What are the connections between climate change, global capitalism, xenophobia and white supremacy? Marc Schuller does in his new book something rather unusual: He asks big questions. Humanity’s…
During the lockdowns of spring 2020, short videos became a popular means of reflecting on new experiences of quarantine and social distancing. Passed around on social media platforms,…
What are the connections between climate change, global capitalism, xenophobia and white supremacy? Marc Schuller does in his new book something rather unusual: He asks big questions. Humanity’s…
Bamileke community members typically mourn the deaths of loved ones through drumming, singing, and other collective rituals. Bobyphoto/Wikimedia Commons A few months into the pandemic, a …
[The following students are high school seniors at “KTH School” taking International Baccalaureate Social and Cultural Anthropology. After their final IB exams were cancelled, they decided they would…
Geschichtskultureller Wandel, historisches Lernen und Erinnerung Wann: 01.03.2021 – 02.03.2021 Wo: Online Anmeldung bis 20. Februar 2021 bitte an: hilmig18@uni-hildesheim.de Seit 2018 werden im BMBF-V…
In Creativity in Tokyo: Revitalizing a Mature City (Palgrave, 2020), Heide Imai and Matjaz Ursic focues on overlooked contextual factors that constitute the urban creative climate or innovati… Visit New Books…
Vaya por delante la advertencia al lector que se encontrará en este texto un lenguaje que se aproxima peligrosamente a lo metafísico, casi poético. No pretendo con esto…
Anterior cingulate inputs to nucleus accumbens control the social transfer of pain and analgesia Distinct Anterior Cingulate neural circuits mediating the social transfer of pain/analgesia & fear…
Note: This piece is merely a stream of conscious as I watch and think about the impeachment. Last week, we Americans watched a violent insurrection unfold at the…
by Yatou Sallah I have long been intrigued by the anthropological framing of Africans in the context of postcolonialism. As scholars and theorists in the field attempt to…
Introduction The tension between critical theoretical innovation and on-the-ground, practical application has animated intense debate in medical anthropology (Scheper-Hughes 1990). Epistemological…
*This essay includes a photograph of a replica Paranthropus boisei skull and a replica human skull. New approaches to the dental remains of early hominins and the diets…
Maggi instant noodles are a treasured favorite among India’s young people. Their banning in 2015 conjured youthful memories of rebellion and revealed the uncertainties of our global food…
Facing language problems in Peru’s new coffee economy During a recent trip to the Andean-Amazonian foothills of Southern Peru, I hiked out to a remote corner of the…
A degree in sociocultural anthropology may not be the most obvious background for a food stylist, yet it was a love for hands-on, detailed fieldwork that led me…
A student-curated exhibition offers an immersive exploration of food and the connections, stories, and memories we consume each time we eat. Image description: A small, neon yellow…
When Twitter announced that it had suspended Donald Trump’s account, Twitter also censored the voice of Alexandra Elbakyan, the 32 year old creator of the probably most cherished…
Todas las personas que vivimos en este mundo hemos venido a él sin pedirlo, a todas y cada una de nosotras se nos ha impuesto la vida sin…
Intertwining autobiography and ethnography, Clara Han’s touching new book Seeing Like a Child: Inheriting the Korean War (Fordham University Press, 2020) asks how scholarship can be transform… Visit New Books…
پیرسانسو برگردان ناصر فکوهی و زهره دودانگه وقتی ما در یک چهارراه ایستادهایم احساس میکنیم با بُعد دیگری روبرو هستیم. پناهگاهها صرفا برای حفاظت از مصرف کننده در…
اوقات فراغت از مقوله هایی است که امروز بیش از گذشته مورد توجه است. در زمانه ی چالش ها و عدم قطعیت هایی زندگی می کنیم که…
بعد از اتمام جنگ جهانی دوم و همچنین صنعت زدایی مرکز شهرها در کشورهای غربی، میزان بسیار زیادی از ساختمان ها بدون کاربری و به عنوان یک…
در قرن شانزدهم میلادی ، مردی وجود داشت که به عنوان مشهورترین پیشگوی تاریخ شناخته شد نام اونوستراداموس بود.با توجه به بسیاری از شواهد ،به نظر میآید بروس…