Great Books: Peter Brooks on Freud’s “Civilization and its Discontents”
We want to be happy, we want to get what we want, we want to love and be loved. But life, even when our basic needs are met,…
The mosquito struggle: other-than-vector ecologies in a ‘Zika-free’ Brazilian sertão by Túllio Dias da Silva Maia
For English click here. A luta dos mosquitos: ecologias outras-que-vetoras num sertão “livre de zika” Em 2016, a Organização Mundial de Saúde (OMS) declarou a epidemia de zika…
Vänd streckkoden mot dig
Jag har vid flera tillfällen, vid kassan i varuhus, observerat hur kunder framför mig i kön gör när de ska lägga upp varorna på bandet. Trots att de…
Ten Things You Don’t Know About Me
Image Description: Drawing of a blonde woman in a light green shirt with an orangutan peering over her shoulder. Charlotte Hollands I was an actor before I became…
Michelle Williams takes the page 99 test
One half of page 99 of my doctoral thesis is a photo, taken at eye level of a group of Tongan students sitting cross-legged on the ground of…
Joseph O. Baker, “Deviance Management: Insiders, Outsiders, Hiders, and Drifters” (U California Press, 2019)
Christopher D. Bader and Joseph O. Baker‘s book Deviance Management: Insiders, Outsiders, Hiders, and Drifters (University of California Press, 2019) examines how individuals and subcultures … Visit New Books…
Elise Berman, “Talking Like Children: Language and the Production of Age in the Marshall Islands” (Oxford UP, 2019)
Since World War II, the fate of the Marshal Islands has been tied to the United States. The Marshalls were a site of military testing, host a US…
Obertauern: Wie konnte das passieren?
Ein Besuch im österreichischen Wintersportort Obertauern (Salzburger Land, glaube ich) im Sommer ist ein interessanter Ausflug in die ästhetische Katastrophe. Der fehlende Schnee deckt die Katastrophe…
What is Anthropology? A Summary Review of the Second Edition by Thomas Hylland Eriksen
I found it helpful when Eriksen drew the line in the sand about the fundamental questions that anthropology concerns itself with. Here’s his Big Three: 1) What is…
Clean Drinking Water – Effective Tool in the Fight against Excess Weight
Today, there is a huge number of tips for weight loss. You can also find a large amount of information about specially designed diets that are aimed at…
Lose Weight Desire: Imposed Standards Pursuit or Necessity?
Everyone wants to have a toned shape, slim figure and look attractive. This is what induces many people to stick to exhausting diets and engage in grueling exercise.…
Cultural Critique: Anthropological – by Keith Hart
Cultural Critique Cultural critique, the use of anthropology to draw critical attention to institutions that readers take for granted, is as old as the origins of the modern…
How to Start Losing Weight Easily without Body Harming?
The initial weight loss process stage is the most difficult, perhaps. Many people are really confused because they do not know where to start losing weight in order…
Der lange Abschied. Zur politischen Unterscheidung von Links und Rechts – nicht nur in Deutschland
Das Spektrum der politischen Positionen wird seit der Französischen Revolution im Links-Rechts-Schema geordnet. Was aber, wenn es keine klaren Positionen mehr zu ordnen gibt, weil populistische Anti-P…
The Syndication of Plagiarism SZ: (For Nicole Pepperell)
Originally posted on Trinketization: answers to all questions about trinkets, and Capital.: Was reading and discussing with a comrade Dinesh Wadiwel about his stuff on animals in Marx, and…
Holi in Indien feiern: Spirituelles Erlebnis oder wildes Fest?
Holi in Indien ist ein weltweit bekanntes Fest und wird mittlerweile überall kopiert. Am 9. März 2020 wird das jährliche Festival wieder für zwei Tage gefeiert. Aber wie…
Web Roundup: What Can the Coronavirus Outbreak Tell Us About Capitalism, White Supremacy, and Climate Change? by Anika Jugovic-Spajic
In December 2019, a new respiratory virus outbreak began in the Chinese city of Wuhan, Hubei Province. A new strain of coronavirus, designated COVID-2019, belongs to a large…
Article Announcement: “How Do You Build a ‘Culture of Health’? A Critical Analysis of Challenges and Opportunities from Medical Anthropology” by Katherine A. Mason
In 2014, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the second-largest funder for health in the United States after the National Institutes of Health, proposed a new framework for…
Sugar and Tension: Diabetes and Gender in Modern India by Lisa Grabinsky
Sugar and Tension: Diabetes in Modern India Lesley Jo Weaver Rutgers University Press, 2019. 202 pages. Sugar and Tension is a must-read for anyone interested in how social…
How Eating Rat Stew Serves Hobbit Research
Kamelus Nampung, one of the Manggarai people who live on the Indonesian island of Flores, cooks a giant rat. Paige Madison “Don’t forget to save every last bone!”…
Chinesischer Filmabend, Ocean Heaven海洋天堂
Chinesischer Filmabend, Ocean Heaven海洋天堂 Das Konfuzius-Institut Frankfurt hat einige besonders erfolgreiche und interessante chinesische Filme der letzten Jahre ausgesucht: Die Themen beinhalten versc…
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Hi all, From #globaldev plastic words to inclusive conferencing and McDonald’s & race there’s quite a nice, eclectic mix of weekend readings ready for you! Enjoy! My quotes of…
Flygelause fuglar og beiske bær – ei innføring i elementær kategoriseringsteori
Kva har strutsar, tomatar og adoptivmødrer til felles? Dei fortel oss noko om korleis me kategoriserer verda omkring oss. I denne språkpraten tek eg ein nærare titt på…