Intimacy and Violence
A shaft of afternoon light began to stream through the window of the clinic room. Observing the light reflected in my eyes, she now saw in them the…
A shaft of afternoon light began to stream through the window of the clinic room. Observing the light reflected in my eyes, she now saw in them the…
These are just a few dozen of the thousands of old beer cans that archaeologist David Maxwell has collected over the years. Nicola Jones David Maxwell doesn’t remember…
Diagnosing sleeping sickness (also known as human African trypanosomiasis (HAT)) is complicated, requiring the alignment of clinical suspicion with serological, parasitological, and molecular confirm…
In When the State Winks: The Performance of Jewish Conversion in Israel (Columbia University Press, 2017), Michal Kravel Tovi, associate professor in the department of sociology and anthropology at…
In his book, Flavor and Soul: Italian America and Its African American Edge (University of Chicago Press, 2017), scholar John Gennari examines the intersectionalities between African American and Ital… Visit…
Meine Expedition durch den Uni-Dschungel beginnt an der privaten Hochschule für Wirtschaft – nein, genau genommen beginnt sie an der Bushaltestelle. Und mit einem mulmigen Gefühl im Magen.…
Luisa Enria is a lecturer in International Development. Her work focuses on political violence, humanitarian emergencies and citizenship in Sierra Leone. 2017. They say they can’t tell if I…
The author of this article prefers to remain anonymous. *** While states, extractive industries, pharmaceuticals, and trophy hunters continually occupy positions as amoral, neoliberal agents, the rol…
Nieves Galera Nieves trained in Psychology, and is currently a PhD student at the Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology of Autonomous University of Madrid. Using a sociocultural and e…
Salma Moustafa Khalil *** During my Masters program, I went to Leipzig to conduct my Masters fieldwork. My interest was in the memory of the GDR and how…
Emmanuelle Roth is a PhD candidate in Social Anthropology. She currently conducts fieldwork in Guinea on the aftermath of the Ebola outbreak. She is interested in viral surveillance,…
The study of bureaucracy has become a standard prerogative of English-language anthropology in recent years. Long gone are the days when bureaucracy was considered the exclusive realm of…
Unprepared: Global Health in a Time of Emergency Andrew Lakoff University of California Press, 2017. 240 pages. Let us be frank: it is hard to think preparedness…
This post is part of a feature on “How Capitalists Think,” moderated and edited by Patrick Neveling (University of Bergen) and Tijo Salverda (University of Cologne). This contribution…
This volume had escaped my notice, and the introduction makes the rest look worth getting. Have a look here at WandaVrasti.
Just catching up with critical appreciations. This: jazeel2005
We are excited to announce our new international media partnership with the Why the World Needs Anthropologists Conference. Their theme this year is “Design the Future.” Check them…
Living Art is a sensory oriented film that uses audiovisual methodologies to study the aesthetics and embodiment of contemporary art. I became interested, as a researcher on the…
Brian M. Fagan and Nadia Durrani. A Brief History of Archaeology: Classical Times to the Twenty-First Century. 2nd edition. 271pp., 70 color images, glossary, bibl., index. London and…
This. Almost buried in Anna Tsing’s book of mushrooming (“The Mushroom at the end of the world: on the possibility of life in capitalist ruins” 2015 Princeton), a…
Andy Zee talk worth hearing. The Joy of bookshops. I love it. They mean it – as he says, the place is named “revolution AND books”. Although a…
David Beriss A brief digest of food and nutrition-related items that caught our attention recently. Got items you think we should include? Send links and brief descriptions to…
Giulia Sinatti is an ethnographic researcher driven by a passion for research that is not only scientifically relevant, but can also make a difference in the world we live…
Giulia Sinatti is an ethnographic researcher driven by a passion for research that is not only scientifically relevant, but can also make a difference in the world we live…