The application period for the new master course starting in autumn 2022 is open! In today’s globalized world, where media representations shape social and political spheres, a critical…
Rachel E. Black, Cheffes de Cuisine: Women and Work in the Professional French Kitchen. University of Illinois Press, 2021. ISBN: 978-0-252-04400-7 (hbk); ISBN: 978-0-252-08605-2 (pbk); ISBN: 978…
being ill is my excuse for catching up with novels, but I interrupt the stream of hackery to give a progress report on this as its the best…
An Ecology of Knowledges: Fear, Love, and Technoscience in Guatemalan Forest Conservation By Micha Rahder, Independent Scholar 336pp. Durham, NC: Duke University Press § Colin Hoag spoke…
Aracely Solano, a youth volunteer and member of the Huaycán Cultural collective, welcomes visitors to the archaeological site outside of Lima, Peru. Daniel Meza Just an hour’s drive…
Many people, at some stage of their life, worry about sleep: are they getting enough of it? Or even, too much? Derk-Jan Dijk is Professor of Sleep and…
Over the last 365 days, I read 40+ books. Among them, some are selected on my recommended book list to help people who are keen on…
Listen to an audio recording of this post by the author here. This browser does not support HTML5 audio Iitate village, located in Fukushima Prefecture, is typic…
Anti-military coup, pro-democracy marches occurring in Sudan with growing numbers and increasing frequency since October show there is a renewed, … More
The Charles Wilkes Exploring expedition came to Oregon in August 1841. The expedition split into two parts with some of the expedition venturing up the Columbia, and a…
We are looking for participants who would like to share their original sound work during the panel “The Sounds that Bring Us Together” at the EASA conference (Belfast,…
How do we remember death when it constitutes our landscape? In an age of ubiquitous mortality—not only pandemic deaths, but also deaths from meteorological disasters, deaths of migrants…
David Harvey’s February 25 FocaalBlog post is presented as “An Interim Report” on “Recent Events in the Ukraine”. Harvey’s essay effectively covers some of the core forces that…
Interview by Grace East https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/saying-and-doing-in-zapotec-9781350142169/ Grace East: Your book takes us on an immersive journey through the complex and varied social…
The story of how the Lisu of southwest China were evangelized one hundred years ago by the China Inland Mission is a familiar one in mission circles. The…
Dr. Andrea Flores’ most recent book, The Succeeders: How Immigrant Youth Are Transforming What It Means to Belong in America (University of California Press, 2021), is a detailed account of…
Discard Studies is a young field of research that takes systems of waste and wasting as its topic of study, including but beyond conventional notions of trash and…
روز اول سپتامبر ۱۹۳۹ آدولف هیتلر با جنونی ناشی از خودشیفتگی، نژادپرستی، ملی گرایی و اعتماد به نفسی ابلهانه اشغال لهستان را آغاز کرد. این حمله که در…
لزوم بازاندیشی در منطق علوم اجتماعی در نسبت با بزرگان این رشته علی بلوکباشی، متولد ۱۳۱۴، دارای دکتری انسانشناسی از دانشگاه آکسفورد، یکی از معدود کسانی است که…
مؤسسۀ انسانشناسی و فرهنگ سی و چهارمین جلسه از پنجشنبههای پرسش و پاسخ را با حضور نوید پورمحمدرضا (پژوهشگر و مترجم در حوزۀ شهر و سینما، پژوهشگری دکتری…
Bild: pixabay by ThiloBecker Für eine vollständige Liste abonniert einfach unseren Newsletter. Dort gibt es in dieser Woche außerdem einen Rückblick auf die Karrierewerkstatt mit Mareike Menne und…
هومی بهابا برای معماران نوشته فیلیپ هرناندز انتشارات روتلج نظریه پسااستعماری بر نحوه درک ما از روابط بینا فرهنگی ای که امروزه و در طول تاریخ به وجود آمده،…
Utdrag fra Morgenbladet: I amerikanske medier omtales nå den langvarige tørken i det vestlige USA som en «episk tørke». Deler av norsk klimadebatt er imidlertid merkelig teoretisk, som…
I have been asked about my research in China as a researcher from Taiwan by my colleagues in the US. One of them commented: “It’s not common for…