The Race to Recover South America’s Ancient Past
Archaeologist Kurt Rademaker feared his field season was over before it had even begun. It was July 2017, and he was scanning Quebrada Jaguay, a desert site on…
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How ICE’s Bogus Science Is Violating Human Rights
Teeth and bones can tell us something about age—but not someone’s birthday. Journal of Forensic Dental Sciences This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been repu…
Review: Food Parcels in International Migration
Food Parcels in International Migration: An Intimate View. Diana Mata-Codesal and Maria Abranches (Eds.) Palgrave 2017. Rhian Atkin (Cardiff University) The prospect of a book dedicated to research…
Rezension | Migration – Bildung -Frieden von Bettina Gruber und Viktoija Ratković rezensiert von Christoph Rauner-Lange
Worum geht es? Migration – Bildung – Frieden das ist der Dreiklang, um den die Herausgeberinnen Bettina Gruber und Viktorija Ratković Perspektiven der Migrations-, Konflikt- und Friedensforschung zu…
In the Land of the Mammoth Eaters
[no-caption] Sarah Gilman In the oaken hills of central Texas between Austin and Waco, a spring rises along a tangled fence line, watercress waving downstream. Water comes up…
Why Aid Remains Out of Reach for Some Rohingya Refugees
[no-caption] Sajjad Hussain/Getty Images Ameena (a pseudonym) is a 25-year-old Rohingya refugee in New Delhi, India, who is seven months pregnant with twins. Her face is gaunt. Often…
Back to Barcelona: Migration and Sex Work
In the late 90s I created an email listserv called Industria del Sexo for migrants and sex workers to discuss issues in any Romance language (excluding English was…
Notes from a blurry border (Part 1): Can that mountain stop me?
While media attention is focused elsewhere, a new phase of the “European border crisis” is unfolding around the snow-covered mountain passes between Italy and France. What might the…
Notes from a Blurry Border (part 2): Shatter the border!
While media attention is focused elsewhere, a new phase of the “European border crisis” is unfolding around the snow-covered mountain passes between Italy and France. What might the…
Ten Skeletons Bury a Right-Wing Talking Point
Anglo-Saxon mythologies and culture continue to enchant many who live in the U.K. Andrew Parsons/Getty Images This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been republ…
Die Macht der Migration
Zehn Gespräche zu Mobilität und Kapitalismus Interviews u.a. mit Prof. Dr. Naika Foroutan und Prof. Dr. Paul Mecheril Warum fühlen sich Menschen durch Einwanderung bedroht? Wie kann sich…
Alex E. Chávez on his new book, Sounds of Crossing
https://www.dukeupress.edu/sounds-of-crossing Interview by William Cotter William Cotter: In the introduction to your book you mention that for Mexican migrants, transnational forms of music making c…
Victimisation of Mary Prince: Early Rescue-Industry history
I’m always on the lookout for guided walks where I’ll be shown sites and hear histories not in the Establishment’s textbooks. Black History Walks showed me this plaque located in…
“Care in Crisis: Ethnographic Perspectives on Humanitarianism” – Conference Report
Participants of the conference “Care in Crisis – Ethnographic Perspectives on Humanitarianism”, convened by Heike Drotbohm (JGU Mainz) and Hannah Brown (Durham University). Copyright: Franziska Reiffe…
Where a River of Life Became a Border of Control
[no-caption] Wenting Li/SAPIENS The floor of the El Paso International Airport’s baggage claim area is a marble mosaic design; blue stones represent the Rio Grande (or Río Bravo,…
Where (You Might Think) There’s No Tienda
This fourth installment of the series, “Latinx Foodways in North America,” introduces the work of Teresa Mares, Associate Professor in Anthropology at the University of Vermont. Mares̵…
Humanity’s Story Has No End of Surprising Twists
Indigenous Australians created elaborate rock art, as shown here in Arnhem Land. P. Taçon This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been republished under Creative…
Report from Macedonia: Balkan Noir
Last December I was in Skopje, the capital of Macedonia, on the occasion of International Day To End Violence against Sex Workers. This is what the sex workers’…
Strike4Decrim on Women’s ‘Day’ Soho 8 March 2018
I was glad to be able to participate in the Strike4Decrim events on the evening of 8 March – International Women’s Day. In general I’m no fan of…
From the Field: Persian New Year in Yiwu and Iranian Special Tea in Karachi
by Magnus Marsden One of my most memorable evenings while conducting fieldwork in Yiwu, China in 2016 fell on 20th March, the evening of Nowruz, Persian New Year.…
Migration as Clickbait
The demonization of young migrants and their families may be shocking, but these policies and practices are neither new nor surprising. On October 24, 2017, United States Customs…
What Really Happened on Easter Island?
The famous statues of Easter Island have long been a source of awe and wonder. John Elk III/Alamy Photos This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been…
When Evolution Is Not a Slow Dance but a Fast Race to Survive
This young Afghan refugee named Maimuna, photographed in Kabul in 2016, has features that are similar to ancient European hunter-gatherers. Hedayatullah Amid/Epa/REX This article was orig…
Flüchtige Leben, gesundheitliche Versorgung: Medizin und Migration – ein Kongress-Bericht
Caroline Meier zu Biesen Über die Grenze. Eine wachsende Zahl Flüchtender erreicht Südtirol. Aufgrund aktueller Migrationsbewegungen intensiviert sich die Debatte um ihre medizinische Versorgung. Bild…