Subjunctivity: narratives, evidence, and uncertainty
Profound uncertainty The profound uncertainty that may undergird living with multiple narratives was conveyed to me during my research on the remaking …
Der skal være mere imellem antropologien og verden
Tanker fra udvalgsdagen i antropologis introforløb af Adrian og Julie Et åbent benbrud kan lappes sammen. Førnutid på spansk kan sættes på …
Material Vernaculars Series Launches with Jon Kay’s Folk Art and Aging
This fall I will be talking a lot about the new book series that the Indiana University Press and the Mathers Museum …
As part of my sabbatical, I recently spent two weeks with the exceptional researchers in Environmental Humanities at UNSW. My hope was …
They don’t care about us
As Milwaukee burns and Baton Rouge floods, I wrote about the abandonment of the heartland for Quartz: They come for the chaos. …
NYAS @ WGF Returns! Fall 2016/Spring 2017 Monday Evening Lecture Series: “Framing”
This year our speaker series “Framing” highlights the multiple and contested processes of cultural construction, critique, and analysis that are part of …
Das Kleid, das nicht kleidet
Mit einem tiefen Unbehagen steht man an der Vitrine, in der das „Hexenhemd“ liegt. Die Vitrine hat etwas von einem gläsernen Sarg. …
What FoodAnthropology Is Reading Now, August 23, 2016
A brief digest of food and nutrition-related items that caught our attention recently. Got items you think we should include? Send links …
Forget Not the Mighty Zipper
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science (DMNS) curates a beautiful fur parka from Barrow, Alaska. The body and hood are made …
Conference Report: The Humanization of Health Sciences through Innovation in Health Professions Education by Thomas Cousins
Brocher Foundation, May 2016 Introduction This three-day event took place at the Brocher Foundation Institute, Geneva, from May 17-20 2016, and was …
Infrastructure – Peripheral Visions and Bodies that Matter: A Commentary
*A commentary on Part II of our Engagement thematic series, The Nature of Infrastructure. By Bettina Stoetzer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology § …
Anthropology Students of Color
When I was an anthropology graduate student, I often found myself in an ambiguous place as someone who isn’t white. I swallowed …
Whittier College at the end of summer
I grew up partly in a college town, and I’ve been around college campuses most of my life. One of my favorite …
Con-Men: Understanding the Gendered Language of the Comic Book Convention
By Steven Dashiell Featured image based on an Creative Commons image by GabboT. I can clearly remember my first time ever going …
Ein performativer Akt: Das Anlegen des Schleiers und des Kopftuches
Das Anlegen von Kleidung kann einen performativen Akt darstellen, mit dem sich Körper, Identität und Bild nach innen und nach außen …
Talking Timbits and Double Doubles: First Day Conversations in Anthropology 100
September looms and it’s time to start planning for that important first class with with my new batch of students. That means …
Anthro in the news 8/22/16
African slave heritage underwater Slave Wrecks Project team members with Thiaw, center. Source: The Washington Post/Jane Hahn An article in The Washington …
Around the Web Digest- August 14
Hey everyone! Hope you are enjoying the last few days of summer before the academic grind starts for another year. Here are …
Notes on the 13th digital ethnography reading (Takhteyev 2012)
Takhteyev, Y. (2012). Coding Places: Software practice in a South American city. MIT Press. Notes by Tresa LeClerc Non/fiction Lab and Digital Ethnography …
Resource: Transitioning from high school to post-secondary education
Many students struggle with culture shock as they make the transition between high school and post-secondary education. New freedoms for many students …
Flavour was not supposed to die…, by Andrew Jefferson
It’s raining in Freetown and the traffic is, as usual, slow on the road through Congo Town towards Kroo Town Road. The …
Paul Friedrich, Dennis Tedlock, and Generational Change in Anthropology
It seems like I’ve been writing a lot of obituaries lately. Between Elizabeth Colson, Edie Turner, and Anthony Wallace and Raymond Smith, I’ve …
Humanitären Flüchtlingsschutz entwicklungsorientiert gestalten?Erfahrungen aus Uganda
Welche Rolle kann Entwicklungszusammenarbeit im humanitären Flüchtlingsschutz spielen? Während in den vergangenen Monaten häufig diskutiert wurde, wie Entwicklungszusammenarbeit zur „Fluchtursachenbek…