The Diet of the Future Is a Menu That Draws From the Ancient Past
The author wears an outfit he made using ancient tools, methods, and materials while filming the National Geographic TV show The Great Human Race in Alaska. Brent Meske/Courtesy…
Carolyn L. White, “The Archaeology of Burning Man: The Rise and Fall of Black Rock City” (U New Mexico Press, 2020)
How do you do archaeological research on a place that exists for only one week per year, in the middle of the Nevada desert, and is based on…
John B. Kachuba, “Shapeshifters: A History” (Reaktion Books, 2019)
There is something about a shapeshifter—a person who can transform into an animal—that captures our imagination; that causes us to want to howl at the moon, or flit…
Glacial Deaths, Geologic Extinction: my latest article now in Environmental Humanities
In my most recent article I examine what it might look like to think about extinction beyond species. I start with the increasing number of funerals for glaciers…
Me gusta cuando ignoras, porque estás como obediente. O de la destrucción intencionada del pensamiento crítico y autónomo en la educación pública
Read Time:4 Minute, 38 Second Introducción Si hay una rama educativa que sale perdiendo en los nuevos borradores del currículum de …
ضرورت تعیین «حریم پویا» به جای «حریم ثابت» درساحل دریای خزر
تقدیم به فعالان زیست محیطی دریای خزر ضرورت تعیین« حریم پویا» به جای «حریم ثابت» درساحل دریای خزر ( قانون اراضی مستحدث و ساحلی را اجرا کنید!) …
زندگی در عصر شبکههای اجتماعی مجازی
با شروع قرن بیست و یکم و گسترش اینترنت در کامپیوترهای خانگی و پیدایش موبایل و وسایلی شبیه به آن مانند تبلت، زندگی اجتماعی در جوامع انسانی به…
آینده مراکز تجاری چگونه خواهد بود؟
آینده ی مراکز تجاری / تاثیرات کرونا بر نحوه ی خرید برگردان هانیه بختیاری تا پیش از همه گیری کرونا عده ی مشخصی از مردم در سراسر جهان…
آستانگی؛ عکسهایی از تراسهای خانههای ایرانی در دوران قرنطینه
تهیه و تنظیم: ریحانه شهبازی «اتاقی به آستانهی خود میرسید…» سهراب سپهری شهرنشینی با خود مسائل و اقتضائاتی را به همراه دارد که یکی از آنها، تغییر فضاهای…
Kritiska praktiker, kritiska erfarenheter
Inbjuden att tala om ”Kritiska praktiker, kritiska erfarenheter” på Forskardagarna 11-12.11 fick jag nyligen anledning att tänka över mitt arbete som redaktör för Rig. Kulturhistorisk tidskrift. Uppdr…
Über den eigenen Körper bestimmen: eine Frage der Menschenrechte
Der Rücktritt von Kathleen Stock wird derzeit hitzig diskutiert. Nach Protesten gegen ihre transfeindlichen Äußerungen hat sie ihre Professur niedergelegt. Entgegen aller Cancel Culture-Rufe geht es w…
‘The Inaugural John Berger Memorial Lecture’ – by Professor Nikos Papastergiadis, Uni of Melbourne
18 November 7pm Melbourne (3pm Ho Chi Minh City) Live streaming link: https://www.facebook.com/events/759576902107439/ or https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1RDxlgjRmLgJL Nikos Papaster…
SAR Field Trips: A Wonderful Combination
Guest post by Jean and John Berghoff. New to membership in 2021 and seeking opportunities to better understand the Native American h…
#AmAnth2021: Anthropological Engagements with Optimism?
This year’s American Anthropological Association meeting is likely to be one of the weirder ones in recent memory. The general feeling is that: 1) the conference costs far…
Repatriation Has Transformed, Not Ended, Research
“Wheel,” by the Cheyenne-Arapaho artist Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds is situated outside the Denver Art Museum. The artwork evokes Indigenous peoples’ efforts to counter…
Understated, not overlooked by Anthony Stavrianakis
A Simpler Life: Synthetic Biological Experiments Talia Dan-Cohen Cornell University Press, 2021. 174 pages. First, take a self-consciously self-aggrandizing area of bioengineering,…
Pasqual Maragall y el modelo Porcioles
Comentario para los colegas del Observatori d’Antropologia del Conflicte Urbà enviado el 16 de octubre de 2016 PASQUAL MARAGALL Y EL MODELO PORCIOLES Manuel Delgado Es interesante…
30 Minute Methods – TDTU, Vietnam – Professor Paolo Favero
Prof Paolo Favero, Uni Antwerp, Belgium: ‘Expanded Ethnography: technologies and the senses’ and coming up next: at TDTU: 2. Tues November 23, 2021, at 4pm HCMC….
TGA Seeking Editors!
The Geek Anthropologist is seeking qualified individuals to join our Editorial Board. As an Editor at TGA, responsibilities include: recruiting new contributors and content for the blog and…
Daniel K. L. Chua and Alexander Rehding, “Alien Listening: Voyager’s Golden Record and Music from Earth” (Zone Book, 2021)
In 1977 NASA shot a mixtape into outer space, and it remains the only human-made object to have left the solar system. The Golden Record aboard the Voyager spacecrafts…
In ajíp an chemélon: la fiesta de los muertos
Read Time:11 Minute, 6 Second El 7 de noviembre de 2003 la UNESCO declara el Día de Muertos en México como patrimonio inmaterial de…
Evolution In Human-Computer Interaction
Dr. Suninder Kaur Consultant Anthropologist suninderk@hotmail.com Communication has been a powerful mechanism throughout evolutionary history in connecting people. The spoken word has influenced social…
Afghanistan’s Global Entanglements
by Magnus Marsden For many viewers in the West, the horrific scenes at Kabul airport in August 2021 appeared to suggest that after a brief period of international…
Rethinking Egyptian Cosmology and the Grand Canyon
Desert View of the Grand Canyon (©el-Sayed el-Aswad, October, 2021) This article relates to a previous paper entitled “Egyptian Cosmology and the Grand Canyon” published by Tabsir on…