anthro in the news 9/7/15
Chagos update The Financial Times reported on continuing efforts in the U.K. and elsewhere by displaced Chagos Islanders to return home and receive compensation for their forced…
Tag: India
In the Journals – August 2015
Welcome back to In the Journals, a round-up of recent journal publications on security, crime, law enforcement and the state. After a brief hiatus over the summer, we’re…
Sarah Pinto’s Daughters of Parvati: Women and Madness in Contemporary India by Saiba Varma
Daughters of Parvati: Women and Madness in Contemporary India University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014, 283 pages. Sarah Pinto’s extraordinary ethnography, Daughters of Parvati: Women and Madness in C…
Why do Young Men from Lower Socio-Economic Classes prefer Shopping Online?
Photo by Shriram Venkatraman Most of us on social media have noticed the static advertisements that are displayed on the side panels or the advertisements that intrude upon…
What’s our conclusion? Introducing ‘scalable sociality’
Scalable Sociality Right now we are finishing the last of our eleven volumes from this project, a book which will be called How the World Changed Social Media.…
Rajalakshmi Nadadur Kannan: Copyright, capitalism, and a postcolonial critique of Karnatic music
Karnatic music, or South Indian classical music, is understood as “religious” music, deemed to be “divinely inspired,” and performers are seen as embodying the divine. Because of its…
Professor A.R. Vasavi Visits the Human Economy Programme
The Human Economy Programme team is pleased to announce the visit of distinguished guest Professor A.R. Vasavi. She won the Infosys prize for 2013 and was Dean of…
Anthropology Blogs 2014
Update 2015: This is the archive page for 2014 Anthropology Blogs. Click Anthropology Blogs 2015 for a current list and see also the Anthropology Blogs 2013 and 2012…
Mnemonics of the Universal Break
Djembe teacher Bruce Harding suggests that students use language to help remember rhythmic patterns: Bruce uses the mnemonic phrase “this is a universal break” as a memory aid,…
Mnemonics of the Universal Break
Djembe teacher Bruce Harding suggests that students use language to help remember rhythmic patterns: Bruce uses the mnemonic phrase “this is a universal break” as a memory aid,…
Mnemonics of the Universal Break
Djembe teacher Bruce Harding suggests that students use language to help remember rhythmic patterns: Bruce uses the mnemonic phrase “this is a universal break” as a memory aid,…
Mnemonics of the Universal Break
Djembe teacher Bruce Harding suggests that students use language to help remember rhythmic patterns: Bruce uses the mnemonic phrase “this is a universal break” as a memory aid,…