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On the night of 12 April, in the wake of the landslide victory of the Tisza Party, Hungary erupted into collective euphoria. Images from election night quickly spread…
How Can Anthropologists Study Public Militarization? By Klas Lundström Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork among Sweden’s peace movement during the country’s hasty integration into NATO, this essay exam…
Most scholars who have read about the many travelers to Yemen in the past are well aware of the Italian Renzo Manzoni, whose 1884 El Yemen records his…
xx Description: A panel discussion with Valentina Milanova, Founder of Daye, and Meri Beckwith, Co-founder of Lindus Health. This webinar will explore methods for enhancing clinical trial operations…
When I was the global sponsor of the LGBTQ+ community at my former company, …. in a fascist environment where paying women to have babies, “unproductive” relationships will…
My latest article is now out in a special issue of the American Review of Canadian Studies. In it, I look at the decade (or so) before the…
I am going to share a story with you. And then I am going to explain what was, for me, the most important part of my PhD research:…
Men are not trash. Perpetuating that narrative helps normalize rape culture by making it seem like it’s just inherent to their nature. It’s not, and we’ve gotta stop…
By Shahram Khosravi “What should we do when the heaven turns away from us?” I was asked this some years ago by a childhood friend from our village…
By Shahram Khosravi “What should we do when the heaven turns away from us?” I was asked this some years ago by a childhood friend from our village…
I can’t stop thinking about anthropologist Michael Taussig’s book Shamanism, Colonialism and the Wild Man about the terror of the rubber trade in Colombia. In it, he describes…
We are delighted to welcome Vaia (Yioula) Sigounas as the new co-chair of the Anthropological Responses to Health Emergencies (ARHE) SIG. Yioula brings deep experience and insight into…
This is a (hopefully) weekly update about events in Porgera. A few caveats: I’m not in Porgera and I’m only relying on my own knowledge of the valley…
This is a (hopefully) weekly update about events in Porgera. A few caveats: I’m not in Porgera and I’m only relying on my own knowledge of the valley…
This year I used StoryGraph to track my reading daily, and then I went back to LibraryThing to track my reading over time. LibraryThing is great: fully featured…
At the 2025 AAA Meetings in New Orleans, APLA demonstrated its vitality as a section committed to both critical scholarship … More
By Simon Hoyte & Jerome Lewis The world is waking up to the deep connection between human, animal, plant, and environmental health. The concept of ‘One Health’, coined…
It’s this time of the year again, and Allegra will close shop for a much-needed period of rest (and some […] The post ‘TIS THE SEASON… appeared first…
The APLA Book Prize in Critical Anthropology recognizes work that best exemplifies creativity and rigor in the ethnographic exploration of … More
Academic Freedom, Immigration, and Carceral Regimes At the American Anthropological Association Annual Meetings, New Orleans Cosponsored by APLA (Association for … More
Adam Raz, 2024. Loot: How Israel Stole Palestinian Property. New York: Verso. Adam Raz’s Loot: How Israel Stole Palestinian Property is a […] The post Pillaging Palestine: Policy, Property, and…
A review of the exhibit Dolly Parton: Journey of a Seeker at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Nashville, TN By Sarah D. Phillips The exhibit…