Christina Thompson on Prehistorians of the Pacific
My new episode of New Books in Anthropology is up — it’s an interview with Christina Thompson on her book The Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia. It’s…
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Edward Westermarck on ‘English Conditions’
Today most anthropologists remember Edward Westermarck as one of Malinowski’s two main teachers at the London School of Economics. In fact, I think Malinowski owes a lot to…
I’m a podcast host! Go listen to David Varel on Allison Davis
I’m proud to announce that I’ve become one of the hosts for the New Book Network’s New Books in Anthropology podcast! In my inaugural episode, I talk with…
Chief Eagle Horse Baritone Singer from Alaska
Charlie Cutter, a student of Chemawa Indian school from about 1898 to 1902 was a noted baritone singer. Cutter was born in Shaken Alaska in1880 and had a…
Nice to know oder grenzüberschreitende Wissenschaft?
Ein selbstreflexiver Bericht eines interdisziplinären Versuchs Pascale Schild Mein Schatten und ich, Kirsten Schmiegelt, 2019 Ich bin Sozialanthropologin und betreibe Ethnografie und e…
Nice to know oder grenzüberschreitende Wissenschaft?
Ein selbstreflexiver Bericht eines interdisziplinären Versuchs Pascale Schild Ich bin Sozialanthropologin und betreibe Ethnografie und ethnografische Theorienbildung. Hierbei sind für mich – se…
George Washington’s Letter to the Jews
I recently returned from a trip to New England to visit the affines. While there, my children received a gift from one of the aunts — a printed…
A Year Without Flying
As teaching finishes, the last of the marking is done and the exam boards wrap for the year I have a bit of time to reflect back on…
Right and Left? Nope.
HELGA INGEBORG VIERICH·SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2018 “..The watchwords of the nineteenth century have been, struggle for existence, competition, class warfare, commercial antagonism between nations, mi…
Hearing the Unknown: Case Studies in Cuba and Taiwan
The saga of mysterious sounds afflicting US diplomats in Cuba—and more recently China–has appeared in the US news cycle intermittently over the last couple of years. Since 2017,…
Gentrification and the Grand River Creative Corridor
Last week, Bridge Magazine published an article about an artist community in the Grand River Creative Corridor that is being evicted by Allied Media Projects (AMP), a nonprofit organization dedicated…
Business anthropology: some thoughts
A couple of weeks ago, I participated in the 2019 Global Business Anthropology Summit held on the New York City campus of Fordham University. Melissa Fisher organized the…
Globale Trends zu Flucht und Asyl: Mehr Geflüchtete in Langzeitsituationen, weniger dauerhafte Lösungen
Von Ulrike Krause und Marcus Engler Anlässlich des seit 2001 stattfindenden Weltflüchtlingstags publiziert das Flüchtlingshilfswerk der Vereinten Nationen (UNHCR) jährlichen seinen Bericht über die gl…
Why ‘Anthropology Yesterday’
After taking a break from social media for a year, I’ve finally settled on a suite of projects I want to pursue for the next couple of years.…
Fastetiden (Ramadan) samler og splitter
Faste. Det høres slitsomt ut. Men det er også en periode som for mange innebærer ekstra mye felleskap og hygge. I muslimenes fastemåned Ramadan skal man ikke spise,…
I finished reading Incomplete Nature and really liked it
It took me eight months but I finally finished reading Incomplete Nature: How Mind Emerged From Matter by Terrence Deacon. It’s pretty impressive. The guys starts with some…
Clinical Data in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: Ethnographic Engagements
A screenshot of the Patient Care Assessment System dashboard, as it appears to clinicians using it in the electronic health record (Fihn and Box 2016). By: Peter Taber,…
La teoría de las ventanas rotas
Donde fueres, haz lo que vieres, es un viejo refrán acerca de lo conveniente de adaptarse a las costumbres locales de allí donde se vive o se viaja.…
Noosfera
Creemos que somos seres individuales y únicos pero resulta que somos también un conjunto de muchos seres singulares que componen nuestro cuerpo y nuestra identidad: lo que habitualmente…
I went to Switzerland and Learned about Transparency
I was very lucky to visit Switzerland last week for the first time. I have a lot of positive things to say about the country (pluses for me:…
Andrea Ballestero’s new book! A future history of water
If, like me, you’ve been waiting for this title, it will be out next month. Details below on Andrea Ballestero’s fascinating research: From Duke University Press here: Based…
Sommerschule Go East des DAAD
von Christina Wiemann Wir als Brotgelehrte schauen gern über den Tellerrand, was aufmerksamen Followern unseres Blogs sicher nicht entgangen ist. Deshalb möchten wir die Sommerschule „ Umbruchsmom…
Some of my new publications are now available on ResearchGate
For some reason I’ve chosen to put my work on ResearchGate rather than Academia.edu… I’m afraid I don’t have the energy to put everything I write on both…
Martha Stewart: the old guard departs
Time Magazine invited Martha Stewart and the stars of Fixer Upper, Joanna and Chip Gaines, to the TIME 100 gala early this week. Chip says, “She didn’t have the faintest…