A Double Bass, Tree Rings, and the Truth
Modern science is full of surprising analytical techniques that can be used in a wide variety of remarkable circumstances. My favorite technique is dendrochronology—the study of “tree time.”…
Tag: Technology
Repair and Software: Updates, Obsolescence, and Mobile Culture’s Operating Systems
What is the role of software in planned obsolescence and waste? It may play a greater role than hardware…
Vortrag: Medien und Literalität in der Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie
Budka, P. 2017. Medien und Literalität in der Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie: (Digitale) Medienpraktiken aus kulturvergleichender Perspektive. Vortrag im Workshop “Dark Side of Literacy”…
Method and Politics in the Dee Estuary
I am leading a research group at the moment called SLOM:Lab (Social life of Methods Lab). This is a blog post I wrote for the SLOM:Lab.org website last …
Special Issue of Continent: “R3pair Volume”
Repair and waste share many points of convergence from an analytical perspective (as well as a practical one!). Continent has just released a special issue all about repair:
CFP: Anthropology of Police: Techno-politics, Reform, and Questions of Violence #AAA2017
Call for Papers for AAA 2017 Meeting in Washington, DC Session Title: Anthropology of Police: Techno-politics, Reform, and Questions of Violence Organizer: Hayal Akarsu Discussant: Kevin G. Karpiak…
Cocina, música y comunicación: Tecnologías y estética en el Yucatán contemporáneo. Presentación por Marina Alonso Bolaños
Cocina, música y comunicación: Tecnologías y estética en el Yucatán contemporáneo, de Steffan Igor Ayora Diaz, Gabriela Vargas Cetina y Francisco Javier Fernández Repetto (UADY / CONACYT 2017) Mar…
The Sound and Fury of the Huey Helicopter
What is the most iconic military vehicle ever created? For both visual and acoustic reasons, I’d suggest it’s the Huey helicopter of the Vietnam War era. World War…
Free video analysis tools
Free video (& audio) analysis and transcription tools, partly collected via the VISCOM list serv. AQUAD 7 is a software for qualitative coding and qualitative content analysis. ELAN…
Science, objectivity, race, gender
Have you heard of Space + Anthropology? This group blog through Medium.com brings together commentaries on the intersections between tech, culture, space, sci-fi, art, and anthropology. We alread…
Science, objectivity, race, gender
Have you heard of Space + Anthropology? This group blog through Medium.com brings together commentaries on the intersections between tech, culture, space, sci-fi, art, and anthropology. We alread…
Google Translate from Photos
Did you know that Google Translate now allows you to translate text from photos using the mobile app? (We’re living in the future!) Recent studies have shown that…
Google Translate from Photos
Did you know that Google Translate now allows you to translate text from photos using the mobile app? (We’re living in the future!) Recent studies have shown that…
CfP: Anthropologies of media and mobility
Anthropologies of Media and Mobility: Theorizing movement and circulations across entangled fields An International Workshop organized by the Anthropology and Mobility Network and the Media Anthropolo…
Anthropology Webinars
Since 2014 the AAA has been hosting regular webinars that are free for anyone to view. You can join in the conversation live, and importantly, catch the lecture/…
Thin Description? Notes on the Amsterdam Anthropology Lecture Series (AALS)
Dr Paolo Favero giving his AALS lecture at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam By Matthias Teeuwen Last AALS lecture was an inspiring and thought-provoking presentation by Dr. Paolo Favero…
The Revolutionary Genius of Neanderthals
For the last dozen years or so, Geico Insurance has run commercials featuring Neanderthals in modern contexts. The story line varies, but the take-home point does not: Switching…
The Revolutionary Genius of Neanderthals
For the last dozen years or so, Geico Insurance has run commercials featuring Neanderthals in modern contexts. The story line varies, but the take-home point does not: Switching…
Digital ethnography
Digital ethnography – a selection of resources e-Seminars of the EASA Media Anthropology Network: Facebook as research field and research platform: http://www.media-anthropology.net/file/esemin…
Artificially Intelligent, Genuinely a Person
It’s difficult to overstate our society’s fascination with Artificial Intelligence (AI). From the millions of people who tuned in every week for the new HBO show WestWorld to…
Anthropologizing Software and Design
Charles Pearson is an anthropologist working in tech who has written a few great articles for Medium on his experiences. In his recent piece, “Why Every Software Team…
Anthropologizing Software and Design
Charles Pearson is an anthropologist working in tech who has written a few great articles for Medium on his experiences. In his recent piece, “Why Every Software Team…
Medicine, Technology, and the Ever-Changing Human Person
Though we often take for granted that humans are persons, they are not exempt from questions surrounding personhood. Indeed, what it means to be a person is largely…
Blogging for research
There are many reasons why anthropologists and other social scientists choose to blog. For instance, anthro everywhere! began as a way to share resources with instructors, students, and othe…