War in Syria and the Refugee Crisis
There are different ways in which the war in Syria and the ensuing refugee crisis can be made sense of anthropologically. When a crisis looms large on the…
Tag: Syria
“I was nowhere”
By Marie Linne Dalal contaced me during my fieldwork among refugees who aspire to study in the Netherlands. She agreed to meet with me for an interview, to…
Is Humans of New York’s Refugee Series Public Anthropology?
Mohamad Hafez’s sculptural mural, Between Love and War. Photo courtesy Zareena Grewal In his recent open letter to Donald Trump, Brandon Stanton, the self-described journalist and photographer-blogger…
A Tale of Two Syrias
A view of Damascus. Photo courtesy Faedah M Totah The human misery and destruction created by regime forces bombarding Syrian cities and towns has reinforced the unique status…
Using Satellite Imagery to Monitor Syria’s Cultural Heritage
The military conflict that now consumes Syria and neighboring parts of Iraq and Turkey, the northern portion of the Fertile Crescent, are home to an extraordinarily rich archaeological…
Keulen: een urban legend?
© APA/AFP/Roberto Pfeil Door Peter Versteeg Het nieuwe jaar was nog tamelijk vers toen verontrustend nieuws bekend werd. Met oudejaarsnacht zouden vele tientallen vrouwen op het Keulse stationspl…
Anthropological Irony
Cultural Relativism and the Destruction of Cultural Artifacts by the Islamic State Nimrud Assyria, Lamassus Guarding Palace Entrance, Before Destruction. Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Cultural rel…
AN Call for Proposals
Anthropology News invites contributions for two series that explore anthropological research and perspectives related to key topical events in 2016. The short calls below are intended to spark…
ISIS will fall
Stephen Walt has an astute analysis of the state of ISIS in Foreign Affairs.
2015: Just Another Year for Empire
This year saw so little published on this site, that presenting our “top 10 articles” would nearly exhaust everything we produced. Instead, we decided to produce a list…
Corbyn has no choice but to sack the Blairites
UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn could soon sack major figures of the shadow cabinet that are opposed to his agenda, especially the principled anti-war stance on the Syrian…
Encircling Empire: Report #26 — Reviewing Force Multipliers
This and previous issues have been archived on a dedicated site—please see: ENCIRCLING EMPIRE. For frequent updates, please “like” our Facebook page and/or follow on Twitter. Over the…
Combatting ISIS/Daesh
Clamping down with law and order will not be enough by Thomas Piketty, Le blog de Thomas Piketty, Le Monde online, November 24, 2015 Confronted with terrorism, the…
BDS, the AAA, and Academic Imperialism
We Disagree to Agree Support for a particular cause can come from numerous sources and points of view, each representing different interests. Similarly, people can arrive at the…
anthro in the news 10/26/2015
source: NPR Happy slaves? A piece on National Public Radio (U.S.) reported on how the coconut industry in Thailand thrives on the use of the labor of trained…
Eight Questions and Seven Theses about Force Multipliers
“Force multipliers: Machines which allow a small effort to move a larger load are called force multipliers. Some examples of force multipliers include: a crowbar, wheelbarrow, nutcracker, and…
(New Book) Force Multipliers: The Instrumentalities of Imperialism
From ALERT PRESS: Click here to order a printed copy, or, Click here for the free e-book (pdf) Friends and allies, partners and protégés, extensions and proxies—the vocabulary…
The Refugee Crisis and Orientalism
My latest post on the refugee crisis in Europe.
Orban, Hungary and the walls of Europe
by Remi Piet, al Jazeera, September 10, 2015 Instead of joining Europe in its quest for liberalism, the new EU members are putting up obstacles. For over a…
Salman Fishing In Washington
This blog post is also available in Swedish…
The Plight of Syrian Refugees
This past June, I participated in a CIEE (Council on International Educational Exchange) International Faculty Development Seminar in Amman, Jordan, and Istanbul, Turkey, focusing on the plight of…
Why it (Still) Makes Little Sense to Call ISIS Islamic
A member of ISIS poses in a fighter jet similar to those used in the Prophet’s time. By Haroon Moghul, Religion Dispatches, August 24, 2015 Last week, The…
Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset
This Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset (MCADD) consists of a collection of books, journals and maps related broadly to the Himalayas and its outlying attached ranges including…
