UPDATES: He was released by presidential decree on July 30, 2022 and now has successfully defended his Master’s thesis :Following Unjust Imprisonment, Ahmed Samir Santawy Completes Master’s Studies…
Comentarios a la salida de campo del 29/3/12 para los estudiantes de la asignatura Antropología Religiosa del Grado de Antropología Social de la UB. PIQUETES, BARRICADAS Y OTRAS…
Der Brexit scheint die britische Politik vor eine neue Aufgabe zu stellen: das Vereinigte Königreich zusammenzuhalten. Doch die Sorge vor einem „Break-up of Britain“ ist älter und die…
If you would like to look at (or buy) old postcards and images from and about the Arab world, including North Africa, this site of cardcow.com is worth…
کتاب جدید ناصر عظیمی، عضور شورای عالی انسانشناسی و فرهنگ و پژوهشگر حوزه گیلانشناسی، با عنوان «جنبشی که به انقلاب تبدیل شد (از مبارزه علیه اشغالگران تا تاسیس…
مقدمه: «جلفا» نام منطقهای در مرکز شهر اصفهان و حوالی زایندهرود است که اکثریت ساکنان ان را ارامنه تشکیل میدهند. این منطقه در سال ۱۰۱۴ و توسط شاه…
Over the past decade, the concept of the gig economy has gained momentum in academic discourse. Often linked to temporary employment created by multinational technological corporations through digital…
Now That You’re Vaccinated
Image: The title “Kroeber Hall” being removed at the University of California-Berkeley on January 26, 2021. (Photo Credit: Irene Yi) In 2017, the theme of the annual meeting…
Now That You’re Vaccinated
Leserbrief zum Artikel von Christina Traar in der “Kleinen Zeitung” vom 3.2.2021 Sehr geehrte Redaktionsmitglieder der Kleinen Zeitung! Mit zunehmender Verwunderung musste ich den gestrige…
This week I spent time with UX’er extraordinaire Debbie Levitt to answer live audience questions about UX research and careers. The recording is also available on the DeltaCX…
I was reluctant to contribute to this blog series. The recently published EASA report (Fotta, Ivancheva and Pernes 2020) draws attention to precarious labour in anthropology. However, in…
Hi all, Another week completed-great online teaching seminar with a fantastic group of colleagues from all around Europe, delivered my second newsletter with ‘3 mid-week links’ & I’m…
Two years ago, I was suggested to take a look at the work of Omar Dewachi, an Iraqi scholar who, like me, has taken a deep interest in…
Har du bott i Portsa? Eller känner du någon tidigare invånare i Portsa som du absolut tycker vi borde intervjua? Ämnena Kulttuurien tutkimus vid Åbo universitet och Kulturanalys…
The Association for Political and Legal Anthropology (APLA) is pleased to invite nominations for the 2021 APLA Book Prize in Critical Anthropology competition.
We are now recruiting mentors and mentees for the APLA Junior-Senior Mentor Program!
reaping There is an early 1920 video on Youtube with views of agriculture, bread making, spinning and weaving in Egypt at the time. No details are provided on…
Volunteers and students from the United States and the Bahamas helped excavate the dunes where the Lucayan ancestral remains were found. William F. Keegan Locals in the Bahamas…
check out Samer’s Arabic stories here…
In the early morning of 1 February, the day that a newly elected government was supposed to convene, Myanmar’s military staged a coup, taking government leaders captive and…
Take a walk with anthropologist and consultant Grant McCracken and host Adam Gamwell, as they discuss Grant’s new book The New Honor Code: A Simple Plan for Raising…
The devil is a defiant, nefarious figure, the emblem of evil, and harbinger of the damned. However, the festive devil—the devil that dances—turns the most hideous acts into…