Political Anthropology: ‘primite law’ and sanction
‘Primitive Law’ and Sanctions in Political Anthropology Political anthropology, in its exploration of power, authority, and governance across diverse human societies, pays particular attention …
‘Primitive Law’ and Sanctions in Political Anthropology Political anthropology, in its exploration of power, authority, and governance across diverse human societies, pays particular attention …
Economic Anthropology: Reciprocity, Redistribution and Market Exchange Anthropological economic theory, heavily influenced by Karl Polanyi’s seminal work, The Great Transformation (1957)¹ parti…
Bonus(?): This picture pretty much says it all… 7 losses in a row. And on Umeno’s birthday no less (he did get a hit, but was tagged out…
Foto presa de ajuntament.barcelona.cat Comentari per als col·legues de l’OACU a propòsit de la vindicació neomaragallista de Cerdà i, sobre tot, del noucentisme. Enviat el març de 2016.…
Public spaces are shaped by us and, in turn, they shape us. Too often, however, they are commodified, reduced to grids and coordinates designed for control, measurement, and…
A Life of Worry: Politics, Mental Health, and Vietnam’s Age of Anxiety by Allen Tran (University of California Press: 2023) In A Life of Worry, Allen L. Tran…
An evolutionary anthropologist details seasonal changes among foraging communities—and distills how the fixed political structures of industrialized societies are an outlier in human history. ✽ If you…
Maruška Svašek without ChatGPT Karel entered the museum with a visceral urge to be surrounded by artefacts. To be sucked in by the collection and erase himself. The…
Tribal Histories of the Willamette Valley Book events (upcoming and past) 2025 (upcoming) Dec 12/6 Wild Arts Festival Author Table Hillsboro Aug 8/4 Shared Stewardship 101, Benton…
I am happy to note that my book Concept Work: Constructing Frameworks for Folklore Studies is in press with Indiana University University. Look for it in October and…
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/circulations/paper Rachel Apone: Thank you for this creative, rich, and thought-provoking book! The book offers a fascinating argument about the history of Tok Pi…
Wie könnte eine von Transmaterialist*innen veränderte Gesellschaft aussehen? Auf diese Frage haben die Studierenden im studentischen Projekttutorium “Transmaterialism – an Introduction” im Somme…
Introduction In the short story Before the Law, Franz Kafka writes about a man from the country who attempts to […] The post At the state’s gate: The…
After a long silence, there is finally some activity on antropologi.info! The blogging software I had been using since 2005 (!) is no longer maintained. It is called…
انسان‌شناسی و فرهنگ به دنبال حملۀ غیرقانونی دولت اسرائیل به ایران و به خطر انداختن جان و زندگی مردم و فرهنگ کشورمان و وضعیت بحرانی ناشی از این…
“Bright morning light on pond and path around the garden” https://www.flickr.com/photos/mi_shigapics/51427254438/in/album-72157712160299046 Thanks to Guven Witteveen for sharing this info through t…
The New Preachers of Egypt—so named because of their novel preaching styles, which incorporate everything from melodrama to music to self-help—came to prominence on the world’s first Islamic…
Im Supergedenkjahr 2024/25, zum dem 80 Jahre Kriegsende und 85 Jahre Überfall auf Polen gehören, wurde der rechtspopulistische Karol Nawrocki zum neuen polnischen Präsidenten gewählt. Als ehemaliger D…
از اواخر فروردین ۱۴۰۴، پس از فراز و فرود‌های زیاد خوشبختانه مذاکرات ایران و آمریکا برای رسیدن به توافقی بر سر «مسئله هسته‌ای» ایران و از میان برداشتن…
De svarta jeansen rör sig från trakten av torget mot Mariegatan i Åbo. Mängden är kanske inte enorm en regnsjuk torsdag i juni, men följer man med vad…
A linguistic anthropologist explores the queer Ballroom scene in San Juan—and how performers are incorporating critiques of colonialism into the art form. “READING” ABOUT HER FASHION I look…
Peasant Reserve Zones (Zonas de Reserva Campesina, or ZRCs in Spanish) constitute a legal framework established to organize territories historically inhabited by peasant communities in Colombia. Desig…
From large cities to small towns, “No Kings Day” will counter Trump’s birthday spectacle with people power. “Nah, he wouldn’t really do that.” I’ve lived in the Upper…
An archaeologist who studies past farming practices in the north coast of Peru argues these offer models for navigating current climate crises. ✽ SEEING THE NORTH COAST of…