More dangerous research: Anthropologist detained, beaten, forcibly disappeared in Egypt
(Latest update 3.3.2021 – check Amnesty campaign, and PEN America statement – new page Free Ahmed more updates at the end of this post) Not only in Iran…
(Latest update 3.3.2021 – check Amnesty campaign, and PEN America statement – new page Free Ahmed more updates at the end of this post) Not only in Iran…
Kareem Ahmady: “I just simply left”. Photo: Ahmady’s website One month ago I have written about anthropologist Kareem Ahmady, who has researched child marriage, female genital mutilation (FGM)…
(via FocaalBlog) In the general public, academics are often viewed as being part of an elite, who lives comfortable lives. In reality this is only true for a…
What are the connections between climate change, global capitalism, xenophobia and white supremacy? Marc Schuller does in his new book something rather unusual: He asks big questions. Humanity’s…
When Twitter announced that it had suspended Donald Trump’s account, Twitter also censored the voice of Alexandra Elbakyan, the 32 year old creator of the probably most cherished…
Mai Amer: “I really hope the show encourages viewers to reflecting on and critique certain things they think”. Screenshot from her Facebook page How can we better understand…
Kameel Ahmady. Photo: Kameel Ahmady, Wikipedia 14 years ago I wrote about his website: Visual ethnography and Kurdish anthropology by Kameel Ahmady and Photography as research tool: More…
A few hours ago I was shocked to read that David Graeber has died. He was only 59 years old. Graeber was one the most known and most…
How do you stay up to date with the most recent journal articles in anthropology? How do you navigate the growing amount of texts? How do you find…
Unfortunately no new content was published here last year. Nevertheless, this blog received lots of visitors. Looking at last year’s statistics about the most viewed posts and pages,…
Would you like to get an overview over the most recent anthropology blog posts? The old newsticker did no longer work reliably, so I’ve created a new one.…
Would you like to get an overview over the most recent anthropology blog posts? The old newsticker did no longer work reliably, so I’ve created a new one.…
While I am trying to get back into the blogging business, here three selected pieces that I've written recently for the University of Oslo. Two of them are…
While I am trying to get back into the blogging business, here three selected pieces that I've written recently for the University of Oslo. Two of them are…
Lots of new anthropology blogs have been started up recently, most of them have made it into the overviews here at antropologi.info: the anthropology blog newspaper http://www.antropologi.info/blog/ a…
Lots of new anthropology blogs have been started up recently, most of them have made it into the overviews here at antropologi.info: the anthropology blog newspaper http://www.antropologi.info/blog/ and…
Anthropology emerged in a relatively high scientific level in the wider Middle East before it existed as a discipline in the West. Therefore, the label of colonialism often…