Seminar: Indigenous Media 2017
Seminar “Indigenous Media” for the MA Program in Visual and Media Anthropology at the Free University Berlin. Course Description “Indigenous media matters because indigenous people d…
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Vortrag: Medien und Literalität in der Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie
Budka, P. 2017. Medien und Literalität in der Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie: (Digitale) Medienpraktiken aus kulturvergleichender Perspektive. Vortrag im Workshop “Dark Side of Literacy”…
Media, language, and social relationships
In teaching anthropology, I always find students to be exceptionally interested on the days that we talk about media. Many of my students consider social media to be…
Media, language, and social relationships
In teaching anthropology, I always find students to be exceptionally interested on the days that we talk about media. Many of my students consider social media to be…
Culinary Catalysts and Scientific Shifts: Peruvian Quinoa in the Age of Genetics and Gastronomy
Chef Maguiña with Adam Gamwell. Property of Adam Gamwell. This episode of This Anthropological Life presents a little differently from our normal episodes. The Society for Applied Anthropology…
Culinary Catalysts and Scientific Shifts: Peruvian Quinoa in the Age of Genetics and Gastronomy
Chef Maguiña with Adam Gamwell. Property of Adam Gamwell. This episode of This Anthropological Life presents a little differently from our normal episodes. The Society for Applied Anthropology…
Security Theatre
This phrase was used on the BBC world service a few times yesterday in reference to the ban on laptops and other devices from some airports on some…
Science, objectivity, race, gender
Have you heard of Space + Anthropology? This group blog through Medium.com brings together commentaries on the intersections between tech, culture, space, sci-fi, art, and anthropology. We alread…
Science, objectivity, race, gender
Have you heard of Space + Anthropology? This group blog through Medium.com brings together commentaries on the intersections between tech, culture, space, sci-fi, art, and anthropology. We alread…
Google Translate from Photos
Did you know that Google Translate now allows you to translate text from photos using the mobile app? (We’re living in the future!) Recent studies have shown that…
Google Translate from Photos
Did you know that Google Translate now allows you to translate text from photos using the mobile app? (We’re living in the future!) Recent studies have shown that…
CfP: Anthropologies of media and mobility
Anthropologies of Media and Mobility: Theorizing movement and circulations across entangled fields An International Workshop organized by the Anthropology and Mobility Network and the Media Anthropolo…
Web Roundup: If it Ledes, it Bleeds by Emily Goldsher-Diamond
This contemporary moment begs the question: what is a fact? And how do facts circulate? These questions are historical cornerstones in the study of the production of knowledge,…
Anthropology Webinars
Since 2014 the AAA has been hosting regular webinars that are free for anyone to view. You can join in the conversation live, and importantly, catch the lecture/…
Imaginative Ethnography Syllabi (CIE)
The Centre for Imaginative Ethnography has gathered links to a number of syllabi that “attend to some combination of performance, theatre, visual media, writing and ethnography.” This treasure…
Digital visual anthropology
This is a selection of digital visual anthropology resources which were collected via the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) Visual Anthropology Network’s (VANEASA) mailing li…
What EM Is Thinking
Frequent FoodAnthropology book reviewer Ellen Messer has sent us this eclectic collection of comments and insights into recent food and nutrition related news. We hope to be able…
Anthropologizing Software and Design
Charles Pearson is an anthropologist working in tech who has written a few great articles for Medium on his experiences. In his recent piece, “Why Every Software Team…
Anthropologizing Software and Design
Charles Pearson is an anthropologist working in tech who has written a few great articles for Medium on his experiences. In his recent piece, “Why Every Software Team…
Blogging for research
There are many reasons why anthropologists and other social scientists choose to blog. For instance, anthro everywhere! began as a way to share resources with instructors, students, and othe…
Blogging for research
There are many reasons why anthropologists and other social scientists choose to blog. For instance, anthro everywhere! began as a way to share resources with instructors, students, and othe…
Add it to the dictionary! Changing language, changing culture
This short article about Merriam-Webster’s addition of ‘genderqueer’ to their dictionary is really useful for thinking about how language changes over time to describe our changing cultural worlds.…
Add it to the dictionary! Changing language, changing culture
This short article about Merriam-Webster’s addition of ‘genderqueer’ to their dictionary is really useful for thinking about how language changes over time to describe our changing cultural worlds.…
Add it to the dictionary! Changing language, changing culture
This short article about Merriam-Webster’s addition of ‘genderqueer’ to their dictionary is really useful for thinking about how language changes over time to describe our changing cultural worlds.…