Reflections on a Theory of Zakat #MUHUM
This inquiry into the role of “obligatory almsgiving” (zakat) within Muslim humanitarianism presents a theorization of two modes of Islamic charity: the purity ethos and the developmentalist ethos.…
Michael E. Kerr, “Bowen Theory’s Secrets: Revealing the Hidden Life of Families” (Norton, 2019)
A pivotal development in the history of psychology was the invention of family systems theory by psychiatrist Murray Bowen. He was among the first to observe families in…
Michael E. Kerr, “Bowen Theory’s Secrets: Revealing the Hidden Life of Families” (Norton, 2019)
A pivotal development in the history of psychology was the invention of family systems theory by psychiatrist Murray Bowen. He was among the first to observe families in…
The Seventh Forum on China-US Folklore and Intangible Cultural Heritage: Collaborative Work in Museum Folklore and Heritage Studies
The following is a report on The Seventh Forum on China-US Folklore and Intangible Cultural Heritage: Collaborative Work in Museum Folklore and Heritage Studies (第七届中美民俗学与非物质文化遗产论坛: 博物馆民俗与遗产研究的协作工作). …
How Some Tried—and Failed—to Kill “Race” in Latin America
DNA sequencing is now used extensively in medicine, forensic science, and explorations of ancestry. Andrew Brookes/Getty Images When the structure of DNA was first revealed in 1953, it…
Who Owns England? (Book review)
It has been quite a while since I shared a review of a book that is not directly related to international development. But Guy Shrubsole’s Who Owns England?…
Who Owns England? (Book review)
It has been quite a while since I shared a review of a book that is not directly related to international development. But Guy Shrubsole’s Who Owns England?…
Theorizing Humanitarianism for an Islamic Counterpublic #MUHUM
Closely attending to Muslim theorizations provides an opportunity for social scientists to stop asking such questions as ‘what is so Islamic about Islamic humanitarianism?’ or ‘do Muslim humanitarians…
Sommerprogramm
Liebe Leserin, lieber Leser, die Hitze geht selbst am GdG-Team nicht spurlos vorbei. Weil sich zudem schon die einen oder anderen in die Ferien verabschieden, werden wir in…
„SEID OFFEN FÜR ALTERNATIVEN“- IM GESPRÄCH MIT ANNA SPERK, AUTORIN VON „DIE HOFFNUNGSVOLLEN“
Vor einiger Zeit bin ich auf das Buch „Die Hoffnungsvollen“ gestoßen – und musste es sofort in meinen Ethno-Bücherbestand aufnehmen. Natürlich hat mich getriggert, dass die Romanfigu…
Food Without Borders
Food without Borders: Proustian Anthropology and Collaborative Storytelling with an Experimental Sixth-Grade Class in Paris Dr. Christy Shields-Argelès, in collaboration with Beth Grannis “Food withou…
Witnessing an Endangered Puberty Ritual
Yanesha’ women and girls participate in a right-of-passage ritual called ponapnora in the remote community of Puellas Yuncullmas. Anna Luisa Daigneault It was before dawn. I lay curled…
A Call for Transformation: Ending the Myth of Neutrality
Following my introductory post, I now describe the first of three parts of my call for transformation in museums and the academic-industrial complex. The first part is to:…
The Messiness of Ethnography
Damien Newman created “the squiggle” to convey the messiness of the design process.(CC by 2.0) Leaving academia forced me to think more deeply and critically about ethnography…
What Are Anthropologists Reading, Watching, and Listening To This Summer?
Deborah Thomas As editor of American Anthropologist, much of my summer reading ends up being article submissions, from which I learn a ton! Aside from that, however, I…
New Publication “Transfigurations of Health and the Moral Economy of Medicine: Subjectivities, Materialities, Values”
Hide Press Release (8 Less Words) Janina Kehr, Hansjörg Dilger, and Peter van Eeuwijk The health sector is one of the largest and most rapidly growing branches of…
Breakfast at 9pm?
I put the alarm clock on for 3.15 am, got up and fried two eggs, which I ate with bread, followed by fruit and water. Then at 4.00…
Breakfast at 9pm?
I put the alarm clock on for 3.15 am, got up and fried two eggs, which I ate with bread, followed by fruit and water. Then at 4.00…
Mare Nullius at Bergen Summer Research School
Over the last couple of weeks, the University of Bergen has hosted the Bergen Summer Research School, bringing together PhD students and junior researchers from a wide range…
A Year Without Flying
As teaching finishes, the last of the marking is done and the exam boards wrap for the year I have a bit of time to reflect back on…
M. D. Foster and J. A. Tolbert, “The Folkloresque: Reframing Folklore in a Popular Culture World” (Utah State UP, 2015)
This volume introduces a new concept to explore the dynamic relationship between folklore and popular culture: the “folkloresque.” With “folkloresque,” Foster and Tolbert name the product created when……
M. D. Foster and J. A. Tolbert, “The Folkloresque: Reframing Folklore in a Popular Culture World” (Utah State UP, 2015)
This volume introduces a new concept to explore the dynamic relationship between folklore and popular culture: the “folkloresque.” With “folkloresque,” Foster and Tolbert name the product created when……
No disparen al turista: el turismo como colonización.
“El turismo es la quintaesencia del fetichismo de la mercancía. Es el último culto, la adoración de unos bienes que no llegan nunca, porque se les ha…
Right and Left? Nope.
HELGA INGEBORG VIERICH·SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2018 “..The watchwords of the nineteenth century have been, struggle for existence, competition, class warfare, commercial antagonism between nations, mi…