anthro in the news 3/20/16
celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2013 Source: thepipe26, Wikimedia holidays and sociality The Daily Item (Sunbury, PA) carried an article about local celebrations of St.…
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anthro in the news 3/13/17
Source: Google Images Commons not all lives are equal Al Jazeera published an op-ed by Alex Shams, anthropology doctoral student at the University of Chicago: “Earlier this week,…
presentation explores dangers of crossing the border
A young Mexican national climbs on a section of old pedestrian barrier fencing on the U.S. and Mexico border near Rancho Anapra, Chihuahua Mexico Tuesday, May 6, 2008.…
anthro in the news 3/6/17
Source: Google Images Commons science education K-12 must include humans The Idaho Statesman published an op-ed by John Ziker, chair of the anthropology department at Boise State University…
anthro in the news 2/27/17
Multiculturalism. Source; True Tube U.K. assault on multiculturalism The Huffington Post published an article by Paul Stoller, professor of anthropology at West Chester University in Pennsylvania. St…
anthro in the news 1/20/17
not “beautiful” A letter to the editor by Charles Thompson appeared in The New York Times. He is professor of cultural anthropology and documentary studies at Duke University…
anthro in the news 2/12/17
Contemporary version of a blue-eyed doll Source: covermyfb dolls in international relations The Japan Times published an op-ed by Hirokazu Miyazaki, professor of anthropology at Cornell University and…
best cultural anthropology dissertations of 2016
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anthro in the news 2/6/17
Bet for Nothing. Source: Hapal. Flickr Creative Commons trumped-up conflict with Iran The Berkeley Daily Planet published an opinion piece by William Beeman, professor of cultural anthropology at…
the U.S. inauguration 2017 from the ground through foreign eyes
The blue ticket for the 2017 Inauguration Source: Crystal H. Rie On January 20th 2017, Donald J. Trump became the 45th President of the United States. This was…
anthro in the news 1/30/17
Paul Farmer, physician and medical anthropologist, at a Partners in Health clinicSource: Bending the Arc website documenting care and hope As reported in the Salt Lake Tribune the…
anthro in the news 1/13/17
Graffiti in Lisbon, 2009Source: Dan Benton, Flickr Commons public anthropology in the time of Trump Paul Stoller, professor of anthropology at West Chester University, published a piece in…
anthro in the news 1/17/17
Friday the 13th fears The Apopka Voice (Florida) carried an article about the roots of fear surrounding the date of Friday the 13th. The article includes commentary from…
anthro in the news 1/11/17
Toman Sasaki, a genderless danshi, at a Japanese shopping mall where he performed with his band, XOX. source: Ko Sasaki for The New York Times gender blending in…
anthro in the news 1/2/17
Source: Google Images too much complexity The Guardian carried an op-ed arguing that greatly increased social complexity and global connections are recipes for disaster: “…the endless marketisation a…
GW event today Nov 30
Join the Sigur Center for Asian Studies today at the GW Elliott School of International Affairs for Partition Stories: Memory, History, and Legacies of the 1947 Partition of…
anthro in the news 11/21/16
two views on the Trump win: class or region? An article in The Minneapolis Star Tribune included commentary from two social anthropologists at the annual conference of the…
anthro in the news 11/14/16
anthropology in the time of Trump Cultural anthropologist Paul Stoller, professor at West Chester University, published an essay in The Huffington Post revisiting his article of March 2016,…
anthro in the news 11/7/16
not all hair is equal BBC News reported on the research of social anthropologist Emma Tarlo tracing the global industry in human hair, especially wigs, weaves, and…
Anthro in the News 10/24/16
It is now accepted, even by the UN, that UN Peacekeeping forces in Haiti from Nepal brought cholera with them in 2010. Before that, Haiti was cholera-free. Interview…
Anthro in the News 10/17/16
Cholera threat in Haiti Haitians displaced by Hurricane Matthew, Source: Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters ABC News says relief efforts in Haiti are “ramping up” one week after Hurricane M…
Anthro in the news 10/10/16
Land rights are key in Colombia Indigenous people want land rights. Source: Bluedotpost.com The Washington Post published an op-ed by cultural anthropologist Omaira Bolaños, Latin America program dire…
Anthro in the news 10/3/16
UN ineffectiveness in Middle East peace Source: Google Images The Tehran Times carried an interview with cultural and linguistic anthropologist, William Beeman, head of the anthropology department at…
Anthro in the news 9/26/16
Mother, mother: On police violence and race in the U.S. At the 50th Anniversary JFK March in 2014. Source: Google Images/Creative Commons The Huffington Post carried an article…