Public Statement on Zika Virus in Puerto Rico
This call to action was written by Adriana Garriga-López (Kalamazoo C) and Shir Lerman (U Connecticut), with Jessica Mulligan (Providence C), Alexa Dietrich (Wagner C), Carlos E Rodríguez-Díaz…
This call to action was written by Adriana Garriga-López (Kalamazoo C) and Shir Lerman (U Connecticut), with Jessica Mulligan (Providence C), Alexa Dietrich (Wagner C), Carlos E Rodríguez-Díaz…
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Heavy machinery working next to the Guadalupe psychiatric hospital at the base of the Great Pyramid of Cholula and sanctuary to the Virgen de los Remedios. Photo courtesy…
Rumors, Threats and C-Sections in Rural Yucatan. Veronica Miranda, U Kentucky. Series Introduction by Eliza Williamson and Mounia El Kotni. Introduction Eliza Williamson Mounia El Kotni In her…
Exhibit Review Rina Sherman and the head man standing at the entrance of the exhibit. Photo courtesy Rina Sherman Approach the exhibit hall of the Francois Mitterrand National…
What imagery has come to define political life in Japan after the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe? In the summer of 2012, a few hundred protesters gathering weekly in front…
My skills as a portrait painter provide me with a helpful ethnographic way of getting to know my “informants” during fieldwork. I invite people to pose for a…
Note from the editor: Anthropology News shares here two essays that discuss the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanction movement (BDS) as it relates to current discussions among anthropologists. As a…
Nico Nico Douga commenters share their opinions during a press conference. Photo courtesy Elizabeth Rodwell To understand the current social movements and protest culture in Japan, it is…
Contributing Editors’ Note: Due to recent media attention on the activists of Students Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy (SEALDS), we have moved up Robin O’Day’s report in this…
Family Structure, Race and Poverty Ours is a society which presumes male leadership in private and public affairs. The arrangements of society facilitate such leadership and reward it.…