Relations and Dependencies, the second Helsinki Knots Symposium, tackled how two disciplines, anthropology and sociology, deal with the interplay between the intellectual and political/economic condit…
An academic interview is just a snapshot but it can offer a vivid account of a life’s work. The following is an edited version of an interview with…
This week, Allegra makes a five-day trip to the northern capital of Finland, Helsinki! Our fantastic local allies have put together a comprehensive string of posts about the…
There was a brilliant article on Aeon recently about male tears in European history and how men appear to have wept just as much as women until…
There was a brilliant article on Aeon recently about male tears in European history and how men appear to have wept just as much as women until…
There was a brilliant article on Aeon recently about male tears in European history and how men appear to have wept just as much as women until…
I was talking in the pub about the fundamental nature of anthropology with one of my classmates during my master’s course a few years ago after…
I was talking in the pub about the fundamental nature of anthropology with one of my classmates during my master’s course a few years ago after…
I was talking in the pub about the fundamental nature of anthropology with one of my classmates during my master's course a few years ago after…
As shown by the myriad of events highlighted during International Open Access Week, the amount of talk and initiatives regarding open science and the transition toward an open access…
How and why the psychological view has come to trump the sociological imagination… Speaking with some graduate sociology students last week the question was asked, why doesn’t the…
How and why the psychological view has come to trump the sociological imagination… Speaking with some graduate sociology students last week the question was asked, why doesn’t the…
How and why the psychological view has come to trump the sociological imagination… Speaking with some graduate sociology students last week the question was asked, why doesn’t the…
Security for US Capitalists: The State Department and its Global Partners Very much in line in with the idea of “connected capitalism,” the US State Department created the…
Teaching Hartwick Anthropology courses is what launched and sustains Living Anthropologically. For more information, visit the Hartwick Anthropology webpage and sign up for some great Hartwick Anthrop…
Why David Cameron is simply wrong about the past… As historian Liam Hogan suggested of British PM David Cameron’s dismissal of any dialogue about reparatory justice during his…
Why David Cameron is simply wrong about the past… As historian Liam Hogan suggested of British PM David Cameron’s dismissal of any dialogue about reparatory justice during his…
Why David Cameron is simply wrong about the past… As historian Liam Hogan suggested of British PM David Cameron’s dismissal of any dialogue about reparatory justice during his…
With students sprawled out on the lawn, a passer-by stopped to listen to the workshop as we sat in a circle under the sun and a participant or two…
Culture shapes how we see the world, are we reading culture critically enough? Last time out, I suggested there are differences between how anthropologists understand culture and how…
Culture shapes how we see the world, are we reading culture critically enough? Last time out, I suggested there are differences between how anthropologists understand culture and how…
Culture shapes how we see the world, are we reading culture critically enough? Last time out, I suggested there are differences between how anthropologists understand culture and how…
I received an email from James Scott (‘Seeing Like a State‘, ‘The Art of Not Being Governed‘) yesterday, asking me to back up an allegation of plagiarism…
Just as I was preparing to teach Cultural Anthropology, two posts about culture came out on powerhouse anthropology blogs. On Savage Minds, Alex Golub reviews The Asian American…