Amphibious Subjects: Sasso and the Contested Politics of Queer Self-Making in Neoliberal Ghana (University of California Press, 2022) is an ethnographic study of a community of self-identified effeminate men–known in local…
In this episode, our host Mariela Morales Suárez discusses the book Rude Citizenship: Jamaican Popular Music, Copyright, and the Reverberations of Colonial Power (UNC Press, 2022) by Dr. Larisa Kingston Mann.…
Ett skepp lastas i förmiddagssolen i Pargas hamn. Inom geologin använder man sig av tunnslip för att utföra studier av bergarter och mineraler på en mikroskopisk nivå, för…
In early June, Blake Lemoine, then an engineer at Google, claimed that LaMDA, a Machine Learning-based chatbot, was sentient and needed to be treated with respect. LaMDA stands…
For (a lot) more information about the fall festival: 「Neighborhood Autumn Festival in Japan: A Multimodal Visual Ethnography and Performance」 https://visualanthropologyofjapan.blogspot.com/2020/05/…
For the apprentice…who does not have the initial skills necessary to participate as a full member of a specific sporting practice, how are they to obtain the embodied…
In Northern Burma there is a railway bridge, the Gokteik Viaduct. It was completed in 1900 by a Pennsylvania steel company under contract to the British government, which…
Rechte Bewegungen und Akteur:innen haben das Recht zum zentralen Kampffeld erkoren: Sie führen jedoch nicht nur (erfolgreiche) Klageverfahren, sondern greifen die relationale Autonomie des Rechts an. …
See yesterday’s post for Day One Photos. Here’s Day Two… I’m already looking forward to next year! For (a lot) more information about the fall festival: 「Neighborhood Autumn…
Eine meiner größten Sorgen, bevor ich nach Delhi gekommen bin, war der Verkehr. Ich mag Autos schon in Berlin nicht. Und Delhi – so meine Erinnerung – gilt…
After two long years of COVID-19 restrictions, we were finally able to hold our neighborhood fall festival this year. The program was cut back a bit – no…
The ARHE Awards Committee is thrilled to announce the 2022 Policy Brief winners. Please join us in congratulating: Student winner: Alyssa Basmajian for her policy brief entitled Doulas…
“Our whole state manifested itself in [Verkhniy] Lars, in a concentrated form: violence, mess, corruption, and indifference” – told me Vadim, who left Russia through Georgia shortly after…
Text by Marie Paquignon (Freie Universität Berlin) Art by Lena Rorschach Introduction “To describe and to voice violence is a step towards peace” (Dussy 2021, 29, translated from…
Hi all,What a week, eh? But while the UK is descending into a Benny Hill-esque tragic-comedic state, it also means more bad news for #globaldev-in the UK, but…
Recap of the guest lecture by Philipp Schorch and Paul Janman at Vā Moana Pacific Spaces in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand
How is sexuality experienced in contemporary China? What are the connections and tensions between China and the West in producing knowledges of sexuality? Dr Weiyi Hu notes that…
Durch meine Reise nach Indien bin ich irgendwie wichtiger geworden. Zumindest erscheine ich nun immer wieder auf Gruppenfotos mit wichtigen Menschen und werde von ICAS:MP getweetet. Zuerst war…
Durch meine Reise nach Indien bin ich irgendwie wichtiger geworden. Zumindest erscheine ich nun immer wieder auf Gruppenfotos mit wichtigen Menschen und werde von ICAS:MP getweetet. Zuerst war…
In Melanesia, Indigenous communities developed elaborate rituals to bring themselves material wealth starting in the late 19th century. These practices reveal a profoundly important and universal soci…
This is out – much awaited and of importance: https://www.lit-verlag.de/isbn/978-3-643-91518-4
In Horizon Work: At the Edge of Knowledge in an Age of Runaway Climate Change, Adriana Petryna explores ‘horizoning’ as a conceptual device that sets up new ranges and circumstances for…
By Thijl Sunier On October 28, 2022, I shall give my valedictory lecture speech as professor of anthropology, chair of Islam in European Societies. The theme of the…
Two neighbors from the same village fall in love and elope to a shelter for couples that break caste norms. A Hindu woman falls in love with a…