آیندۀ آنها، امروز ما؛ امروز ما، آیندۀ نسلهای بعد
از گزارههای معدودی که اکثر متخصصان علوم اجتماعی بر آن توافق دارند، یکی هم مفهوم ارزشِ شناختی و علمی و بهخصوص کاربردیِ «آیندهنگری» است. این به مفهوم زیر…
تجربه طبیعت
مروری بر کتاب “حق مادرزاد” نوشته استیون رابرت کلرت ترجمه عبدالحسین وهابزاده، سید مصطفی چشمی، روشنک شهریاری چقدر با طبیعت نزدیک و آشنایی؟ سوالی که برای همهی ما…
امنیت و فضای شهری
موضوع ایجاد امنیت و کاهش جرم خیزی در محیطهای شهری، یکی از مباحث بسیار مهم و بحث برانگیز مجامع علمی دنیا میباشد که لزوم توجه به ارتباط این…
دربارهٔ جعفر والی؛ مثل یک عاشق بیقرار
مریم منصوری جعفر والی از آن نامهایی است که با تاریخ تئاتر نوین ایران گره خورده است … ۱۳۱۲: تولد در تهران ۱۳۹۵: درگذشت در تهران ۱۳۲۹: ورود…
The reserve army of labour – (latent)
Well, this is a new blip on the slow process of getting people paid recognition for work. There are a few other things like this – eg the…
Dania Matos: Juneteenth is a catalyst for remembering our national commitments to freedom, liberty and equity
“There is work to be done at all levels: our country, our communities, ourselves and our campus,” equity and inclusion leader writes
Links & Contents I Liked 448
Hi all,I addition to #globaldev news from Ukraine, Oxfam, Japan & Colombia there are a few really great new papers on ‘digital famine’, the future of development studies…
DGSKA-Tagung 2023: Start des Call for Workshops
Ab sofort startet der Call for Workshops für die nächste DGSKA-Tagung „Umstrittenes Wissen: Ethnologische Perspektiven“. Die Tagung findet vom 25. bis 28. Juli 2023 an der Ludwig-Maximilia…
Simidele Dosekun, “Fashioning Postfeminism: Spectacular Femininity and Transnational Culture” (U Illinois Press, 2020)
Women in Lagos, Nigeria, practice a spectacularly feminine form of black beauty. From cascading hair extensions to immaculate makeup to high heels, their style permeates both day-to-day life…
Cómo estudiar la religión al margen de lo religioso
La foto es de Matt Weber Nota enviada a los estudiantes de la asignatura Antropología religiosa del Grado de Antropología Social de la Universitat de Barcelona, el 15…
Reflections on SAR’s “Seeking Justice” Webinar Series
On June 2 SAR held the sixth and final webinar in a series called Seeking Justice: Toward a More Equitable America, which launched in February. The series was…
Alice Tilche & Akshay Khanna: Embodying emotions in theatre and film
This is the second in our series of blogposts in relation to the Budhan podcast project, a community led initiative that has sought to capture the experiences of…
Neuer Protestbrief nach Evaluation des WissZeitVG
Die Initiator*innen der Initiative „Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz abschaffen – Grundfinanzierung der Universitäten stärken“ reagieren mit einem neuen Brief an das Bundesministerium für Bildung und F…
Writing Life No. 19: An Interview with Jason Pine by Jason Pine
Figure 1 (Jason): Writing is painful for me. I do TRX Suspension Training with an amazing online and affordable personal trainer/physical therapist (email me and I’ll give you…
Did Margaret Mead Think a Healed Femur Was the Earliest Sign of Civilization?
An anthropologist digs into the origins of a popular story attributed to Margaret Mead about the original sign of civilization. ✽ According to a commonly shared story, the…
Did Margaret Mead Think a Healed Femur Was the Earliest Sign of Civilization?
According to a commonly shared story, the anthropologist Margaret Mead was supposedly asked by a student what she thought was the earliest sign of a civilized society. There…
Andrew Simon, “Media of the Masses: Cassette Culture in Modern Egypt” (Stanford UP, 2022)
Media of the Masses: Cassette Culture in Modern Egypt (Stanford UP, 2022) investigates the social life of an everyday technology—the cassette tape—to offer a multisensory history of modern Egypt.…
Jennifer Natalya Fink, “All Our Families: Disability Lineage and the Future of Kinship” (Beacon Press, 2022)
Disability is often described as a tragedy, a crisis, or an aberration, though 1 in 5 people worldwide have a disability. Why is this common human experience rendered…
Çigdem Çidam, “In the Street: Democratic Action, Theatricality, and Political Friendship” (Oxford UP, 2021)
Çigdem Çidam, Associate Professor of Political Science at Union College, has a new book titled In the Street: Democratic Action, Theatricality, and Political Friendship (Oxford UP, 2021) that examines political…
Understanding the Shaman’s Tribulations
Understanding the Shaman’s Tribulations – By Taba Menia – The scholarship of shamanism is closely related to ideas about traditional healing and their knowledge. Found across the world…
Geschichten der Ältesten: Museumskooperation zwischen Berlin und Namibia
Ausgewählte Objekte aus der Sammlung des Ethnologischen Museums reisten im Mai nach Namibia. Die Direktorin der Museums Association of Namibia, Esther Moombolah/Gôagoses, erklärt im Gespräch, was n…
Living With the Prospect of Assisted Dying
Excerpted from The Day I Die: The Untold Story of Assisted Dying in America by Anita Hannig. © 2022 by Anita Hannig. Used with permission of the publisher,…
Living With the Prospect of Assisted Dying
[no-caption] The Real Tokyo Life/Getty Images Excerpted from The Day I Die: The Untold Story of Assisted Dying in America by Anita Hannig. © 2022 by Anita Hannig.…
»Frobenius hat die Fotografie sehr geschätzt«
Seit fast 30 Jahren kümmert sich Peter Steigerwald um das fotografische Bildarchiv des Frobenius-Instituts für kulturanthropologische Forschung. Der berühmte Ethnologe Leo Frobenius (1873–1983) hat vo…