Google develops AI that designs better chips for AI
Covid-19 -> Skynet 2021. Their new approach is to use AI itself to speed up the process of chip design. And the results are impressive. Their machine learning…
Coronavirus Is Killing the Hope of Asylum
As orders to “stay at home” swept across the globe in March and April, some questioned what those mandates meant for people without a place to call home,…
The Pre-Existing Vulnerabilities of Patients With Rare Disorders in Poland During a Global Pandemic (#WitnessingCorona)
Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Małgorzata Rajtar The global race to find a vaccine and effective treatments for COVID-19 has already shown its side effects. In…
“Getting Closer” Through Art: Facebook and Turning to Art in The Time of Covid-19
MANUELA PELLEGRINO How to feel close when physically distant? This is, of course, not a new dilemma in itself; indeed, people who live far from their loved ones…
Waar is de Nederlandse antropologie heen?
DOOR MATTHIAS TEEUWEN Vergeleken met de heftige discussies over de staat van de Nederlandse antropologie die in de jaren ’80 gevoerd werden is het de afgelopen 20 jaar…
CfP: Digital Ethnography: Revisiting Theoretical Concepts and Methodological Approaches
Call for Papers for Panel “Digital Ethnography: Revisiting Theoretical Concepts and Methodological Approaches” at Vienna Anthropology Days (VANDA), 28 Sept. – 1 Oct. 2020, Universit…
Und plötzlich ist alles anders – Leben und Forschen in der Ausnahmesituation
von Robert Jühlke, Hannah Quinz, Laura Porak, Laura Vogel Die unabhängige Forschungsinitiative „aucoras“ aus Österreich hat in den ersten Wochen des sogenannten Corona-Shutdowns zahlreiche qualitative…
فضاهای عمومی در نشستهای مجازی یکشنبههای انسانشناسی و فرهنگ
انسانشناسی و فرهنگ به اطلاع همراهان و علاقهمندان میرساند که به دلیل لغو نشستهای یکشنبههای انسانشناسی و فرهنگ به سبب اپیدمی کرونا، سه جلسه سخنرانی درباره فضاهای عمومی…
Sowei Mask Repairs in Focus: Material Interpretation and Object Itineraries (Lecture)
Sowei Mask Repairs in Focus: Material Interpretation and Object Itineraries A Material Culture Studies Lecture by Kristin Otto Thursday May 14, 2020 2–3 p.m. (EST) Email Jason Jackson…
Konsum und Krise. Über die Schwierigkeiten der Verbraucherlenkung
In der aktuellen Situation stehen Verbraucher*innen besonders im Fokus. Sie werden dazu aufgerufen, durch ihr Konsumverhalten zur Überwindung der Krise beizutragen. Ein Blick auf die Krise der 1970er-…
Release G.N. Saibaba
Many times mentioned on this blog, it is now more relevant than ever to write and support comrade Sai Baba whose conditions, like so many prisoners, are inhumane.…
Covid-19: Lessons from the Yanomami [New York Times Op-Ed]
This essay, which I translated and edited from an original draft written in French by anthropologist Bruce Albert, was first published by the New York Times on April…
تاملات کرونایی (۵)
«فاصلهگذاری» و اپیدمیها بخش دوم: از روستانشینی تا شهرصنعتی همانطور که مطالعات پارینهآسیبشناسی (paleopathology) نشان میدهند، در اواخر دوره پارینه سنگی و از دوره نوسنگی (انقلاب کشاورزی) یعنی…
زاها حدید؛ از قیام علیه واقعیت اشیای متعارف تا سندروم استکهلم زبانی
“باید همه چیز را خاتمه یافته تلقی کرد” به گمانم این عبارت زاها حدیدِ متقدم در گفت و گوی سال ۱۹۸۳ اش با مجله ال کروکی شماره ۵۲…
معرفی کتاب «فهم توریسم شهری»
فهم توریسم شهری: تصویر، فرهنگ و تجربه نوشته مارتین سلبای گردشگری یا توریسم امروزه یکی از مسائل مهم و مؤثر اقتصادی و یکی از عوامل برجستۀ ارتباط اجتماعی…
The Public-Private Welfare State: constructing a data-driven health coverage in India by Marine Al Dahdah
Promotional materials from the global campaign to achieve Universal Health Coverage by the year 2030. Copyright UHC2030 – reproduced here under ‘fair use’ for academic purposes. “Health for…
Do I Have Microremains in My Teeth?
Southwestern Finland isn’t a great place for archaeologists to find anything other than the sturdiest of remains. The pine needles that fall to the boreal forest floor make…
Plants that Keep the Bad Vibes Away
A special issue on “Phyto-Communicability” will be coming out in the journal Ethnos at the end of this year. I contributed a research article to the issue that…
Platypus Celebrates AAPI Heritage Month
In celebration and recognition of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, take a look back at some of our favorite past posts from and about the region.…
Have Some Mental Health: The Black Summer Bushfires, COVID-19, and the Governance of Psychic Retreat
By Aaron Neiman, Stanford University § Introduction: Hard to Process The events of the recent past have felt increasingly difficult to process. It is a sentiment that one…
Geschlechterbewegung in der Coronakrise: Chinesische Frauen fordern mehr Unterstützung
Covid-19 hat in vielerlei Hinsicht das Leben aller Menschen weltweit auf den Kopf gestellt. In der Volksrepublik China hat die Pandemie unter anderem ein Thema in den Fokus…
Launch of the Norway-Pacific Ocean-Climate Scholarship Programme
On Tuesday 28 April, Edvard Hviding participated in the virtual launch of the Norway-Pacific Ocean-Climate Scholarship Programme (N-POC) at the United Nations. Intended to begin in 2021, N-POC…
In The Midst Of COVID 19, The Search For The Missing In Mexico Continues
CAMILA RUIZ SEGOVIA Night had fallen at the coastal state of Veracruz, Mexico, when a group of men kidnapped Luis Guillermo, 29. He was an independent businessman by…
Mythri Jegathesan, “Tea and Solidarity: Tamil Women and Work in Postwar Sri Lanka” (U Washington Press, 2019)
In recent years, commodity chain analysis – the scholarly effort to piece together the production and consumption ends of various commodities – has really taken off. For goods…