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Happy Midsummer from Sweden! It has been an intense week, listening to two exceptional events on racism, #globaldev, becoming #AntiRacistinAid and compiling a new resource on that topic.…
Enikő Vincze: Post-covid “Economic recovery” in Romania: forget labor, save capital, and support militarization?
Enikő Vincze, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoc On May 28th the liberal Romanian government published the last data on the employment situation. This is therefore a good time to review…
My Apprenticeship with Dan
Below find the fourth of a series of guest posts offered in celebration on the occasion of our colleague and friend Daniel C. Swan’s retirement from the University…
Pandemic, Democratic Death, and Antifragility in Contemporary Italy: A Personal Reflection (#WitnessingCorona)
Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Annamaria Fantauzzi This article aims to reflect on how dying and the perception of death in the COVID-19 pandemic have changed…
Antropologi og fargeblindhet: Hvordan forstå vedvarende forskjeller mellom hvite og ikke-hvite i…
Antropologi og fargeblindhet: Hvordan forstå vedvarende forskjeller mellom hvite og ikke-hvite i USA? Det var under studietiden min i oktober i fjor at jeg fikk melding fra universitetet jeg…
Robert Samet, “Deadline: Populism and the Press in Venezuela” (U Chicago Press, 2019)
Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, has been ranked as one of the most violent cities in the world. In Deadline: Populism and the Press in Venezuela (University of…
La historia debe continuar
En el verano de 1989 Francis Fukuyama publicaba en la prestigiosa y muy conservadora revista The National Interest la tesis principal de su obra cumbre ¿El fin de…
Eine sozialphilosophische Perspektive auf die COVID-19-Pandemie: Die Krisis der gewohnten Welt.
von Steven Reinhardt Mit aller Plötzlichkeit hat die COVID-19-Pandemie unsere alltägliche Welt in eine Krise gestürzt. Vor Kurzen waren Treffen mit Freund*innen, Bekannten und Verwandten sowie deren i…
LGBTQ+ Civil Rights
It’s been a rollercoaster few weeks in the world of LGBTQ politics, and I thought it might be useful to provide a summary for those that may not…
The African Union Covid-19 Response Fund: a new social contract
The African Union recently rolled out the Partnership to Accelerate Covid-19 Testing (PACT) building on the lessons from past outbreaks and epidemics. In early 2014, when Ebola cases…
You have to strike, assholes!!! #PostCoronaUniversity
You ask, “What concrete actions can we take?” You have to strike, assholes! We need to take the example of Aboubakar Soumaoro in Italy, who organized the 21…
Can Archaeology Dogs Smell Ancient Time?
Dax is a trained archaeology dog, seen here at work in southwest Montana. Lauri Travis On a sunny, cloudless afternoon in Croatia, a fierce wind known as a…
What Pandemics Leave Behind
[no-caption] Angus Greig At some time in the future, the novel coronavirus pandemic will fade. What will this globally traumatic contagion leave in its wake? In this episode…
Siege
Philonise Floyd, brother of George Floyd, who Minneapolis police brutally killed on May 25, testifies at a hearing on police accountability held by the House Judiciary Committee. Erin…
Academic labour and academic freedom: What does it mean to be ‘fired’?
While The-Author-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named has been the most prominent example of a public figure going all-in on a so-called “gender critical” argument that works to essentially justify transphobia, ove…
فرازگفتار (۵)
Una es más auténtica, mientras más se parece a lo que soñó de sí misma Pedro Almodóvar زن، زمانی واقعی است که به تصویر رویایی که از خویش…
La cuarentena en la función social de la alimentación
Desde que comenzó el estado de alarma por el Covid 19, muchos de nosotros hemos podido experimentar cotidianamente “el arte de cocinar”, cambiar nuestros hábitos alimenticios por otros,…
Racism in the aid industry and international development-a curated collection
In addition to my weekly curated #globaldev link collections, I set up special curated collections on Oxfam, Haiti & the aid industry’s #MeToo moment and hurricanes Harvey and…
Webinar on COVID-19 and the Food and Agricultural System
Former SAFN President John Brett sends news of this upcoming webinar, of possible interest to FoodAnthropology readers. Upcoming Webinar COVID-19 Effects on the Food and Agricultural System Frid…
Managing Refugee Mobilities: Global Flows of Migration Deterrence Technologies
In 2000, a United Nations Resolution designated June 20th World Refugee Day. In the week leading up to this day, countries throughout the world pay homage to the…
Exclusive Video Interview with Leah Mata Fragua: Everyone and Everything Is a Teacher
Chumash dance dress, 2017. Collaboration between Leah Mata Fragua and Cara Romero. Photo courtesy of the artists. Story written by SAR edi…
Wednesday Roundup #2
Tyrone B. Hayes on how racism works in the academy. Hayes also was featured in the New Yorker for his groundbreaking work on how manufactured chemicals negatively impact…
Can Archaeology Explain the Bread Baking Craze?
[no-caption] Jutta M. Jenning/Flickr As coronavirus social distancing wears on, my social media feeds have changed. Travel photos, parties, and concerts have disappeared, replaced by phot…
Neither Markets Nor Militaries: On the critical importance of restoring the commons
In Southern Africa – where South Africa and Botswana account for two of the most economically unequal countries in the world according to the GINI index – the…