Matt Tomlinson on Culture and Theology in the Pacific
I’m very happy to announce that I have a new interview up at New Books Network. This one is with Matt Tomlinson, an anthropologist of the Pacific at…
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Maile Arvin on Possessing Polynesians
I announce my publications and interviews and things on social media but I have fallen behind on announcing them on my blog, which is supposed to be a…
Op-Ed written by GPT-3 about whether humans are intelligent
A lot of interesting things coming from GPT-3. Arram Sabeti (via waxy.org) asked GPT-3 to write about human intelligence. The whole piece is worth a read. First, consider…
On Taking Credit: Textile Traditions and Fashion Rip-Offs
Below find a guest post by Carrie Hertz, Curator of Dress and Textiles at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. –Jason Baird…
40: Quarantine & The Origins of Computation
Quarantine is a number. Quarantine was the name given to the strategy of isolating potentially harmful populations for forty days in an effort to impede potential dangers. Deriving…
Remembering Michael Silverstein
Like many people, I was deeply, deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Michael Silverstein, a member of my dissertation committee. Although I knew he was ill,…
Open Call: #AnthroEducate!
Imagine dozens of tables in a huge hall, with 12-15 children sitting at each. They negotiate with each other, squabble, and make up. They need to decide among…
What can we do to help Native peoples?
I have made a career researching the native peoples of western Oregon. For the past 20 years, I have spent thousands of hours each year researching the tribes.…
New Resources
As the United States continues to break single-day records in new coronavirus cases, stay up to date in latest information by reviewing a COVID-19 primer by Dr. Mark…
New Resources
As the United States continues to break single-day records in new coronavirus cases, stay up to date in latest information by reviewing a COVID-19 primer by Dr. Mark…
Mare Nullius is on summer break
Much like the rest of Norway, many of us in the Mare Nullius team are taking our summer break in the month of July. The project will therefore…
JULY 2nd 2020Support Ashaninka to help their region in the COVID crisis
https://www.instagram.com/ashaninka.apiwtxa/ https://www.facebook.com/ashaninka.apiwtxa/ Live Campaign Launch Time on July 2nd: 10h (California, UTC-7) 12h (Acre, Brazil, UTC-5) 13h (New York, UTC-4) …
Call for Articles: Somatosphere Special Series
Working Definitions: Making and Unmaking “Medical Anthropology” around the World Somatosphere Special Series Editors: Professor Paschal Kum Awah (Chair, Anthropology, University of Yaoundé I) a…
A Petition to Change the Name of Lane County
In this new period of “wokeness” there are calls for the elimination of racist names and statues from our institutions. Christopher Columbus statues have been torn from…
Violence against land defenders
There is important new work on the violence against land defenders worth reading over the summer. Here is a recent article in Global Environmental Change and a write…
ARHE Solidarity Statement
We, in the Anthropological Responses to Health Emergencies Special Interest Group (ARHE SIG), condemn the recent killing of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, David McAtee, Tony McDade,…
La tesis de Rodrik
Dani Rodrik es economista y profesor en Harvard. Experto en políticas públicas de desarrollo y en comercio internacional está considerado uno de los 100 economistas más influyentes del…
A ‘Non-plush Frog Emporium’: Historical Foodways and Culinary Tourism in Detroit
I recently noticed a ghost sign for Nuenfeldt Frog Legs in Detroit for the first time. Knowing that frog legs were once a big part of Detroit’s food…
On the social nature of toilet paper
You would be forgiven for thinking that the first thing bought in a global crisis would be tinned, dried, and frozen foods; clean water; and medicines—things that enable…