#PoliticalEngagement: Collaboration and Creativity
It was already dark when I entered the small shop in the informal camp in rural Lebanon, where Khulud was waiting for customers. This was my first return…
Burning over the Columbia Bayou
The area of the south bank of the Columbia between the Sandy and Willamette Rivers is of particular interest to the tribes who once lived there. Historically, there…
What Should Teachers Teach?
Source here. Educators are wringing their hands these days about how much students have “fallen behind” the past year. News story after news story laments a year of…
IARC Collections Highlight: Diné History and Adaptation
Guest post by Sháńdíín Brown, 2020–2021 Anne Ray intern The Diné are resilient people and know how to adapt to hardship. Before Euro…
Caroline McKusick takes the page 99 test
I find myself, on page 99, in the middle of a crisis of translation. Unsurprising, given that my “in” to dissertation fieldwork resembled that of many anthropologists, who…
Illustrating ASSA’s findings with comics – part 4
By Georgiana Murariu and Laura Haapio-Kirk In this blog post, we present the fourth comic in our ASSA comics series, this time set in Kyoto, one of Laura…
Shoah (Parte II)
Read Time:15 Minute, 31 Second El Holocausto no fue una mera interrupción del normal fluir de la historia, sino que fue producto de…
Opium in HCMC
A lockdown post. Looking forward to continuing to explore the city one great meal at a time. Here are some of my notes on La Manufacture d’Opium, at…
Fighting Inequality by Improving NHS Dental and Oral Care
MAXINE PEPPER 22nd March 2021 Dear Sir Stevens, RE: Fighting inequality by improving NHS dental and oral care The COVID-19 pandemic …
„Die Familienärztin“, Auf den Spuren sich wandelnder Nutzungen
Geschätzte Lesedauer: 9 Minuten Beitrag und Fotos von Florence Naly Im Esszimmer meiner Großmutter steht ein dunkelbraunes Buffet. Ein rotes Buch fällt mir auf, zieht mich auf eigenwillige…
#PoliticalEngagements: Digital Engagements
For many social anthropologists working on different forms of political expression, online settings have become an inextricable part of their research sites, a trend further entrenched by the…
Application of Archaeological Anthropology and Cultural Resources Management
Application of Archaeology Archaeology is the study of human past through material remains. archaeologists study past humans and societies primarily through their material remains – the buildings, too…
Not allowed to have a small heart: Tourette Syndrome
Sometimes I feel ashamed to be close with my friends.“How come you’re so distant? Just come over here, it’s no problem, you know.”I’m not allowed to have a…
Stellenausschreibungen: Green Jobs für Geisteswissenschaftler*innen KW39
Bild: pixabay by matthiaskost Diese Woche gibt es einige tolle neue Werkstudent*innenstellen und Quereinstiegs-Anzeigen! Viel Erfolg bei den Bewerbungen. Hier geht es direkt zu den Stellenanzeigen…
The Dirt
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…
Records of the Cascades Watlala Removal to Grand Ronde
Joel Palmer’s letters during his superintendency lend themselves to a timeline for the removal of most tribes. Palmer penned orders and received reports from his Indian agents, sub…
Reconnected in a Disconnected World: The Role of Objects in Shaping Practices
Our local streets became our sole stomping ground, yet walking the same route everyday had some unexpected gains. On these very streets, actually on the very ground, something…
Letzte Mitgliederversammlung am 29.9. ONLINE!
Am 29. September 2021 um 9.00Uhr fand die letzte DGSKA-Mitgliederversammlung statt, und zwar online. Den Link erhielten alle Mitglieder per Email. Abgestimmt wurden unter anderem folgende Themen: Ant…
Call for films: Jean Rouch International Film Festival 2022
Film submissions for the 41st edition of the Jean Rouch International Film Festival are now open! The deadline is November, 15th 2021. The festival will be held from…
Call for films: GIEFF 2022
The German International Ethnographic Film Festival (GIEFF) is celebrating its 16th edition from May 25th- 29th 2022 in Göttingen, and we are pleased to announce the new call…
Die Politisierungsmaschine. Internationale Kulturpolitik und Bürgerkrieg in Äthiopien
Der äthiopische Bürgerkrieg um die Provinz Tigray ist nicht nur ein „lokaler“ ethno-nationalistischer Konflikt um Souveränitäts- und Territorialansprüche irgendwo im fernen Afrika. Ganz im Gegenteil: …
Job offer in Aberdeen: lecturer anthropology
Our colleague Tatiana Agrounova-Low shares a job-opening for a lecturer in anthropology at the department in Aberdeen. By the way, congratulations to her for becoming Head of Department…
پرونده اینترنتی ویکتور پاپانک
مقدمه ویکتور پاپانک (Victor Papanek) را به نوعی میتوان بنیانگذار سبک «طراحی اجتماعی» در رشته طراحی دانست. او که متولد وین است، در رشتههای طراحی صنعتی، معماری، مهندسی…
زشت و زیبای ِ اکو
مفاهیم «زشتی» و «زیبایی» با همین واژگان و یا واژگانی و مفاهیمی مشابه یکی از ساختارهایی بودهاند که از قدیمی ترین دوره ها تا امروز، دوگانه «خود »…