Trump and Anthropology
“We are the new Indians…there are people today who want to discover us again, who want to conquer, enslave, and colonize us, and who want to use us…
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SAFN Members at the AAA in Minneapolis, We Need You!
Are you in Minneapolis for the annual AAA meeting? Are you a SAFN member or someone interested in the anthropology of food and nutrition? We need you! Friday,…
Public anthropology: urgent yet undervalued
An education in anthropology encourages us to look beyond cultural assumptions. In the days following the results of the US presidential election, there has allegedly been a wave…
On Kindness and What the World Needs Now w/ Hannah Brencher
Have you ever felt disconnected from your relationships and your life because of your reliance on your phone and social media? Do you ever feel nostalgia for the…
#LondonVegans: Deliberating, sensing and practicing vegans in a non-vegan city
Zachary Hecht, UCL Digital Anthropology Msc Student Why would somebody forgo juicy steaks, delicate smoked salmon, velvety goat cheese, and the many seemingly delicious foods people eat? Why…
Survey participants wanted: Music education in Porirua Schools
Do you know any young people who attend school in Porirua? I would like to invite them to participate in a survey about music education in Porirua schools.…
#AAA2016 Melanesia Interest Group Business Meeting
Those of you attending this year’s annual meetings of the American Anthropological Association are warmly invited to attend the annual Business Meeting of the Melanesia Interest Group, which…
Christine Wilson Award Winner, Part II
Yesterday we announced this year’s winner of the 2016 Christine Wilson Undergraduate Award and today we are proud to announce the winner of the 2016 Christine Wilson Graduate…
Papers and Panels of Interest at the #AAA2016 Meeting
It’s that time of year again: time for Anthropoliteia’s list of papers and panels pertaining to police, security, crime, law and punishment at the Annual Meeting s of the…
An Interview with Jessica Richardson Smith, Museum Anthropologist and Research Services Librarian at the Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
Jessica Richardson Smith is the Research Services Librarian at the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. She pursued three majors—Anthropology, Latin and Greek, and Geology for her Indiana University…
Christine Wilson Award Winner, Part I
The Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition is pleased to announce the winners for our annual Christine Wilson prize. This prize goes to outstanding research papers…
Are explorers the descendants of our past?
by Kevin Karaca As a climber I am fascinated by the wilderness: great empty canyons or vast tundras worthy of expedition, steep tall cliff faces ready to climb.…
The day after Leonard Cohen died.
Suddenly the night has grown colder. The god of love preparing to depart.* The chill of the 2016 US elections is still in my bones. Glued to any…
Public Anthropology is More Important Than Ever
As The Geek Anthropologist has expanded over the past several years, the editors have had a number of discussions about our identity as an online publication. Though our…
What FoodAnthropology Is Reading Now, November 11, 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…
Post-Election Reds and Blues: Public Anthropology, Millennials, and the Future
It’s a solemn time, even as the sun shines, and even as I sit at my desk here in Toronto, somewhat shielded from the results of the 2016…
On voting
Following the US election result, many people are asking just how all the pollsters got it wrong. Not just wrong, but so very wrong in anticipating the victory…
An Open Letter to My Children
Dear Nathaniel and Hannah, I am sorry that my generation has failed you. We have bequeathed you a world that has too many problems, too much fear, and too much…
AAA 2016 papers relating to Oceania
The programme for the 115th annual meeeting of the American Anthropological Association (16-20 November) in Minneapolis is now available. I have compiled a list of sessions, papers and…
SAFN 2016 Distinguished Speaker Lisa Heldke
Please join us for the SAFN reception and distinguished speaker on Saturday, Nov. 19 at 7:45pm at the AAA conference in Minneapolis. This year our distinguished speaker is…
Making #AAA2016 Manageable: The Teaching Culture Top 30
It’s officially November and we all know what that means: #AAA2016 is right around the corner. The panic around getting desks cleared and papers/presentations written, comingled with the…
Teaching AAA 2016: Multimodality, Accidenticality and the Possible Futures of Anthropological Research
This is the seventh post in our blog series designed to help you link your teaching with the 2016 Annual Meeting theme, Evidence, Accident, Discovery. The series offers relevant teaching resources…
Anthropology of Food, the Journal
The latest issue of Anthropology of Food is now available. The theme is “Food Cultures and Territories” and it includes articles by and interviews with SAFN members. This…
Mezcal: Hybrid Authentication
The third in our series of abstracts of papers submitted for SAFN’s annual Christine Wilson Award. Winners have been selected and will be recognized at the annual meeting of…