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Jaya Keaney , September 20th, 2021
In June 2021, more than 180 early-career Science and Technology Studies (STS) scholars and participants congregated at this year’s Australasian STS Graduate Network Conference (henceforth AusSTS2021)…
The Familiar Strange , October 25th, 2020
The Southern Man advert is aiming to speak to a specific audience of beer drinkers, assumed by Speight’s to be men. Other beer companies have played with similar…

Nayantara Sheoran Appleton , May 4th, 2020
Bubble, bubble, Mum, Mum, give bubble! The task of keeping a two-year-old busy at home during a national ‘Level 4’ lockdown to prevent the spread of global virus,…
Focaal Web Editor , March 24th, 2019
Over the past two days, my Facebook feed has been flooded with shares of articles featuring New Zealand patched street gangs and outlaw motorcycle clubs—Mongrel Mob, Black Power,…
Uzma , March 19th, 2019
Images and notes overwhelmed my various forms of media: I was flooded with New Zealand. My heart was flooded, my being was flooded, and I knew, once again,…

Paul Mason , February 15th, 2018
One Blue Child: Asthma, Responsibility, and the Politics of Global Health By Susanna Trnka Stanford University Press, 2017, 262 pages. Bringing children to the field can change…
localcult. , January 6th, 2017
In the ‘90s, state houses were being sold as part of the market-oriented reforms and the remaining housing stock was rented at market rates. Combined with the cuts…
localcult. , December 14th, 2016
Created using the static and peak noise recorded on a field recorder while walking around the suburbs of Glen Innes and Panmure, Auckland (in particular the area of…
localcult. , December 7th, 2016
Recorded in Glen Innes on 2/12/16 – 3/12/16 (Headphones recommended)

Chitra , November 2nd, 2016
Timothy Neale, Deakin’s University § *All photographs are by the author Two propositions to start: there is a significant parallel (or companionship) between settlers and weeds; and, there is…

lorenagibson , June 28th, 2016
I am pleased to welcome guest blogger Jess Thompson to anthropod. In this post Jess shares her experiences of being a parent and university student, adding to our…

lorenagibson , June 22nd, 2016
I am delighted to welcome guest blogger Charlotte Weston, who agreed to write this piece following my earlier post on Doing fieldwork with kids: Part I. These posts…

lorenagibson , June 11th, 2016
Recently I started a new research project looking at the social impacts of three Sistema-inspired orchestral music education programmes operating in low decile schools in the Wellington region,…
foodanthro , May 2nd, 2016
An intriguing call for papers: Aesthetic: The New Zealand Symposium of Gastronomy Auckland, 2-4 September 2016. The Symposium of Gastronomy welcomes scholars, cooks, food writers and armchair foodies…

standplaatswereld , March 19th, 2016
By Vivian Mac Gillavry Photo: A. Martineau During the first year of my Bachelor study in anthropology, we were told that the best field research should take at…

therezamiller , February 16th, 2016
By Joanna Cobley, University of Canterbury § One botanical specimen collected in the late nineteenth century provides the starting point for this commentary on “museums and ecology.” What can…

John Postill , February 6th, 2016
via Liberationtech @Liberationtech 31m31 minutes ago #TPP Deal Signed in #NewZealand is a Threat to Your Internet Freedom The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal was signed by New Zealand…
Unknown , August 27th, 2015
TW: Discussions of Racism Defining ethnocentrism Recognizing and addressing ethnocentrism is one of the most important parts of anthropological practice. Being ethnocentric involves evaluati…
Anth Sisters , August 27th, 2015
TW: Discussions of Racism Defining ethnocentrism Recognizing and addressing ethnocentrism is one of the most important parts of anthropological practice. Being ethnocentric involves evaluati…