Airmail for the Revolution
written after a research visit to the Linen Hall Library with a team of researchers to examine Northern Irish civil rights activist records
written after a research visit to the Linen Hall Library with a team of researchers to examine Northern Irish civil rights activist records
It’s important to show occasional signs of life on a personal blog. It’s been nearly two years since my last post, and a lot has happened since then,…
Words and worlds Guest post by Sophie ChaoUniversity of Sydney We inhabit an age of ecological unmaking, wherein intensifying anthropogenic activity is undermining possibilities…
This blog post is a response to LOST PREDICTIONS by Fiona Murphy and Eva van Roekel, LOST PREDICTIONS II by Maruška Svašek, and LOST PREDICTIONS III by Sweta Tiwari. It was produce…
This poem is an account of materiality through time-tracking and place-making, viewed from within the contours of home while wearing the ethnographer’s lens.
The members of the curatorial collective share personal insights into the exhibition project and their individual approaches.
The members of the curatorial collective share personal insights into the exhibition project and their individual approaches.
The members of the curatorial collective share personal insights into the exhibition project and their individual approaches.
The members of the curatorial collective share personal insights into the exhibition project and their individual approaches.
Growing public outrage with the political responses to conflicts and complex emergencies have led to increasing calls for solidarity with affected populations that identify a shared humanity. Disencha…
The docu-fiction film explores the changing meaning of Rapanui wooden sculptures. The trailer is now available online.
Each a Tiny Enclosure of an Essential Resource Guest post by Anand PandianJohn Hopkins University For the last eight years, I’ve been wrestling as an anthropologist with where…
When Frantz Fanon (1961) framed the legitimacy of anti-colonial armed struggle in The Wretched of the Earth, he likely did not imagine that his arguments would resonate, some seventeen…
The docu-fiction film explores the changing meaning of Rapanui wooden sculptures and is now available online.
SANTA FE, N.M. (July 8, 2025)—The School for Advanced Research (SAR) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Timothy R. Pauketat as the new Director of SAR…
On 15 May 2025, Jason Hickel – economic anthropologist, leading degrowth theorist and author of popular works such as The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and…
An ancient building in Florence bears witness to the intricate relationship between Italy and Sápmi – the land of the Sámi people.
Introduction In the Ancient texts of the Vedas and Upanishads, Hindu cosmological thought advocates the theory of Naad-Brahman, translated as the Sound of Brahman. It posits that the…
By Max Liboiron and Alex Bond We study plastic ingestion in animals harvested for food in Nunatsiavut, Inuit homelands in northern Labrador, Canada. This work is about more…
New Program at the School for Advanced Research, funded by the Getty, invites scholars to reimagine art history through equity, reciprocity, and community engagement SANTA FE, NM (June…
From large cities to small towns, “No Kings Day” will counter Trump’s birthday spectacle with people power. “Nah, he wouldn’t really do that.” I’ve lived in the Upper…
Let’s be honest. Anthropology is plagued by dull, pretentious, and sometimes even meaningless prose: language that is at best imprecise and at worst incomprehensible. Now and then, examples…
Vilsoni Hereniko is visiting LMU as a CAS Visiting Fellow this summer.
In times of political upheaval and cultural turmoil, transformative spaces and interventions that are easily accessible seem rare …