What FoodAnthropology Is Reading Now, January 10, 2017
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…
Tag: anthropology
Enter to Win a Free Copy of “A World of Babies”–Deadline, Jan. 12, 2017!
Win a free copy of “A World of Babies”! To celebrate the official publication of the book, which is January 2017, our publisher is sponsoring an Amazon Giveaway.…
Book Forum –– Nancy Rose Hunt’s A Nervous State: Violence, Remedies, and Reverie in Colonial Congo by Todd Meyers
When Nancy Rose Hunt suggests that her book “joins the ferment” of colonial aggressions and uncertainties “while taking up harm and pleasure in a shrunken colonial milieu and…
Brand PhD. #gnnnngg
Can’t imagine the mad thinking behind this branding. In several ways a sign of the downward spiral. Or, a niche marketing gambit. What next: administrative razor blades, higher…
Fractocurrentism and the anthropologist of the future (TAOTF) …
Will be a world view Will reconceptualise disciplinary thinking and skill sets TAOTF will be better known TAOTF will probably do fiewldwork at home, locally or … –…
Why do Leaders Fail?
This is an opinion piece that some might say loosely fits within the realm of anthropology. And yet, if one could say that anthropology is the genealogy and…
In Line Quotation-Dec-2017
“The meanings of human actions are obscured by ritual, custom, idea or other forms of underlying background influence.” – Neil Turner
EASA and European Anthropology: An Interview with Antonio De Lauri #easaelections2017
Antonio, you decided to run for the elections of the new EASA committee. Can you let EASA members know a little bit about your academic path and interests?…
EASA and European Anthropology: An Interview with Antonio De Lauri #easaelections2017
Antonio, you decided to run for the elections of the new EASA committee. Can you let EASA members know a little bit about your academic path and interests?…
EASA and European Anthropology: An Interview with Antonio De Lauri #easaelections2017
Antonio, you decided to run for the elections of the new EASA committee. Can you let EASA members know a little bit about your academic path and interests?…
2016 Roundup: AAA Blog Edition
Here are the five most-read, topic-driven AAA blog posts of 2016! Thank you for reading. Anthropology in Business? What exactly are Anthropology MAs doing with their anthropology? Why do…
Giving Gifts and the Spirit of Sharing
Giving Gifts and the Spirit of Sharing Summary: Why can’t you get rid of that ugly sweater from Grandma? What rules dictate your selection of gifts this holiday…
What FoodAnthro is Reading Now, December 21, 2016
A brief digest of food and nutrition-related items that caught our attention recently. Do you have items you think we should include? Send links and brief descriptions to…
CFP: Climate, Agriculture and Food Systems
A CFP of possible interest to our readers. Call for Abstracts/Papers for Special Issue: Climate, Agriculture and Food Systems Special Issue Editors: Gabrielle Roesch-McNally (USDA Climate Hubs, groesc…
New Articulations of Biological Difference in the 21st Century: A Conversation
This conversation is prompted by continued frustration about how race is discussed and understood by the public and by those researchers who remain determined to draw clean lines…
How to write a book review
An infographic I recently stumbled across stated that “reading one hour per day in your chosen field will make you an international expert in 7 years.” Now,…
Book Forum––Science, Reason, Modernity: Readings for an Anthropology of the Contemporary by Todd Meyers
Science, Reason, Modernity: Readings for an Anthropology of the Contemporary is many things — a carefully curated selection of classic texts ranging from Immanuel Kant’s “An Answer to the…
Nutritional Epigenetics and Prenatal Diets
Nutritional Epigenetics and Prenatal Diets: “I’ve been eating this way for years” by Natali Valdez Between 2012 and 2014 I completed participant observations and interviews at two clinicaltrials,…
Nutritional Epigenetics and Prenatal Diets
Nutritional Epigenetics and Prenatal Diets: “I’ve been eating this way for years” by Natali Valdez Between 2012 and 2014 I completed participant observations and interviews at two clinicaltrials,…
Nutritional Epigenetics and Prenatal Diets
Nutritional Epigenetics and Prenatal Diets: “I’ve been eating this way for years” by Natali Valdez Between 2012 and 2014 I completed participant observations and interviews at two clinicaltrials,…
Review: Sorting the Beef from the Bull
Sorting the Beef from the Bull. The Science of Food Fraud Forensics. Richard Evershed and Nicola Temple. Bloomsbury, 2016. Ellen Messer (Tufts University) Evershed, Richard and Nicola Temple…
“Everyone’s Fun is Different:” A Conversation with Gabriel De Los Angeles
Nick here: I had the honor of meeting Gabriel at the Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association meeting earlier this year, where he presented on the phenomenon…
What FoodAnthropology Is Reading Now, December 13, 2016
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…