Redskins Etc. as Racial Stereotypes
Native peoples of the America were thought of in early philosophy as being Red Indians, fitting perfectly into a color wheel of …
The Blueberry Wars
In elementary school, the first “robin red-breast” of spring signaled warmer days, colorful flowers, and a promise that the school year wouldn’t …
Goose Lessons
What can an anthropologist (who specializes in humans) learn from an unlikely species (like a goose)? Plenty, it turns out. My husband …
Re-framing Crime, Violence, and Poverty: new cinematic narratives of Black criminality in Imperial Dreams
Introduction: reframings Redmond (2017) has noted that, in order to garner support for the punitive policies of the War on Drugs, Americans …
Savage System
Often, I address white American attitudes towards native peoples. How historians have ignored whole sections of our history, racism and genocide against …
Images Matter #ThinkingVisually
Though the visual is well established in areas of study like anthropology, many other social science disciplines have been slow to incorporate …
‘Epitome of feminism’: the rise of the social phenomenon of trendy hijabistas
Feminism is not an immutable and easily-defined concept. It is conditioned by culture, religion, politics, education and other social factors. The secular-humanist …
Finding tales to tell
“Looking for a story? I might just have one!” With those words, Hikmet, a Turkish friend, invited me for a walk: …
What is the difference between a generalisation and a stereotype?
All anthropologists would agree that stereotypes cause harm and should be avoided. Yet anthropology mainly consists of generalisations about groups of people: …
Living the reaspora: Afropolitans back home
Only recently, debates on global mobility of people consider the movement from economically richer to poorer countries, even though this trend increases …
What does poverty look like on social media?
First, we should keep in mind that low income is not necessarily related to poverty in Grano. I will briefly explain why. Indeed, …
From “being a scientist” to “being a curiosity”: a tale amongst egg hunters.
“Listening and watching, that’s what it is about” said Martin with a Frisian accent, who together with Sven, was teaching me about …