Have we really found Amelia Earhart’s bones?
A new study claims that the Nikumaroro Island bones are those of the famous aviator. But some researchers remain skeptical From the headlines last week, you would think…
Tag: anthropology
CfP for AAA2018: Inter-topia: Productive tensions within the collisions of techno-utopianism and techno-dystopianism
Panel Organizers: Jeremy Trombley (SUNY Cortland) and Angela VandenBroek (Binghamton University) Sites of digital technology development are immersed in competing techno-utopian and -dystopian ideolog…
Anthrocasts: When communities speak, listen and learn
Online ethnography, where researchers may never share a physical space with the participants in their research, is finding its methodological feet. Combine that with an analysis of these…
Thomas Marchione Award
Announcement: Thomas Marchione Award Deadline July 27, 2018 Eligibility: all MA, MS or PhD students For research exploring “the best and more sustainable approaches to fulfill the right…
Saba Mahmood (1962 – 2018) – Piety, religious freedom and Power
Last Saturday, 10 March, Saba Mahmood passed away. She was professor of anthropology at University of California, Berkeley. Her scholarly work was a big inspiration for me and…
What FoodAnthropology Is Reading Now, March 12, 2018
David Beriss A brief digest of food and nutrition-related items that caught our attention recently. Got items you think we should include? Send links and brief descriptions to…
Southern Foodways Alliance 2018 Graduate Student Conference: Food Studies Across the Disciplines
Received from the Southern Foodways Alliance…this annual conference has proven to be very useful for graduate students with interests in food over the last few years. Oxford, Mississippi…
CFP for EASA2018 in Stockholm: Moving on: Food Futures and Reimagining Uncertainty
Does your research look at food practices, food supply chains, local cuisines or agriculture in a changing environment? Does your work draw broadly on the themes of temporality…
SAFN @ AAA’s: Sessions, Papers, Lightning Talks, Roundtables, Mentoring Events, Retrospectives, Posters!
It is time to plan for AAA 2018 in San Jose! The submission portal is open, and we encourage you to begin organizing panels. This year’s SAFN program…
The Revolution that Wasn’t (Yet): Reflections on Iran’s protests two months out
I still remember vividly the words of an informant who, when asking him about his vision of a freer Iran, responded adamantly, “we don’t need more freedom, what…
Byron Fellowship for Undergraduate and Graduate Students
This short and intensive leadership fellowship might be of interest! The Byron Fellowship program is available to 20 upper class undergraduates, graduate students, and “recent” graduates from througho…
Acquisitions Editor Position
The Geek Anthropologist editorial team is looking to add an Acquisitions Editor! Interested? Read on! Know someone who might be interested? Let them know! Position notice in PDF…
Research Moving Forward: The Social Construction of Down syndrome
I’m at the point where I’m beginning to plan out my next research project. I’m finishing up work on one manuscript (Genocolonization) and writing another with my partner…
Brazil’s Dichotomous Treatment of Corruption – PT 3
Brazil had an opportunity to be a leading, democratic, Latin American country but it lost its sense of direction. The political system designed to assist emerging countries grow…
CulAnth #Anthropod – Lara Deeb & Jessica Winegar: Anthropology & The Politics of Studying the Middle East
Lara Deeb (Scripps College) and Jessica Winegar (Northwestern University) about their recent book Anthropology’s Politics: Disciplining the Middle East (2015). They discuss how political and eco…
What Foodanthro is reading now, February 27, 2018
A brief digest of food and nutrition-related items that caught our attention recently. Got items you think we should include? Send links and brief descriptions to dberiss@gmail.com or…
CFP: Consuming In, and Consumed By, a Trump Economy
The CFP below is for a mini-conference the day before the next annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. It may be of interest to SAFN members and…
Anthropologists on the Strike
Yesterday, lecturers began 14 days of strikes in over 60 universities across the United Kingdom. Nominally, the strikes are to oppose pension changes proposed by university employers that would end…
How Bad Is Food Insecurity for Disabled Americans? It’s worse than the Census data show
Elaine Gerber With the 2020 Census around the corner and proposed changes to it highly politicized , I want to hold up to everyone – especially my fellow food ethnographers…
What FoodAnthropology Is Reading Now, February 19, 2019
David Beriss A brief digest of food and nutrition-related items that caught our attention recently. Got items you think we should include? Send links and brief descriptions to…
Film Review: Black Panther
Nearly three decades ago, my grandfather took me to the local pharmacy in Broadway, NC to get ice cream (it had an ice cream bar!). While there, I…
East Side Orchestras: Music and Social Change
I am currently working on a research project that looks at the social impacts of Arohanui Strings, Porirua Soundscapes, and Virtuoso Strings. These groups provide free, Sistema-inspired orchestral mus…
Radio Ethnography, Restaurant Kitchens and #MeToo
Our SAFN president David Beriss has put out a call for blog posts on food workers, food service, restaurant kitchens and the #MeToo movement. So my ears perked…
A 2018 Anthropology Day Manifesto
By Emma Backe and Nick Mizer Happy Anthropology Day! So far this year at The Geek Anthropologist we have been spending a lot of time thinking and talking about…