Capturing the Art of Imprisonment
Over the span of about four decades, the late Russian artist Vasily Konovalenko (1929–1989) produced more than 70 wonderful gem-carving sculptures that depict themes and scenes of Russian…
Over the span of about four decades, the late Russian artist Vasily Konovalenko (1929–1989) produced more than 70 wonderful gem-carving sculptures that depict themes and scenes of Russian…
New evidence from Akhenaten’s capital suggests that a ‘disposable’ workforce of children and teenagers provided much of the labour for the city’s construction There’s a whiff of magic…
Sean Guillory of Sean’s Russia Blog spoke with our Publications and Reviews Editor Judith Beyer about her book The force of custom. Law and the ordering of everyday…
Von Marcel Berlinghoff, J. Olaf Kleist, Ulrike Krause und Jochen Oltmer Die erste Ausgabe der Zeitschrift für Flüchtlingsforschung (Z’Flucht) ist erschienen. Im Editorial gehen die HerausgeberI…
I have just found this amazing resource/blog – highly recommend checking it out if you are interested in Oceania. Beauty of Oceania LINK TO PACIFIC READING DROPBOX These…
In Slammerkin, Mary is a street prostitute in mid-18th-century London. Thrown out of her dismal basement home by a mother absolute in condemnation of Mary’s pregnancy at 14,…
In Slammerkin, Mary is a street prostitute in mid-18th-century London. Thrown out of her dismal basement home by a mother absolute in condemnation of Mary’s pregnancy at 14,…
Real Pigs: Shifting Values in the Field of Local Pork Brad Weiss. Duke University Press, 2016. Neri de Kramer University of Delaware This book is an…
credit: Strategic Culture Foundation online journal 8/31/16 hope for democracy at the grassroots Japan Today published commentary from social anthropologist Dame Henrietta Moore, director of the Insti…
Music, Anthropology, Ethnomusicology For the June 2017 issue of Open Anthropology I assembled 15 articles for an issue titled “Music – Anthropology – Life.” Under the new agree…
For the next issue of Open Anthropology I am assembling a list of articles on music. Consistent with the mission of Open Anthropology, these articles will be open…
Anthropology as Public Pedagogy The horned serpent serves as a witness to the events that unfold during the Pueblo uprising. Warren Montoya On January 25, President Trump signed…
Paul Heartly, a Toronto native and anthropologist, gave unique insight into his hiring PhDs for an ‘alternative’ career. In a 2015 interview for Alt-Ac Advisor, Heartly stated: it is interest…
Paul Heartly, a Toronto native and anthropologist, gave unique insight into his hiring PhDs for an ‘alternative’ career. In a 2015 interview for Alt-Ac Advisor, Heartly stated: it is interest…
Music, Anthropology, Ethnomusicology For the June 2017 issue of Open Anthropology I assembled 15 articles for an issue titled “Music – Anthropology – Life.” Under the new agree…
If I could only recommend one text in discard studies, it would be Recycling Reconsidered by Samantha MacBride (2011, MIT Press).
Shoppen – Mit Freunden über die Einkaufsmeilen flanieren, anprobieren was das Zeug hält, mit schweren Tüten in der Hand aus dem Shop gehen und vor allem das Fühlen…
In the waning moments of 2016, one man, armed with an AR-15 and “information” about a conspiracy related to Hilary Clinton, walked into a DC pizza parlor hell…
Today I spoke at the March for Truth at St Louis. Thank you to everyone who came out to the Arch and heard me speak and a special…
Thus far in this thread we have discussed images as powerful communicative links between individuals and society around it. In this post, I want to focus on how…