My Petrochemical Love
For women of color on Louisiana’s Gulf Coast, everyday environmental and climate activism is entangled with intimate lives. It is April, and …
Top Articles of 2019
Another year almost done! Sit back, relax, and read some of the most-clicked articles on the website in 2019. With thanks to …
Finding Home
As Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon my mother leapt toward marriage in Tehran. The night of the moon landing fell in …
Fluid Masculinity: The case of Krishna
As Rama becomes more and more the icon of “virile Hinduism” and the symbol of a new kind of hegemonic, patriarchal, masculinity, …
What Is This Lahu Thing Called Love?
How pop music videos perform a simultaneously Lahu and modern identity. As the music video begins, we see a young man waiting …
Japan’s Emerging Emotional Tech
Are we developing emotional machines with all-too-human capacities for care? An interactive scene from Gatebox Inc.’s promotional video. Gatebox Inc. There is …
Love and the Pursuit of Home after War
Among Acholis, ideals of home and a good life are resilient even if everyday realities increasingly diverge from such aspirations. There is …
Looking for Mr. Right Now
What we talk about when we talk about Tinder. I have never been good at dating. I simply refused to acknowledge the …
Love-Politics and the Carceral Encounter
For community organizers in New Orleans, action to oppose the carceral state first requires the building of community. We were in the …
Love will tear us apart
I can’t believe I’m having to write this, a matter of days after I finished editing and publishing something I felt proud …
For the Love of Football
After sitting through exactly 70 minutes of meetings and film-watching, the players made their way out to the practice field by 8:30 …
All you need is love…
In her two part article Envisioning Theory: An Anthropological Teaching Experiment, Dr Stefanie Mauksch narrates the pedagogical experiments that she and her …
Ep. #19 Anthro & policy-making, digital disruption, online research, & what is love? This month on TFS
This month, Simon starts us off (1:08) asking, how can we make the knowledge we gain from anthropology matter for policy and …
The Obsession with Death, But Fear of Dying
In my observation of society there has always been an obsession with death. Death is everywhere in pop culture from blazing articles …
On Kindness and What the World Needs Now w/ Hannah Brencher
Have you ever felt disconnected from your relationships and your life because of your reliance on your phone and social media? Do …
The Perils of Adulthood Part 1: Making New Friends
The other day I was in my car listening to an episode of one of my favorite podcasts , This American Life. …
Dreaming of the Inevitable – A Lecture by Samuli Schielke
Today we are pleased to share this talk by our ‘Allie’ Samuli Schielke. The talk is titled ‘Dreaming of the Inevitable: How Money, Morals and …
Up the Anthropologist – Anthropology Day, Jukebox, Migration & Breakfast
Hello everyone – it’s yet another glorious Allegra week! Fine, admittedly the weather in some parts of the world (aka where this …
Achy Breaky Heart
This Valentine’s Day Anthropology News takes an alternative look at contemporary romance. Ilana Gershon shares her reflections on relationships and breakups, based …
Do Brands Have The Power To Change The World?
Here is the one true thing I know about humans having studied them in action and been one myself for many …
Let Your Let Shine #UnitedWeStand #PrayfortheWorld
Let your light shine in the face of terror, hatred, and evil. Only if we stand united in love, will our inner …
X SIBERIAN STUDIES CONFERENCE – PASSION FOR LIFE, Emotions, Feelings and Perception in the North and Siberia
A really early announcement for a great conference on Arctic Anthropology! I hope to meet many of the readers of our blog …
Getting Down To Business By Letting The Love In
I originally posted this article on LinkedIn but felt compelled to share here as well, since the Narcissistic Anthropologist in me is …