Will “Only Murders” be funny? It depends.
Martin Short, Steve Martin and Selena Gomez to star in the new show Only Murders. Variety tells us that the new show called Only Murders and staring Selena…
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Iain Edgar: More a reflection than obituary
By Gareth Hamilton Writing this piece is not something that is by any means a joy, but I wish to begin with an anecdote about Iain that makes…
Ep #78 Alternative Healing Practises & The Social Status of Shopping Centres: This Month on TFS
The Familiar Strange · Ep #78 Alternative Healing Practises & The Social Status of Shopping Centres: This Month on TFS This week we’d like to introduce you to…
A Tale of Two [Unvaxed] Women
We needed to find a new plumber. I called around. The first business that seemed willing to clean our boiler and replace a problematic hose spigot had availability…
Special Episode: Caroline Schuster, Sarah Abel & Catherine Frieman on The Archaeology of F*****g
The Familiar Strange · Special Episode: Caroline Schuster, Sarah Abel & Catherine Frieman on The Archaeology of F*****g Before we dive into today’s episode we’d just like to…
New book chapter: Restraint Without Control
Very proud to have a new chapter out in the new edited volume The Absent Presence of the State in Large-Scale Resource Extraction Projects edited by Nick Bainton…
Book review: Lohmann’s “Haunted Pacific”
It’s the end of the summer so I have a variety of updates to make to keep up with all the things I’ve been publishing. First up is…
AWAY FROM KEYBOARD
Dear Allies – readers, authors, reviewers, all, Allegra is away from her keyboard right now and cannot possibly be made to return before late August. Maybe September. Who…
NBN Interview with Nicholas Thomas on “Voyagers”
Happy to announce that New Books Network has just released my new interview with Nicholas Thomas about his latest book Voyagers: The Settlement of the Pacific. If you…
Five new books in series on Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations
From Humans and Nature and Co-edited by Gavin Van Horn, Robin Wall Kimmerer, and John Hausdoerffer We live in an astounding world of relations. We share these ties…
Harnessing Indeterminacy: The Technopolitics of Hydrocarbon Prospects
A drillship in the sea. Resource: Unsplash. Amidst an international crisis sparked by the scandalous confessions of a mafia boss and a pollution and climate change-triggered marine disaster…
Pacific Anthropology Book Series on JSTOR Books
JSTOR books is an incredible resource. However, finding your way around can be a bit tricky. Here is a guide to book series which feature Pacific anthropology which…
抖音拓扑：网关、筛子、圆顶 | A topology of TikTok: Gateway, sieve, dome
An article with a rather long history has come out on the International Journal of Communication: titled Gateways, sieves and domes: On the infrastructural topology of the Chinese…
A Few Words from the EASA Book Series Editors
Annika Lems, Jelena Tošić and Sabine Strasser In October 2020, we took over the editorship of the EASA book series from Aleksandar Bošković, who successfully curated the series…
Political Ecology and Power Generation in North London
ByRachel ParsonsMSc Anthropology, Environment, and Development On a mild day, upwind, there’s not much that would give it away. Only the small, thin puffs of white smoke floating…
Waking up to the politics of citation
I found myself shocked by the importance of citation, and particularly by my lack of awareness of the impact my citing could have on others.
Reading The Writing on the Wall
It’s been several years since I’ve seen anything interesting written about Egyptian graffiti, and most of that has been retrospective. Mona Abaza’s fascinating “Repetitive rep…
What we tweet about when we tweet about the weather
ByIsabelle CottonMSc Digital Anthropology alumnus If you’ve spent any amount of time with a British person you’ve heard it: weather-talk. It permeates any and all conversation; “Lovely day,…
Maps as Cultural Objects
In the Digital Age, maps are closer to us than ever before—a quick tap on a smartphone and you’re off to the nearest Starbucks for a quick coffee…
Covid-19 and Vaccine Inequalities in South Africa: The Second Year
Lerato Coulter, Nunu Dlamini, Jonathan Govender, Sarah-Jayne Du Plessis, Ryan Harries, Khanyisile Maphalala, Dineo Mtetwa, Katso Sebina, Hannah Sunpath, Storm Theunissen and Lenore Manderson Unive…
Special ANSA Collaboration: Hanne Worsoe & Romy Listo on Fieldwork Trauma in & Outsider Witnessing
The Familiar Strange · Special ANSA Collaboration: Hanne Worsoe and Romy Listo on Fieldwork Trauma and Outsider Witnessing This week we bring you a special collaboration between The…
No-Till: A Win-Win for Soil Conservation?
No-till is a soil conservation practice that has been widely adopted by Midwestern farmers. Many have described it as a “win-win” for soil conservation because it offers benefits…
Water, Oceans and Climate Change: Legal challenges, local perspectives and important examples to learn from
Dr Joanna Siekiera was recently invited to speak at a Special Lecture titled Climate Change and its Impact on Small Islands Developing States: The Example of the Pacific…
Alternatives to the Anthropocene: CFP for special issue in Radical History Review
See the full Call for Papers here; a blurb is posted below. Key deadlines: June 1 for abstracts, November for full papers. A Call for Proposals from the…