Ep #102: Gender in the Mines & Anthro Origin Stories: This Month on TFS
The Familiar Strange · Ep #102: Gender in the Mines & Anthro Origin Stories: This Month on TFS We are back for 2023! This month we welcome our…
Nicholas Mirzoeff, “White Sight: Visual Politics and Practices of Whiteness” (MIT Press, 2023)
From the author of How to See the World comes a new history of white supremacist ways of seeing—and a strategy for dismantling them. White supremacy is not only perpetuated…
Spådom, blommor och midsommar – vem är din framtida partner?
Ah, midsommar! Många personers favorithögtid. Man träffas med familj och vänner, äter, leker lekar och gör olika aktiviteter som hör midsommaren till. Aktiviteterna varierar såklart med åldern, men…
Say Their Names. Drei Jahre Erinnerung an Hanau
Am 19. Februar 2020 ermordete ein Rechtsextremist in Hanau neun Menschen. Die Essayistin Asal Dardan blickt in einer Rede am Brechtfestival in Augsburg zurück auf drei Jahre Erinnerung…
Normalising the Abnormal: Trinity College Dublin Decides what to do with its Collection of Stolen Skulls
Ciarán Walsh (curator.ie) Charles R. Browne, the first graduate in academic anthropology at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), went to Inishbofin in 1893 with a plan to collect skulls…
Interview with CBC’s Daybreak North on Indian Status Cards
On air interview, Thursday, February 16, 2023. Link to CBC audio clip. [00:00:25.010] – Carolina The all native basketball tournament is underway right now in Prince Rupert. But…
Fabio Duarte and Ricardo Alvarez, “Urban Play: Make-Believe, Technology, and Space” (MIT Press, 2021)
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…
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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…
Congratulations! APLA’s 2022 Book Prize in Critical Anthropology
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…
Marnia Lazreg, “Foucault’s Orient: The Conundrum of Cultural Difference, From Tunisia to Japan” (Berghahn Books, 2020)
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…
„Warum soll nicht eine Oma auch mal Germany’s next Topmodel werden?“
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…
The tale of the travelling sneaker: From Western Rejects to Nairobi’s Mtumba Hustle
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…
With the Fall of a Tree, Archaeology Returns to Liberia
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…
Queer Representations in Singaporean Media
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…
Controversy in Swedish Missionary Studies
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…
Lurgio Gavilán Sánchez, “When Rains Became Floods: A Child Soldier’s Story” (Duke UP, 2015)
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…
「Food Terrorism at Midnight: Changing Eating Patterns in Japan」@ Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference 2023 Virtual Sessions February 17/18, 2023
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…
Elephant in the room: Suzi Quatro’s Primitive Love is better than Fleetwood Mac’s rip-off Tusk.
Convince me otherwise. 1973 for Quatro, 1979 for F.Mac. 1973 1979
Emily Hund, “The Influencer Industry: The Quest for Authenticity on Social Media” (Princeton UP, 2023)
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…
Sarah Kunz, “Expatriate: Following a Migration Category” (Manchester UP, 2023)
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…
عکس فوری(۲۶۲):خشونت یک عکس، بیرحمی یک خاطره، پرویز ثابتی، شکنجهگر «آزادیخواه»
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…
Navigating the Ethics of Ancient DNA Research
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…