Sie teilen alles miteinander: Besitz, Wohnraum und Lebenskrisen. In Zeiten der Sharing Economy findet bei jungen Chinesen gerade ein Umdenken statt. In internationalen Medien wie Financ…
Nomsa, her sixteen month old son Nathi and I met early one morning at the entrance to the open cast mine in Mafuyana, Southern Matabeleland, Zimbabwe. Nathi safely…
Modularly upgradable product designs have been advocated to offer environmental and economic advantages; however, they are not commonly used in the consumer electronics industry.
Erstmals seit Verabschiedung der Genfer Flüchtlingskonvention 1951 setzt sich ein hochrangiger Gipfel der Vereinten Nationen am 19. September 2016 mit der Frage des Umgangs mit großen Flucht- und…
Destructed under global media coverage, exalted as identity symbol, traded and purchased, heritage is taking on a growing and controversial role in the making of social and political…
Vorher hatte ich eine andere Stelle an der Universität, doch nun war ich Vertretungsprofessor. So stand es in dem Brief des Kanzlers. Für meine frühere Stelle hatte ich…
This entry is part 15 of 15 in the Decolonizing Anthropology series. By Uzma Z. Rizvi What happens to our praxis once we start from a place of…
This entry is part 5 of 5 in the Anthropologies #22 series. Up next for the anthropologies #22 food issue, we have an essay by Fernando Valerio Holguín.*–R.A.…
Am gearing up for another round of kiddy tv and hoping there are new programmes since the mind worms of Iggle Piggle and Peppa Pig did their damage. This…
I’ve been thinking about Dennis Tedlock and reading Marisol de la Cadena’s Earth Beings at the same time lately. Much of Earth Beings is concerned with intimacy, translation, and understan…
Door Ton Salman We mogen vermoeden dat het de doden niet echt dwars zal zitten: waar ze begraven liggen en hoe eenzaam dat is. Eenmaal dood, is de…
Qilinto prison burning, Addis Ababa 3 September 2016. Opposition voices state that not the fire but the prison guards killed more than 60 inmates, most of them political…
Guest post by Paul Shankman Cultural anthropologists are often concerned that their work is not getting the public attention that it deserves. Yet just a few decades ago,…
Shingo Hamada Osaka Shoin Women’s University Fermentation is a preservation technology often seen in Southeast Asia and East Asia, including fish sauce and fermented fish. However, naresaba (fermente…
Unsettled by Donald Trump’s bigotry and xenophobia, liberal pundits have struggled to understand his improbable anointment as the nominee of the Republican party. Many have sought answers in…
A rain dance won’t make water fall from the sky. Casting a spell won’t cure cancer. Tarot cards can’t really reveal the future. Yet rituals like these have…
Learning Outcomes for Anthropology It is one of those odd, dissociative facts that many of us who get PhDs in anthropology spend the majority of our professional time…
My first ever link review in November 2011 featured 3 international development links on study advice for MA programs, sanitation & hygiene and facilitating social change. When my…
The aftermath of the UK’s recent referendum on European Union (EU) membership, which culminated in a decision for Britain to leave the EU, reminds us of Britain’s bleak…
What do you know: the summer is finally over – even in parts of the world where we would insistently like to think otherwise – and the fall…