Anthropology for Liberation assessments
Over the past few years I have been sharing the readings I assign for an undergraduate course I teach at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, Anthropology for…
Tag: anthropology
An Overpopulation Failsafe?
The UN is marking 15 November 2022 as the day human population surpassed 8 billion people worldwide. Conspiracy theorists have falsely conjectured that a population control vaccine wil…
A Decade of Lost Opportunities
Only eleven years after world population surpassed seven billion, the UN has announced an extra billion humans has been added to the planet. In 2010, Australian businessman Dick Smith…
Article: “A Survey of Contemporary Bai Craft Practices in the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China” in Museum Anthropology Review 16(1-2)
I am very happy to note a new co-authored article titled “A Survey of Contemporary Bai Craft Practices in the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China.” It was…
Article: “Basketry among Two Peoples of Northern Guangxi, China” in Asian Ethnology 81(1-2)
I am very happy to note the publication of “Basketry among Two Peoples of Northern Guangxi, China” in the latest double issue of Asian Ethnology. This article is…
Article: “Towards Wider Framings: World-Systems Analysis and Folklore Studies” in Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics 16(1)
Page one of the article “Towards Wider Framings” as typeset for the Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics. I am happy to report that my article “Towards Wider Framings:…
Making a Multispecies Community in the Texas Hill Country: AAA2022 Talk
Below is a recording of the talk I am giving in person at the 2022 annual American Anthropological Association meeting on November 10. Video of my talk
Who gets to be an author?
Who gets to be an author in contemporary ethnographic anthropology and who does not? And how does inquiry into the norms of authorship expose problems surrounding academic labor…
Ethnography.com launches on Youtube thanks to Chinese Smartphones in Africa
Greetings Ethnography.com aficionados! My previous post “What Happens if Chinese Smartphones Teach English Lessons in Tanzania?” is now on Youtube. Keeping up with the times, Tony and I…
Platypod, Episode Five: CASPR – CASTAC in the Spring 2022
This episode presents a recording of CASPR 2022, or the CASTAC in the Spring 2022 mentoring event, organized to encourage dialogue on breaking down binaries that have separated…
Brazil’s Pendulum of Politics
“There’s a struggle that repeats itself throughouthistory, over and over again – the oppressorsagainst the oppressed.”—Simon Bolívar Interestingly, when Simon …
Ep#98 Human Centered Design & “Futurising” Insights: Dr Vaike Fors on Emergent Mobility Technologies
The Familiar Strange · Ep#98 Human Centered Design & “Futurising” Insights: Dr Vaike Fors on Emergent Mobility Technologies This week, Familiar Stranger Emma conducts her first interview! Emma…
Museum Anthropology Review Volume 16: Studies in Museum Ethnography in Honor of Daniel C. Swan
Social media is changing again and it seems like a good time to give Shreds and Patches more love and attention. My collaborator and special issue co-editor Michael…
SAFN 2022 Awards!
Congratulatory cake! Green Tea Milles Crepe Cake by Wishing Town Bakery, New Orleans, photo by David Beriss Amanda Green (SAFN Award Committee) and Jennifer Jo Thompson (SAFN President)…
Film Reviews: El Cacao and No Place to Grow
Emilia Noel PtakThe University of Vermont The films El Cacao and No Place to Grow, directed by Michelle Aguilar, invite viewers to consider food as a nexus, where…
SAFN in Seattle at AAA 2022!
Join SAFN at AAA this November in Seattle! We look forward to welcoming Dr. Mythri Jegathesan as our invited speaker at the SAFN + C&A reception on Friday night at Zaika restaurant just…
Anthropology and Autobiography 30 years on: An Interview with Judith Okely
Our latest issue of AJEC was dedicated to the thirtieth anniversary of the publication of Anthropology and Autobiography, edited by Judith Okely and Helen Callaway (1992). Judith was kind…
Theory as reproduction: Reflections on the history of feminist anthropology in Australia Part 3
The Familiar Strange · Theory as reproduction: Reflections on the history of feminist anthropology in Australia Part 3 We’re back this week and with a very special collaboration.…
Dakar’s Museum Celebrates Blackness by Mohamadou Cisse
The Museum of Black Civilizations, dubbed the world’s largest dedicated to Black Art, Culture and History, is an impressive building …
The Janus-face of bureaucratic incorporation of Islam in Europe – A seminar on the occasion of the valedictory lecture of prof. dr Thijl Sunier
The Janus-face of bureaucratic incorporation of Islam in Europe. A seminar on the occasion of the valedictory lecture of prof. dr Thijl Sunier Date: Friday the…
Encoding Decoding
It was time to rewatch a great little project on Klaus Maeck’s Decoder by Megan Legault circa 2008
The Critic Retires: Fifty Years of Restaurant Writing
A few of Tom Fitzmorris’ many books. David Beriss What does it mean to be a restaurant critic for fifty years? I recently attended a dinner in honor…
Two permanent lecturer positions in cultural anthropology at Victoria University of Wellington
My programme is hiring two lecturers in cultural anthropology. These are junior level academic positions, equivalent to an assistant professor in the US. However, these jobs are permanent…