Understanding Human Rights: International Criminal Court vs UN Security Council
The Sphere Within Sphere sculpture at the United Nations Headquarters in New York carries a profound message. As a gift from Italy to mark the arrival of the new…
Tag: humanities
International Space Law: Reviewing the Legal Framework for Space Debris Mitigation and the Pact for the Future
Half a century after the Space Race of the bipolar international system, today’s space race involves a broader range of actors, no longer limited to States. In fact,…
Selbstständigkeit: Informationen, Netzwerk und Bestärkung
Orientierende Plattformen für geisteswissenschaftliche Innovationen und Anwendungen Brotgelehrte-Gründungswerkstatt voraus: 5.2.2024, 14-15:30 UhrGründungswerkstatt – Brotgelehrte (o…
Global Language Justice – review
In Global Language Justice, Lydia H. Liu and Anupama Rao bring together contributions at the intersection of language, justice and technology, exploring topics including ecolinguistics, colonial legac…
Social Anthro#2: Kinship – Given or Made?
When you start to reflect upon the meaning of this blog's title, I would like to invite you to first think about the following questions: Why is it…
Social Anthro#1: Introduction to Social Anthropology
Recently I started taking a course in Oxford about social anthropology. Intrigued by its various anthropological theories and perspectives, I would like to share what I have learned…
STS – the History of Science Fiction
Science fiction novels in our society; this is my research object. This object was first introduced and beloved among the people who understood science at a high level…
How Big Data is a Great Help in Cultural Anthropology
Credit/resources used in the video: Data – The Billion Prices Project Big data | Institute of Physics (iop.org) LHC restarts – YouTube Stars 101 | National Geographic –…
What Is Technology? An Anthropologist’s View
What is technology? One may argue technology is solely the application of science to practical tasks. Is it? Let's look at the definitions of technology first. According to…
Book List – March
Over the last 365 days, I read 40+ books. Among them, some are selected on my recommended book list to help people who are keen on…
Book List – February
Over the last 365 days, I read 40+ books. Among them, some are selected my recommended book list for people who are keen on learning…
New York Botanical Garden Food Humanities Research Fellowship
This opportunity at the NYBG should be of interest to readers of FoodAnthropology. Note that there are other opportunities as well. Visit https://www.nybg.org/learn/humanities-institute/research-…
#PostCoronaUniversity: an opportunity for Argentine and Brazilian social sciences?
Nowadays, most people are asking themselves what will happen in the coming months. In this time of COVID-19, it is not just the present that is under threat…
Imagining the #PostCoronaUniversity in Brazil
Frequently, we Brazilian scholars have received concerned questions from foreign colleagues asking what the h… is happening in Brazil. In fact, the situation in the country since June…
Ep. #17 Slamming doors, predicting futures, picking sides & citing informants: this month on TFS
With Julia’s PhD submitted (!!!) and Jodie back from her travels, the band is finally back together! Jodie starts us off, (2:04) asking if a theory from psychology…
CFP: “Food and …” Texas Tech, March 29-31, 2018
Upcoming conference of possible interest to SAFN members. Call for Papers “Food and . . . ” Conference March 29-31, 2018 Humanities Center at Texas Tech The Humanities…
Which humanities?
Alfred Kroeber always used to say that anthropology is the most scientific of the humanities and the most humanistic of the sciences. But which humanities? After all, ‘humanities’…
Anthropology as post-hermeneutics
Bits & Pieces Put Together to Present a Semblance of a Whole, by Lawrence Weiner, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (1991). by Peter Versteeg The first thing that came…
Anthropology’s heterodoxy
“Flowers” by Claude Monet By Ton Salman In the following blog, Ton Salman reacts to Matthias Teeuwen’s contribution to Standplaats Wereld of 13-2-2017, titled “Is Anthrop…
Is Anthropology the most Humanistic of the Sciences and the most Scientific of the Humanities?
Still Life with Flagon, Glass, Jug and Bridle, by Johannes Torrentius, 1614 By Matthias Teeuwen The epithet in the title, commonly attributed to Alfred Kroeber, is often used…