Domesday’s eastern roots.
It seems like that old “goodness gracious me” sketch about the funny uncle that was claiming everything in Britain was ‘Indian’ was, – yup, Indian – accurate after…
Back cover copy for the 25th-anniversary edition of Rumour of Calcutta?
Highly unlikely, but if there were to be a collection of quotes for such an edition, this fine example would do very well as a back cover quote…
Video conferencing and the limits of representability
Anthrodendum welcomes guest blogger Christian Elliott, an undergraduate senior majoring in cultural anthropology at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. Video conferencing and the limits of re…
“In Beijing They Eat Snakes And Then Pig Out”: Xenophobia, Geopolitics, and the Role of the Italian Far-Right in Covid-19 Constructions of China
FRANCESCO FLORIS Well before the high rate of infections grew and lay citizens became affected by COVID-19 in Italy, fear, news from China, fake news, and the statements…
Third hair test
This blog post is focused on my chronic health issues, specifically, my efforts to detox heavy metals using the Andy Cutler Chelation (ACC) protocol. You can read about…
Very, very mild: Covid-19 symptoms and illness classification by Felicity Callard
Mild ‘[A] large portion won’t notice that they have it’. ‘Another substantial portion will have very, very mild symptoms’. ‘A small portion will have a very significant reaction’.…
کرونا، و لزوم انقلاب شهری
کروناویروس که تکراری اندوهبار و با چشماندازی نامعلوم از دو فاجعه بزرگ تاریخ جهان، یعنی طاعون سالهای ۱۳۴۶ تا ۱۳۵۳ میلادی در اروپا و «آنفولانزای اسپانیایی» سالهای ۱۹۱۸…
[مجموعه عکس]: قرنطینه (۲)
کرونا به سبب وسعت و گستردگی درگیری میتواند تا سالیان پیش رو سوژههای نابی برای اهالی فرهنگ و هنر اعم از ادبیات، شعر، سینما و نمایش، عکاسی، موسیقی…
جریانشناسی چرخش جهانیمحلی (۱)
ویکتور رودمتوف (۱) در مقالهای (۲) که در اینجا مرور میکنیم «جهانیمحلی» را چرخشی خاموش در قرن بیست و یکم میداند که در حوزهها و رشتههای مختلف علمی…
دنیای پساکرونا و هویتهای ازدسترفته مکانی
مکان، بخشی از هویت فرد را می سازد. مکان و هویت به هم پیوسته اند. مکانی که فرد در آن حضور داشته، بخشی از آن بوده و بدان…
What’s in a Mask?
In early March 2020, groups of professional tailors and hobbyists formed to make high quality facsimiles of surgical masks to remedy a shortfall in personal protective equipment (PPE)…
جایگاه سه زن: صفیه آیلا، ام کلثوم ابراهیم و قمرالملوک وزیری در تاریخ اجتماعی موسیقی ترکیه، مصر و ایران
۱- زمینه های تاریخی مقارن قرن های شانزدهم و هفدهم در جنوب و غرب آسیا سه دولت مقتدر به قدرت رسیدند که هر کدام نقش سازنده ای در…
“Shaligram Pilgrimage in the Nepal Himalayas” – Pre-Order
My books just went up for library pre-order! I can’t believe I am finally looking at it!! LINK: https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789463721721/shaligram-pilgrimage-in-the-nepal-himalayas
Corona in Bangladesh
DOOR ELLEN BAL Nasrin heeft zich in haar huis teruggetrokken. Ze woont in de woning van haar ouders in Dhaka. De andere verdiepingen zijn verhuurd en zorgen voor…
Fieldwork and the Nation Under Threat: Rethinking Critique, Recentering Relationships
by Josh Babcock CNN’s Fareed Zakaria interviews Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in a segment titled, “What the U.S. can learn from Singapore on Covid,” March 30,…
What Orangutans Taught Me About Motherhood
[no-caption] Sascha Wenninger/Flickr The first time I saw wild orangutans, in Borneo back in 2017, it was a mother-infant pair that caught my eye. The mother, Bibi, had…
Reblog: AFS Rebooks Tulsa Annual Meeting for 2022 but Continues to Plan for a Smaller Fall Meeting
Here I am sharing this important announcement from the American Folklore Society. I will continue to be involved in work towards the 2020 and 2022 AFS Annual Meetings,…
Ethnologisches Wissen und die Nachhaltigen Entwicklungsziele – Interdisziplinäre Wissensvermittlung am Beispiel des Projektes „Zukunft. Global. Denken. SDGs fairbinden!“
Ein Beitrag von Birgit Sulzer, Ethnologie in Schule und Erwachsenenbildung (ESE) e.V. Mit dem Projekt „Zukunft. Global. Denken. SDGs fairbinden!“, das durch die Stiftung Umwelt und Entwicklung Nord…
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Hi all, Happy Friday & a joyful weekend! We have COVID-19 & #globaldev insights from Canada, Yemen, Australia, the military-industrial complex and Western anthropologists ‘stuck’ in Africa…a…
Den närvarande antisemitismen – iakttagelser under ett socialantropologiskt fältarbete i Stockholm
Anna Sarri Krantz: I samband med Förintelsens minnesdag råder en febril rapportering av de överlevandes vittnesmål, barnbarnens publika berättelser om deras far- och morföräldrars minnen och intervjue…
«Lille jeg» i klimadebatten
Hva mener vi nordmenn når vi sier at vi bør alle bidra til å redusere klimaendringene? Er det slik at alle monner drar, eller faller vi lett tilbake…
Limiting Life for an Unlimited Time – A Student’s Perspective (#WitnessingCorona)
Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Eva Steinberger “It feels like we are in a puzzle. But there are missing pieces, so there is no way to…
Hva kan en gatekrangel fortelle om sosiale og materielle strukturer i Sør-Afrika?
Vi opplever ikke ting i vakuum – alt er del av en større sammenheng. I sosialantropologi bruker vi empiriske eksempel til å forklare og drøfte sosiale fenomen og…
Maria Rashid, “Dying to Serve: Militarism, Affect, and the Politics of Sacrifice in the Pakistan Army” (Stanford UP, 2020)
In her spellbindingly brilliant new book, Dying to Serve: Militarism, Affect, and the Politics of Sacrifice in the Pakistan Army (Stanford University Press, 2020), Maria Rashid conducts an in……