A day in Makata village (Malawi)
The neighbour baking mandasi early in the morning Liza Koch My day starts at 5:15 because of the noise outside. The sun is rising and people are…
Tag: Gender
The Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatter Syllabus, Week 28: Michelle Stewart, Towards Accomplices not Allies—in the Classroom and the Streets
The editors of Anthropoliteia are happy to continue an ongoing series The Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatterSyllabus Project, which will mobilize anthropological work as a pedagogical exercise addressin…
Replik auf „Gender-Studies: Die Geschlechterillusion“ von Axel Meyer
Sehr geehrte NZZ-Redaktion, sehr geehrter Herr Axel Mayer, In Ihrem Diskussionsbeitrag „Gender-Studies: Die Geschlechterillusion“ vom 04.04.2017, zeigen Sie die unumstößlichen Naturgesetze auf und ver…
The Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatter Syllabus, Week 26: Sameena Mulla on Missing Black Girls and Women
The editors of Anthropoliteia are happy to continue an ongoing series The Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatterSyllabus Project, which will mobilize anthropological work as a pedagogical exercise addressin…
Women as national education chiefs
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem is the first woman Minister of Education in France, in office since 2014 in the second half of François Hollande’s presidency. (Before becoming Minister of Education she w…
The gendered realities of #displacement: Syrian women in Istanbul
Syrian women are existing between different layers of expectation. In Istanbul power manifests itself in different spaces. It is in the house, on the street, between other Syrian…
The masculinity of Marxist theory
It is an exaggeration to say that all Marxist theory people are men. But the historical masculinity of that little world — let’s face it —is hard to underestimate. I’m not talking…
The Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatter Syllabus, Week 24: Thurka Sangaramoorthy on Decolonizing Anthropology in the Trump Era
The editors of Anthropoliteia are happy to continue an ongoing series The Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatterSyllabus Project, which will mobilize anthropological work as a pedagogical exercise addressin…
Latin America’s Gender Ideology Explosion
What’s been called part of the “global war” to destroy marriage, “your latest right-wing conspiracy,” and the driving idea behind the “anti-LGBT backlash in Latin America,” but “doesn’t…
The Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatter Syllabus, Week 20: Sameena Mulla on Policing Mental Health and Metzl’s The Protest Psychosis
The editors of Anthropoliteia are happy to continue an ongoing series The Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatterSyllabus Project, which will mobilize anthropological work as a pedagogical exercise addressin…
The ethnographer’s body is gendered
Anya Evans is a PhD candidate currently conducting ethnographic research in the Middle East. Her work revolves around issues of the everyday and the future under occupation. She…
#REVIEW: GENDER AND GENETICS: SOCIOLOGY OF THE PRENATAL
Within the past several years, prenatal testing has significantly advanced, developing numerous methods of non-invasive prenatal testing such as examining fetal cell-free DNA in maternal blood. These …
#Reviews week: Let’s talk about #gender!
Following up on Felix Girke’s review of Rogers Brubaker’s book #trans, this #reviews week is dedicated to more new publications that explore #gender at the intersection of a…
Women in the French academy
I wanted to repost a useful graphic from a French academic feminist group in Lyon. The self-explanatory title reads (approximately), “Women’s share declines, the higher you go up the hiera…
How Will the Power of the Pussyhat Endure?
Pussyhats—pink, handcrafted caps with cat-like ears that were worn during the Women’s March on Washington and in supporting women’s marches around the world—are more than just a visual…
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 anthropological work as a pedagog…
When your Business Stalls, it’s time to Evolve: Unpacking Corporate Anthropology with Dr. Andi Simon
How can we make change easier? Do women lead differently from men? What is corporate anthropology? Ryan, Adam, and Aneil are back to answer these questions and more…
Happy New Year from Allegra!
After a well deserved break during the holiday season, Allegra is back and full of energy for yet another exciting year! We have lots of wonderful stuff –…
Hat der Flüchtling ein Geschlecht?Feministische Einflüsse auf das Flüchtlingsrecht
Als die zweite Feminismuswelle das Flüchtlingsrecht erreichte, hat sie dort zu einem grundlegenden Umdenken geführt. Aber die Integration von Genderfragen ins Flüchtlingsrecht ist noch nicht abgeschlo…
Flüchtlingsforschung gegen Mythen 4WissenschaftlerInnen diskutieren Behauptungen aus der Flüchtlingsdebatte
Immer wieder stellen Politikerinnen und Politiker sowie Personen des öffentlichen Lebens fragwürdige Behauptungen in den Raum, die durch Medien aufgegriffen und teils zu Stammtischparolen werden. Häuf…
Flüchtlingsforschung gegen Mythen 4WissenschaftlerInnen diskutieren Behauptungen aus der Flüchtlingsdebatte
Immer wieder stellen Politikerinnen und Politiker sowie Personen des öffentlichen Lebens fragwürdige Behauptungen in den Raum, die durch Medien aufgegriffen und teils zu Stammtischparolen werden. Häuf…
Flüchtlingsforschung gegen Mythen 4WissenschaftlerInnen diskutieren Behauptungen aus der Flüchtlingsdebatte
Immer wieder stellen Politikerinnen und Politiker sowie Personen des öffentlichen Lebens fragwürdige Behauptungen in den Raum, die durch Medien aufgegriffen und teils zu Stammtischparolen werden. Häuf…
Add it to the dictionary! Changing language, changing culture
This short article about Merriam-Webster’s addition of ‘genderqueer’ to their dictionary is really useful for thinking about how language changes over time to describe our changing cultural worlds.…
Add it to the dictionary! Changing language, changing culture
This short article about Merriam-Webster’s addition of ‘genderqueer’ to their dictionary is really useful for thinking about how language changes over time to describe our changing cultural worlds.…