Immigrant Women’s Care Work in a Global Pandemic
The shuttering of the global economy and the devastating health ramifications of COVID-19 have left undocumented immigrant women in the United States struggling to provide emotional and economic care…
Anthrodendum, the revival
Earlier in 2020, we faced a decision. For the past couple of years, things have definitely slowed down here on Anthrodendum. You may have noticed. So we asked…
Natalia Buier: What sample, whose voice, which Europe?
The EASA membership survey and the associated ‘precarity’ report (Fotta, Ivancheva and Pernes 2020) are an important and timely contribution. Surely these are findings we must build on…
Medical anthropology applied to education in socio-health professions: From the enchantment of technology to the enchantment of the encounter by Viviana L. Toro Matuk
“If you want to understand what a science is, you should look for the first instance not at its theories and its findings, and certainly not at what…
Don Kalb: Anthropological Lives Matter, Except They Don’t
The PrecAnthro Collective within EASA has shown staying power and bite. That is what the EASA precarity survey demonstrates (Fotta, Ivancheva and Pernes 2020). Mariya Ivancheva has turned…
Library Research: A Lament but not an Obituary
I arrived a little early to the Great Mosque of San‘a’ in Yemen to continue my research in the small upstairs room which was the “Western Library.” I…
Introducció a "L’anticlericalisme a Catalunya"
La fotografia correspon a l’estat com va quedar el presbiteri de la parròquia de Cardona després de la revolució de juliol de 1936. Introducció al llibre encarregat per…
Shaligram Interpretive Practice (Chakra)
I’ve intentionally saved chakra for last. The reasons for this are really two-fold. One, chakras (the name given to the ammonite shell-spiral) are probably the most iconic characteristic…
Introduction: Stefan Voicu: EASA’s ‘Precarity Report’: Reflections, Critiques, Extensions
Every day across Europe hundreds of social anthropologists wake up knowing that their precarious employment conditions may one day force them to leave the discipline. Still, they keep…
“Actually it’s pretty chill”: taking and giving online education
by Anne and Freek Colombijn The Corona lockdown has forced schools and universities to switch to online teaching. While we recognize the often justified complaints voiced by many…
Unexpected happiness in virtual spaces.
This piece was co-authored and experienced by the following (in alphabetical order): Zoe Crossland, Celine Gillot, Praveena Gullapalli, Sven Haakanson, Christina Halperin, Sarah Jackson, George Lau, U…
Nobody is normal: “The line between healthy and not healthy is drawn more by culture than by nature”
Who is crazy? Who is normal? Describing somebody as “not normal” has serious implications for this person, can destroy her life. From an anthropological perspective, there is nothing…
The Dawn of CRISPR Mutants
The China National GeneBank in Shenzhen opened in 2016 with the goal of storing and researching millions of genetic samples from humans, animals, plants, and microbes. Eben Kirksey…
میراث فرهنگی ناملموس و اجتماع محلی(۳)
میراث فرهنگی ناملموس(ICH)[۱] و اجتماع محلی[۲] (Community) ۲- مفهومیابی ِ اجتماع محلی ( کامیونیتی) در خورجین مفاهیم مرتبط با برنامه ریزی شهری، توسعهی پایدار، حق به شهر، عدالت…
Nobody is normal: "The line between healthy and not healthy is drawn more by culture than by nature”
Who is crazy? Who is normal? Describing somebody as "not normal" has serious implications for this person, can destroy her life. From an anthropological perspective, there is nothing…
Saiba Varma, “The Occupied Clinic: Militarism and Care in Kashmir” (Duke UP, 2020)
In The Occupied Clinic: Militarism and Care in Kashmir (Duke UP, 2020), Saiba Varma explores the psychological, ontological, and political entanglements between medicine and violence in India… Visit New Books…
Paul Maxwell, “New Calvinism, Religious Abuse, and the Experience of God” (Lexington/Fortress, 2020)
What happens to a trauma survivor who negatively internalizes the doctrines of Reformed theology? What are the paths forward toward psychological and spiritual healing? In a tour de…
Reading/Translating Capital Yet Again
Historical Materialists presents a webinar on: “Reading/Translating Capital Yet Again” Speaker: John Hutnyk Faculty, Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam Moderator: Abhijit RoyFaculty, Jadavp…
از بهشت و دوزخ در قلمرو دینی تا اتوپیا و دیستوپیا در هستی اجتماعی (۲۴)
خوشبختی ساده جهان اجتماعی، در برابر بهشتِ عالم آخرت اما مخاطب هشیارِ قرن حاضر (بیست و یک) که از هر نوع «تمایزطلبیِ» سرکوبگر، خسته و دلزده است، بی…
معماری و هویت
کتاب معماری و هویت در سه بخش تنظیم شده که به ترتیب به موضوعات علم و فن، نظریه ی انتقادی و منطقه گرایی و جهانی شدن می…
یوتوپیایی در آسمان؛ تاریخ نگاری مختصر شهر فشرده و عمودی
به بهانه ساخت شهر عمودی رم کولهاس در رتردام مسئله فشردگی و رشد عمودی، در بلندای تاریخ، همیشه مشغله معماران و شهرسازان بوده است، برج بابل تبلور فیزیکی…
چهار تفاوت شخصیتی بین پسرها و دخترها
مارک تراورس برگردان آذر اصغریان دهکردی این تحقیق تفاوتهای جنسیتی جالبی را در افراد پیش- نوجوان نشان میدهد. گاه روانشناسان به مزاح میگویند که بیشتر مطالعاتشان روی افراد…
Wie wird man zum „ausländischen Agenten“? Groteske und Gefahren eines russischen Gesetzes
In Russland haben mehrere Gesetzesänderungen dazu geführt, dass jede sich politisch äußernde oder betätigende Privatperson als „ausländischer Agent“ registriert werden kann. Die gewollten Folgen sind …
Tabsir is back
In September 2005 I started the blog Tabsir (“Insight”) with several other colleagues to provide information on the Middle East as a supplement to the news and to…