In The Anthropology of Epidemics, editors Ann H. Kelly, Frédéric Keck and Christos Lynteris curate a collection that provides insight into how ethnographic studies of epidemics might challenge…
CLARA FABIAN-THEROND As a medical anthropology PhD student my plan was to start ethnographic research, examining the socio-cultural impact of personalised therapeutics in the NHS colorectal and ov…
In The Movement for Reproductive Justice: Empowering Women of Color through Social Activism (NYU Press, 2020), Pat Zavella shows how reproductive justice organizations’ collaborative work across racial lines…
Existe un aparato que prácticamente se ha convertido en una extensión de nuestro cuerpo, que lo llevamos donde quiera que vayamos y del cual hemos hecho un icono…
Der Kommentar ist am 15.7. 2020 in der Wiener Zeitung erschienen. Wer trägt die Verantwortung für die gewalttätigen Übergriffe bei friedlichen Demonstrationen? Wenn manche Politiker und manche Komment…
No one at Berkeley would ever encourage a student to drop out of the university. But you can learn a lot from studying what college dropouts do with…
On Thursday, July 30th, 2020 (5:30 pm PST), I’m giving a talk about how to use LinkedIn to level up your career. I’ll discuss best practices and examples…
Ethics are a key component to anthropological training and practice. Professional anthropology organizations have established several different guidelines over the decades, starting with the first ap…
For over two decades Carla Tozcano has been a staple in guest services at SAR. Meals cooked by Leslie Shipman (director of guest services) …
Story by IARC curator of education Felicia Garcia With my basket I decided to send out a message. The coil is to represent a tight foundat…
INTRODUCTION The Neuroscience and Society Network, based at the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine (GHSM), organised a workshop titled “Memory / Habit / Addiction” on 28…
Editorial Note: This post is part of our series highlighting the work of the Anthropology and Environment Society’s 2019 Roy A. Rappaport Prize Finalists. We asked them to outline the…
In the wake of global civil unrest following the brutal killings of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Tony McDade, Atatiana Jefferson, Aura Rosser, Elijah McClain, and countless…
Our annual screening event took place on zoom this year because of the pandemic. You can see all the films and interactive websites here. You can read Felicia…
This amphora comes from a period in ancient Greek history called the Early Iron Age. Zde/Wikimedia Commons Painted over the enormous midsection of the Dipylon amphora—a nearly 2,800-year-…
Aus aktuellem Anlass läd die DGSKA erstmals zu einer Herbstakademie für Doktorand_innen ein. Thema sind die besonderen Herausforderungen mit denen Nachwuchswissenschafter_innen aufgrund der aktuellen …
In The Gig Economy: A Critical Introduction, Jamie Woodcock and Mark Graham unpack the ‘how’ of the gig economy through quantative datasets and ethnographic vignettes from countries includ…
In Re-enchanting Modernity: Re-enchanting Modernity: Ritual Economy and Society in Wenzhou, China (Duke University Press, 2020), Mayfair Yang examines the resurgence of religious and ritual life after decades…
What if the moral guardians of West African societies are postmenopausal women? This is the argument that Laura S. Grillo makes in her 2018 book, An Intimate Rebuke:…
Posiblemente no hayan oído hablar nunca de la localidad de Cherrapunji, se trata de una pequeña localidad de la India en el Estado de Megalaya. Allí pueden encontrarse…
Dear SAFN members, Now is a good time to write op eds about the food system in the pandemic. Here is one we published in the Eugene Weekly…
From at least the 18th century and afterward, for much of the writing about Native peoples, we are written about as being wandering peoples. Explorers, settlers, fur traders…
Ganz in unserer Nähe kommt es immer wieder zu Konflikten zwischen Radfahrenden und Zufußgehenden. Die Straße ist übles Kopfsteinpflaster. Der Fußweg ist eng. Sehr viele Rad…
Ganz in unserer Nähe kommt es immer wieder zu Konflikten zwischen Radfahrenden und Zufußgehenden. Die Straße ist übles Kopfsteinpflaster. Der Fußweg ist eng. Sehr viele Rad…