Newsletter · Vol 28.4 · December 2021
Dear readers, Welcome to 2021’s final edition of the quarterly NAFA Network – the Nordic Anthropological Film Association’s newsletter.
A Window on Humanity’s Turbulent 2021
[no-caption] John Finney Photography/Getty Images Amid forest fires, the storming of the U.S. Capitol, private space flights and more, 2021 saw the pandemic bed in. Each time it…
David Graeber LSE Tribute Seminar: Debt
Chair: Alpa Shah Discussants: Keith Hart & Maka Suarez In 2011, David published Debt: The First 5000 Years, a book that would establish him as one of the major…
What A 1993 Outbreak Can Tell Us About Interdisciplinary Approaches to Pandemic Preparedness by Rebecca Lynn Perez
In 1993, the Four Corners region of the Southwestern United States experienced an unknown virus outbreak that killed its victims within 48 hours. While the Centers for Disease…
Julens gyllenbruna småkaka
Doften av ingefära, nejlika, kanel och kardemumma fyller köket och i bakgrunden spelas en bekant juldänga. Degen som ännu består av en oformlig klump ska snart formas till…
70 Recall This Buck 5: “Studying Up” with Daniel Souleles (EF, JP)
John and Elizabeth continue their conversation with Daniel Souleles, anthropologist at the Copenhagen Business School and author of Songs of Profit, Songs of Loss: Private Equity, Wealth, and… Visit New…
FOLATE SUPPLEMENTATION AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN INDIA
AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSIGHT Prof. K. N. Saraswathy Professor of Biological Anthropology Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi Email: knsaraswathy@yahoo.com Folic acid supplementation is a par…
Leonid Kolishnikov honours Nguyen Phu Trong
https://en.nhandan.vn/politics/item/10921502-vietnam%E2%80%99s-party-leader-honoured-with-lenin-prize-of-russian-communist-party.html Vietnam’s Party leader honoured with Lenin Prize of Russia…
Barcelona: el nacimiento de una nación
La foto es de Jordi Secall, tomada de http://jordisecall.blogspot.com.es/ Fragmento de la conferencia pronunciada en el marco del “Simposio sobre reorganización de les comunidades rurales y …
Can the Democratic Party survive racism as a strategy?
The Democratic Party is famously bad at communicating a unifying story about its vision for society. Indeed, Democrats all too often campaign as if their opponent is another…
When Biblically Inspired Pseudoscience and Clickbait Cause Looting
Archaeologist and co-author Morag M. Kersel stands in one of thousands of looters’ pits at the Early Bronze Age cemetery of Bâb adh-Dhrâʿ in Jordan. Yorke M. Rowan…
Loneliness in solidarity and solidarity in loneliness – How students in Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology navigate the Covid-19 crisis
Essays of 68 CADS students show their struggle with the effects of the Covid-19 measures. This blog reveals how students navigate the crisis and, in light of a…
When Karl Marx Was Interested In ‘Nothingness’ Of Buddha
From: https://ipanewspack.com/2021/12/when-karl-marx-was-interested-in-nothingness-of-buddha/ IPA /IPA SPECIAL This item by Sankar Ray appeared Dec 13th. I’ve removed the ads (as there we…
Article: Anthropological perspectives on digital-visual practices
Budka, P. (2021). Kultur- und sozialanthropologische Perspektiven auf digital-visuelle Praktiken. Das Fallbeispiel einer indigenen Online-Umgebung im nordwestlichen Ontario, Kanada (Anthropological p…
Unsung Heroes: Jakarta’s Waste Picker Women and Their Unpaid Care Work
by Rachma L Putri “I think, as long as I remember, I never felt happy about my life. There is always too much burden in my life” said…
Coastal resilience during the pandemic lockdown in Fiji
In this post, Håkon Larsen discusses the crucial role of coastal resources in Fiji during the COVID-19 pandemic, by drawing on some of the materials from his master’s…
Interdisciplinary Efforts to Oppose a Punitive Perinatal Substance Use Law in North Carolina by Bayla Ostrach
Across the United States, legislators continue to devise new ways to target parents who use drugs through a variety of state systems. In the past twenty years, the…
Build Better Worlds: Anthropology for Game Design, Film and Writing
Have you wondered why fantasy stories mostly are just copies of Medieval Europe? Why pop culture has been so obsessed with zombies? Or why Black Panther and the…
Mindy Thompson Fullilove, “Main Street: How a City’s Heart Connects Us All” (New Village Press, 2020)
Mindy Thompson Fullilove traverses the central thoroughfares of our cities to uncover the ways they bring together our communities After an 11-year study of Main Streets in 178…
Spielball der Geopolitik. Frauenrechte in der Türkei
Der Austritt der Türkei aus der Istanbul-Konvention wurde international kritisiert und rief bei türkischen Frauenorganisationen Entsetzen hervor. Die türkische Regierung besiegelt damit das Ende ihrer…
You Won’t Survive the Apocalypse Alone
Cooperation and kindness are key qualities necessary for surviving disasters, as demonstrated by the volunteers who distributed donated supplies after Superstorm Sandy hit New York City. Robe…
Megha Wadhwa, “Indian Migrants in Tokyo: A Study of Socio-Cultural, Religious, and Working Worlds” (Routledge, 2020)
Japan is often imagined as a homogeneous society with few immigrant communities, but it is increasingly home to migrants from across the world. How does an extended stay…
Worldview
Worldview Worldview is the set of cultural and psychological beliefs held by members of a particular culture; the term was borrowed from the German Weltanschauung. It is…
The Mind of Plants: Book launch by Synergetic Press on December 15
–Synergetic Press has just released The Mind of Plants: Narratives of Vegetal Intelligence, edited by John C. Ryan, Patricia Vieira and Monica Gagliano, and with a foreword by D…