Disrupting Nativism (Part One)
We must confront the nativism, xenophobia, and racism that youth in our “diverse classrooms” experience head on. I began writing this article in June 2016. At that time,…
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An Anthropologist at the Women’s March on Washington, Part 1: Finding Communitas, Feminist Style
(photo by Alma Gottlieb) The doors of our metro car opened and closed, opened and closed with increasingly alarming dysfunction. On any other day, the many more dozens…
The Dying Days of Liberalism
How Orthodoxy, Professionalism, and Unresponsive Politics Finally Doomed a 19th-century Project What a sight to behold. These are the dying days, counting down soon to the final hours,…
Judging Books by Their Cover
Why we must challenge misrepresentations of race and culture on our textbook covers. Is it possible to claim that anthropology no longer exoticizes and creates cultural Others, when…
Anthropoliteia’s #BlackLivesMatter Syllabus
Anthropoliteia (@anthropoliteia) is another great anthropology resource publishing in blog form, offering “critical perspectives on police, security, crime, law and punishment around the world.” One of…
Monitoring and Assessing Diversity Initiatives
At times throughout my (short) career as an anthropologist, I’ve struggled with answering the question of how would an anthropological stance/investigation/insight influence the bottom line? This strug…
Critical thinking: Who’s up for it?
Petition diversifying Philosophy By Georgette Veerhuis A month ago on Thursday 21 January 2016 I attended the symposium Diversify Philosophy at the VU. It sounded mysterious. Why does…
Gentrification, diversification & events – let’s take it SLOW!
Ever so often we find it indispensable to remind ourselves & everyone else that one of Allegra’s guiding mottos is ‘slow food for thought‘. Indeed, one of the…
Anthropology != Ethnography
I was talking in the pub about the fundamental nature of anthropology with one of my classmates during my master’s course a few years ago after…
Anthropology != Ethnography
I was talking in the pub about the fundamental nature of anthropology with one of my classmates during my master's course a few years ago after…
Anthropology != Ethnography
I was talking in the pub about the fundamental nature of anthropology with one of my classmates during my master’s course a few years ago after…
Book Review: I See My Representation and I Will Raise You, Identification
By Dan Gardner To read Tom Boellstorff’s introduction to this book reviews series, head over to The Book Review as Conversation. “In a fictional world where I can use magic…
A Geek’s Guide to Washington D.C.’s AwesomeCon
By Emma Louise Backe Awesome Con is in Washington, D.C. this weekend and I can’t wait to see the Metro flooded with cyborgs, otaku and every version of…
Pixels and Politics: Representation in Video Games
By Christine Tomlinson To read Tom Boellstorff’s introduction to this book reviews series, head over to The Book Review as Conversation. T. L. Taylor. 2006. Play Between Worlds: Exploring Online…