Michael Wesch, an assistant professor of cultural anthropology at Kansas State University, well-known for his inspiring YouTube lectures and documentary shorts, has received over a hundred application…
The Umpqua Reservation was located on the central Oregon Coast and was established as a reservation in May of 1856. Previously, there had been another Umpqua Reservation located…
I dream of a black cat. She jumps over a barbed wire fence, and across it. She leaps from one side from one side of the fence to…
On January 13th, Gillette, a razor blade brand, released a new ad campaign called, “We Believe.” The video ad opens with a collage of news clips that—unlike the…
By Alissa Whitmore, Book Reviews Editor Do you love thinking critically about your favorite comics, superhero tv shows, or the latest sci fi epic that has hit the…
Hi all, A good, rich, interesting #globaldev week is coming to its end! Development news: IMF doesn’t like global consultancies (no, really!); new humanitarians; DfID’s privatization; don’t believe…
What role does mantra play in the lives of Hindu practitioners? Mani Rao takes us on a journey to three sacred sites across India’s Andhra-Telangana region. The practitioners…
What role does mantra play in the lives of Hindu practitioners? Mani Rao takes us on a journey to three sacred sites across India’s Andhra-Telangana region. The practitioners…
By Matthias Teeuwen Some time ago, I heard Tim Ingold deliver…
The Marx Trot is going to return in the summer 2019. Stay tuned for details. In the meantime, some old reading (the original posts have comments but…
This article originally appeared on The Conversation and has been republished under Creative Commons. A photo from the tragic “Camp Fire,” the most destructive wildfire in California history, shows a…
The preliminary program for the March 2019 Society for Applied Anthropology meetings is now available online. Here’s a list of … More
[no-caption] Nigel Renny/Flickr “It’s not your fault you watch football all day—man has always been captivated by watching stuff,” states a Coke Zero commercial that aired during the…
Writing inequalities Writing disability through rewriting representations of inequality and vulnerability. Image: R. Cupitt 2018 When writing inequalities, the language we use and our writings betray …
Door Marina de Regt In het Volkskrant magazine van afgelopen zaterdag 26 januari j.l. doet journaliste Ana van Es verslag van haar bezoek…
Folklorist David J. Puglia is an assistant professor at the City University of New York and in his latest book – Tradition, Urban Identity, and the Baltimore “Hon”:…
Folklorist David J. Puglia is an assistant professor at the City University of New York and in his latest book – Tradition, Urban Identity, and the Baltimore “Hon”:…
Om ein skal tru norske politikarar, utkjempar me mange kampar: kampen mot fattigdom, kampen mot menneskeskapte klimaendringar, kampen mot økonomisk kriminalitet, kampen mot atomvåpen og kampen mot te…
Hide Press Release (6 Less Words) Ursula Probst, Karoline Buchner, Max Schnepf Copyright: Ritti Soncco Introduction: Focusing on Junior Scholars’ Perspectives In medical anthropology, participatory act…
Laut FAZ gibt es aktuell einen neuen “Methodenstreit” in der Soziologie (Artikel vom 23. Januar), genauer einen “Positivismusstreit”. “Natürlich gab es schon immer Auseinandersetzungen zwischen den v…
The narrative around eating disorders is shifting. Researchers and activists have advanced a more complex understanding of eating disorders by presenting cutting-edge scientific and clinical research …
Tooth pendants (one pictured here), along with other artifacts discovered at Denisova Cave, mark the earliest evidence of human ornamentation—between 43,000 and 49,000 years ago—in northern Eurasia. …
Liebe Leserinnen und Leser, leiden Sie auch unter dem Januar-Blues? Haben Sie die Minustemperaturen, die ewige Dunkelheit und Ihre ambitiösen Neujahrsvorsätze langsam satt? Und sind Sie auch der…