Tag: anthro in the news

Brazil Law Blog/Google Images Commons. labor rights in Brazil under attack An article in the Los Angeles Times reported that Brazil’s Senate approved an end to unemployment insurance,…

Maori flag; credit: Wikipedia “thuggish, stupid youth” stereotype banished TheFIX (Australia) reported that Maori Television in New Zealand has pulled an Australian mini-series, Jonah from Tonga, fro…

Volunteers promote breastfeeding in Laos. Credit: UNICEF. nature, culture, and breastfeeding NPR (U.S.) reported on anthropological research about how mothers gain breastfeeding expertise in differen…

A researcher surveys a young Syrian girl using a new survey tool developed by researchers at Yale and partnering universities to measure resilience in Arab-speaking youth affected by…

Teen pregnancy reduction campaigns in Brazil may be backfiring (iStock) Efforts to reduce teen pregnancy rates in Brazil have shown mixed results, and new research from Vanderbilt University…

Parliamentary election exit poll results 2017. Source: News.com.au electability over vision The New Statesman published commentary by David Graeber, professor of social anthropology at the London Scho…

Credit: Next28/Wikimedia Commons genetic modification/ genetic editing: word game? The Washington Post reported on efforts by DuPont Pioneer, the division of DuPont that produces GMOs, to build consum…

A scene in Kashmir. Credit: Quora.com/Google Images Commons when a national army threatens its people The Wire published commentary by Partha Chatterjee, professor of anthropology & Middle Easte…

credit: Strategic Culture Foundation online journal 8/31/16 hope for democracy at the grassroots Japan Today published commentary from social anthropologist Dame Henrietta Moore, director of the Insti…

Ready-to-drink food. Credit: soylent.com programmers hooked on Soylent Salon reported on the popularity of Soylent, a meal replacement powder, in California’s Silicon Valley. The article quotes Jan E…

Ghost bike memorializing cyclist Tony Turner at the intersection of Roxboro Street and Chateau Road in Durham, North Carolina. What are the relationships between body, health, mobility and…

Mexico-U.S. border at Tijuana. Credit: Tomas Castelazo, http://www.tomascastelazo.com / Wikimedia Commons a wall is not the answer A piece in TIME magazine on the U.S. Mexico border quotes…

Central Hotel, Brower Post Card Collection, W&L Special Collections Families and people of all ages are encouraged to take part in “The Many Stories of Main Street,” an…

credit: GaryckArntzen/Google Images Commons French election and refugees  An article in The Huffington Post by two anthropologists says that the French election is good news for refugees: “Macron’s…

Health is about more than just individual behavior and clinical care, it’s about politics and power, say UConn medical anthropologists. In fall 2016, these migrants were forced to…

[Left] Jane Goodall, pioneering primatologist. [Right] Ivanka Trump quotes wisdom from Jane Goodall in her new book.Credits: Google Images Commons, speaking truth to power The Washington Post reported…

Tehran. Credit: Wikipedia U.S. strategic interests The Tehran Times published a piece by William O. Beeman, professor and head of the anthropology department at the University of Minnesota…

MSU Denver Professor Dr. Jeremy Stoll sits at his comic-cad booth at the DiNK Comic and Art expo in Denver on April 9. Photo by McKenzie Lange •…

Credit: Google Images Commons/Youtube government of deconstruct The Huffington Post published an op-ed by cultural anthropologist Paul Stoller, professor at West Chester University in Pennsylvania. H…

Though Syrian communities pre-date the modern world, Syria’s national identity is only about 72 years old. Since 2011, the country has been involved in a civil war with Sunni…

Pro-“Yes” protests outside the Dutch embassy in Turkey. Credit: Wikipedia macho-man Erdogan BBC News reported on how Turks in the Netherlands feel about Turkey’s controversial referendum on Ap…

Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile during a flight test Credit: U.S. Navy, Wikimedia Commons Trump strike on Syria Two newspaper reports on Trump’s April 6 missile attack on…

credit: Creative Commons, The Blue Diamond Gallery cultural anthropologists make great politicians The Huffington Post published an article by Debra Rodman, associate professor of cultural anthropolo…

Source: Heatlhextent.com TB is winning In a piece in The New York Times, medical anthropologist and professor at Harvard University, doctor, and health care advocate Paul Farmer writes:…