Der diesjährige Rundgang des Instituts für Kunstpädagogik findet unter dem Motto „Kunsträume(n)“ statt. Verbindungen zwischen Kunst, Räumen und Träumen laden zur Auseinandersetzung unterschiedlichster…
Pakistan ist gemeinhin als streng muslimisches Land bekannt. Von der Weltpresse als konservativ, gar terroristisch gescholten, haben weltpolitische Ereignisse das Land nicht im besten Licht präsentie…
The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) is a next-generation observatory currently under development that has created a watershed moment for the scientific community and Hawaiian society. This is because…
Der Zoji La Pass in Indien gilt als eine der gefährlichsten Straßen der Welt. Ohne das zu wissen, habe ich ihn im Mai 2017 zu Fuß überquert. Das…
I don’t think I have ever done the Keshav Shaligram yet for my occasional “Spotlight” series. So, let’s do that one today! Because there is much to say…
Introduction to the work of Di-Andre Caprice Davis Di-Andre took part in the Fluid Mosaic by creating a 3rd part of her ongoing art project: “Not Your Kind…
Aunt Pat in a low whispering voice was speaking to me before a Culture Committee meeting at Grand Ronde. Pat Allen was the chair and I was vice-chair,…
Many readers of this blog already know about the fifth title in Indiana University Press‘ Material Vernaculars book series–Wedding Clothes and the Osage Community: A Giving Heritage by…
A great looking new title from Simon Dalby from the University of Ottawa Press. Anthropocene Geopolitics: Globalization, Security, Sustainability We now find ourselves in a new geological age:…
In Are Men Animals? How Modern Masculinity Sells Men Short (Basic Books, 2019), Matthew Gutmann examines how cultural expectations viewing men as violent and sex driven becomes a…
Abstract: A cultural heritage perspective places priority on values and meanings that people ascribe to places, things, and ways of remembering. This talk focuses on tensions, challenges, and…
I met Dr. Giulia Cavallo at one of her art exhibitions in Lisbon, Portugal in 2019. For the Fluid Mosaic project she produced a text that is based…
Millionen von Menschen protestieren in Indien gegen ein neues Staatsbürgerschaftsgesetz, das Muslime explizit ausschliesst. Seit Premierminister Modis Machtantritt wurde die muslimische Bevölkerung de…
The 2020 AAA Annual Meeting, will be held November 18 – November 22 in St. Louis, Missouri. If you are looking for panelists for your session or looking for…
Anthropologist Margaret Mead immerses herself in the community on a field trip to Bali, Indonesia, in 1957. AP Photo This article was originally published at Aeon. In 1978, after…
Ikoniske Table Mountain nærmer seg. Straks lander flyet i Cape Town. Det kribler i magen. Det er fem år siden sist jeg var her og minnene strømmer på.…
Introduction I met the artist Leticia Barreto in Lisbon, Portugal, during a visit to one of her collective exhibitions. In her contribution to “Fluid Mosaic”, she proposes two…
Januari detta år har varit speciell eftersom både min mors och min svärmors hem skulle tömmas på grund av att de båda numera är bosatta på servicehem för…
Das Kumbh Mela in Indien ist die größte menschliche Versammlung auf Erden. Auch wenn es ein religiöses Hindu-Fest ist, geht es nicht immer friedlich zu. Das Kumbh Mela…
Jennifer Hsieh Page 99 Test Media scholars, philosophers, and anthropologists have all written about noise—that mysterious sonic object that can be grating to the ear at the same…
https://matskut.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/123456789/1248/VN860569.MP3 Sasha Newell (Université libre de Bruxelles) gave a talk titled ‘The Crowding of Clutter…
Rebgong, in the Northeastern part of the Tibetan Plateau (China’s Qinghai Province), is in the midst of a ‘Battle for Fortune.’ That is, a battle to both accumulate…
Activists have been working to dismantle patriarchal structures since the feminist and civil rights movements of the last century, and yet we continue to struggle with patriarchy today.…