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La foto és de Tommy Ton Reseña de Estilos de pensar. Ensayos críticos sobre el buen gusto, de Mary Douglas, traducción de Alcira Bixio, Gedisa, Barcelona, 1998, 220 páginas, publicada en…
What the Anthropology of Smell Reveals About Humanity
Former first lady Michelle Obama savors the scent of a Douglas fir tree presented to the first family for Christmas in 2010. Rod Lamkey/Getty Images Vivian,* a Washington,…
Carla Power, “Home, Land, Security: Deradicalization and the Journey Back from Extremism” (One World, 2021)
In the Pulitzer Prize finalist book Home, Land, Security: Deradicalisation and the Journey Back from Extremism (One World, 2021), Carla Power explores: what are the roots of radicalism? Journalist Carla…
What the Anthropology of Smell Reveals About Humanity
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Looking Into the World of Frog Gigging
The moon emerged out of the clouds at a few minutes past midnight, reflecting on the murky water of a forest pond. I watched as Wyatt*, the organizer…
Looking Into the World of Frog Gigging
Frog hunters, known as “giggers,” search for bullfrogs in southern Indiana. Saish Solankar The moon emerged out of the clouds at a few minutes past midnight, reflecting on…
Unearthing a Fragile Root of Democracy
By Pia K. R. Beiermann, second-year student of CADS This Saturday I wake up slowly, a bit later than usual. Still in a morning fogginess best described as…
Ranavalona I: la última reina de Madagascar
Read Time:5 Minute, 42 Second “Está muerto y desaparecido. A su cabeza un césped verde hierba, a sus talones una piedra” William…
Claire L. Wendland, “Partial Stories: Maternal Death from Six Angles” (U Chicago Press, 2022)
A close look at stories of maternal death in Malawi that considers their implications in the broader arena of medical knowledge. By the early twenty-first century, about one…
Gina Louise Hunter, “Edible Insects: A Global History” (2021)
From grasshoppers to grubs, an eye-opening look at insect cuisine around the world. An estimated two billion people worldwide regularly consume insects, yet bugs are rarely eaten in…
Teemu Taira, “Taking ‘Religion’ Seriously: Essays on the Discursive Study of Religion” (Brill, 2022)
Teemu Taira‘s book Taking ‘Religion’ Seriously: Essays on the Discursive Study of Religion (Brill, 2022) demonstrates through methodological reflections and carefully chosen case studies a new way to conduct the…
Omar Kasmani, “Queer Companions: Religion, Public Intimacy, and Saintly Affects in Pakistan” (Duke UP, 2022)
In Queer Companions: Religion, Public Intimacy, and Saintly Affects in Pakistan (Duke UP, 2022), Omar Kasmani theorizes saintly intimacy and the construction of queer social relations at Pakistan’s most important site…
Stugtid – att komma in i en andra andning
Efter allt regn växer gräset så det knakar och borde klippas. Bryggan är sned och vinglig på grund av att isen och framförallt islossningen som även detta år…
Francia Márquez – Kolumbiens erste schwarze Vizepräsidentin ist die Stimme der „Niemande“
In Kolumbien hat eine neue Geschichtsschreibung begonnen. Als erste schwarze Frau wurde Francia Marquez zur Vizepräsidentin der ersten linken Regierung des Landes gewählt. Sie verkörpert den Kampf geg…
Day 2 of A Citizens’ Hearing: Examining Canada’s Covid Response
The Citizens’ Hearing is, “an independent inquiry into Canada’s response to Covid-19. We will hear evidence from scientists, legal experts, and healthcare providers, as well as test…
Wissensplattform zur Bebilderung der Alchemie mit Bethmann-Studienpreis ausgezeichnet
Mit dem Johann Philipp von Bethmann-Studienpreis 2021 zeichnete die Frankfurter Historische Kommission Dr. Berit Wagner zusammen mit ihrem Projektteam für die virtuelle Ausstellung und digitale Wissen…
Céline Cantat: The reception spectacle: on Ukrainian displacement and selective empathy at Europe’s borders
Since the beginning of the Russian offensive on Ukraine on February 24th, over 5 million people have registered for temporary protection programmes and other schemes across Europe. By…
Sonderheft #7: Upside Down ist erschienen
Die COVID-19-Pandemie hat unsere Handlungen im Raum tiefgreifend verändert und unser Raumerleben auf zuvor unbekannte Weise auf den Kopf gestellt: Maßnahmen gegen die Ausbreitung des Virus schränken B…
The vital afterlife of Chernobyl cemeteries
Every year, after Easter, hundreds of families from all over Ukraine gather in the Chernobyl Zone of Alienation. People converge toward the now-deserted area to perform rites called…
Difficult Truths: Confronting Irish Industrial Schools
This article was originally published at Otherwise magazine and has been republished with permission as a lightly edited excerpt. CONSTELLATIONS The 1918 Spanish flu altered the course of…
Difficult Truths: Confronting Irish Industrial Schools
[no-caption] Matt Anderson Photography/Getty Images This article was originally published at Otherwise magazine and has been republished with permission as a lightly edited excerpt. CONST…
Trabajadoras del hogar: once años de lucha por sus derechos
Read Time:9 Minute, 21 Second (Arriba) Rafa y Dona unas de las fundadoras de Territorio Doméstico (Abajo) compañeras celebrando la …
Day 1 of A Citizens’ Hearing: Examining Canada’s Covid Response
From Wednesday, June 22, through Friday, June 24, 2022, a combined effort by the Canadian Covid Care Alliance and Fearless Canada, brought three full days of testimonies that were stre…
What is the Great Replacement Theory? – A primer
A good video primer of the far right and mainstream ‘great replacement’ conspiracy theories by DW NEWS with experts from the field