Casting into the Cosmos: Magic and Ritual in Human Spaceflight (Part 2)
In Part 1, I wrote a gonzo ethnography about my experience at a rocket launch in Florida. For Part 2, I will be utilizing historical records, museum didactic…
Tag: Fieldwork
An Anthropologist In Situ Part II: A Business Accreditation Conference
I (Jenn) have recently been reflecting on the ways in which we can bring anthropological knowledge into non-traditional anthropological places – particularly, during conference season. First, I spoke…
Casting into the Cosmos: Magic and Ritual in Human Spaceflight (Part 1)
Savage Minds welcomes guest blogger Taylor R. Genovese. Field Notes – September 8, 2016 (Cape Canaveral, Florida): I see the light and smoke first. The radiant fuel pours…
Let the interviews begin!
It’s finally time…. Tagged: Anthropology, fieldwork, interviews
Virtual roundtable: “Collaborative dilemmas” in the age of uncertainty
“Collaborative dilemmas” was the title of a workshop held last April at EHESS in Paris under the framework of “UNESCO frictions: heritage-making across global governance” in collaboration with…
Roundtable: Answers by Julie Billaud
Are those developments, usually condemned as corrupting us as scholars and leading to the death of pure research, introducing some kind of innovation vis-à-vis established academic work? For…
Roundtable: Answers by Simone Toji
As a researcher who was raised in Brazil, my uncertainty and dilemmas may have a different punch compared to other cases. The context of uncertainty in Brazil includes…
Roundtable: Answers by Chiara Bortolotto
For more than ten years I have been exploring UNESCO policies in the field of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH). My interest spans from the uses of culture as…
Roundtable: Answers by Giulia Scalettaris
Are these developments, usually condemned as corrupting us as scholars and leading to the death of pure research, introducing some kind of innovation vis-à-vis established academic work? In…
The Razor’s Edge LLC Brings You “Reality Tourism”™
You are on top of the world. And sometimes it feels like that is the problem. That is where we at Razor’s Edge LLC come in to support…
2017: An Ethnographic Renaissance?
I recently read an interview between Smithsonian’s Steven Beschloss and sociologist Matthew Desmond. This article detailed Desmond’s fieldwork in a trailer park and a rooming house in Milwaukee…
The Force of Custom in Kyrgyzstan: Allegra’s Judith Beyer discusses her new book
Sean Guillory of Sean’s Russia Blog spoke with our Publications and Reviews Editor Judith Beyer about her book The force of custom. Law and the ordering of everyday…
Clifford Geertz: Ethnographer?
Why was Clifford Geertz such a popular anthropologist? Because he connected anthropology and the humanities? Because he was a great writer? One answer that often comes up is…
Promoting publications behind paywalls… or anthro everywhere! in Anthropologica
Jennifer and Rhiannon at CASCA-IUAES with Vol. 59, Issue 1 of Anthropologica (May 2017) What a nice surprise to arrive at the CASCA-IUAES intercongress last week and see…
Promoting publications behind paywalls… or anthro everywhere! in Anthropologica
Jennifer and Rhiannon at CASCA-IUAES with Vol. 59, Issue 1 of Anthropologica (May 2017) What a nice surprise to arrive at the CASCA-IUAES intercongress last week and see…
No space for grief
In the shelter, a girl on her way to work in the fields by Aniek Santema The floor in Ouzai where Mariam lives becomes a familiar place, I…
Tinder as a methodological tool #EmergingDigitalPractices
Imagine being able to remotely and anonymously search through locals in your area, browse through pictures of them, and chat with those who also found you attractive. Imagine…
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…
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…
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…
#Fieldwork among comedians: A Danish anthropologist trying to be funny
“Why are stand-up comedians better anthropologists than I am?” A few years ago, I started asking myself that question. As an anthropologist, I am supposed to know about…
When Cognitive Mapping and Life Histories Meet
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…
When Cognitive Mapping and Life Histories Meet
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…