Holding our anthropological spaces
I’m not sure when it happened, but at some point the anthropological community that used to be online shifted mostly to Twitter and other platforms. Maybe this was…
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What makes a job ad “terrible”?
On September 18, 2021, Dada Docot launched what she called “Search for 2021 Worst Anthro Job Ads.” Taking place on Twitter, this “contest” brought public attention to conversations…
What Taking IB Social and Cultural Anthropology Higher Level is Like, from the Student Perspective
[Anthro{dendum} welcomes invited blogger Mckenna Bullard, a student of Lausanne Collegiate School.] Introduction to IB Social and Cultural Anthropology The International Baccalaureate Diploma Program …
See You Later, Thick Data – Part 5
This blogpost is part of the methodological series “See You Later, Thick Data – How we experimented with doing collaborative fieldwork as part of an interdisciplinary research project”.…
See You Later, Thick Data – Part 4
This blogpost is part of the methodological series “See You Later, Thick Data – How we experimented with doing collaborative fieldwork as part of an interdisciplinary research project”.…
Being History
by Robert Launay AI (Dall-E) generated “painting of historian walking through portrait gallery and seeing a picture of themselves” I have taught the history of anthropology since 1978,…
Careers and Caregiving: An impossible juggling act?
By Kathe Managan This fall, with my AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) card in my wallet, I attended my third new faculty orientation and learned about the…
See You Later, Thick Data – Part 2
This blogpost is part of the methodological series “See You Later, Thick Data – How we experimented with doing collaborative fieldwork as part of an interdisciplinary research project”.…
Bifocal Glasses: Too old for an academic career?
By Marco Lazzarotti We have a tendency to perceive the passage of time as traced by the path of an idealized academic career. In this vision, an academic…
See You Later, Thick Data – Part 1
This blogpost is part of the methodological series “See You Later, Thick Data – How we experimented with doing collaborative fieldwork as part of an interdisciplinary research project”.…
It’s not all downhill: On becoming an older scholar
By Laura Miller. Expectations for academics are sometimes based on stereotypes. One idea is that people reach the apex of their creativity and intensity before diminishing energy and…
See You Later, Thick Data – Part 3
This blogpost is part of the methodological series “See You Later, Thick Data – How we experimented with doing collaborative fieldwork as part of an interdisciplinary research project”.…
Preface: “See You Later, Thick Data”
Anthrodendum is pleased to welcome guest bloggers Sofie, Clara, and Emilie. They are a group of junior scholars working as part of the interdisciplinary research project called DISTRACT,…
The parallax effect of middle age
Post by blog member Kerim Friedman. As one gets older, one’s experience of time simultaneously collapses and expands, creating a parallax effect. Amidst the daily routine of the…
No Open Access Today, Anthropology: On the latest AAA-Wiley Announcement
Last November, it looked like some good things were on the horizon for Open Access and the American Anthropological Association’s publishing portfolio: At this morning’s #AAA2021Baltimor…
Sexist methods of warfare: How does war affect women?
Anthrodendum welcomes Aleksandra Cejovic, a Montenegrin anthropologist based in the United States whose work is focused primarily on female embodied experiences, mainly menstrual and sexual health. Se…
‘GUILTY’ daughter-researcher: Ethnography, familial politics, and guilt
By Bhargabi Das I would like to begin by giving a little context of my research and my family and possibly how they overlapped over the course of…
Tales of ‘Mala-Bori’: Marginalized Muslim char women and population control policies in Assam, India.
By Bhargabi Das The summer months in the chars of western Assam, India where my ethnographic fieldwork was based, are only of respite because of the calm breeze…
Marginalized Ecologies and Education: An Ethnographic snapshot from the Chars of Assam
By Bhargabi Das The strikes in UK by teachers made me think of the precarious life-world of teachers in a different context, somewhere more closer to home. In…
The search for the worst anthro job ad: An interview with Dada Docot
In September 2021, Dada Docot sent out a half-serious tweet about finding the Worse Anthro Job Ad for 2021. The post got attention, and the search took off.…
The cosmopolitical photographies of the Yanomami by Claudia Andujar
The purpose of this essay is to analyze Claudia Andujar’s works, built within the struggle of the Yanomami people. This analysis will be based on the “postmodern” turn,…
The Possibility of Anthropological Micropublishing
As one of the longest-running anthropology blogs around, Anthrodendum has been a space where many conversations about open access, and alternative forms of publishing and communication have taken…
Vignettes on Change and Permanence in India and eastern Africa
By Jonathan Walz In recent decades, people and places in India and eastern Africa have, with increased frequency and scale, been impacted by environmental disasters, population growth, magnified…
Fragments of Reparation & Recognition in the Golden State
Aerial image of Bruce’s Beach park (highlighted in color), Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles. Adapted from Google Earth, 2021. On September 30, California Governor Gavin Newsome signed Senate Bill…