Blackness, Food, and State-Sanctioned Violence
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)…
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„Die Vermessung des Unmenschen“: Zur Darstellung von Rasse und Rassismus in einer Dresdner Ausstellung
Hide Press Release (11 Less Words) Forschungsgruppe Anthropologie globaler Ungleichheiten, Institut für Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, FU Berlin Ausstellungsansicht „Die Vermessung des Unmenschen: …
The Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatterSyllabus, Week 2: Elizabeth Chin on bell hooks (and Sidney Mintz, Voltaire, and Kara Walker)
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 Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatterSyllabus, Week 1: Sameena Mulla on Aimee Meredith Cox’s Shapeshifters
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…
The Untold Story Behind Fiji’s Astonishing Gold Medal
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…
#Review: Women without Class: Girls, Race and Identity
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,…
I Don’t Care What Your Beliefs about Racism Are
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…
Unapologetically Black?
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…
So wait, are there racial disparities in US policing or not? (Answer: YES!)
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.…
#Review: Pulled Over: How Police Stops Define Race and Citizenship
On 22 March 2016, the Belgian city of Brussels suffered three calculated and co-ordinated terrorist attacks in the name of the so-called Islamic State. As with the Paris…
#Review: The Color of Modernity. São Paulo and the Making of Race and Nation in Brazil
The Color of Modernity. São Paulo and the Making of Race and Nation in Brazil is an ambitious effort to rethink the formation of a regional identity and perceptions…
Disability as Diversity: A New Biopolitics by Michele Friedner
We’re a medical anthropologist and a literary critic, and while our research interests seemingly have little overlap, we found ourselves engaged in a series of conversations about how…
The reality of race: fieldwork experiences from Ghana
Millicent, one of the staff members of the hostel where I stayed, and I. By Marije Maliepaard Recently my Colombian friend and I were talking about being white in a country like…
Racial Disproportionality in the King County Juvenile Justice System
“He’s been shot, you have to go to him. Tell him mom is on the way!” is all I heard as I answered a phone call from my…
Why Do We Ask about Race?
In graduate school, I used to get an email from the registrar every year asking me to log into the system and select my race and religion from…
Review “Letters of Stone. From Nazi Germany to South Africa” (Steven Robins, 2016)
Hide Press Release (3 Less Words) Heike Becker „Stumble Stones“ of Siegfried and Edith Robinski | planted by Robins in memory of his relatives When Steven Robins delivered…
Trump’s Tactics and Republican Speechlessness
The most astounding thing about the rise of Donald Trump is not his willingness to use racist hatred as a central theme in his presidential campaign—it’s the unwillingness…
Racial Realities
When I tell my students that there is no such thing as “race” (meaning biological race), I wait for the blowback. I know it is coming. “Well if…
In the Journals – February 2016
Welcome back to In the Journals, a look at recent publications in the world of security, law, crime, and governance. The February issue of Cultural Anthropology is…
Laughter is Social Glue
“Humor Versus Color” by Mita Roy ~ This cartoon was created in the spirit of generativity similar to the Raagmala paintings of India, in which visual art was…
In Memoriam, Sidney Mintz, 1922-2015
Professor Sidney Wilfred Mintz, affectionately known as “Sid,” passed away on December 26, 2015. In a first and now widely-shared post, Elizabeth Dunn succinctly conveyed the thoughts of…
anthro in the news 12/21/2015
Source: Google Images/Creative Commons Syrian refugees in poverty Marketplace (American Public Media) published a piece on the dire economic situation of Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon….
Pharmaceutical Prosthesis and White Racial Rescue in the Prescription Opioid “Epidemic” by Helena Hansen
Introduction A U.S. public discourse of addiction as a disabling psychiatric condition (as opposed to a moral flaw or social deviancy) was codified into Social Security policy in…
Call for reviews: Recent publications on #Race
It’s a theme that has been the subject of countless books, articles, monologues and debates: race. We’ve touched upon it in many of the reviews posted, but never focused…