Refugees and Police Violence in Calais
An anthropologist reflects on ethical responsibility and everyday violence. Sitting on a bench in a beautiful town-center park in Calais, we speak to a number of Ethiopian refugees…
Tag: Ethics
Are Religious People More Moral?
While religious practices might remind participants of specific moral codes, they do not make followers more moral, overall, than unbelievers. Dimitris Xygalatas This article was original…
Preventing Academic Dishonesty…
On the heels of our experiences in the Grading Inferno, we are reminded of this very interesting article from UA about The importance of ethics education from October. Author…
Preventing Academic Dishonesty…
On the heels of our experiences in the Grading Inferno, we are reminded of this very interesting article from UA about The importance of ethics education from October. Author…
Unpicking an (A)moral Anthropological Stance: Ongoing violence in Myanmar
Author: Justine Chambers, Doctoral candidate with the Department of Anthropology, School of Culture, History and Languages (CHL) at the Australian National University. You can read more about her…
Sample Boilerplate Language for Ethnographic Ethics Proposals
Blogger Jennifer Long has been spending lots of time (too much time) writing ethics proposals these days. However, many university-related ethics boards have very useful tips, tricks and…
Sample Boilerplate Language for Ethnographic Ethics Proposals
Blogger Jennifer Long has been spending lots of time (too much time) writing ethics proposals these days. However, many university-related ethics boards have very useful tips, tricks and…
Learning to Trust Machines That Learn
Imagine lying on a hospital bed. Doctors with grave expressions hover. One leans down to tell you that you are terribly sick and says they recommend a risky…
Paying with Our Faces: Apple’s FaceID
In early September, Apple Computer, Inc. launched their new iPhone and with it, FaceID, software that uses facial-recognition as an authentication for unlocking the iPhone. The mass global…
Paying with Our Faces: Apple’s FaceID
In early September, Apple Computer, Inc. launched their new iPhone and with it, FaceID, software that uses facial-recognition as an authentication for unlocking the iPhone. The mass global…
Cholera, Cluster Bombs and Summer Vacation
This post can be read at MENA Tidningen.
What do Cultural Anthropologists do? "Decode" Human Behaviour
According to a recent article (August 3, 2017) in the Financial Post, Martin Birt discusses the work of Johanna Faigelman, CEO and founding partner of Human Branding. In answer…
al-Juwayni on Islamic Law
David R. Vishanoff has recently published online A Critical Edition, English Translation, and New Commentary on Imām al‑Ḥaramayn al-Juwaynī’s Leaflet on the Sources of Law (Kitāb al‑Waraqāt fī…
Confronting Cultural Imperialism in Native American Archaeology
Two Native American students conduct research in Petrified Forest National Park in June 2015 as part of a field school project. Fort Lewis College’s Archaeological Field School Back…
The Packaging of Anthropological Knowledge and Its Merits According to Market Research Experts
In a Harvard Business Review article To Get More Out of Social Media, Think Like an Anthropologist authors Susan Fournier, John Quelch, and Bob Rietveld (August 16, 2016) advocate…
How Our Modern Lifestyles Perpetuate Slavery
An immigrant farmworker listens to activist Ethel Kennedy and a representative from the Florida-based human rights organization Coalition of Immokalee Workers speak as part of the Robert F.…
CFP: Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics
We have received the following call for proposals from David Kaplan, which may be of interest to FoodAnthropology readers and researchers: Call for proposals: Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural…
An Anthropologist In Situ: Canadian Engineering Education Association 2017 Conference
As mentioned in our previous blog post, I recently spoke about the potential of bringing anthropological ethics into Engineering classrooms (as per my current teaching role). I was…
Anthropological Ethics Outside Anthropology Classrooms
In line with Monday’s post on alt-ac careers for anthropologists, I wanted to further explore the role of Anthropology (its knowledge, methods, approach, etc.) outside its home discipline.…
Bringing anthropological ethics into the classroom
With the Canadian Anthropology Society Conference next week comes CASCA’s Spring issue of the network’s newsletter, Culture. One item that caught our eye in this issue was Eric…
Bringing anthropological ethics into the classroom
With the Canadian Anthropology Society Conference next week comes CASCA’s Spring issue of the network’s newsletter, Culture. One item that caught our eye in this issue was Eric…
The Lost City That’s Not Lost, Not a City, and Doesn’t Need to Be Discovered
The Pech, an Indigenous group in eastern Honduras, possess local knowledge, stories, and survival skills that are invaluable for knowing a place and its history. Christopher Begley We…
Why We Need Transnational Social Protection for Migrants
On February 20, migrants and British nationals came together for One Day Without Us rallies, demonstrations, and other events throughout the United Kingdom to celebrate the role of…