Web Roundup: Moving forward in the face of uncertainty and debatable facts by Jane Roberts
And so ends 2016 – a year many have regarded as pretty topsy-turvy and trying at times. The focus of this month’s web roundup relates to how we…
And so ends 2016 – a year many have regarded as pretty topsy-turvy and trying at times. The focus of this month’s web roundup relates to how we…
This is an opinion piece that some might say loosely fits within the realm of anthropology. And yet, if one could say that anthropology is the genealogy and…
Probably the most memorable year in decades, 2016 was a non-stop accumulation of turning points and landmark events. In broad terms, we began to witness the demise of…
“The meanings of human actions are obscured by ritual, custom, idea or other forms of underlying background influence.” – Neil Turner
A selection of my articles on the hellscape that was 2016, divided by topic. Full list available here. If you want an understanding of how we got into…
I cannot say I will be nostalgic this Sunday morning, but Savage Minds and our incredible contributors never stopped writing and confronted every step with a critical eye.…
Here is the second part of our article roundup for December (find the first set of articles here). Happy reading, and happy new year! New Genetics and Society Redrawing…
I know what everyone has been thinking as we look gleefully forward to the end of 2016, with a desire to put the social and political turmoil behind us…
from The Huffington Post: The White House designated two new national monuments on Wednesday, one in Utah and the other in Nevada, that will protect important Native American…
Thank you to our readers, authors, and supporters for a great 2016! We had over 136, 600 views from nearly 70,000 visitors this year! What were you reading?…
Here is the first part of our December article roundup. Three journals have special issues this month (abstracts in the post below): Body and Society: The New Biologies: Epigenetics,…
In A Special Hell: Institutional Life in Alberta’s Eugenic Years (University of Toronto Press, 2015), Claudia Malacrida explores the practices of the Michener Center in Red Deer, Northern…
Special Issue: Food and France: What Food Studies Can Teach Us About History. Bertram M. Gordon & Erica J. Peters (eds). French Historical Studies 38, 2 (April 2015):…
Since ecological metaphors, systems, and thinking are implicit to much of discard studies, we’re happy to share this crowdsourced bibliography on critical perspectives of ecology.
Joan M. Jensen and Michelle Wick Patterson (Editors). Travels with Frances Densmore: Her Life, Work, and Legacy in Native American Studies. 464 pp., illus., index. Lincoln: University of…
Die chinesische Regierung hat den Transfer von Landnutzungsrechten weiter vereinfacht. Sie reagiert damit auf Probleme, die über die Jahre hinweg durch das System des kollektiv verfügten Ackerlandes e…
In this second of two recent articles on migration I examine the writings of three anthropologists— Nicholas P. De Genova, Andrew Kipnis, and Luis F.B. Plascencia—concerning usage of…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed that 92% of the world’s urban population now live in cities where the air is toxic.
Die Begegnung mit dem Nachbarn bleibt nahezu kommunikationsfrei, wenn man nur darauf achtet, dass die Zweige der Birke nicht über die Grenze zu ihm hinüberwachsen. Ist der Nachbar…
In this and the next article I will discuss some of the politically contentious issues surrounding what some of us call “illegal immigration,” with reference to the works…
The Discovery of Sidney Mintz I delivered this paper at the 2016 meetings of the American Anthropological Association. The panel was titled “The Legacies of Sidney Mintz: Discovering…
The Discovery of Sidney Mintz I delivered this paper at the 2016 meetings of the American Anthropological Association. The panel was titled “The Legacies of Sidney Mintz: Discovering…
This is the text of a paper delivered at the 2016 meetings of the American Anthropological Association. The panel was titled “The Legacies of Sidney Mintz: Discovering Political…