Vale Anthony Wallace and Raymond Smith
I couldn’t let this week slip by without mentioning the passing of two great anthropologist: Raymond T. Smith and Anthony F.C. Wallace. Raymond T. Smith was a social…
Tag: History of Anthropology
An anthropology beyond nature and culture? Tim Ingold and Gisli Palsson’s edited volume, Biosocial Becomings. by Perig Pitrou
Biosocial Becomings: Integrating Social and Biological Anthropology Cambridge University Press, 2013, 288 pages. This essay originally appeared in Portuguese in the journal Mana. Translation provide…
Vale Jack Goody
Keith Hart recently announced on social media that Jack Goody passed away. He was just a few days before his 96th birthday. Goody had a long and productive life and…
Fredrik Barth: An Intellectual Biography (book review)
Thomas Hylland Eriksen. 2015. Fredrick Barth: An Intellectual Biography. London: Pluto Press. Thomas Hylland Eriksen has a well-earned reputation for writing good, short books on large, intractable to…
Rita Denny and Patricia Sunderland, “Handbook of Anthropology in Business”
Rita Denny and Patricia Sunderland‘s book Handbook of Anthropology in Business (Left Coast Press, 2014) is a groundbreaking collection of essays all related to Business Anthropology. As with all inter……
Katherine Frank, “Plays Well in Groups: A Journey Through the World of Group Sex”
Dr. Katherine Frank‘s book, Plays Well in Groups: A Journey Through the World of Group Sex (Rowman and Littlefield, 2013), is a fascinating look at the taboo of group…
Caitlin McDonald and Barbara Sellers-Young, eds., “Belly Dance Around the World: New Communities, Performance and Identity”
When you think about research that contributes to understanding others (or maybe even yourself more), dance is not often the first thought that comes to mind. But the…
Pedro Oliveira, “People-Centered Innovation: Becoming a Practitioner in Innovation Research”
Pedro Oliveira provides a fascinating glimpse into his transition from academia into consultancy, with a guide for those like minded to boot. People-Centered Innovation: Becoming a Practitioner in…
Ken MacLeish, “Making War at Fort Hood: Life and Uncertainty in a Military Community”
Ken MacLeish offers an ethnographic look at daily lives and the true costs borne by soldiers, their families, and communities, in his new book Making War at Fort…
Pauline Turner Strong, “American Indians and the American Imaginary: Cultural Representation Across the Centuries”
Pauline Turner Strong’s new book American Indians and the American Imaginary: Cultural Representation Across the Centuries (Paradigm Publishers, 2012) traces the representations of Native Americans ac… Visit New Books…