Why do children but not apes acquire language?
(This post forms part of our “book club” discussing Thom Scott-Phillip’s latest book with its author. This précis introduced the discussion.) In his introduction …
Around the Web Digest: Week of June 14
This week either the anthroblogosphere was quiet, or I was too distracted by the hoopla surrounding Rachel Dolezal to keep up… help …
Exporting livestock
I recently wrote an Op Ed piece on government and industry failure to adequately communicate with New Zealanders about live export. It …
Anthro in the news 6/22/15
Hate in America In the wake of the shooting in Charleston, many wonder what drives a person to commit a hate crime …
Mass Extinction, Security & Intervention in the Anthropocene
Originally posted on synthetic zero: “No Promises: Mass Extinction, Security and Intervention in the Anthropocene The concept of ‘security’ is paradoxical. It …
Notes Toward a Critique of Autonomy: A talk from the Sydney Anarchist Bookfair
Below is a talk I gave at the Sydney Anarchist Bookfair earlier this month, Notes Toward a Critique of Autonomy. It’s …
Notes Toward a Critique of Autonomy: A talk from the Sydney Anarchist Bookfair
Below is a talk I gave at the Sydney Anarchist Bookfair earlier this month, Notes Toward a Critique of Autonomy. It’s …
‘Speaking Our Minds’ Book Club: A précis of the book by Thom Scott-Phillips
We are thrilled to open our second book club, devoted to Thom Scott-Phillips’ book, Speaking Our Minds: Why human communication is different, and …
Coming to Malaysia – protection, responsibility and labour
The so-called ‘boat people crisis’ in the Andaman Sea has been brewing for a long while. Economic migrants and refugees attempt the …
“I’m crazy for the moment.” A quest for rituals #1
„-T.: OMG! Doherty claims he’s clean. That’s not Doherty anymore. ”Sex, Drugs and rock’n’roll” prince of the 21th (sic) century is now …
Anonymity, Ethnography, and Alice Goffman: Welcome, journalists
I think I’ve written and thrown away three separate posts on the Alice Goffman debate trying to find something to say that people …
The War Never Ended
I don’t have much new to say about the shooting at the Emanuel AME church in Charleston. It’s a horrifying act. It’s …
Aid agencies must continue to adapt to changing demands of Ebola crisis
Some of the UK’s leading aid agencies’ prevention work, such as safe burials and awareness raising, in response to the Ebola epidemic …
Social media and new rewards in learning
Photo by Elisabetta Costa Education has become an important topic of investigation in our comparative research. Last May we also explored …
Creating Methods that Speak Across Disciplines in Medical Anthropology by Emily Mendenhall
María and I finished our three hours together with a blood spot and a hug. It was an extra long hug, and …
The Character of Sexual Harassment at Cons
By Emma Louise Backe At an event where hundreds of individuals from around the country converge in capes and costumes, the symbols …
Thinking in an Emergency Or, Free Tents as a Cautionary Tale
The seduction against thinking in an emergency comes, as we have seen, from two sources: first, from a false opposition between thinking …
Resolations 2015
“Film can rescue anthropology and deliver it from its confines.” The introduction from film-maker Hugh Brody to this year’s …
REDUX: What does Humanity look like? Ethnography of the CIA – with Carole McGranahan
It has been a while since I have last encountered her – I wonder if I will still recognize her. Sure, she …
The Rules that Rachel Broke
If you have spent time on any social networking or news websites over the past week, in all likelihood you will already …
I Will Not Call Her Name: An Ethno-poem on Racial and Gendered Violence
[Savage Minds is pleased to publish this ethno-poem by L. Kaifa Roland who is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Colorado …
Injustice at the Breast Anywhere is a Threat to Justice at the Breast Everywhere! Help support Black Breastfeeding Research in Mississippi (Video)
I’m finally going to Mississippi at the end of this summer! And when I say ‘finally‘ I mean that I … Continue …