Tag: the body
Renata , December 1st, 2021
By Renata Carvalho Anthropology’s many attempts of conceptualising the body into clear and useful analytical categories has raised significant ontological questions that problematise the very basi…
Krystal D'Costa , January 17th, 2018
Labor interventions are largely driven by standards set in the 1950s. A growing body of research suggests it may be time for a change — Read more on…
Annemarie Mol , October 4th, 2016
Editor: The following is an introduction to a new Japanese translation of The body multiple. It can be purchased through Suiseisha publishers, as part of their series on The Anthropological…
Min'enhle Ncube , September 19th, 2016
Nomsa, her sixteen month old son Nathi and I met early one morning at the entrance to the open cast mine in Mafuyana, Southern Matabeleland, Zimbabwe. Nathi safely…
Hannah Gibson , May 4th, 2016
For this installment of the Top of the Heap series, I spoke with Helen Verran, a historian and philosopher of science who is Adjunct Professor at Charles Darwin…
Scientific American Blog: Anthropology in Practice , July 29th, 2015
Is our cultural antipathy toward pregnancy and children creating a health hazard? — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com