On Bread Alone
Neni PanourgiáJustice-in-Education Initiative, Heyman Center for the HumanitiesColumbia University The Beginning My father would cut the bread against his chest. Winter or summer, dressed for d…
Tag: anthropology
Dissertation: Living with Javelinas: On the Co-production of Human-Javelina Conviviality in Texas
Abstract This dissertation investigates the coexistence of humans and javelinas in Texas. Through a blend of traditional ethnography, ethology, and GIS mapping, the study explores the dynamics…
Calling All Food Anthropologists: Join SAFN Now For a Special Rate!
Overthought, but tasty. Photo: David Beriss Amanda Green and Jennifer Jo Thompson Student, professional, or retired. Academic or practicing. New member or lapsed. You have a place at…
How can we save ourselves?
I’m an anthropologist doing my PhD on activism and organizing. I’ve also been an organizer myself for over a decade, primarily focusing on drug policy, but also coalition-building…
The Sexual Division of Labor
Written by John Keith Hart Introduction The idea of a sexual division of labor rests on asserting that men and …
Thesis Review: Bittersweet – Living with sugar and kin in contemporary Scotland
Jane preparing a cake with her son at home, Scotland (photo: Imogen Bevan) Bittersweet: Living with sugar and kin in contemporary Scotland. Imogen Bevan. PhD in Social Anthropology,…
Easter gardens and Christmas trees
By Fridus Steijlen – When I arrived in mid-January in Ambon for my second year at Pattimura University I saw Christmas and New Year decor on the streets,…
Contesting Moralities: Roma Identities, State and Kinship – review
In Contesting Moralities: Roma Identities, State and Kinship, Iliana Sarafian challenges established scholarly practices that attempt to define Romani identity, instead exploring how individuals navig…
Food And Expertise: My Research on Oaxacan Food
Andrew MitchelPhD CandidateThe Ohio State University What does it mean to be an expert on food? This piece will argue that my scholarly work and the knowledge and…
Rebooting Tourism in Vietnam : The Ho Tram Strip
Asian Perspective, vol. 48, no. 1 2024 https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/919884 I have, for personal use only, a pdf copy of this article, which appears in Asian Perspective, vol. 48, no….
Review: Castoffs of Capital: Work and Love among Garment Workers in Bangladesh, by Lamia Karim, University of Minnesota Press, (2022)
by Shormila Akter Castoffs of Capital: Work and Love among Garment Workers in Bangladesh examines the lives of female garments workers, shaped by “a state that colluded with…
Religion has left the hospital: the uneasy silence of professionalization
By Peter Versteeg – Have you ever wondered why something happened to you? I hope you haven’t because this question often arises when people are faced with something…
World Anthropology Day with Dr Noel Salazar
The Familiar Strange · World Anthropology Day With Dr Noel Salazar The Strangers are Back… To celebrate this world anthropology day, we’re back with a very special interview.…
World Anthropology Day with Dr Noel Salazar
The Familiar Strange · World Anthropology Day With Dr Noel Salazar The Strangers are Back… To celebrate this world anthropology day, we’re back with a very special interview.…
Care Without Pathology: How Trans- Health Activists Are Changing Medicine – review
In Care Without Pathology: How Trans- Health Activists Are Changing Medicine, Christoph Hanssmann explores the evolution of trans therapeutics and health activism through ethnographic fieldwork conduc…
Sudan: cessation of war appears long way off
Written by Jehron Muhammad “If this war (in Sudan) last for several years… the country that we knew as Sudan, …
Myanmar’s civil society in turbulent times: outside-in and inside-out
Ten years ago I published an article on my research with civil society actors from Myanmar, in which I described the sudden changes in ideological and physical positioning…
SAFN Awards: Undergrad and Grad Award Deadline March 31, 2024!
Texas State Fair Awards. Photo: David Beriss Amanda Green, SAFN President Welcome to the new year SAFN members! We want to draw your attention to SAFN’s Awards, which…
Annual SAFN Anthropology Day Photo Contest!
The Pies are Back, New Orleans. Photo: David Beriss SAFN is once again organizing a food/nutrition photo contest for Anthropology Day (February 15). If you have food anthropology…
Our Edited Volume is Out:
Nurturing Alternative Futures: Living with Diversity in a More-than-Human World I am pleased to announce that Nurturing Alternative Futures: Living with Diversity in a More-than-Human World is cur…
「Anthropology through the Experience of the Physical Body 」There’s nothing like holding the real book for the first time…
Anthropology through the Experience of the Physical Body Editors: Kaori Fushiki, Ryoko Sakurada (2023) Book information: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-99-5724-8 See also: h…
Subversive Archaism: Troubling Traditionalists and the Politics of National Heritage – review
In Subversive Archaism: Troubling Traditionalists and the Politics of National Heritage, Michael Herzfeld considers how marginalised groups use nationalist discourses of tradition to challenge state a…
Review: The Globalization of Wine
David Inglis and Anna-Mari Almila eds. 2019. The Globalization of Wine London: Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN: 978-1-4742-6499-0. pp. 232. Yingkun Hou (South East Missouri State University) Befo…
Black Japanese: the African Diaspora in Japan
Written by Neil Turner Almost three decades ago, while at graduate school in California studying anthropology, I had a colleague …