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In the run-up to the holiday season we invite you to sit back, relax, and enjoy some of our most popular content this year. You can catch up…
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In the run-up to the holiday season we invite you to sit back, relax, and enjoy some of our most popular content this year. We are continually on…
Top Five In Focus
In the run-up to the holiday season we invite you to sit back, relax, and enjoy some of our most popular content this year. We are continually on…
Trump and the Establishment Boogeyman
What is “the establishment” and why was it scorned this election cycle? I have been thinking lately about the establishment. What I mean is that I have been…
Trump and the Establishment Boogeyman
What is “the establishment” and why was it scorned this election cycle? I have been thinking lately about the establishment. What I mean is that I have been…
Run, Hide, Fight
On campus violence, language, and the climate of fear. Monday was my birthday. I was taking a walk along the river near my house when my phone buzzed. I…
Protecting Undocumented Students Post-Election
From meeting to action. Working together to support our students. In the wake of the recent presidential election, we find ourselves reflecting deeply on our roles as…
Genetics, Race, and the Practice of Science, Part Two
On how human genetics is biopolitical. Earlier this year Jonathan Marks and I sat down at the University of Notre Dame for a conversation about his recent books,…
Genetics, Race, and the Practice of Science, Part One
On how the humanities help us think critically about science. Jonathan Marks and I have a lot in common (despite the fact that I am a Christian feminist…
Human Trafficking in a Time of Crisis
How exaggerated media reports misconceive the realities of migration and displacement. The current refugee crisis in Europe has once again sounded alarms about increased human trafficking. This is…
Going Native
Bernard C Perley is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where he teaches classes in Linguistic Anthropology, American Indian Studies, and Global Studies. H…
Archaeology in Times of Trump
Archaeologists Against Trump is the name of a Facebook group. It can also be applied to the writings and actions by a large number of archaeologists concerned with…
Displacing Community
In Baltimore development isn’t just about “business getting built”—it’s also about community relations. As I arrived at my office at Coppin State University (CSU) late in the morning…
Gone to #AAA2016!
AN will be at the AAA Annual Meeting in Minneapolis this week. We’ll be back in action soon. If you’re joining the fun in Minneapolis, check out our Annual…
Mourning in Orlando
Latinx memorials force us to question the whiteness of queer identity and national memorialization. On June 12, 2016, a gunman armed with an AR-15-style rifle opened fire at…
Islam Is Not Our Enemy
Post-Orlando vigils reveal ways in which Islamophobia and homophobia interact. In the weeks following the Orlando nightclub shooting on June 12, 2016, thousands of people across the United…
Surviving with Guns in Rural Arizona
Fears and beliefs about guns are key to a survivalist culture of self-reliance. A rural silence of twittering birds hung over the remote Arizona settlement built by a…
Trigger Happy with Gunspeak
Our speech echoes the gun-obsessed society in which Americans live. After I was invited to pull the trigger on this article, to draw a bead on gunspeak, to…
Building the Next Generation of Anthropological Archaeology
Welcoming the AD to Amerind in June of 2016. Photo courtesy Annie Larkin and Jane Eva-Baxter American archaeology has long found its home both structurally and intellectually within…
Casting out Violence
In New York queer youth ask how art can combat violence. To exist is to resist. We have heard this phrase uttered by activists representing marginalized communities, from…
A Gift of Giving with PIFFT
November 4, 2016 Dear Members, I write with great excitement to announce the launch of the Palestine-Israeli Fellowship Fund for Travel (PIFFT), a project that emerged as one…