Finding and Losing the World’s Oldest Art in Sulawesi
These handprints were made by blowing pigment around a hand placed against the wall in Sumpang Bita Cave, Sulawesi. Franco Viviani In 2019, I made a trip to…
New Book: Expanded Visions: A New Anthropology of the Moving Image
The new book by Arnd Schneider argues for a new anthropology of the moving image, bringing together a range of essays on time-based media in the contemporary arts…
Special Issues: “Public Health Activism in changing times: relocating collective agency. Part 1” and “The COVID Horizon” by Emmanuelle Roth
We would like to highlight the release of two special issues this month. First, Critical Public Health’s second issue of the year is dedicated to “Public health activism…
AAA Annual Meeting Call for Submissions
Truth and Responsibility is the theme for the 2021 AAA Annual Meeting, which will be held November 17 – November 21 in Baltimore, Maryland…
In the Journals, April 2021, Part 1 by Emmanuelle Roth
Current Anthropology Of Plots and Men: The Heuristics of Conspiracy TheoriesDidier Fassin In a time when conspiracy theories seem to be flourishing, generally receiving dismissive reactio…
Data Activism and Petro-Public Knowledge “Across Borders”: The Formosa Plastics Global Archive
When our research group entered the Formosa Plastics museum in Taiwan, the first thing we noticed was a massive piece of kauri wood, sitting protected under a dome…
What FoodAnthropology Is Reading Now, April 26, 2021
Burger and fries, The Hamburger Foundation, Geneva. Photo by David Beriss. David Beriss Do you teach courses related to the anthropology of food and nutrition? From intro courses…
دموکراسی
به نظر می آید غرب با ادعای وجود دموکراسی بسیار به خود میبالد و شعار می دهد، دموکراسی همین است که ما در غرب آن را تجربه میکنیم…
Trumpism, Mexican America, and the Struggle for Latinx Citizenship
Buy this volume SERIESAdvanced Seminar » CATEGORIESCultural Anthropology »General Anthropolog…
Una vida privada privada de ser vida
La foto es de Todd Hiddo, uno de los artista de la muestra Fragmento del artículo “La intimidad en crisis”, incluido en el catálogo para la exposición Miradas…
Maraqten on the Qur’an in light of Pre-Islamic Inscriptions
Dr. Muhammad Maraqten, the distinguished archaeologist and specialist on ancient pre-Islamic languages of the Arabian Peninsula, delivered a lecture almost a year ago on our knowledge of the…
Adrian Blackledge and Angela Creese discuss Voices of a City Market
Interview by Amanda Kaminsky https://www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/?k=9781788925112#:~:text=Voices%20of%20a%20City%20Market%3A%20An%20Ethnography&text=Based%20on%20four%20year…
Stellenausschreibungen 17. KW, Region Westfalen-Lippe
Jede Woche präsentieren wir Euch eine kleine Sammlung von Stellenausschreibungen für Geisteswissenschaftler*innen aus der Region Westfalen-Lippe. Neben universitären Stellen sind auch einige Jobs aus…
Melvin Konner, “Believers: Faith in Human Nature” (Norton, 2019)
Believers: Faith in Human Nature (Norton, 2019) is a scientist’s answer to attacks on faith by some well-meaning scientists and philosophers. It is a firm rebuke of the “Four…
Marking the Unknown: tattooing, marriage, and the story of the Ologasi among the Pantaron Manobo of the Philippines
The Pantaron Manobo tell stories of a giant called the Ologasi. Besides being a mythic figure, the Ologasi acts to mark a limit to what is known in…
Marking the Unknown: tattooing, marriage, and the story of the Ologasi among the Pantaron Manobo of the Philippines
The Pantaron Manobo tell stories of a giant called the Ologasi. Besides being a mythic figure, the Ologasi acts to mark a limit to what is known in…
#BookReview: Terraformed
Terraformed by Joy White aims at making sense and contextualising the vulnerability and inequality experienced by the Afrodiasporic population of the UK. The author describes her effort as…
Words, numbers, culture: Thinking with Sally Merry at the Universal Periodic Review
Jane K. Cowan (University of Sussex) will give a talk titled ‘Words, numbers, culture: Thinking with Sally Merry at the Universal Periodic Review’. Julie Billaud (Graduate Institute in…
ملبورن
هدف نهایی؛ مهاجرت ملبورن، نخستین فیلم بلند نیما جاویدی، روایت زوجی جوان است که برنامه مهاجرت به استرالیا را دارند و نام فیلم از شهر مقصدشان ملبورن بر…
پروژه عکاسی از روزهای کرونایی در شهر مشهد
با گسترش ویروس کوید-۱۹ در سطح جهانی، سبک زندگی و تعاملات انسانی دست خوش تغییر شده است. کشور ایران نیز به عنوان یکی از مراکز شیوع این بیماری…
آیا علوم اعصاب میتواند ما را در آموزشِ بهترِ موسیقی یاری کند؟ (۳)
نویسنده متن: دونالد هاجز برگردان شهاب جعفری یادگیری مستلزم برخورداری از حافظه است همهی آنچه یاد میگیریم باید در حافظهی ما ذخیره شود. روشهای…
بند محکومین
نقد فرمی با رویکرد روایتشناسی بر رمان رمان بند محکومین، نوشتۀ کیهان خانجانی در سال ۱۳۹۶ به چاپ رسید و در سال ۱۳۹۷ برندۀ جایزۀ احمد محمود…
Does “Reasonable” = “Racist”?
What can anthropology contribute to the critical conversation about race in America, following the welcome jury decision in the Derek Chauvin trial? After they amassed and presented a…
Mental Health in Guyana’s Prisons: a direct legacy of the country’s colonial history?
This oped was written by our research team from the University of Leicester and University of Guyana. The mental health of those who live and work in Guyana’s…