La CNT i la guerrilla comunista a Catalunya
Maquis a la Vall d’Aran, 1944 Comentari per la gent de l’Observatori d’Antropologia del Conflicte Urbà, enviat el juny de 2015 LA CNT I EL MAQUIS A CATALUNYA…
Professorship in California
Our colleagues would like us to widely announce these two job adverts in indigenous studies The Global Studies Department at the University of California, Irvine will be hiring…
Vasos comunicants entre comunisme i anarquisme a Catalunya. Sobre la figura de Ramon Casanellas
Comentari per la gente de l’OACU sobre les relacions entre anarquisme i comunisme a Catalunya als anys 30. Enviat el març de 2015. Vasos comunicants entre comunisme i…
فوتبال و فلسفه در گفتگو با رضا داوری اردکانی
نمیدانم و فکر نکرده‌ام که آیا شطرنج را می‌توان در ذیل عنوان کلی ورزش آورد یا نه ولی آن را چندان مهم می‌دانم که نمی‌خواهم دچار خانه بدوشی…
بوطیقای شهر (۸۹)
پیر سانسو برگردان ناصر فکوهی و زهره دودانگه وقتی این ماجراجویان از چشم‌انداز آن‌ها کنار بروند، شهروندان ]عادی[ تا چند لحظه مردد خواهند بود که چگونه خلاء حاصل…
رابطه حفظ محیط زیست و مهار آسیب‌های اجتماعی
نشست یک صد و هفتاد و ششم یکشنبه های انسان‌شناسی و فرهنگ با همکاری اداره کل مطالعات اجتماعی و فرهنگی شهرداری تهران یکشنبه ۸ دی ۹۸ ساعت ۱۶…
کتاب المطابقه و الاختلاف
عبدالله ابراهیم. المطابقه و الاختلاف: بحث فی نقد المرکزیات الثقافیه. بیروت: دراسات (المؤسسه العربیه للدراسات و النشر و التوزیع)، ۱۴۲۵/۲۰۰۴. ۷۱۲ص. المطابقه و الاختلاف عنوان کتابی سه‌جلدی است…
تازه‌های کتاب جهانی‌شدن (۳)
مقدمه مترجم: مجله Glocalism در سه شماره‌ی آخر خود بخشی را اضافه کرده است که در آن Elia Zaru به مرور آخرین کتاب‌هایی که در حوزه‌ی جهانی‌شدن منتشر…
در دنیای امروز چه چیز باید بدانیم؟
:Digested read / 12 rules for life An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan. B. Peterson Digested read John Jcrace Sun 28 Jan 2018, 17. 00GTM ” این قانون…
Dave Yachkawa becomes Tualatin Chief 1864
Information about the inner lives of the tribes in the 1860s is very sparse. A few federal reports exist but not a whole lot of information about the…
Cultures of Health and Sickness in the COVID Era – Le Monde Diplomatique
Cultures of health and sickness A. David Napier and Edward F Fischer July 7, 2020 – Le Monde diplomatique https://mondediplo.com/2020/07/04uganda A group of researchers, led by…
WHO project on cultural contexts of health and well-being adopted in U.S.
03-04-2020 WHO/Europe is pleased to announce that the cultural contexts of health and well-being (CCH) project, which it pioneered and established, will now also be rolled out in…
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Hi all, It was a very intensive week so I’m lacking the energy for a witty introduction right now… Enjoy! My quotes of the weekThe real story is…
The Two Singapores: On The Ground (from Home) by Wahid Al Mamun
“The Two Singapores” is an ongoing interview miniseries run by Somatosphere to interrogate Singapore’s COVID-19 response, in particular in its handling of the explosion of cases among migrant…
Friday seminar 25.9.: Loretta Ieng Tak Lou’s talk on freeganism and freecycling in Hong Kong
The Friday anthropology seminars are finally coming back on September 25th. We are beginning with Loretta Lou’s talk on freeganism and freecycling in Hong Kong (see below). The…
Rachel V. González, “Quinceañera Style: Social Belonging and Latinx Consumer Identities”
A quinceañera is a traditional fifteenth birthday celebration for young women (though in contemporary times, it can also be for young men) in many Latinx communities. While the celebration…
David Livingstone Smith, “On Inhumanity: Dehumanization and How to Resist It” (Oxford UP, 2020)
The Rwandan genocide, the Holocaust, the lynching of African Americans, the colonial slave trade: these are horrific episodes of mass violence spawned from racism and hatred. We like…
Bioethical and Biopolitical Considerations Concerning Racism and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Chile
RAÚL VILLARROEL Given the great shockwaves caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which in recent months has shaken the whole world, there is cause to suspect that this…
New (free!) book on Blue Ethics: Ethical Perspectives on Sustainable, Fair Water Resources Use and Management
This open access book, available in French or English, is pitched at the intersection of policy and ethics. A description below and a link to the site to…
Call for reviews: Anthropology of Death and Mourning
The global pandemic has brought death uncomfortably near for many of us. The way our governments, economists, scientists, and fellow citizens have reacted and tried to govern over…
Todo lugar es lugar de memoria
La foto es de Yanidel Comentario para Tulio Argante, doctorando, enviado en marzo de 2020. TODO LUGAR ES LUGAR DE MEMORIA Manuel Delgado Decir “lugar de memoria” es…
Presencia de la familia
La foto es de Matt Weber Reseña de Antropologia histórica de la familia, de Martine Segalen (Taurus, Madrid, 1992, 265 p.). Publicada en Babelia, suplemento de libros de…
Wednesday Round Up #15
America Is Trapped in a Pandemic Spiral Army ants will sometimes walk in circles until they die. The workers navigate by smelling the pheromone trails of workers in…
How COVID-19 Is Changing People’s Relationships With Houseplants
“Since when did people start naming plants?” my mother asked me. We were at the dining room table, scrolling through pictures of plants on my iPhone. The photos—close-ups…