CFP: Seventh International Convention on Food and Drink Studies
EUROPEAN INSTITUTE FORTHE HISTORY AND CULTURES OF FOOD After you attend the ASFS/AFHVS conference in May 2022, it might be worth heading …
Cultivating Connections: ASFS/AFHVS Annual Conference CFP
See below for the CFP for the best annual food studies conference in North America, which will take place next May in …
Fish as Food: Lifestyle and a Sustainable Future
Fish dinner. Photo credit: David Beriss SAFN member Ellen Messer has written to us here at SAFN World Headquarters about the virtual …
Just Food: Because It Is Never Just Food
David Beriss Today was day one of this year’s best little food conference. Organized by the Association for the Study of Food …
The Future of (Academic) Conferencing by Ayo Wahlberg
From the 4th to the 6th of March 2021, close to 500 medical anthropologists, sociologists, STS scholars and more participated in the Chronic …
Aging and Social Justice: A slow-motion virtual conference by Celeste Pang
As we have all seen, COVID-19 has been a tip of an iceberg, exposing deep layers of social stratification and inequities. From …
Panel “Digital Ethnography: Revisiting Theoretical Concepts & Methodological Approaches”
Panel “Digital Ethnography: Revisiting Theoretical Concepts & Methodological Approaches” @ Vienna Anthropology Days 2020 (VANDA2020, Sept. 28 – Oct. 1), convened by …
CFP: Eating On the Move
We recently received the CFP below for an intriguing looking conference in Rome in September, 2021. This should be of interest to …
CfP: Digital Ethnography: Revisiting Theoretical Concepts and Methodological Approaches
Call for Papers for Panel “Digital Ethnography: Revisiting Theoretical Concepts and Methodological Approaches” at Vienna Anthropology Days (VANDA), 28 Sept. – 1 …
The 10th Arctic Workshop of the University of Tartu, Estonia ANIMALS OF THE ARCTIC: FROM SYMBIOSIS TO SYMBOLS, 2
12–13 June 2020 Khanty reindeer herder The Arctic is a region that is commonly associated with animals. It is typical for people …
AFHVS/ASFS Conference Deadline Extended!
Note the new deadline for this great conference. Also: SAFN members can register for the conference at member rates! ABSTRACT DEADLINE EXTENDED …
#events: Let’s Get Geographical!
They say ‘the early bird catches the worm’. Would you like to catch that worm? Or, perhaps, that worm isn’t so enticing! …
CfP: Engaged media anthropology in the digital age
The EASA Media Anthropology Network is organizing an official network panel at the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) 2020 conference in …
Choreographies of magic and mess: AusSTS in Melbourne and Darwin
As the presenter encouraged the academics in the room to consider what it means for nanotechnology to sell itself as ‘magic’, boots …
(Dis)continuities in cancer care: An ethnographic approximation to practices of disease stratification by Ignacia Arteaga
Background: Disease stratification practices have long been used as a means to produce and make sense of cancer, distinguishing ‘types’, tumour development …
How do you do interdisciplinarity? by Roberta Pala
The AusSTS Interdisciplinary workshop took place at Deakin University, in Melbourne, Australia from the 3rd to the 5th of July 2019. The …
I went to Switzerland and Learned about Transparency
I was very lucky to visit Switzerland last week for the first time. I have a lot of positive things to say …
El Congreso 2018 de la Asociación Americana de Antropología
Imagen del Centro de Convenciones de San José,el día anterior al Congreso. Foto GVC. Este año el congreso anual de la Asociación …
Exploring anthropologies of medicine and health across borders at 4S 2018 by Aadita Chaudhury
This year’s annual meeting for the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) had an intriguing new component: an exhibition on the …
A Report on the 2018 4S Conference in Sydney, Australia by Tessa Leach
What characterises STS in different regions? What kinds of research projects, educational programs, and people are doing STS around the world? What …
Panel: “Digital Visuality” @ VANDA 2018
PANEL “DIGITAL VISUALITY” @ Vienna Anthropology Days (VANDA) 2018 (September 19-22, 2018) Convenors: Elke Mader & Philipp Budka Thursday, 20 September 11:00-17:00 …
The Agroecological Prospect, Cheese Curds and Radishes
David Beriss Last week I attended the joint annual meeting of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society and the Association for …
Paper: Indigenous articulations in the digital age
Budka, P. (2018). Indigenous articulations in the digital age: Reflections on historical developments, activist engagements and mundane practices. Paper at International Communication …
Agitated children, turbulent trajectories: Towards a comparison between Europe and South America – a workshop report by Álvaro Jiménez Molina
This article describes the main discussions and contributions of the first workshop of the International Research Network on Disruptive Behaviours. The workshop …