پرونده اینترنتی منطقه «جلفا» اصفهان
مقدمه: «جلفا» نام منطقهای در مرکز شهر اصفهان و حوالی زایندهرود است که اکثریت ساکنان ان را ارامنه تشکیل میدهند. این منطقه در سال ۱۰۱۴ و توسط شاه…
Indian Food Delivery Networks During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Over the past decade, the concept of the gig economy has gained momentum in academic discourse. Often linked to temporary employment created by multinational technological corporations through digital…
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Now That You’re Vaccinated
An Obituary for Alfred Kroeber (or…Can American Indians Speak?)
Image: The title “Kroeber Hall” being removed at the University of California-Berkeley on January 26, 2021. (Photo Credit: Irene Yi) In 2017, the theme of the annual meeting…
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Now That You’re Vaccinated
“Kein Recht auf Aufenthalt”
Leserbrief zum Artikel von Christina Traar in der “Kleinen Zeitung” vom 3.2.2021 Sehr geehrte Redaktionsmitglieder der Kleinen Zeitung! Mit zunehmender Verwunderung musste ich den gestrige…
[Recording/podcast] Ask Amy anything about UX research careers with DeltaCX
This week I spent time with UX’er extraordinaire Debbie Levitt to answer live audience questions about UX research and careers. The recording is also available on the DeltaCX…
Ela Drążkiewicz: Blinded by the Light: International Precariat in Academia
I was reluctant to contribute to this blog series. The recently published EASA report (Fotta, Ivancheva and Pernes 2020) draws attention to precarious labour in anthropology. However, in…
Links & Contents I Liked 393
Hi all, Another week completed-great online teaching seminar with a fantastic group of colleagues from all around Europe, delivered my second newsletter with ‘3 mid-week links’ & I’m…
Writing Life No. 7: An interview with Omar Dewachi by Lina Pinto-Garcia
Two years ago, I was suggested to take a look at the work of Omar Dewachi, an Iraqi scholar who, like me, has taken a deep interest in…
Livet i Portsa förr och nu – En ny kurs i samtidsdokumentation på kommande i vår
Har du bott i Portsa? Eller känner du någon tidigare invånare i Portsa som du absolut tycker vi borde intervjua? Ämnena Kulttuurien tutkimus vid Åbo universitet och Kulturanalys…
Now Open: APLA Book Prize in Critical Anthropology
The Association for Political and Legal Anthropology (APLA) is pleased to invite nominations for the 2021 APLA Book Prize in Critical Anthropology competition.
Recruiting: APLA Junior-Senior Mentoring
We are now recruiting mentors and mentees for the APLA Junior-Senior Mentor Program!
Egyptian agriculture in 1920
reaping There is an early 1920 video on Youtube with views of agriculture, bread making, spinning and weaving in Egypt at the time. No details are provided on…
Who First Made the Caribbean Home?
Volunteers and students from the United States and the Bahamas helped excavate the dunes where the Lucayan ancestral remains were found. William F. Keegan Locals in the Bahamas…
Stories by Samer El-Kanshawi
check out Samer’s Arabic stories here…
Military coup in Myanmar: back to square one?
In the early morning of 1 February, the day that a newly elected government was supposed to convene, Myanmar’s military staged a coup, taking government leaders captive and…
They’re not Binging TV, they’re Feasting: Rethinking Media, Honor and American Culture with Grant McCracken
Take a walk with anthropologist and consultant Grant McCracken and host Adam Gamwell, as they discuss Grant’s new book The New Honor Code: A Simple Plan for Raising…
M. C. Riggio et al, “Festive Devils of the Americas” (Seagull Books, 2015)
The devil is a defiant, nefarious figure, the emblem of evil, and harbinger of the damned. However, the festive devil—the devil that dances—turns the most hideous acts into…
Smith on Heroin. A Short Film by Smith & Willing
For more information about Smith & Willing, see: www.smithandwilling.com Smith and Willing are fictional characters and in the following interview that accompanies this film, they discuss …
Vardagliga magiska ting
Då man tänker på magiska föremål i populärkulturen som i filmer eller böcker, så ser de ofta ut som helt vanliga ting. Den mäktiga ringen i J.R.R. Tolkiens…
When research becomes dangerous: Anthropologist facing jail smuggles himself out over snowy mountains
Kareem Ahmady: “I just simply left”. Photo: Ahmady’s website One month ago I have written about anthropologist Kareem Ahmady, who has researched child marriage, female genital mutila…
The UC Berkeley – 11th Hour Food and Farming Journalism Fellowship
SAFN board member Scott Barton sent in this great opportunity for journalists who write about food systems. A lot of people with backgrounds in anthropology become journalists, so…
When research becomes dangerous: Anthropologist facing jail smuggles himself out over snowy mountains
Kareem Ahmady: “I just simply left”. Photo: Ahmady’s website One month ago I have written about anthropologist Kareem Ahmady, who has researched child marriage, female genital mutilation (FGM)…