Water Politics Syllabus & Resources
We have been seeing some very interesting discussions and resources emerging around water politics recently. Image from “The Rights of the Whanganui River” (Peeps) In addition to the…
We have been seeing some very interesting discussions and resources emerging around water politics recently. Image from “The Rights of the Whanganui River” (Peeps) In addition to the…
We have been seeing some very interesting discussions and resources emerging around water politics recently. Image from “The Rights of the Whanganui River” (Peeps) In addition to the…
AAA 2017: Anthropology Matters November 29-December 3, 2017 Washington, DC Ethno/Graphic Storytelling: Communicating research through graphic novels and animation Co-Organizers: Archaeologist Sonya At…
Anthropologists use life histories as a means to shed light on larger systems through the eyes of one individual, over time. Atlas Obscura author Lauren Young recently reminded…
Anthropologists use life histories as a means to shed light on larger systems through the eyes of one individual, over time. Atlas Obscura author Lauren Young recently reminded…
In the aftermath of Trump’s victory, we would do well to recall Hegel’s maxim that difference-in-sameness moves history. Max Weber used a similar argument to moderate the polarised…
In our continued feature of Fieldnotes: A ‘guided journal’ for doing anthropology by Luis A. Vivanco, we’re delving into his fourth chapter on Taking Notes in his Doing Fieldwork sectio…
In our continued feature of Fieldnotes: A ‘guided journal’ for doing anthropology by Luis A. Vivanco, we’re delving into his fourth chapter on Taking Notes in his Doing Fieldwork sectio…
In continuation from our coverage of Luis A. Vivianco’s Field Notes: A Guided Journal for Doing Anthropology, he provides a practical appraisal of fieldwork in his second chapter.…
In continuation from our coverage of Luis A. Vivianco’s Field Notes: A Guided Journal for Doing Anthropology, he provides a practical appraisal of fieldwork in his second chapter.…
From Anthropology Matters come this article by Amy Pollard: “Field of screams: difficulty and ethnographic fieldwork.” As explained in the abstract, many novice field researchers — here, PhD…
From Anthropology Matters come this article by Amy Pollard: “Field of screams: difficulty and ethnographic fieldwork.” As explained in the abstract, many novice field researchers — here, PhD…
**Review first published in Pacific Affairs 1926, Vol 89 (3): 696-698.** by Geert De Neve Ayya’s Accounts is a most wonderful product of listening, narrating and co-writing between…
Two Arts of Serendipity Brent Luvaas Street photography, notes Magnum photographer Alex Webb, is a practice of harnessing serendipity. Photographers never know what they are going to find…
Today marks the publication of a new book called Visualising Facebook, which I have written with Dr Jolynna Sinanan. It is available as a free download from UCL Press…
Premios Oscar 2017. Foto editada a partir de una imagen tomada de la televisiónUna actriz y un actor se dirigen hacia el público para develar uno de los…
Separation from Europe has opened up the real possibility that the United Kingdom will break up. Scotland is already bent on secession and the two Irelands may resolve…
Who can believe that it’s almost Spring – where did the time fly?! At Allegra we just realized that we never paused to reflect on all that 2016…
This blog will feature a series of posts on a new (2017) resource for first-time and long-standing ethnographers – a ‘guided journal’ for doing anthropology by Luis A.…
Introduction I fought 32 wildfires over fifteen months as part of my ethnographic research. I fought them with men who are currently in prison. Many western U.S. states…
On care and self-care as an anthropologist and rape crisis advocate. I came to my work with survivors of sexual violence, initially, out of care. Care about the…
Visibility in the field can be fraught with methodological and ethical dilemmas. “Go ahead inside. I need to get a few things from the trunk,” I told Destiny…
Advocacy anthropology does not always mean aligning oneself with an underdog. Nicolas Raymond/Flickr (CC BY 2.0) Since the establishment of our discipline, anthropologists have fretted over the questi…
For the activist-scholar research can mean navigating between different audiences, modes, and ethics of representation. When the Kony 2012 video went viral, it sparked numerous conversations about Wes…