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…
#events: Diversity, Migration and the Future of Anthropology
Hello! This month we have found some great opportunities for you in diverse parts of the world, and given that broad theme of this month’s #events post is…
Go read my review of Varel’s “The Lost Black Scholar”
After quite some time — and without a chance for me to review the final edits (!) — History of Anthropology Review has published my review of David…
Human Placenta, Birth Cohorts, and the Production of Epigenetic Knowledge by Martine Lappé
Precious Material Over the past decade, the Canadian university-based Epigenetics Lab has become increasingly central to the production of knowledge about human health and development.[1] During m…
Louis Apol, the painter of Novaya Zemlya
Since my very first visit to the Netherlands, I have been surprised at the interest of Dutch people in one of the islands in the North of Russia,…
Patrick Inglis, “Narrow Fairways: Getting By and Falling Behind in the New India” (Oxford UP, 2019)
Processes of globalization—the liberalization of national markets, the rapid movement of goods, services, and labor across national borders—have had profound impacts on local contexts, perhap… Visit New Books…
How Did Belief Evolve?
The Egyptians began constructing Karnak temple around 4,000 years ago. Archaeological evidence suggests large-scale religions arose throughout the world by 4,000 to 8,000 years ago. Christoph…
Now Open: 2020 APLA Book Prize in Critical Anthropology
Due to the generosity of an anonymous donor, we have changed the name of the APLA book prize to the “APLA Book Prize in Critical Anthropology.” APLA is…
Eva van Roekel, “Phenomenal Justice: Violence and Morality in Argentina” (Rutgers UP, 2020)
In Phenomenal Justice: Violence and Morality in Argentina (Rutgers University Press, 2020), Eva van Roekel grounds her research in phenomenological anthropology and the anthropology of emotio… Visit New…
With My Life
“[…] I will preserve and protect The honour and independence of my country With my life!” First light: a deep purple over the edge of the camp, as…