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Explicacions paradoxals
Ressenya del llibre de Gerard Horta, De la mística a les barricades. Introducció a l’espiritisme català del XIX dins el context ocultista europeu (Proa, 2001), apareguda a la revista…
"Podemos, el Euro-Peronismo". Joan Martínez Alier
“PODEMOS”, EL EURO-PERONISMO Joan Martinez Alier Joan Martínez Alier ICTA-Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona De los principios y propuestas en el programa de Podemos de mayo de 2014 para…
A Tale of Two Olhas: Reframing Ukrainian women’s experiences of war
ByAmandas OngPhD Anthropology Olha K.1 was not happy. For weeks, she had been waiting to apply for a national identification number that would grant Ukrainians like herself full…
Jana Gerlach: Von der Soziologie zum Diversity-Training
Photo von Tim Mossholder auf unsplash.com Jana Gerlach ist promovierte Soziologin und war während und nach der Promotion insgesamt acht Jahre als wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin an der Freien …
Perimeter Protection: The Resiliency of Plantation Infrastructures in the South Carolina Lowcountry
Editorial Note: This post is part of our series highlighting the work of the Anthropology and Environment Society’s 2021 Roy A. Rappaport Prize Finalists. We asked them to outline the…
New Book Review: Citizenship, Democracy, and Belonging in Suburban Britain: Making the Local by David Jeevendrampillai
In Citizenship, Democracy, and Belonging in Suburban Britain: Making the Local – available open access from UCL Press – David Jeevendrampillai explores how inclusiveness and citizen participation can …
What the Vai Script Reveals About the Evolution of Writing
This handwritten example of Vai script dates to around 1850. British Library/Wikimedia Commons In a small West African village, a man named Momolu Duwalu Bukele had a compelling…
Round-Up Update
I received the following response from Kavie Toor regarding the use of ORUnd Up on fields at UBC. [see previous blog post] —— Dear Charles Thank you for…
Noting the Loss of Two Significant SAR supporters
We are sorry to report the passing of two longtime SAR supporters. Benjamin Crane, 2015. Photo credit: Garret Vreeland Benjamin F. Crane, a distinguished New York attorney who…
Ethnologin Prof. Nurit Bird-David ist Gast der Ad. E. Jensen-Gedächtnisvorlesung 2022
Neue Einblicke in die Forschung zu Jäger- und Sammlerkulturen Südindiens verspricht die diesjährige Ad. E. Jensen-Gedächtnisvorlesung. Das Frobenius-Institut für kulturanthropologische Forschung konnt…
Nuevo número: 20/Junio/2022
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Here’s How to Make Olive Oil Like an Ancient Egyptian
“Hand Clutching an Olive Branch,” 1353–1323 B.C., New Kingdom, Amarna Period. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Norbert Schimmel, 1981 This article was originally published at The…
Heba Gowayed, “Refuge: How the State Shapes Human Potential” (Princeton UP, 2022)
As the world confronts the largest refugee crisis since World War II, wealthy countries are being called upon to open their doors to the displaced, with the assumption…
Jacob Doherty, “Waste Worlds: Inhabiting Kampala’s Infrastructures of Disposability” (U California Press, 2021)
Uganda’s capital, Kampala, is undergoing dramatic urban transformations as its new technocratic government seeks to clean and green the city. Waste Worlds: Inhabiting Kampala’s Infrastructures of Disposability (U California Press,…
The Stars in the Universe
Reposted from capitalnctu.wordpress.com From TDTU amidst the detritus of the pandemic, this amazing work: 1 C Table of contentsDownload 1-final-artwork-ecou-teamDownload 2-ipu…
مطالعات انسانشناختی بلوچستان
قوم بلوچ در میان اقوام ایرانی همچنان کمتر از دیگران شناخته شده است. ویژگیهای فرهنگی درهم تنیده که به آن ساختار متفاوتی بخشیده، شامل زبان، سلسله مراتب متفاوت…
درباره اعتراضات اجتماعی کنونی
سخنی درباره اعتراضات اجتماعی کنونی: «شوک درمانی» یا «انقباض سیاسی»؟ با چند پرسش و پاسخ ساده – بدون آنکه تن به هیجان و احساسات بدهیم و بدون آنکه…
اشغال گیلان توسط پترکبیر (بخش ۶ و پایانی)
اشغال گیلان توسط پترکبیر و دیدگاه مارکس در مورد پترکبیر و اسلاوها اشاره: متنی که در مورد اشغال گیلان در دوره ی پتر اول ( پتر کبیر)…
انسانشناسی بدن (بخش ۴ و پایانی)
تصویر: تندیسی از چارلز ری، تندیسساز آمریکایی در ورودی نمایشگاه آثارش در ژرژپمپیدو انسانشناسی بدن: با تأکید بر مطالعه اختلالات تغذیه برگردان فاطمه سیارپور دومین بخش پژوهش…
Why “The Great Replacement Theory” is not a Theory, and why that Matters
The notion of a “theory” comes from science. As such, the term conveys all the legitimacy upon which the scientific method relies. It should not be tossed around…
Vergewaltigung als Kriegswaffe? Einige Überlegungen zu sexueller Gewalt im Krieg gegen die Ukraine
Meldungen über Vergewaltigungen von russischen Soldaten an Ukrainer:innen mehren sich. Doch wer spricht wie über diese Gewalt? Was kommt dabei nicht zur Sprache? Und wie lassen sich solche…
Technologies of Equal Participation: Formats, Designs, Practices. Introduction.
This browser does not support HTML5 audio Listen to an audio recording of this piece read by Svetlana Borodina Photo by Gareth David on Unsplash Only tod…
Indigenous Mapmaking, or Bringing a Dead Map to Life
Two Indigenous Marind clan representatives peruse a map of their customary territories produced by local village members. Sophie Chao Excerpted from In the Shadow of the Palms: More-Than-…