Kring julgranen
Många av oss har säkert i en eller annan form varit med om att dekorerat en julgran, men varför är detta någonting vi gör och hur har vi…
Toda cortesía es cortejo
La foto es de Valérié Jardin Nota para los estudiantes del Màster d’Antropologia i Etnografia de la UB, a propósito de una discusión sobre la seducción, enviada en…
23. Dezember (Adventskalender)
Jeden Tag ein Türchen, eine Person, ein Gegenstand Die Übungsräume sind verlassen, in den Fluren hallt es: Es ist leer geworden an der Uni und an der Abteilung…
Smartphones “In-Between” or: What Do Smartphones Have in Common With Doors?*
Suzana Jovicic Credits: Thomas Sobottka It is Friday night in a youth centre on the outskirts of Vienna; the lights are dim, and loud local Rap music is…
Native North American Studies at the AFS Annual Meetings, 1990-1994
I have been away from the project for some time, but I have resumed my journey through the programs of the annual meetings of the American Folklore Society.…
Architektur und Utopie
Der immer lesenswerte Stuttgarter Architekturtheoretiker Jürgen Joedicke (1925-2015) schrieb 1969 in Moderne Architektur – Strömungen und Tendenzen über die 60er Jahre: Für den Historiker ist i…
Window Work: Framing Eldercare in the Age of COVID-19 by Kristina Grünenberg
In this blogpost, we draw from our current fieldwork on the island of Ærø, a place which has branded itself as “the digital island”[1], to explore how care…
Connection, Inc.: Fast Times for Online Dating in the Age of Quarantine
Online Dating Goes Back to the Future Have you noticed an uptick in move-ins or engagements in your social circles lately? How about divorces? While everyone seemingly dreads…
Constance Smith, “Nairobi in the Making: Landscapes of Time and Urban Belonging” (James Currey, 2019)
In a colonial-era housing estate in Nairobi, urban life unfolds in the shadow of a billboard promising a bright hypermodern global future. How do ordinary residents inhabit this…
Salih Can Açıksöz, “Sacrificial Limbs: Masculinity, Disability, and Political Violence in Turkey” (U California Press, 2019)
Sacrificial Limbs: Masculinity, Disability, and Political Violence in Turkey (University of California Press, 2020) is an exploration of “the ways in which . . .veterans’ gendere… Visit New Books in…
Constance Smith, “Nairobi in the Making: Landscapes of Time and Urban Belonging” (James Currey, 2019)
In a colonial-era housing estate in Nairobi, urban life unfolds in the shadow of a billboard promising a bright hypermodern global future. How do ordinary residents inhabit this…
Salih Can Açıksöz, “Sacrificial Limbs: Masculinity, Disability, and Political Violence in Turkey” (U California Press, 2019)
Sacrificial Limbs: Masculinity, Disability, and Political Violence in Turkey (University of California Press, 2020) is an exploration of “the ways in which . . .veterans’ gendered and classed… Visit New…
Stål och silver i vardagsmagi och folkmedicin
Människans hantering av metaller har en uråldrig historia, där metallerna har haft en så framträdande roll i den historiska utvecklingen att järnhanteringen fått beteckna en historisk epok. Aristotele…
22. Dezember (Adventskalender)
Jeden Tag ein Türchen, eine Person, ein Gegenstand Die Übungsräume sind verlassen, in den Fluren hallt es: Es ist leer geworden an der Uni und an der Abteilung…
2020 Highlights
Sit back, relax, and enjoy some of our highlights of 2020! Thank you to all our authors and to everyone who contributed to Anthropology News this year. Wishing…
Amy Garey takes the page 99 test
Page 99 of my dissertation ends with a quote from a 2019 comedy festival, “KVN is, KVN lives, KVN will continue to live!” It sums up one of…
Föreställningar om den svarta katten
Att det är något speciellt med svarta katter märkte jag då en anhörig alltid vill “spotta” över axeln då en svart katt råkar korsa vägen eftersom hen anser…
Guest Post: One More Time from the Top: A Review of Anand Pandian’s A Possible Anthropology
[Footnotes is pleased to present this guest post by Daniel Yo-Ling (he/they), an affect alien anthropologist and writer based in Taipei. You can follow them on Twitter @yolingwrites.] …
Guest Post: One More Time from the Top: A Review of Anand Pandian’s A Possible Anthropology
[Footnotes is pleased to present this guest post by Daniel Chen (he/they), an affect alien anthropologist and writer based in Taipei. You can follow them on Twitter @YoLingChen.] …
Reviving humanity: Africa’s lessons for post-Covid education
Many months after Covid-19 hit Africa, education systems, like in other parts of the world, are struggling to figure out the way forward. Schools have started to reopen…
Review: Food, Faith and Gender in Southeast Asia
Food, Faith and Gender in South Asia: The Cultural Politics of Women’s Food Practices. Usha Sanyal and Nita Kumar. Bloomsbury. 2020. ISBN: HB: 978-1-3501-3706-6. 222 pp. Wendy Yared…
Neue Professur soll islamische Kultur vergangener Jahrhunderte erforschen
Die archäologischen Wissenschaften an der Goethe-Universität erhalten Verstärkung: Mit Mitteln der VolkswagenStiftung wird eine neue Professur für Islamische Archäologie und Kunstgeschichte eingericht…
Ethnographic Fieldwork in Ecuador: A Discussion with Maricarmen Hernandez
What is it like to do research in a marginalized community in the shadows of Ecuador’s largest oil refinery? On today’s episode we talk with Maricarmen Hernandez, assistant…
Sienna R. Craig, “The Ends of Kinship: Connecting Himalayan Lives Between Nepal and New York” (U Washington Press, 2020)
In The Ends of Kinship: Connecting Himalayan Lives between Nepal and New York (University of Washington Press, 2020), anthropologist Sienna Craig examines the inter-generational shifts that … Visit New Books…