Franz Boas und die Schule der Rebellinnen. Eine andere Geschichte der Anthropologie
Ist die Geschichte der Anthropologie einfach nur Ausdruck von Kolonialismus und Rassismus? Mit dem aufregenden Buch „Schule der Rebellen“ des Historikers Charles …
The Disavowal of Henrietta Schmerler
Anthropology’s decades-long misrepresentation of this story of sexual violence should inform the discipline’s relationship to #MeToo. This is the story of a …
This Anthropology Day, Let’s Remember George Hunt
It’s Anthropology Day, our discipline’s latest invented tradition! A time for reflection on chocolate mint and the values of our discipline, Anthropology Day …
Where the Whacky Franz Boas Pictures Come From
Ya’ll know what I’m talking about, right? Franz Boas posing for figure in USNM exhibit entitled “Hamats’a coming out of secret room” …
Canada, First in Anthropology
As Canada commemorated its 150th anniversary on July 1st, 2017, it seemed appropriate to present a topic in the history of anthropology, …
FreeThink #4: On Art, Creativity, and Bringing Awe back to Anthropology
As you may have noticed, TAL has been on a bit of a break from releasing new episodes. But, the good news …
FreeThink #4: On Art, Creativity, and Bringing Awe back to Anthropology
As you may have noticed, TAL has been on a bit of a break from releasing new episodes. But, the good news …
Editing Wikipedia > Writing Letters to the New York Times
Various bits of social media began vibrating rapidly recently when it was discovered that white supremacists had fooled Google into providing inaccurate …
The Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatter Syllabus Project, Week 16: Victor Kumar on James Baldwin, Margaret Mead and Ethnographic Approaches to Studying Race
The editors of Anthropoliteia are happy to relaunch the second semester of an ongoing series The Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatterSyllabus Project, which will mobilize …
Malinowski and Hats
The alternate title for this post was going to be “Malinowski, Radcliffe-Brown, and Boas walk into a bar…”. This is a little …
E.B. Tylor: evolucionismo social y método comparativo
1. (1889) Edward B. Tylor. Pitt Rivers Museum En 1889 se publica en el Journal of the Anthropological Institute la ponencia de …
Franz Boas y el concepto de cultura
1. Cultura humanista versus cultura antropológica La palabra “cultura” tiene un significado distinto en la obra de Tylor que en la de …