Singing with Pippa Bacca
In noughties Italy, the Bubble Gum choir performed a liberatory counterimage of the feminine. Today, Bacca’s chorus breathes new life into the ensemble of characters and an impermanent…
All Things Ape
One illustrator’s approach to conveying the multidimensional lives of apes with particular focus on their anatomy. *This essay includes scientific illustrations as well as descriptions of the observin…
El Geontopoder: el Virus, el Desierto y el Animista.
“Toda la vida ha partido de un único organismo original. (…) el hecho de que todo se base en el ADN (o en su primo hermano, el ARN)…
Amit S. Rai, “Jugaad Time: The Ecologies of Everyday Hacking in India” (Duke UP, 2019)
In India, the practice of jugaad—finding workarounds or hacks to solve problems—emerged out of subaltern strategies of negotiating poverty, discrimination, and violence but is now cel… Visit New Books…
George Musgrave, “Can Music Make You Sick?: Measuring the Price of Musical Ambition” (U Westminster Press, 2020)
It is often assumed that creative people are prone to psychological instability, and that this explains apparent associations between cultural production and mental health problems. In their detailed…
George Musgrave, “Can Music Make You Sick?: Measuring the Price of Musical Ambition” (U Westminster Press, 2020)
It is often assumed that creative people are prone to psychological instability, and that this explains apparent associations between cultural production and mental health problems. In their ……
Amit S. Rai, “Jugaad Time: The Pragmatics of Everyday Hacking in India” (Duke UP, 2019)
In India, the practice of jugaad—finding workarounds or hacks to solve problems—emerged out of subaltern strategies of negotiating poverty, discrimination, and violence but is now celebrated … Visit New…
#Corona: Idols that ring hollow
For the occasion of this year’s Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, the likeness of a migrant woman was chosen for a much-celebrated idol of the Hindu goddess Durga.…
De Hipatia a Bridget Jones
«No es que no hayan existido mujeres que filosofaran. Es que los filósofos han preferido olvidarlas, tal vez después de haberse apropiado de sus ideas». Umberto Eco, “Filosofare…
Fall 2020 Epidemics and Society Syllabus
Epidemics and Society (LBST 2101) UNC Charlotte, Fall 2020 Online/Asynchronous This syllabus contains policies and expectations I have established for this course. Please read the enti…
The One-Two Punch
One hundred and nine years ago, The New York Times ran a full-page overview of Franz Boas’s recently published book, The Mind of Primitive Man. [1] The headline…
Brotgelehrte-Transparenz: Oktober-Statistik
Auch für den Monat Oktober können wir steigende Klickzahlen verbuchen. Das freut uns natürlich und zeigt auch, dass das, was wir tun, bei Euch auf Interesse stößt. Wir…
What’s Left Unsaid When a Language Dies
“Transition” by Papua New Guinean artist Philemon Yalamu. From Papua New Guinea: A New Dawn by Fondazione Imago Mundi/Luciano Benetton Collection. A Death in the Rainforest: How a Languag…
¡Sahara libertad, Polisario vencerá!
Somos muchas las personas que estamos indignadas con la situación que se está viviendo en la antigua colonia española del Sáhara Occidental, el conflicto armado que ha comenzado…
Book Review: Experiences of Academics from a Working-Class Heritage by Carole Binns
In Experiences of Academics from a Working-Class Heritage, Carole Binns draws on interviews with fourteen tenured academics from a working-class background to reveal the complexities faced by individu…
Å konstruere «dei andre» språkleg – fordommar om språkkontakt
Denne språkpraten viser gjennom eit døme korleis norsk språkvitskap har vore ideologisk vridd og derfor direkte fordomsfull. Det skal handle om språkkontakten mellom norsk og samisk og konstruksjonen…
Människor och andra djur
Årets volym av tidskriften Budkavlen har temat Människor och andra djur. Numret svarar på det alltmer växande intresset för djur i en tid då synen på vår relation till…
Ofrendas para la economía. El monstruo que nunca duerme
La economía sufre, pero no todos los sectores están siendo afectados de igual manera. Las farmacéuticas, aunque han experimentado pérdidas debido a la bajada de demanda de medicamentos…
The Networked Animita: Transgender Remembrance on Social Media
Tomorrow, November 20th, the world will commemorate Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day to collectively mourn and remember those who have died as a result of transphobia. Started…
Wednesday Round Up #24
Photo: Most detailed model of a human cell to date, obtained using x-ray, NMR and cryoelectron microscopy datasets. For more photos and info, see here. The Denialist Playbook…
The Great Barrington Declaration is dangerous
The argument to “open up” society for everyone who is determined to not be at high risk does not take into account the true numbers of who fits…
The Great Barrington Declaration is dangerous
The argument to “open up” society for everyone who is determined to not be at high risk does not take into account the true numbers of who fits…
Special Episode: The Familiar Strange & All Things Myanmar with Myanmar Musings!
The Familiar Strange · Special Episode: The Familiar Strange & All Things Myanmar with Myanmar Musings! Surprise! We are so pleased to show you all a collaborative project…
Messages and Monuments: Perspectives on Collective Memories
Messages and Monuments: Perspectives on Collective Memories Free Virtual Program Invi…