Frankfurts Theaterlandschaft steht vor wichtigen Weichenstellungen: Abriss und Neubau oder Renovierung? Wie sollen die Räume aussehen, die das städtisch subventionierte Theater bespielen darf? Dazu ve…
Hi all, I usually don’t start my review with a warning, but this week’s edition contains a lot of important readings on sexual violence & the aid industry;…
ByThea ProsserBSc Anthropology Two aspects of my anthropology course sprung to mind when I was reflecting upon the Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown which I have experienced in…
BySteven LiuBSc Anthropology When I was asked about my major in university in front of a room of relatives, everyone at the dinner table fell into an embarrassing…
ByPepe WeischerBSc Anthropology Answering the question “what is anthropology?” should be easy enough for someone who has been studying it for the past year. If friends and family…
ByIzzy DaviesBSc Anthropology As this article will demonstrate, in times of chronic waiting due to social exclusion, people seek out tasks that give structure and integrate them into…
ByMai PedersenBSc Anthropology When the coronavirus first broke out, what really struck me was the amount of panic that spread across the world and how varied the initial…
Noch bis zum 15.2.21 können Sie sich mit einem Beitrag zur DGSKA-Tagung 2021 bewerben. Diese findet digital vom 27.-30.9.2021 statt. Call for Papers Call for Films
[no-caption] Johannes Plenio/Pexels The sun opens, shutters. The social scientist wants to know where to look, keeps widening her gaze. Over here on the earth, a girl fries…
Part Four: “When will this Covid be over?” During the first month of T.’s search for work in Dubai, Covid-19 felt like something that had happened last spring.…
Fästingforskning, vad innebär det? Forskning om fästingar, på vilket sätt? Dessa är frågor som jag som etnolog ofta ställts inför när jag berättat för människor utanför och inom…
How can ethnographic research shine light on the reproduction of social inequality in upscale Los Angeles restaurants? In today’s episode we talk with Dr. Eli Wilson, Assistant Professor…
In December 2020, a group of social scientists gathered virtually at the LSE Department of Anthropology to discuss the relationship between data science and the social sciences. We…
Thousands of couples were wed in a mass ceremony in South Korea on February 7, 2020. Some of them had only met a few weeks earlier, after being…
Part Three: A Travel Agent selling Freedom For the second half of my stay, I lived in a shared accommodation of mostly Egyptian men in Ajman, which is…
By David Davies Humans.Machines.Pandemic.Presence. Meeting online presents a challenge because we are synchronized in time, but not in place. While it might seem we are “together apart” like…
Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Nasima Selim Ein Gespenst geht um in Europa. A specter is haunting Europe. …
When news broke out on January 20th, 2021, that newly inaugurated President Joe Biden signed a proclamation ending Trump’s Executive Order 9844, which declared a national emergency at…
Chaco Canyon was the center of a thriving Pueblo society from 800 to 1250 CE, including dozens of magnificent great house structures, nume…
Wendy Yared A woman sitting on the floor in a library with a blue book in her hand. Photo by Joshua Purnell. I’m so excited to share my first…
“Boah, schon wieder scharfe Linsensuppe so früh am Morgen?! Können die nicht mal normales Frühstück zubereiten?!?” “Oh Gott, können die bitte aufhören, mitten in der Nacht zu hupen??…
Helen Fisher knows more about love than most. As a biological anthropologist who studies the topic, she has been a chief scientific adviser to the internet dating site…
He Wants to Save Classics From Whiteness. Can the Field Survive Outstanding magazine article which uses the story of one professor – Dan-el Padilla Peralta – to examine…
“Imaginemos un tapiz tupido, que poco a poco y con el tiempo, si no se cuida y se mima, va perdiendo hilos y se va agujereando por diferentes…