new book explores ‘true’ Japan on the edge of a Brazilian forest
The cover of Nobuko Adachi’s new book that explores the Japanese Brazilian commune of Kubo The nation of Brazil is home to 1.5 million people of Japanese descent,…
The cover of Nobuko Adachi’s new book that explores the Japanese Brazilian commune of Kubo The nation of Brazil is home to 1.5 million people of Japanese descent,…
Critical Public Health On difference and doubt as tools for critical engagement with public health Catherine M. Will This paper argues that critical public health should reengage with…
Author Shirley A. Fedorak discusses the changes to the new edition of Anthropology Matters and how they are grounded in a need to make anthropology relevant to today’s…
Religion belongs to a set of terms that also includes art and science. Science began as a form of knowledge opposed to religious mysticism, but is now often…
In the Stanford Hospital car park, there is a sign that reads “WARNING: This garage contains gasoline and diesel engine exhaust which is known to the State of…
How do you make taxpayers comply? Lotta Bjorklund Larsen‘s ethnography, Shaping Taxpayers: Values in Action at the Swedish Tax Agency (Berghahn Books, 2017) offers a vivid, yet nuanced…
Imagine being able to remotely and anonymously search through locals in your area, browse through pictures of them, and chat with those who also found you attractive. Imagine…
As my internet connection is finally back after a cat-induced Wi-Fi disruption, I come with more readings for the week. By the time this goes live, May Day…
Alisse Waterston, AAA President, CUNY John Jay College Last November (2016) my president’s letter to AAA members announced a new project: PIFFT: the Palestine Israel Fellowship Fund for…
How do we count and value public scholarship in anthropology? — Do we count and value public scholarship in anthropology? — And, how do we do it at the time…
This episode of New Books in Jewish Studies features Maya Barzilai, Assistant Professor of Hebrew Literature and Jewish Culture at the University of Michigan and the author of…
Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania Annual Meeting New Orleans, Louisiana January 30 to February 4, 2018 Deadline for Submissions: 1 November 2017 As the effects of climate change…
Tehran. Credit: Wikipedia U.S. strategic interests The Tehran Times published a piece by William O. Beeman, professor and head of the anthropology department at the University of Minnesota…
How Language Ideologies Underlie the Judicial Confirmation Process One thing Neil Gorsuch has in common with many previous Supreme Court nominees is his insistence that he is an…
This week (May 2nd-6th) we are attending the CASCA/IUAES2017 Conference in Ottawa! This year, the Canadian Anthropology Society (CASCA) is having a joint Conference/InterCongress with the Interna…
This week (May 2nd-6th) we are attending the CASCA/IUAES2017 Conference in Ottawa! This year, the Canadian Anthropology Society (CASCA) is having a joint Conference/InterCongress with the Interna…
by Lina Dib Originally published in continent 6(1) CC BY 2.0 DOWNLOAD PDF (https://soundcloud.com/continent/lina-dib-sonic-breakdown-extinction-and-memory) This soundtrack features sounds of environme…
Held on Tuesday, August 29, this event will explore possibilities for data justice through a framework of environmental justice.
Working in Kurdistan at the site of Qalatga Darband, The British Museum is training Iraqi archaeologists to preserve and study their country’s threatened heritage Iraqi Kurdistan is spectacularly…
As I sit here about to write this (it finally being the “right time”) I am remembering that a week ago around this time my wife and I…
door Ferdous Arachid Rituelen en tradities zijn zaken die van essentieel belang zijn voor een samenleving, en de daarbij horende ‘cultuur’. Ik las op 14 april een opiniestuk…
Charon Crossing the River Styx was painted by Joachim Patinir between 1515 and 1524. A reproduction hangs on the wall of a bar in Málaga’s centro histórico where…