This is the (overdue!) second part of a series reflecting on changes I made to my undergraduate course Anthropology for Liberation at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington…
This article is a part of a series about stuckness in science and technology. Read the introduction to the series here. If you are one of the millions…
The Arcana of Reproduction More to say on this soon as it is invaluable for the book I am working on and is so much more than the…
I am very happy to pass on this announcement about a lecture by my friend and colleague, Greg Poole, from Doshisha University: | Date & Time | u:japan…
Ikanum is a Chinuk wawa word referring to Oral histories. It has become an operative word from the Grand Ronde tribe, the basis of their Indigenous theory of…
Children’s Lived Experience of Poverty and Vulnerability in Kenya by Elizabeth Ngutuku is a theoretically and historically grounded ethnography of childhood deprivation in Siaya, Kenya. The book…
This post examines how the new Syrian state seeks to reconstruct public memory through revisions of public-school curricula in a period of profound political and social transformation after…
Today I have the honour of bringing you a guest post written by my colleague and good friend, Rima Dib. She is one of the most powerful and…
ANTH 3354 – Anthropology of Hunting Spring 2026 As the instructor for this course, I reserve the right to adjust this schedule in any way that serves the…
Men are not trash. Perpetuating that narrative helps normalize rape culture by making it seem like it’s just inherent to their nature. It’s not, and we’ve gotta stop…
This year I taught my undergraduate course Anthropology for Liberation at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington after a two year break. As readers of this blog will…
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/apv.12445?domain=author&token=4C3TESRPRVSEVSXAETSN Abstract: This paper considers a course on critical thinking in Vietnam with a case s…
Ruling the Mongols of Manchuria by Jiani He examines how language shaped imperial governance and nation-building in late Qing borderlands. He’s detailed and valuable linguistic history reveals t…
There seems too little focus of how the loss of writing skills though the convenience of AI as writing flounders under the ever urgent need for results, the…
Liberals—defined as people with progressive social beliefs who generally support capitalism implicitly because they don’t know what it is or because they have a poor understanding of it,…
“They should know better.” Well, they don’t. What now? I see a lot of rhetoric these days about how certain people in certain political cults–oh, you know the…
I am delighted to share this invaluable resource from my friend and colleague, Dr. April K Henderson. April has written the most thoughtful and practical advice I’ve seen…
Recently I have been thinking about how I learnt to transition from fieldwork to writing. Like many graduate students, mid-way through my thesis research I found myself with…
In a new squib on SubstackTM this morning (which I admit I did not read all of because, due at work and there is a techno-paywall requiring download…
The Demystifying Language Project brings together New York City high school and college students with linguistic anthropologists to make research on language and power available for broad audiences.…
Traveling Treasures is a new project led by a team of anthropologists that puts Liberians directly in touch with their dispersed cultural heritage through immersive technologies designed to…
After graduating high school, I began university in 2003, majoring in biology and psychology. My goal at the time was to work in conservation, ecology, and organismal biology.…
To be updated regularly. Last update March 21, 2025 Contact: Heath Cabot (heath.cabot@uib.no) Have you found yourself under attack within … More
Letter from APLA President: Call for Action and Help March 21, 2025 Dear APLA Members and Friends, As you know, … More