Review: Burgundy: The Global Story of Terroir
Marion Demossier. Burgundy: The Global Story of Terroir. Berghahn. New York. 2018. 270 pp. ISBN: 978-1-78920-627-2 paperback. Richard Zimmer, (Sonoma State University) …
Purpose of Living Anthropologically
In a time of global convulsion, I’m rethinking the purpose of Living Anthropologically as a blog and website. And yes, that image …
Covid-19 and global health, seen from France: the end of a “great divide”? by Jean-Paul Gaudillière
Note — this text is an updated version of an article published in French by Analyse Opinion Critique (AOC) on April 3rd, …
Globalization in the Widening Gyre of COVID-19
Part 2 of 5 of the COVID-19 Series. The Routes of Panic It turns out that when people panic, they panic according …
On being voices of prudence in times of a pandemic – #Corona
Many academic disciplines have a lot to say these days about COVID-19. There are the medical experts, of course, epidemiologists, virologists, microbiologists, …
New Book: Simon Dalby’s Anthropocene Geopolitics
A great looking new title from Simon Dalby from the University of Ottawa Press. Anthropocene Geopolitics: Globalization, Security, Sustainability We now find …
Rick Bayless, Plucky Jollibee, and Globalization
David Beriss I receive a lot of restaurant industry email. Despite the deluge, sometimes the emails provide glimpses into the industry that …
State of the Empire: Reviewing 2019
Annual Review of 2019: The State of the Empire at the End of a Decade This year marks the end of the …
Trade
Issues of trade have come to renewed attention, as the global trading system has been rocked by upended agreements and cries for …
Global Giants: American Empire and Transnational Capital
Review of Giants: The Global Power Elite by Peter Phillips (Introduction by William I. Robinson). New York: Seven Stories Press, 2018. LCCN …
Power in the Face of Indian Surrogacy by Emma Abell-Selby
Introduction Power is in the air we breathe, and no matter where we are there are always individuals with more power over …
Climate Propaganda for Corporate Profit: Bell Canada
Strategically timed to appear immediately after a heady week of international climate emergency marches, including large ones in Canada, and after the …
Girls, Groupies, and Grim Reapers: The Religious Politics of Mass Response
Following a week at the UN and ensuing climate change “protests” (state-sanctioned, party-approved, media-praised, university-endorsed, “protests”), in which we were yet agai…
The Limitations of Compassion in International Volunteering
On April 15, 2013, at 2:49 p.m., two bombs were detonated near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The effects were …
Review: Food Anxiety in Globalising Vietnam
Food Anxiety in Globalizing Vietnam. Judith Ehlert and Nora Katharina Faltmann eds. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. 330pp. ISBN 978-981-13-0743-0 .Shao-Yun Chang (Tulane …
Boundaries, Borders, Walls
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Brexit, the Uncivil War: Watering Myths with the Teardrops of the Ruling Class
What have been billed as momentous EU Parliament elections are taking place this week (May 23–26), and it seemed like the right …
The Message(s) In the Bottle (or Keg)
Amy Trubek with Elisa Ascione and Manuel Barbato Why am I in Umbria spending time with craft brewers and tasting beers such …
Review: Eating Nafta
Eating NAFTA: Trade, Food Policies and the Destruction of Mexico. Alyshia Gálvez. University of California Press. 2018. 260pp. ISBN:9780520291812. Joan Gross …
Syria: The New Terra Nullius
SYRIA, seat of an Islamic Caliphate. Syria, site of the Middle East’s newest liberal democracy. Syria, socialist paradise. Syria, a corrupt and …
Stranger in paradise #displacement
This post explores the notion of displacement through the experience of Franziska, who has spent her whole life in a peaceful touristic …
How Globalization Has Broken the Chain of Responsibility
Industrialization’s footprint has heavily impacted Gladstone, a city on the east coast of Australia. James Morgan/Getty Images In Gladstone, a small city …
Dancing with the Spirits
In a present colored by forces of globalization and the Anthropocene, Masewal dancers reconnect with their spiritual landscape to visualize alternative futures. …
The Trade War is Here: Some of the New “Facts of Life”
In Madeleine Albright’s new book, dramatically titled Fascism: A Warning, she slams the anti-globalization crowd, claiming yet again that globalization is here …