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Guest Blogger , June 15th, 2022
Understanding the Shaman’s Tribulations – By Taba Menia – The scholarship of shamanism is closely related to ideas about traditional healing and their knowledge. Found across the world…
Glenn H. Shepard Jr. , April 18th, 2022
Most Carnival celebrations in Brazil have been canceled again in 2022 due to the resurgence of COVID-19, though larger cities like Rio and São Paulo are holding scaled-down…
anthropologies , March 23rd, 2022
Read Time:9 Minute, 30 Second La comunidad de Cuentepec es uno de los pueblos nahuas de estado de Morelos en México, está ubicado e…
anthropologies , January 19th, 2022
Read Time:9 Minute, 27 Second Hace un par de años me invitaron a la comunidad de Zaragoza, esta comunidad pertenece al municipio de…
Gwynfryn Thomas , January 17th, 2022
This poem was partly inspired by my first foray into the world of Sámi reindeer herding back in 2013. In this new year of 2022, I’ve been reflecting…
Dimitris Xygalatas , January 3rd, 2022
In Auckland, New Zealand, Māori people celebrate the rising of Mataraki, also known as the Pleiades star cluster, as the start of the new year in July. Hannah…
Manuel Delgado , December 5th, 2021
La foto es de Jenxi Seow y está tomada de iamseow.com En José María García-Pablos, ed. Nombrar lo urbano, Escuela de Arquitectura, Ingeniera y Diseño, Universidad Europea, Madrid,…
Justin D. Wright , November 26th, 2021
When you lose someone the future dies. Or, at least, the one with them, that you thought about with them, in it. I imagine any relationship that ends…
Aparecida Vilaça , November 9th, 2021
Clockwise from top left: (1) Indigenous Wari’ dwellings in Amazonia, Brazil. (2) The author (middle) with her adopted father, Paletó (right), in 2012. (3) The author interviewing Wari’…
Richard Kemeny , June 29th, 2021
Researchers found this dog skull in a Czech Republic site inhabited by humans some 28,500 years ago, offering a clue to understanding the ancient story of domestication. Mietje…
anthropologies , June 28th, 2021
Read Time:9 Minute, 38 Second El antropólogo neoyorquino Elijah G. Costanza realizó entre 1973 y 1975 un trabajo de campo en el val…
Anna Goldfield , June 17th, 2021
With the summer solstice approaching in the Northern Hemisphere, the site of Stonehenge is likely to pop up quite a bit on your news feeds. While that particular…
Francine Russo , June 16th, 2021
Surrounded by torch-bearing supporters, runners kick a ball as part of a traditional rarajípare racing event practiced by the Rarámuri people of Mexico. Marcos Ferro On a mesa…
Alison Crowther and Patrick Faulkner , June 8th, 2021
This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been republished under Creative Commons. Africa is often referred to as the cradle of humankind—the birthplace of our…
Justin D. Wright , June 3rd, 2021
[no-caption] Arterra/Universal Images Group/Getty Images and you wonder how we remember our culture of traumatization our body beings tied to a land we were told was not ours…
Manuel Delgado , April 28th, 2021
Ruinas grecobúdicas de Táxila, en el Punjab indio Inicio de la conferencia inaugural al XXXIIII Congreso de Filósofos Jóvenes, València, 9 de abril 1996. ISLAM: EL OCCIDENTE DE…
Elizabeth Svoboda , April 7th, 2021
A poster in an Ebola response center breaks down the evolving response to the epidemic—including efforts to address social and cultural concerns. Annie Wilkinson On May 24, 2014,…
Cristina Rocha, Richard Vokes, and Kathleen Openshaw , April 6th, 2021
A pastor reaches out to his global congregants online to emphasize the importance of pandemic lockdowns. Pastor Samuel K Majok—Online Ministry Every Sunday, during her fieldwork, Cristina…
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What moment of fieldwork interaction do you still think about, amazed that you got to witness it and/or record it? While doing fieldwork in 1981 for my doctoral…
Paige Edmiston , March 16th, 2021
The opening of Match Day letters at medical schools across the U.S., including Penn State College of Medicine (shown here), has become an annual rite of passage. Penn…
Martin Carver , February 24th, 2021
The Sutton Hoo archaeological site revealed a treasure trove of Anglo-Saxon artifacts, including this iron helmet featuring a flying bird with dragon heads. Gary Todd/Flickr I first saw…
Nomi Stone , February 12th, 2021
[no-caption] Johannes Plenio/Pexels The sun opens, shutters. The social scientist wants to know where to look, keeps widening her gaze. Over here on the earth, a girl fries…
anthropologies , January 18th, 2021
A la luz del reciente estudio del ADN de los huesos de unos gemelos recién nacidos de hace 31.000 años enterrados en el yacimiento de Krems-Wachtberg (Austria), en…
