The dangers of the myth of Trump’s white working class support
The myth of the white working class support for Trump is animating post-election debates at alarming speed with misleading interpretations of often partial data. It is being used…
The myth of the white working class support for Trump is animating post-election debates at alarming speed with misleading interpretations of often partial data. It is being used…
United States, November 2016. There was a lot of ugliness, not a lot of beauty. A lot of hate, not a lot of love. A lot of terrified…
United States, November 2016. There’s been a lot of ugliness, not a lot of beauty. A lot of hate, not a lot of love. A lot of terrified…
Racially Mixed Crowd in the November Rain United States, November 2016. There was a lot of ugliness, not a lot of beauty. A lot of hate, not a…
I assume everyone is, like me, tired of (and stressed out about) the US election, so let’s take a break from that to take a quick look around…
For this installment of Top of the Heap, I was delighted to work with Assistant Professor Adia Benton from Northwestern University. I think it’s probably common for people to talk…
Just… no. It’s that time of year again, when millions of Americans hit the streets dressed as terrifying celebrities, food items, and ethically questionable depictions of others’ cul…
Land rights are key in Colombia Indigenous people want land rights. Source: Bluedotpost.com The Washington Post published an op-ed by cultural anthropologist Omaira Bolaños, Latin America program dire…
The editors of Anthropoliteia are happy to present the latest entry in on ongoing series The Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatterSyllabus Project, which will mobilize anthropological work as a pedagogical…
Today we continue our revisitation of 2016 via a review that has – sadly – only grown more topical since it was first published in October 2016: ‘The Borderlands…
Figure 1. Rhodes must fall. Photo by Desmond Bowles, April 2016 (CC BY SA 4.0). The past year has seen violent protests at most South African universities, where…
Underlying the domain of human rights is the conception of the human on which we predicate, and advocate for, human rights’ recognition. But what are we actually lobbying…
This week we have two new reviews for you, tackling the question of #race (see our #callforreviews here): Tomorrow, our frequent and much cherished reviewer Gabriela Radulescu explores…
Welcome to the (sur)reality that is the American election of 2016. The latest in a series of Perplexing Statements that People Believe Despite Immeasurable Evidence to the Contrary…
The editors of Anthropoliteia are happy to present the latest entry in on ongoing series The Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatterSyllabus Project, which will mobilize anthropological work as a pedagogical…
I began research on food access in Washington, D.C., knowing that I wanted to learn about a) what people were eating b) where they were shopping, and c)…
Hide Press Release (11 Less Words) Forschungsgruppe Anthropologie globaler Ungleichheiten, Institut für Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, FU Berlin Ausstellungsansicht „Die Vermessung des Unmenschen: …
The editors of Anthropoliteia are happy to present the latest entry in on ongoing series The Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatterSyllabus Project, which will mobilize anthropological work as a pedagogical…
The editors of Anthropoliteia are happy to present the latest entry in on ongoing series The Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatterSyllabus Project, which will mobilize anthropological work as a pedagogica…
A teary-eyed member of Fiji’s women’s rugby team raised the Fijian flag after the men’s rugby team won the Olympic gold medal. Viewers watched on a big-screen TV…
The tile of the book itself informs its readers that it is an interrogation of women as class ‘subjects.’ Although studies of class are not new in Sociology,…
In the wake of several brutal and unwarranted police shootings of black men and women, and the subsequent retaliation against innocent police officers, politicians across the country have…
Savannah Shange on shapeshifting, state violence and ritual regret after a week of shootings. The vigil in Baton Rouge. Photo courtesy L’lerrét Jazelle Ailith Twelve white seven-day…
If you’re like me, you may have had two academic articles with seemingly conflicting arguments run through your Facebook feed lately. The first, an article by Cody T.…