What FoodAnthro Is Reading Now, May 18 Edition
A selection of items from around the internet of possible interest to readers of FoodAnthropology. If you have items you think our readers should read, send a note…
A selection of items from around the internet of possible interest to readers of FoodAnthropology. If you have items you think our readers should read, send a note…
Ateya Khorakiwala, Harvard University § This post underscores how the seemingly straightforward and yet iconic American silo evolved into a different kind of storage infrastructure when it encountered…
Economy and Material Culture in the Early Islamic Empire Bi-Weekly, Wednesday, 4-6 pm CEST Starting April 6, 2016 Islamic Material Culture The Universität Bonn (Bethany Walker), the Ludwig-Maximilian…
Ellen Messer Tufts University Carlisle, Liz. Lentil Underground. Renegade Farmers and the Future of Food in America. NY: Gotham Books, 2015. Lentil Underground is a book that…
Ellen Messer Tufts University (Part 1 of this 2 part series is here.) As a possible antidote or balance for someone seeking ways ag-biotech might contribute to sustainable…
Ellen Messer Tufts University Krimsky, Sheldon and Jeremy Gruber, eds. 2014. The GMO Deception: What You Need to Know About the Food, Corporations, and Government Agencies Putting Our Families…
ISIS recruits through friends and social media An article in the New York Times on ISIS recruitment provides extensive commentary from cultural anthropologist Scott Atran, co-founder of the…
Over the weekend I mentioned a new (open access) book on Water, Society, and Technology. There are a couple of other new resources to be had, both from…
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…
The next installment for the anthropologies issue on climate change comes from Douglas La Rose. La Rose is the regional coordinator for the Agency for Technical Cooperation and…
The Life of Cheese Crafting Food and Value in America University of California Press, 2012, 332 pages. Heather Paxson’s The Life of Cheese might seem like an odd…
I haven't posted anything in a while, primarily because I've been busy. I've been planning and researching a book on ancient Indonesia, writing out detailed chapter plans and…
Among the pledges made by Chinese premier Li Keqiang at the African Union meeting in Addis Abeba on 5 May, increasing the credit line to African countries to…
How much of your success comes from your ability to read? Would you be able to feed and clothe yourself without the help of others? Would you have…