Notes From and For the Frontlines of Academic Restructuring
Originally posted 20 December, 2020 by Arts Squared. Since first published, the University of Alberta’s General Faculties Council rejected the ‘Executive Dean’. However the position…
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Notes From and For the Frontlines of Academic Restructuring
Originally posted 20 December, 2020 by Arts Squared. Since first published, the University of Alberta’s General Faculties Council rejected the ‘Executive Dean’. However the position…
What FoodAnthropology Is Reading Now
Wendy Yared from Evolve.ag Picture of an open book with a person’s legs underneath of it on top of a cozy yellow blanket. Photo by Emily Rudolph. This…
The Rumour of Calcutta: Tourism, Charity and the Poverty of Representation
Reposted from three years ago because – the stats tell me – at least one copy has been downloaded every day this month. Either its a dedicated bot…
Mobility and immobility during the pandemic: Experiences on a journey from Amsterdam to Semarang
By Pamungkas (Yudha) Dewanto As a response to the global corona crisis, authorities all over the world set strict health protocols for travelers. Focusing on the case of…
SAR Press Top Reads: Indigenous Identity
Lara Evans, Water Keeps Moving, from the Directions for Home series, 2008. Digital print. Courtesy of the artist. Created wi…
The Fall and Rise and Lindbergh: A Javelina Story
I have been working with javelinas in Texas for nearly a year. My first encounter with them occurred at Big Bend National Park and I have since visited…
Ep # 70 Familial Ties and Family Debts: Susan Ellison on Alternative Dispute Resolution in Bolivia
The Familiar Strange · Ep# 70 Familial Ties and Family Debts: Susan Ellison on Alternative Dispute Resolution in Bolivia This week we bring you an interview with Dr…
Now is the time to join SAFN
Now is the time to join SAFN In light of the 2020 pandemic, we have reduced our membership fees significantly for 2021: Student membership is FREE Regular membership…
Anthropology Day Photo Contest Winners!
David Beriss We are ready to reveal the big winners for the first ever SAFN Anthropology Day Photo contest. Before I make the big announcement, I want to…
Data Swarms Revisited – New Modes of Being
Editor’s Note: The new Platypus Thematic Series entitled “Data Swarms Revisited” will feature posts form computer science, philosophy and anthropology and connect to the Thematic Series Anthropos Tomo…
Trump’s attack on American “democracy” by Keith Hart – Part 1
Donald Trump and the Republican Party Donald Trump may not have expected to win the 2016 presidential election. Once he … More
The Arroyo Hondo Pueblo Collection Finds a New Home
An aerial photo of the Arroyo Hondo Pueblo excavation. Guest post by Lisa Hunter, SAR’s Arroyo Hondo collections move assistant. …
Ep #69 An Anthropologist’s Guide to the US Elections: This Month on TFS
The Familiar Strange · Ep #69 An Anthropologist's Guide To The US Elections: This Month on TFS Hello and Welcome back to The Familiar Strange! We are so…
Remembering Leith Mullings (1945 – 2020)
Leith Mullings, Social Justice Anthropologist Jeff Maskovsky, City University of New York Leith Mullings’ death is a terrible blow to anthropology – and a heartbreaking loss to those…
Two new books!
My apologies to readers. I haven’t posted in a while. But I have an excuse. Two excuses actually. I spent the first half of 2020 scrambling to finish…
Happy Anthropology Day!
David Beriss The big day is here. Today is Anthropology Day! Every year the AAA has organized this, we have completely forgotten to acknowledge it. But not this…
Religious Transformation in Maya Guatemala
Buy this volume SERIESNon-Series » CATEGORIESCultural Anthropology »General Anthropology »His…
“It all starts with landscape”: SAR Scholars’ Recent and Upcoming Reflections on Chaco Canyon
Chaco Canyon was the center of a thriving Pueblo society from 800 to 1250 CE, including dozens of magnificent great house structures, nume…
What FoodAnthropology Is Reading Now, February 10, 2021
Wendy Yared A woman sitting on the floor in a library with a blue book in her hand. Photo by Joshua Purnell. I’m so excited to share my first…
Reminder! Anthro Day Photo Contest!
Boucherie, St. Bernard Parish, March 13, 2016. Photo by David Beriss Don’t forget to submit your food anthropology photos for the SAFN Anthropology Day photo contest! The deadline…
Ela Drążkiewicz: Blinded by the Light: International Precariat in Academia
I was reluctant to contribute to this blog series. The recently published EASA report (Fotta, Ivancheva and Pernes 2020) draws attention to precarious labour in anthropology. However, in…
American Exceptionalism and Violent Protests
It is important to understand that for more than fifty years, American foreign and defense policies such as EUCOM, PCOM, … More
Black Food Matters Panel Available on YouTube
Jennifer Jo Thompson Like me, you might have missed SAFN’s Black Food Matters Panel at Raising Our Voices—especially, since it was happening right about the same time that…