Memòria i història
La foto és de Marc Fairhurst Notes per a Marta Rosell, estudiant del Màster d’Antropologia i Etnografia de la UB, enviat el novembre de 2018. Memòria i història…
Kuba Szreder, “The ABC of the Projectariat: Living and Working in a Precarious Art World” (Manchester UP, 2021)
Labour has taken an about-turn. From Adam Smith’s proposal for specialisation which saw the factory line reorganised so that each worker needed to understand only a small aspect…
Roberto J. González, “War Virtually: The Quest to Automate Conflict, Militarize Data, and Predict the Future” (U California Press, 2022)
A critical look at how the US military is weaponizing technology and data for new kinds of warfare—and why we must resist. War Virtually: The Quest to Automate Conflict,…
Daniel Silva, “Embodying Modernity: Global Fitness Culture and Building the Brazilian Body” (U Pittsburgh Press, 2022)
Daniel Silva’s Embodying Modernity: Global Fitness Culture and Building the Brazilian Body (U Pittsburgh Press, 2022) examines the current boom of fitness culture in Brazil in the context of the white…
Erklärung mit medico international: Migration ist kein Angriff. Wider die Entmenschlichung
Erklärung als PDF An der Grenze zu Melilla starben mindestens 37 Menschen, beim Versuch nach Europa zu gelangen. Der Umgang mit den Lebenden wie den Toten offenbart das…
The collapse of national capitalism — a Sophoclean tragedy – Part 2 – by Keith Hart
After 1971 World economy has reverted since the break-up of the Bretton Woods system of fixed parity exchange rates to … More
Day 3 of A Citizens’ Hearing: Examining Canada’s Covid Response
The final day of hearings focused on family law in the context of courts that simply uphold, without any question, state doctrine on the Covid so-called “vaccines” and…
Forging Her Path: Dr. Adriana María Linares-Palma, 2021-2022 Paloheimo Fellow
Written by Kat Bernhardt, Advancement Associate, SAR With her sparkling dark eyes and guarded genuine smile, there is a big-hearted opennes…
On the Power and Nourishment of Multidisciplinary Inquiry: Remembering Adele H. Hite by Nutrire CoLab
We were saddened to hear of the passing of our dear colleague Adele H. Hite in April 2022. Adele was a co-founding member of the Nutrire CoLab and…
Review: Power Hungry
Cope, Suzanne (2022) Power Hungry. Women of the Black Panther Party and Freedom Summer and Their Fight to Feed a Movement. Chicago: Lawrence Hill Books. ISBN 9781641604536 Ellen Mess…
Mazyar Lotfalian on his new book, What People Do with Images
Interview by Michael Fischer https://www.seankingston.co.uk/publishing.html Michael Fischer: It is so great to see your book finally coming out in print: we’ve been talking about it in semi…
El pozo de la Melancolía, y otras muchas manera de pensar demasiado.
“O el pozo era muy profundo, o ella caía muy lentamente, porque mientras descendía le sobraba tiempo para mirar alrededor y preguntarse qué iría a pasar a continuación.”…
Maneras de ser
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…