Quiet War in the Amazon: "Uncontacted" tribes vs. drug lords and loggers
The Txapanawa[1] have never been alone nor “uncontacted” in their century-long history of resistance. Isolation and resistance go hand and hand in this …
Quiet War in the Amazon: "Uncontacted" tribes vs. drug lords and loggers
The Txapanawa[1] have never been alone nor “uncontacted” in their century-long history of resistance. Isolation and resistance go hand and hand in this …
Banana Diplomacy: "First contact" with isolated tribe in the Amazon
They were separated only by the narrow course of the Envira river. From a distance of a few meters they tried to …
Banana Diplomacy: "First contact" with isolated tribe in the Amazon
They were separated only by the narrow course of the Envira river. From a distance of a few meters they tried to …
Quiet War in the Amazon: "Uncontacted" tribes vs. drug lords and loggers
The Txapanawa[1] have never been alone nor “uncontacted” in their century-long history of resistance. Isolation and resistance go hand and hand in this …
Quiet War in the Amazon: "Uncontacted" tribes vs. drug lords and loggers
The Txapanawa[1] have never been alone nor “uncontacted” in their century-long history of resistance. Isolation and resistance go hand and hand in this …
Banana Diplomacy: "First contact" with isolated tribe in the Amazon
They were separated only by the narrow course of the Envira river. From a distance of a few meters they tried to …
Banana Diplomacy: "First contact" with isolated tribe in the Amazon
They were separated only by the narrow course of the Envira river. From a distance of a few meters they tried to …
Keith Hart Interview in Porto Alegre
Transcription of a video interview with Ruben Oliven and Arlei Damo held at UFRGS postgraduate programme in Social Anthropology, Porto Alegre, Brazil …
Human Economy Events in Pretoria – August 2014
The Human Economy Programme team proudly presents an exciting series of events at the University of Pretoria (Hatfield Campus) for the second …
Tourism hinders organic farming
Corsica is perfectly suited for organic farming. But the growing tourism industry has turned arable land into housing estates. Young people are …
German Lessons
Not so long ago Germany served as a cautionary example for the Anglo-American economies. After the success of the post-war economic …
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Helene Snee, “A Cosmopolitan Journey?: Difference, Distinction and Identity Work in Gap Year Travel”
[Cross-posted from New Books in Critical Theory] Helene Snee, a researcher at the University of Manchester, has written an excellent new book that …
Helene Snee, “A Cosmopolitan Journey: Difference, Distinction and Identity Work in Gap Year Travel” (Ashgate, 2014)
Helene Snee, a researcher at the University of Manchester, has written an excellent new book that should be essential reading for anyone …
The Unequal Distribution of Inequality: Lessons from South Africa
By Tijo Salverda As I have already pointed out in an earlier piece in this blog, growing inequality has become a major …
Julia Sallabank, “Attitudes to Endangered Languages: Identities and Policies”
[Cross-posted from New Books in Language] As linguists, we’re wont to get protective about languages, whether we see them as data points in …
Ebola Emissions
The coverage of the Ebola outbreak is a window into how ill-informed we are about disease, geography and culture. It reinforces stereotypes …
Ebola Emissions
The coverage of the Ebola outbreak is a window into how ill-informed we are about disease, geography and culture. It reinforces stereotypes …
Ebola Emissions
The coverage of the Ebola outbreak is a window into how ill-informed we are about disease, geography and culture. It reinforces stereotypes …
Ebola Emissions
The coverage of the Ebola outbreak is a window into how ill-informed we are about disease, geography and culture. It reinforces stereotypes …
Ebola Emissions
On August 6, CNN projected a map of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, in which the Republic of Niger, a sparsely …
Ebola Emissions
The coverage of the Ebola outbreak is a window into how ill-informed we are about disease, geography and culture. It reinforces stereotypes …
Ebola Emissions
The coverage of the Ebola outbreak is a window into how ill-informed we are about disease, geography and culture. It reinforces stereotypes …
The so-called language gap
Thirty million words. That sounds precise….enormous….impressive. That is the estimate by some scholars of the difference in words heard by disadvantaged kids …
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