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For Jade Luiz, a graduate student in archaeology at Boston University, historical archaeology is all about detective work. Through piecing together historical documents and archaeological finds from t…
For Jade Luiz, a graduate student in archaeology at Boston University, historical archaeology is all about detective work. Through piecing together historical documents and archaeological finds from t…
Call for Applications: Tenure Track PhD position in Product Design/Development at Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA Candidates with anthropology backgrounds are encouraged to apply! Centra…
Searching for solidarity in the anthropological community. [pquote]How does one find the space to write or think—let alone breath—in such an environment?[/pquote]Şehitler ölmez vatan bölünmez. The mar…
Kathryn Woolard is Professor Emerita and Research Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, San Diego. She has authored seminal works on language ideology and the sociolinguistic…
Sida Liu and Terence C. Halliday spent ten years interviewing criminal defense attorneys throughout China in order to compile the evidence on the professional lives of criminal defense…
Kyrkans roll i samhället har onekligen förändrats markant sedan exempelvis 1800-talet, i takt med hur samhället överlag har förändrats. Vissa kanske till och med undrar om den alls…
A view of the U.S Congress building from Garfield Circle. Credit: Matthew Straubmuller/Flickr speaking truth to power STAT interviewed Kathryn Clancy, professor of anthropology at the University of…
On March 2, 2018 Angie Heo delivered a talk in our visiting seminar titled “The Political Lives of Saints: Christian-Muslim Mediation in Egypt”. We later conducted a brief…
Now that spring in the northern hemisphere is returning, my seasonal affective disorder will probably revert to regular depression again. However, the monthly harvest of internet discourse remains f…
TRIGGER WARNING: This article, or pages it links to, contains information about sexual assault and/or violence which may be triggering to survivors. Girl I want to make you…
This short and intensive leadership fellowship might be of interest! The Byron Fellowship program is available to 20 upper class undergraduates, graduate students, and “recent” graduates from througho…
I recently participated in a podcast about jinn, material culture and modernity and globalization on the Archaeological Fantasies podcast. Here’s their episode notes: Magical Jinn and where …
“I knew I was making myself vulnerable, but I also knew that there was phone reception down there, and there were other people within shouting range, and that…
Es schneit wieder und ich huste wegen der Abgase. Ein Kollege meint, die Feinstaubbelastung sei heute sehr gering. Im Sommer würde es richtig pelzig auf der Zunge. Wir…
When the tribes got to the reservation in 1856, the federal Indian agents were then 100% responsible for feeding them and caring for their health Continue reading
The Geek Anthropologist editorial team is looking to add an Acquisitions Editor! Interested? Read on! Know someone who might be interested? Let them know! Position notice in PDF…
The complex interplay between American society and immigrants’ religious beliefs has a long and rich history in the U.S. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Teenage girls who are forced to…
On February 28, I did an extremely angry, no-holds-barred interview with The Rick Smith Show about the Trump administration and the investigation into Russian interference. You can listen…
Hi all, Welcome from Ottawa where I will be working remotely for the coming two months and hopefully be able to catch up with Canadian US East Coast…
Death is typically a private affair, with those in the US even making a private industry regarding the process of dying. People who are experiencing long and drawn…
I’m at the point where I’m beginning to plan out my next research project. I’m finishing up work on one manuscript (Genocolonization) and writing another with my partner…
[no-caption] David D/Flickr This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been republished under Creative Commons. Are 2-year-olds too young to start toilet training? …
Brazil had an opportunity to be a leading, democratic, Latin American country but it lost its sense of direction. The political system designed to assist emerging countries grow…
Transplanting Care: Shifting Commitments in Health and Care in the U.S. Laura L. Heinemann Rutgers University Press, 186 pp. Heinemann’s work eschews the dramatic moment of transplant…