Antonio De Lauri: The Courage of Historical Truths
With the destruction of Gaza by Israel under way and the humanitarian situation in the occupied Palestinian territories worsening day by day, a recurrent question is raised in…
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SAR Alumna Tiya Miles Interviewed for the NY Times Book Review
Tiya Miles, 2007 An interview of Tiya Miles (History, Harvard), an SAR resident scholar in 2007-2008, appeared in the New York Times Book Review’s “By the Book”…
Climate Change and Retreatist Anthropology
Laura Nader, in a 2013 interview (De Lauri 2013)—the message of which is no less salient today—stated: “For me anthropology is the freest of scientific endeavors because it…
The Nunavut Arctic College and mobilization of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit in Nunavut research
This Inuit-led project ireviewed over three and a half thousand documents relating to research in Nunavut and involving Nunavummiut between 1996 and 2022.
Diversity According to Whiteness
Diversity according to whiteness is not about who should occupy the spaces of public discourse, so much as it is about who should have the power to decide…
SAR Receives Major Grant from National Park Service to Achieve Compliance with North American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
Blog by Melinda Sue Robbins, Grants Manager, School for Advanced Research SAR Rece…
DUE TO FALLING ENROLLMENTS, WE WILL NO LONGER OFFER COURSES IN ROMULAN AT STARFLEET ACADEMY
Inspired by things linked in these recent posts, I wrote something for McSweeney’s.
Full time Coordinator, IndigeLab Network
The Coordinator will oversee the day to day logistics of running an international Indigenous Network.
Review Plenary DGSKA 2023 “Contested Knowledge: Museological Perspectives”
The plenary “Contested Knowledge: Museological Perspectives” at the 2023 meeting of the German Anthropological Association…
Queering Science: A view from the bench (London, UCL, Nov 29, 2023)
Drs. Max Liboiron and Alex Bond will discuss theorizing and practicing queering science from two different but overlapping perspectives.
Plato’s cave regrets to inform you it will be raising its rent
Xu Mason at McSweeney’s: As the costs of maintaining a cave meant to trap you in your ignorance increases year after year, we want you to know, from…
Multimodal ethnographies for teaching anthropological sensibilities
Anna Apostolidou PhD, Assistant Professor of Social Anthropology, Ionian University Given the history of our discipline, it seems rather peculiar that anthropologists are not more “naturally inclin…
Attraction and repulsion are two points on a triangle. Distraction is the third.
David Schurman Wallace at the Paris Review: Despite all the hand-wringing about distraction, it’s asked less often what it is that we want to attend to in the…
What does the “participation” of Indigenous peoples in plastics pollution governance mean?
CLEAR’s new review paper looks at the ways different author groups understand Indigenous “participation” in divergent ways, and what this does to how plastic pollution itself is understood.
Reflections on the Makkovik plastics identification workshop
Our research team shares the highlights of the community-based research process
Inuit Research Assistant, Nain (full time or part time)
We’re looking for an Inuit Research Assistant based in Nain, Nunatsiavut to support plastic and other northern contaminant research. All training is provided.
Menara Guizardi: Notes on the Political Capitalization of Anguish and Hope in Argentina (and the American Southern-Cone)
In recent work, several authors in anthropology have analyzed how the extreme right is being configured and acquiring a considerable pull on the mainstream (see: Kalb, 2023a; Semán…
Over Thirty Past SAR Artist Fellows Show Work at the 2023 Santa Fe Indian Market
Max Early at the 2019 Santa Fe Indian Market. It’s been 101 years since the …
In the House that Jack Built
The heat promised to be oppressive in the courtyard of the house that Jack built. Yet there was hope as guests…
Taken Rapanui Heritage project
In 2020, amidst the COVID pandemic, the tourism industry came to a complete halt, leaving Rapa Nui (also known as Easter Island) almost entirely isolated from the rest…
SAR Awarded Over $225,000 by Institute for Museum and Library Services
Blog by Melinda Sue Robbins, Grants Manager, School for Advanced Research SAR’s In…
Citational politics training module
An introductory assignment on the politics of citation, with a guided quiz for students to think about how they might change their citation practices to best align with…
Plastics Identification Workshop (Makkovik) / Palâtikkisajannut Nalunaittauningit katingaKatigennik (Makkovik)
We are in Makkovik as part of a long-term plastic monitoring program in Nunatsiavut to identify plastics from shorelines, and we need your help! Makkovimmevugut ilangagijaulluni akuni palâtikkisajanni…
Grounded in Clay Exhibition Debuts in New York
Blog by Helen Brooks, Director, Leadership Giving, School for Advanced Research Ju…