Los restos del mañana
Foto tomada de florangelilobo.deviantart.com/ Reseña del libro Ciudad de cuarzo. Arqueología del futuro en Los Ángeles, de Mike Davis, con motivo de su publicación por la editorial Lengua…
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Hi all, More than 40 of our students presented 10 group blogging projects today & yesterday and it’s always amazing to see the breadth of topics & approaches…
Archäologen der Goethe-Universität legen Geschichte des Bergbaus frei
Ob der Name „Montafon“ tatsächlich von dem Wort für „Muntafune“ oder „Grubenberg“ kommt? Die frühesten Quellen machen dies jedenfalls glaubhaft. Was Archäologen der Goethe-Universität jedoch herausgef…
The Voice of Diaspora
“The Voice of Diaspora” is part of the collection Lead Me to Life: Voices of the African Diaspora. Read the introduction to the collection here. I wake…
Giuseppe Bolotta, “Belittled Citizens: The Cultural Politics of Childhood on Bangkok’s Margins” (NIAS, 2021)
How is childhood experienced in the slums of Bangkok and how does it relate to socio-political processes in Thailand? What role do mothers play in the leadership of…
Review NAFA 40th International Film Festival
The NAFA 40th International Film Festival took place at Museu Nacional de Etnologia, in Belem, Lisbon, Portugal, from 29th September until 3rd October 2021. And what a great…
Podcast – Wettbewerb infrage
Geschätzte Lesedauer: < 1 Minute Foto von Lisa Puchner Wettbewerb infrage ist eine Sendereihe im Rahmen des Forschungsprojekts SPACE – Spatial Competition and Economic Policies. Das Forschungspr…
“Being Your Bestest Anthropologist: A Guide to Unlocking Your Neat Self” (Collegeville Press, 2021)
A note from the editor: This book is satire, as is the interview. If you do not appreciate satire, you would be well served not to read the book or…
How to Publish Your First Book: SAR Press Talks to Rashmi Sadana
The mission of SAR Press encompasses not only publishing research at the forefront of anthropology and Southwest and Native studies, but al…
How People Actually Use Their Smartphones
[no-caption] John Cei Douglas In 2022, the smartphone, first introduced by IBM, will celebrate its 30th birthday. Most of us now use a smartphone every day—whether we like…
Andrea Laurent-Simpson, “Just Like Family: How Companion Animals Joined the Household” (NYU Press, 2021)
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: Andrea Laurent-Simpson’s path in and out of and back into graduate school The story of her college…
Tim Hannigan, “The Travel Writing Tribe” (Hurst Publishing, 2021)
As most of us are stuck at home, whether due to lockdowns or border closures, some of us have returned to the idea of travel writing: nonfiction that…
Sonja Magnavitas Begeisterung für Afrika
Die Archäologin hat im ersten Corona-Jahr als Professorin an der Goethe-Universität angefangen. Sonja Magnavita ist in der Frankfurter Römerstadt aufgewachsen. Eine Weichenstellung für die spätere Arc…
Ciudadanismo
La foto es Pedro Mata Reseña del libro Revolución urbana y derechos ciudadanos, Jordi Borja (Alianza Editorial, 2013), aparecida el 1/3/14 en Babelia, suplemento de libros de El País. …
Special Issue: Immigration and Mental Health by Emmanuelle Roth
Medical Anthropology has just released a special issue, edited by Thurka Sangaramoorthy and Megan A. Carney, which offers insights into “the landscape of immigrant mental health and how…
In the Journals, October 2021, Part 1 by Emmanuelle Roth
Annual Review of Anthropology Food Insecurity, Nutritional Inequality, and Maternal–Child Health: A Role for Biocultural Scholarship in Filling Knowledge GapsBarbara A. Piperata & Darna L. Duf…
Adapt or Abandon? Hard Choices in the Himalayas
The Loba tribespeople living in the village of Dhe in Nepal are increasingly abandoning their homes as climate change transforms the landscape. Taylor Weidman/LightRocket/Getty Images On …
From Border to Border
From Border to Border Comprehensive research study on identity and ethnicity in Iran By: Kameel Ahmady A word to the readers This is summary of a comprehensive reasrch…
Goethe, Deine Forscher: Verena Kuni, Kunstwissenschaftlerin
Stillstand ist nichts für sie. „Forschung befindet sich immer im Prozess, sie ist nichts Statisches“, sagt die Kunst-, Medien- und Kulturwissenschaftlerin Verena Kuni, die als Professorin am Institut…
Life of the Upgraded Human Being
Karin Olsson: This past year, Swedish news and public debate has been focused on the elderly population; one of the groups most vulnerable to becoming seriously ill if…
Carl Rommel, “Egypt’s Football Revolution: Emotion, Masculinity, and Uneasy Politics” (U Texas Press, 2021)
Both a symbol of the Mubarak government’s power and a component in its construction of national identity, football served as fertile ground for Egyptians to confront the regime’s…
Barbara Grabher, “Doing Gender in Events: Feminist Perspectives in Critical Event Studies” (Routledge, 2021)
Exploring the relationship between gender and events, Doing Gender in Events: Feminist Perspectives in Critical Event Studies (Routledge, 2021) delivers an ethnographic analysis of the celebr… Visit New Books in…
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