On the Road During a Time of War: Migrant Journeys Through a Wary Europe
Mary D’Ambrosio To cite this article: Mary D’Ambrosio (2019) On the Road During a Time of War: Migrant Journeys Through a Wary Europe, Anthropology Now, 11:3, 1-11, DOI:…
Alfred Kroeber and his Relations with California Indians
The Berkeley faculty has been invited to respond to the proposal to re-name Kroeber the Hall. We have had little time to reflect on this. The re-naming report…
DGSKA-Tagung 2021: Start Call for Workshops
Ab sofort startet der Call for Workshops für die nächste DGSKA-Tagung „Welten. Zonen. Atmosphären. Seismographien des Anthropozäns“. Die Tagung findet vom 27. bis 30. September 2021 an der…
What Does Baseball’s Bilingualism Reveal?
Dominican-born Yordano Ventura, Kansas City Royals’ starting pitcher, holds up a Dominican flag following the team’s World Series victory in 2015. (Ventura died tragically in 2017.) Shane Key…
Book Review: The Anthropology of Epidemics by Ann H. Kelly, Frédéric Keck and Christos Lynteris
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…
Mapping out the Affect of Covid-19 on Cancer Care in the UK: Reflections on a Changed Landscape
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…
Patricia Zavella, “The Movement for Reproductive Justice: Empowering Women of Color through Social Activism” (NYU Press, 2020)
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…
En la sociedad red desde nuestro móvil
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…
Wenn es kracht in Favoriten …
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…
A Tale of Two Dropouts: Arts, Humanities, and Education for the Future
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…
Level up your career with LinkedIn – July 30th, 2020
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…
My professional code of ethics
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…
Panza Llena, Corazón Contento: SAR Guest Services Gelatina Cake Recipe
For over two decades Carla Tozcano has been a staple in guest services at SAR. Meals cooked by Leslie Shipman (director of guest services) …
In the Vault: Coil and Sifter Basket, Pootsaya
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…
Memory / Habit / Addiction: Workshop Report by the Neuroscience and Society Network by Tara Mahfoud
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…
Anomalous Waste: Reckoning with Radioactivity in a Metal Scrap Market
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…
As the Statues Fall: A Conversation about Monuments and the Power of Memory
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…
Covidentities – Prizes
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…
Were Women the True Artisans Behind Ancient Greek Ceramics?
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-…
DGSKA-Herbstakademie „Fieldwork meets Crisis“
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 …
Book Review: The Gig Economy: A Critical Introduction by Jamie Woodcock and Mark Graham
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…
Mayfair Yang, “Re-enchanting Modernity: Ritual Economy and Society in Wenzhou, China” (Duke UP, 2020)
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…
Laura S. Grillo, “An Intimate Rebuke: Female Genital Power in Ritual and Politics in West Africa” (Duke UP, 2018)
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:…
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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…