The conference will address ‘technical lands’, sites where global knowledge practices and aesthetic categories have converged to literally transform the physical geography of the land. Harvard, April…
So, since October I’ve been accompanying Savage Minds’ social medias, trying to keep everything updated and making sure we have a continuum of posts on Facebook and Twitter.…
Empty Ebola Treatment Center at ELWA outside Monrovia. November 1, 2016 Passage from a medical journal from 1982: The results seem to indicate that at least Liberia…
One of the things I realized this year is that I am actually reading more interesting books than I am able to review individually for the blog. To…
One of the things I realized this year is that I am actually reading more interesting books than I am able to review individually for the blog. To…
At anthro everywhere! we’ve already written a couple of posts about how maps powerfully represent certain social realities. Today’s post adds a couple of new resources for teaching…
At anthro everywhere! we’ve already written a couple of posts about how maps powerfully represent certain social realities. Today’s post adds a couple of new resources for teaching…
By Alexander Dunlap Wind Energy is undoubtedly my favorite of all the energy systems, which retains an immense potential for ecological sustainability. This potential, however, can be utopic,…
By Paul Robert Gilbert, University of Brighton Each year in the Autumn, London’s Geological Society hosts ‘FINEX: Exploration Meets the City’ in their well-appointed premises on Piccadilly. Perhaps…
A man rides a white horse against a bright blue sky. The image evokes a sense of heroism, of freedom. Unlike the stereotypical prince charming or cowboy, however,…
In conversation, scholars cannot help but constantly raise the subject of their increasingly precarious working conditions and the anxieties that derive from them. From such conversations we regard…
This entry is part 2 of 2 in the #teachingthedisaster series. This is post in the #teachingthedisaster series comes to us from Maria L. Vidart-Delgado. Maria lectures in…
Heute vor vier Monaten bin ich abgereist. Ich weiß, dass es einigen von uns gleich geht: Wo ist die Zeit geblieben? Ist es so schnell vorbei? Ich habe…
I am extremely happy to announce today that I’m making open access my timeline of the history of anthropological theory. This timeline has over 1,000 entries, beginning with…
CC 4.0 by TravelingOtter The Poorest, Sickest State Mississippi is the U.S.’s poorest state and has the lowest rates of insurance coverage. Mississippi also has very poor health…
Students! Check out these awards for undergraduate and graduate essays from the Association for the Study of Food and Society. These are great opportunities for fame and recognition.…
A well-known quote from Hamlet is “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.” This, of course, refers to the illegitimate and immoral reign of the fictional King…
One day a student approached me after class and asked, “What should I call students who are of Asian descent? Is it OK to just say Asian, or…
What would it mean to consider that non-human beings also do work? Is it possible to have other forms of food production, not through human domination, but collaboration…
What would it mean to consider that non-human beings also do work? Is it possible to have other forms of food production, not through human domination, but collaboration…
The editors of Anthropoliteia are happy to present the latest entry in on ongoing series The Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatterSyllabus Project, which will mobilize anthropological work as a pedagogical…