Links & Contents I Liked 391
Hi all, What a week, eh?!? This edition is a bit shorter-perhaps because other developments dominated my social media feeds, but perhaps also because I worked on my…
Book Review: The Uncertainty Mindset: Innovation Insights from the Frontiers of Food by Vaughn Tan
In The Uncertainty Mindset: Innovation Insights from the Frontiers of Food, Vaughn Tan examines ‘the uncertainty mindset’ as a model for understanding how teams use uncertainty to organise…
Writing Life No. 5: An interview with Robert Desjarlais by Michelle Charette
Photo by Robert Desjarlais “British poet W.H Auden suggested that true poets are those who like ‘hanging around words listening to what they say.” Desjarlais, 2011, Counterplay: An…
A. M. Thawnghmung, “Everyday Economic Survival in Myanmar” (U Wisconsin Press, 2019)
Reforms in Myanmar (formerly Burma) have eased restrictions on citizens’ political activities. Yet for most Burmese, Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung shows in Everyday Economic Survival in Myanmar (U… Visit New Books…
Natasha Zaretsky, “Acts of Repair: Justice, Truth, and the Politics of Memory in Argentina” (Rutgers UP, 2020)
Acts of Repair: Justice, Truth, and the Politics of Memory in Argentina (Rutgers UP, 2020) explores how ordinary people grapple with political violence in Argentina, a nation home to…
Berufsprofil: Digital Detox Coach
Digital Detox Coach Digital Detox Coach, Psychotherapeut*in, Dozent*in, Agentur für digitale Kommunikation, nachhaltige Kommunikation In einem Prozess stecken stets unterschiedliche Bewegungen …
El lobby que veía lobbies
Sospecho que este artículo puede ser bastante polémico. Una de las primeras quejas será quién soy yo para escribir esto, así que mejor aclararlo cuanto antes: una persona…
Willamette Valley Treaty is sent to Washington, D.C. Jan. 22, 1855
Willamette Valley Treaty Origins of the Willamette Valley treaty
The Equitable Transformation of Communities: A Conversation with John Arroyo
The future of working with newcomer immigrant populations and serving them also means understanding the needs of extant populations: being…
Anthropology Day Photo Contest
If you have food anthropology related photos that you want to be famous, SAFN wants to hear from you! We have decided to hold a food anthropology photography competition…
Decolonising protected areas: Sapelli in eastern Cameroon
By Simon Hoyte In 2018, the Colombian anthropologist Arturo Escobar remarked: We are facing modern problems for which there are no longer modern solutions What he’s referring to…
Covid-19, Nordic trust and collective denial: Sweden and Norway compared
In March 2020, as the pandemic strengthened its grip around Europe and the world, I wondered how I would manage my weekly work commute from Stockholm to Oslo…
Shaligram Interpretive Practice (Vadana and Vanamala)
In Sanskrit, vadana means “mouth” and refers either to the large openings present on many Shaligrams or to the multiple smaller openings that occasionally appear when the main…
Quaran-teens Class of 2021: COVID-19’s Impact on Our Everyday Use of Technology
[The following students are high school seniors Class of 2021 at “KTH School.” As part of their International Baccalaureate Social and Cultural Anthropology class, they conducted a collaborative…
Nettet blir stadig mindre – færre oppdateringer om antropologi i mediene på norsk
Takket være vinterens lockdown i Tyskland (der jeg har bodd siden 2017) har jeg begynt igjen å blogge om antropologi i mediene. Det var mye interessant jeg fant…
How to “Co-Live” With a Natural Hazard
Tungurahua, an active volcano in Ecuador, sits amid farming communities that have dwelled alongside it for generations. A.J. Faas As the Andes mountain range curves through Ecuador, it…
Nettet blir stadig mindre – færre oppdateringer om antropologi i mediene på norsk
Takket være vinterens lockdown i Tyskland (der jeg har bodd siden 2017) har jeg begynt igjen å blogge om antropologi i mediene. Det var mye interessant jeg fant…
Andray Abrahamian, “Being in North Korea” (Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, 2019)
As well as presenting practical challenges, addressing the question ‘what is it like in North Korea?’ raises ethical concerns around who is entitled to interpret life in a…
R. A. Woldoff and R. C. Litchfield, “Digital Nomads: In Search of Freedom, Community, and Meaningful Work in the New Economy” (Oxford UP, 2021)
In the space of a few weeks this spring, organizations around the world learned that many traditional, in-person jobs could, in fact, be performed remotely. Before the COVID-19…
Solidaridad, responsabilidad ciudadana y comportamiento de la sociedad ante las grandes crisis como la pandemia
Desde el primer confinamiento, en marzo de 2020, he escuchado muchísimas veces aquello de “esto nos va a hacer ser mejores personas”, “vamos a aprender de esto”, “es…
Go read my interview with Martha Macintyre!
I’m very proud to announce that my interview with Martha Macintyre is now available, open access, from ANU Press. It is a chapter in the wonderful new volume…
Wednesday Round Up #33
The Super Mario Effect – Tricking Your Brain into Learning More Why You Should Still Wear A Mask And Avoid Crowds After Getting The COVID-19 Vaccine It may…
The Witches Invade Washington
They should have asked an anthropologist. The political and military professionals ignored the warnings presaging last week’s Capitol invasion. But many who conduct research in rural Africa,…
Bridging the American Cultural Divide
[no-caption] Jondave Libiran/Pexels The Sufi mystics like to tell a story about an old man crossing a rickety footbridge that spans a deep gorge. When he reaches the…