Material and Visual Culture’. The assignment requires each student to choose one of the…
This innovative study engages critically with existing conceptualisations of diaspora, arguing that if diaspora is to have analytical purchase, it should illuminate a specific angle of migration or…
In Indexicalism: The Metaphysics of Paradox (Edinburgh UP, 2021), Hilan Bensusan clarifies the logic and structure of an essentially situated and indexical metaphysics that is paradoxical and can also be regarded…
Contemporary Sweden is a country with a worldwide progressive reputation, despite an undeniable tradition of racism within its borders. In the face of this contradiction of culture and…
Known as highly mobile cattle nomads, the Wodaabe in Niger are today increasingly engaged in a transformation process towards a more diversified livelihood based primarily on agro-pastoralism and…
Eugenia Roussou’s book Orthodox Christianity, New Age Spirituality and Vernacular Religion: The ‘Evil Eye’ in Greece (Bloomsbury, 2021) thoroughly illustrates the novel synthesis of Christian religion and New Age spirituality…
Over the past twenty years, DNA ancestry testing has morphed from a niche market into a booming international industry that encourages members of the public to answer difficult…
Retaining a youthful appearance is a laborious and painful exercise, often rife with invisible labor. Digital beauty tech has made it much easier. Rather than altering our own…
An archaeologist explains how studies of ancient DNA and objects reveal that expansive migrations led to much greater diversity in medieval Britain than most people imagine today. This…
I extend my thanks to those colleagues who have already voted, and to those who let me know they were supporting me. I always feel honoured to be…
Interview by Jessica Winegar https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/rommel-egypts-football-revolution Jessica Winegar: The study of sports has been somewhat marginal in the field of anthropology….
Unsere Online-Veranstaltungen in den kommenden drei Monaten sind terminiert. Alle Workshops finden über zoom statt und werden von Mareike Menne moderiert. Die Teilnahmegebühr beträgt 25,00€, für News…
14 November 2022. The lecture room at the Münchner Volkshochschule (Munich adult education centre) was filled and…