Precarity in Canadian Academia… A Working Bibliography
Unfortunately, precarity in academia has become a well-worn cliché… not least of all for those of us living in this state of ontological insecurity. In Canada, most university…
Tag: Canada
Exploring the Arctic at Venice International University
Scholars, indigenous activists and students from both sides of the Atlantic (or Pacific?) met at the small Venetian island of San Servolo from 14th to 19th of January…
Rejecting the Solutrean hypothesis: the first peoples in the Americas were not from Europe
A recent Canadian documentary promoted a fringe idea in American archaeology that’s both scientifically wrong and racist Last month’s release of The Ice Bridge, an episode in the…
Rejecting the Solutrean hypothesis: the first peoples in the Americas were not from Europe
A recent Canadian documentary promoted a fringe idea in American archaeology that’s both scientifically wrong and racist Last month’s release of The Ice Bridge, an episode in the…
Happy Anthropology Day from AnthroEverywhere!
A very happy Anthropology Day from us here at AnthroEverywhere! According to the American Anthropological Association, Anthropology Day is a day for anthropologists to celebrate their discipline and…
Happy Anthropology Day from AnthroEverywhere!
A very happy Anthropology Day from us here at AnthroEverywhere! According to the American Anthropological Association, Anthropology Day is a day for anthropologists to celebrate their discipline and…
How Canadian bureaucrats make state territory in the name of ‘restoring’ Indigenous rights
I’m quite happy that some recent work of mine is now out in the Annals of the American Association of Geographers.[very happy to send copies to anybody with…
What Happened to the American Empire?
Has anything out of the ordinary happened to the US as an imperialist power since the ascent of Trump to office? While the continuities between Trump and his…
Democratization vs. Liberalism in Canada
Many North Americans (leaving aside Mexico), would likely not know that the official acronym for “North Korea” is “DPRK,” and if they did then fewer still might realize…
Cultural Appropriation, Cultural Exploitation, Cultural Genocide: Problems of Neoliberal Diversity Management
“The Emergence of the Chief” is a statue on the Loyola campus of Concordia University in Montreal. {click to enlarge} In Canada, “a yoga instructor…says her free class…
In Search of the Toxic Berry Patch
By Janelle Baker, McGill University § In Memory of the late “Cibomb” Clement Auger Cibomb. Photo by Janelle Baker. Rattling down a dusty oil field road in his little…
Tracing Chemical Intimacies
By Sophia Jaworski (University of Toronto) A middle-aged woman in the Greater Toronto Area wears a charcoal mask in her bedroom to prevent asthma spurred by breathing in…
Canada, First in Anthropology
As Canada commemorated its 150th anniversary on July 1st, 2017, it seemed appropriate to present a topic in the history of anthropology, and Canadian anthropology in particular, that…
#Canada150, Indigenous nations 13,000…
If you live in Canada, you will know that the country has just celebrated its sesquicentennial. You might have even learned the word “sesquicentennial” recently to describe what…
Academics and their Social Media Presence
Thao Nelson from Indiana University wrote an article for Maclean’s entitled Dear students, what you post can wreck your life. In this article, Nelson argues that students should think…
Introduction to “Maintaining Refuge”
This introduction is part of the Maintaining Refuge series. The last few years have witnessed a rising tide of concern about a rising tide of refugees and migrants. As…
How to Make Extremism Mainstream and Fake a Debate about Islamophobia
Is there a genuine debate taking place about Islamophobia? When and why did the “concern” about Islamophobia reach the highest levels of government in North America and western…
More on racist mascots
In my house, we are already two months into baseball season — which also means the resurgence of critical blogs, news articles and discussions about racist mascots. We…
More on racist mascots
In my house, we are already two months into baseball season — which also means the resurgence of critical blogs, news articles and discussions about racist mascots. We…
Paper: Internet for remote First Nation communities in Northwestern Ontario
Budka, P. (2017). Internet for remote First Nation communities in Northwestern Ontario. Paper at “3rd CoRe Workshop – Mobility and Remoteness: What is the Connection?“, Vienna, Austr…
At #CASCAIUAES17 in Ottawa!
This week (May 2nd-6th) we are attending the CASCA/IUAES2017 Conference in Ottawa! This year, the Canadian Anthropology Society (CASCA) is having a joint Conference/InterCongress with the Interna…
At #CASCAIUAES17 in Ottawa!
This week (May 2nd-6th) we are attending the CASCA/IUAES2017 Conference in Ottawa! This year, the Canadian Anthropology Society (CASCA) is having a joint Conference/InterCongress with the Interna…
Vortrag: Medien und Literalität in der Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie
Budka, P. 2017. Medien und Literalität in der Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie: (Digitale) Medienpraktiken aus kulturvergleichender Perspektive. Vortrag im Workshop “Dark Side of Literacy”…