The Dirt
Discard Studies is an interdisciplinary field of research that takes systems of waste and wasting as its topic of study, including but beyond conventional notions of trash and…
Som praktikant vid univeristetet
Nervös men inga större förväntningar. Det var ungefär så som jag kände då jag åkte på prao till Åbo Akademi där min moster jobbar. Jag hade också funderat…
Emily Weinstein and Carrie James, “Behind Their Screens: What Teens Are Facing (and Adults Are Missing)” (MIT Press, 2022)
What are teens actually doing on their smartphones? Contrary to many adults’ assumptions, they are not simply “addicted” to their screens, oblivious to the afterlife of what they…
Early Career Ethnographers of the NHS: Series Introduction
REBECCA IRONS Social Science and Humanities research with and on the NHS has never been more urgent than in a post-pandemic context. However, interdisciplinary collaboration with health servic…
Ep#98 Human Centered Design & “Futurising” Insights: Dr Vaike Fors on Emergent Mobility Technologies
The Familiar Strange · Ep#98 Human Centered Design & “Futurising” Insights: Dr Vaike Fors on Emergent Mobility Technologies This week, Familiar Stranger Emma conducts her first interview! Emma…
Museum Anthropology Review Volume 16: Studies in Museum Ethnography in Honor of Daniel C. Swan
Social media is changing again and it seems like a good time to give Shreds and Patches more love and attention. My collaborator and special issue co-editor Michael…
Benachteiligung verboten? ‚Triage‘ und das uneingelöste Gleichstellungsversprechen
Das Grundgesetz verbietet die Benachteiligung von Menschen mit Behinderung. Trotzdem sollten während der Pandemie Beatmungsgeräte nach „Gebrechlichkeit“ verteilt werden, bis das Bundesverfassungsgeric…
Prof. B. B. Lal: My reminiscences
Prof. B. B. Lal, Eminent archaeologist who rediscovered India’s ancient civilization buried under colonial barrage Subhash Walimbe Formal faculty, Deccan College PGRI, Pune 411 006 subhashwalimbe@gma…
Katzie First Nation sues BC Hydro over impact to Alouette River salmon | Vancouver Sun interview
I was interviewed for a story about a recent court filing by Katzie First Nation. I include, below, the section of the story that quoted me and the…
Palmer Strategizes Treaty-Making, 1853
In 1853 Joel Palmer, newly appointed Indian Superintendent of Oregon, was working to keep the peace between the tribes and settlers in Oregon. The plan was to remove…
La mirada homicida
Fotograma de “Arrebato”, d’Iván Zulueta El setembre de l’any 2002 es va celebrar el IX Congrés d’Antropologia que, per encàrrec de la Federación de Asociaciones de Antropología del…
Mario Nisbett, “The Workings of Diaspora: Jamaican Maroons and the Claims to Sovereignty” (Lexington Books, 2021)
Engaging the past, the present, and the future, The Workings of Diaspora: Jamaican Maroons and the Claims to Sovereignty (Lexington Books, 2021) shows how the lived experience of Jamaican Maroons is…
SAFN 2022 Awards!
Congratulatory cake! Green Tea Milles Crepe Cake by Wishing Town Bakery, New Orleans, photo by David Beriss Amanda Green (SAFN Award Committee) and Jennifer Jo Thompson (SAFN President)…
Running for reelection as Joint Faculties Senator (UBC-V)
I have formally submitted my papers for re-election as a Joint Faculties Senator at UBC-V Senate. Here is the statement I included with the nomination forms. I seek…
Links & Contents I Liked 460
Hi all,Yesterday and today about 50 of our students in 11 groups presented the results of their 8 week-long #globaldev blogging projects so I’m still a bit dizzy…
Pardoning the innocent: the early modern witch hunt as traumatic heritage?
A History Month (Maand van de Geschiedenis) contribution by Peter Versteeg We live in a time when calls for public apologies for all kinds of historical wrongs are…
Wer zählt in amtlichen Statistiken? Zur Begriffsethik von ‚Migrationshintergrund‘
Kommentar von Dr.‘ Tereza Hendl, Universität Augsburg & Dr. Daniel James, Universität Düsseldorf – Einreichung am 11. Oktober 2022 Einleitung Als Philosoph:innen mit Forschungsschwerpu…
Personal
Ich gehe täglich mindestens zweimal essen, da ich bisher keine eigene Küche habe. Inzwischen kenne ich viele der Kellner (Maskulinum!) und sie kennen mich auch besser. Auffallend ist…
Upcoming: 3rd Conference of the DFG Network „Anthropology and China(s)“ in Zurich, December 15–17, 2022
The 3rd Conference of the DFG Network „Anthropology and China(s)“ will take place at the Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zurich. It will explore the topic „The Politics…
Personal
Ich gehe täglich mindestens zweimal essen, da ich bisher keine eigene Küche habe. Inzwischen kenne ich viele der Kellner (Maskulinum!) und sie kennen mich auch besser. Auffallend ist…
Political Deification in South Asia
How can we understand the processes through which political leaders, god-men, stars of all kinds, and big or small deities mingle together in the public sphere? And what…
Sanaa Alimia, “Refugee Cities: How Afghans Changed Urban Pakistan” (U Pennsylvania Press, 2022)
Situated between the 1970s Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan and the post-2001 War on Terror, Refugee Cities: How Afghans Changed Urban Pakistan (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2022) tells the story…
Political Deification in South Asia
How can we understand the processes through which political leaders, god-men, stars of all kinds, and big or small deities mingle together in the public sphere? And what…