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alex.clegg , March 17th, 2022
Author: Daniel Miller I want to make a slightly surprising suggestion. That my current ambition in anthropology is to become more like TikTok (or its original Chinese form…
The Familiar Strange , March 6th, 2022
The Familiar Strange · Ep # 87: Squatters in The Stag: Adrian Watts on Activism & Squats Before we dive into today’s episode we’d just like to add…
Neil Turner , March 5th, 2022
Unlike any other war, the United States ever took part in, the Vietnam War was a major turning point. It … More
alex.clegg , March 3rd, 2022
Author: Charlotte Hawkins As part of the ASSA project, we are currently working to publish a volume called: ‘An Anthropological Approach to mHealth: Health & Care in the…
guestanthropologist , March 2nd, 2022
by Ellie Plumb In Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies: Migrant Farmworkers in the United States, Seth M. Holmes seeks to uncover the synergistic effects that citizenship, race, ethnicity, and…
Sudan’s kleptocratic military system won’t stop the people’s movement from rising by Jehron Muhammad
Neil Turner , March 1st, 2022
Anti-military coup, pro-democracy marches occurring in Sudan with growing numbers and increasing frequency since October show there is a renewed, … More
Anthropology365 , February 26th, 2022
Texas Ebony trees (Ebenopsis ebano) is a species of legume native to South Texas. These trees produce large bean pods (see below) that ripen and fall to the…
dsutton20 , February 25th, 2022
Isabelle Bianquis and Jean-Pierre Williot, eds. Nomadic Food: Anthropological and Historical Studies Around the World. Rowman and Littlefield. London. 2019. pp.272. ISBN 978-1-5381-5. Rich…
kgraf , February 21st, 2022
Photograph: by the author – Cha xi design in Hengshan Temple event Tasting Tea, Tasting China: Tearooms and the Everyday Culture in Dalian. Yingkun Hou. Ph.D. Thesis in…
Anthropology365 , February 10th, 2022
I recently participated in a webinar with the American Association of Biological Anthropologists and the Sausage of Science Podcast. We discussed mental wellbeing in academia and Dr. Rebecca…
guestanthropologist , February 1st, 2022
by Connie Scott “Fish simply appear in supermarkets” (p.209), writes Penny McCall Howard. Most consumers have little or no awareness of where their fish comes from, or of…
Neil Turner , February 1st, 2022
Economic anthropologist Keith Hart (KH), one of the leading figures in African studies, spoke to Social Transformations editor Lisandro Claudio … More
guestauth0r , January 31st, 2022
Discard Studies is a young field of research that takes systems of waste and wasting as its topic of study, including but beyond conventional notions of trash and…
Sarah Soliz , January 26th, 2022
Buy this volume SERIESAdvanced Seminar » CATEGORIESApplied Anthropology »Cultural Anthropolog…
Alma Gottlieb , January 26th, 2022
I began interviewing authors of fabulous new anthropology books for this space back in 2016. While completing 11 interviews, I also amassed a backlog of more terrific books…
foodanthro , January 21st, 2022
Preparing for Ida, New Orleans, photo by David Beriss We had so much fun last year, we are once again organizing a food/nutrition photo contest for Anthropology Day…
foodanthro , January 21st, 2022
Amanda Jean HiltonSAFN Nominations Chair Calling all grad students! Please consider being the Student Representative for SAFN! This is a great opportunity to get involved in SAFN and to…
Sarah Soliz , January 20th, 2022
Buy this volume SERIESAdvanced Seminar » CATEGORIESApplied Anthropology »Cultural Anthropolog…
focaal_admin , January 13th, 2022
Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology is a book that fizzes with a multiplicity of ideas; so many that they seem on occasion to overgrow the boundaries of the…
foodanthro , January 5th, 2022
See below for a call for applications for the Sophie Coe Prize. While technically a history prize, anthropologists have won (or been commended) by the prize juries over…
Neil Turner , January 1st, 2022
Africa’s year 2021 was perplexing, horrendous, dramatic but also inspirational. It can be summed in the “two-ness” of the sojourn … More
martijn , December 31st, 2021
Welcome on my annual overview of the most read posts on Closer. It was another year with COVID19 and lots of discussions on race, security and Salafism. Here…
Emilija Zabiliūte , December 27th, 2021
One tweet asks for help finding a hospital bed in Delhi, India’s capital. Another asks where to find oxygen. These tweets joined a sea of similar pleas for…