In China erfreut sich das traditionelle Brettspiel Weiqi wieder zunehmender Beliebtheit. Kinder erlernen es neben der Schule, Erwachsene verfolgen internationale Turniere und ausländische Denker ziehe…
By Steven Dashiell Gaming isn’t the focus of my research, but I’ve participated in it since I was 13 years old, the first day I bought a…
Marc Edelman ends his recent piece on FocaalBlog, “The forces of justice and decency will need to move from feel-good slacktivism to the streets, to face-to-face engagement, whether…
dear “comrade” Quartz published an article about the changing use and meaning of the term tongzhi, “comrade,” in China. Originating in the early Qin Dynasty (221-206 B.C.E), the…
The Université Laval in Quebec has launched a new series of interviews with (francophone) Canadian anthropologists: Les Possédés et leurs mondes (Anthropologists and Their Worlds). The audiovisua…
The Université Laval in Quebec has launched a new series of interviews with (francophone) Canadian anthropologists: Les Possédés et leurs mondes (Anthropologists and Their Worlds). The audiovisua…
Last fall, a group of researchers – mostly biological anthropologists and sleep researchers – published a study of three ‘pre-industrial’ communities, one in Latin America, two in Africa,…
History suggests that it may be harder to make radical cuts at EPA than Trump and his advisors think. While many politicians have called for eliminating entire cabinet…
According to Oxford online dictionary… Space: A continuous area or expanse which is free, available, or unoccupied Place: An area used for a specified purpose or activity Sasha…
The past is irrecoverable and the past is not past; the past is the resource for the future and the future is the redemption of the past; loss…
A long over-due crosspost from gnovis! Way back in 2011 I embarked on a project exploring the colloquial distinction between “the Internet” and “the real” — as in,…
“[Urban exploration] is a community of people who by their inherent nature break rules and expectations. Expecting them to then follow the rules of a community is patently…
Why has fake news persisted? We’ve built the world to enhance our automatic assumption of the “right” action. Online social networks have been primed to reflect these assumptions…
Why has fake news persisted? We’ve built the world to enhance our automatic assumption of the “right” action. Online social networks have been primed to reflect these assumptions…
Why has fake news persisted? We’ve built the world to enhance our automatic assumption of the “right” action. Online social networks have been primed to reflect these assumptions…
We recently received the following call for papers which may be a great opportunity for some of our readers. From akutaq to whoopie pie, there are some great…
Back in January of this year, I posted an interview with Janne Flisrand, a Minneapolis business owner and transportation activist, as part of my Anthropologists in Practice series.…