Arctic Midsummer – party time with pagan roots
In the European Arctic Midsummer nowadays marks mostly the start of the summer holidays. But at the roots of this big holiday, celebrated on or close to the…
Wie erinnerungswürdig ist der Kommunismus? Zur geplanten Rekonstruktion des Revolutionsdenkmals von Mies van der Rohe
In den Diskussionen über Erinnerungspolitik und Gedenkstättenarchitektur geht es auch um das von den Nazis zerstörte Revolutionsdenkmal. Doch die Forderung nach seiner Rekonstruktion ist nicht frei vo…
Introducing: “Disaster X”
Disaster X is a new publication, that is tied to this site: it is available on Substack. Here I just want to briefly introduce the material that already…
شناخت از تاریخ و فرهنگ؛ لازمۀ توسعۀ پایدار
گفتوگو با «محسن شهرنازدار»، سرپرست علمی مجموعۀ «پژوهشهای ایران فرهنگی» ویژۀ بلوچستان شناخت از تاریخ و فرهنگ؛ لازمۀ توسعۀ پایدار برای آنکه متوقف نمانیم هرکس باید سهم خود…
بلوچستان؛ جایی فراتر از تصاویر کلیشهای
دربارۀ گسترۀ فرهنگی بلوچستان در طول تاریخ سالهاست عادت کردهایم هر بار سخن از بلوچها و بلوچستان به میان میآید، جز تصاویری از فقر و محرومیت، از سرزمینی…
یادداشتهای پایان قرن (۳۶)
فصل چهارم: اصالت وجود هایدگر و همگنان طی سالهای اخیر کتابهای متعددی (اعم از ترجمه یا تألیف) درباره فلسفه هایدگر به چاپ رسیده است، که دربین آنها میتوان…
فضا و کنشگری آفریننده
چگونه میتوان فارغ از نظریههای پیچیده، از فضا و کنشگری در فضا به زبان ساده سخن گفت؟ فضا چیست؟ آیا فضا محاط است یا محیط؟ آیا فضا ظرفی…
Transformation, Hope and the Commons: A Belfast #EASA2022 conference
Fiona Murphy and Evropi Chatzipanagiotidou, Queen’s University Belfast Figure 1. EASA 2022 logo – the beacon of hope An elegant female figure, a beacon of hope, composed of…
Centralització no és centralitat
La foto és de Kevin Mohett Comentari per en Guillermo Aguirre, enviat el 15 de juny de 2022 Centralitzacio no és centralitat Manuel Delgado El que volen fer…
Links & Contents I Liked 449
Hi all,This final post before the traditional summer break until early August is filled with interesting stories from around the #globaldev world again! UN whistleblowers, MSF visual communication,…
Todos los soles del mundo
Read Time:10 Minute, 56 Second “…el conocimiento que ha aportado la hipercrítica de la posmodernidad en Ciencias Sociales, tan pol…
Carles Lalueza-Fox, “Inequality: A Genetic History” (MIT Press, 2022)
Inequality is an urgent global concern, with pundits, politicians, academics, and best-selling books all taking up its causes and consequences. In Inequality: A Genetic History (MIT Press, 2022), Carles Lalueza-Fox…
Emily Mendenhall, “Unmasked: Covid, Community, and the Case of Okoboji” (Vanderbilt UP, 2022)
Unmasked: Covid, Community, and the Case of Okoboji (Vanderbilt UP, 2022) is the story of what happened in Okoboji, a small Iowan tourist town, when a collective turn from the…
Karrierewerkstatt 28.6.2022
Dr. Iris Köhler und ich laden herzlich zur dritten offenen Karrierewerkstatt via Zoom ein: 28.6.2022, 17:00-18:30 Uhr Unser Schwerpunktthema ist: Bewerben. Wenn Du graduierst, promoviers…
How Big Data is a Great Help in Cultural Anthropology
Credit/resources used in the video: Data – The Billion Prices Project Big data | Institute of Physics (iop.org) LHC restarts – YouTube Stars 101 | National Geographic –…
What Ancient Stone “Swiss Army Knives” Mean
This article was originally published in The Conversation and has been republished under Creative Commons. Humans are the only species to live in every environmental niche in the…
What Ancient Stone “Swiss Army Knives” Mean
Multipurpose ancient stone tools harbor more clues about human sociality than initially meet the eye. Paloma de la Peñ This article was originally published in The Conversation and…
Centennial of the Indian Arts Research Center Collections: Gala Dinner and Auction
Thunder and light rain did not keep 100 stalwart gala guests from descending the stone steps to enter a white-tented world where they were …
In Case You Missed It: Cultivating Connections 2022
Jennifer Jo Thompson, University of Georgia (SAFN President) After three years of planning, postponing due to COVID-19, and then planning again, “Cultivating Connections”—the 2022 joint annual mee…
Cuando la copia vence al original. Versiones que superaron a las versiones originales
Read Time:3 Minute, 43 Second Todas las épocas tienen canciones que son seña de identidad de la misma, y grupos memorables que han …
Bharat Jayram Venkat, “At the Limits of Cure” (Duke UP, 2021)
Can a history of cure be more than a history of how disease comes to an end? In 1950s Madras, an international team of researchers demonstrated that antibiotics were…
Susan Hartman, “City of Refugees: The Story of Three Newcomers Who Breathed Life into a Dying American Town” (Beacon Press, 2022)
City of Refugees: The Story of Three Newcomers Who Breathed Life into a Dying American Town (Beacon Press, 2022) paints an intimate portrait of the newcomers revitalizing a fading industrial…
Äntligen dags för konferens!
Så kändes det som att många kände inför att Nordiska etnolog- och folkloristkongressen (Ethnofolk) gick av stapeln i Reykjavik 13-16 juni, det märkets också genom ett högt deltagarantal…
Apocalyptic end times
I have a hunch this place won’t last the decade – some sort of global cataclysm is in the offing, you can just tell. Yet despite prognostications of…