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.…
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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…
Aktive Flüchtlingsaufnahme in Europa: Ein Forschungsfeld im Entstehen
Resettlement und andere Formen der aktiven Flüchtlingsaufnahme stehen aktuell weit oben auf der nationalen, europäischen und internationalen Agenda. Die Globalen Pakte der Vereinten Nationen legen d…
My social media sabbatical is over
I’m excited but also sorta trepidatious to announce that my social media sabbatical is now officially over. I took a break in May of last year to deal…
Political Ecologies of the Far Right: Call for papers
Call for Contributions: Political Ecologies of the Far Right, 15-17 Nov 2019 Lund University, 15-17 November 2019 www.pefr.hek.lu.se An interdisciplinary academic-activist conference organized by t…
Sufi Performance as Political Intervention
Rafique Wassan Feminist activist artist Sheema Kermani performing in the Sufi shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sindh, Pakistan, 2019 Sufism, the mystical, spiritual tradition of Islam has…
Sufi Performance as Political Intervention
Rafique Wassan Feminist activist artist Sheema Kermani performing in the Sufi shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sindh, Pakistan, 2019 Sufism, the mystical, spiritual tradition of Islam has…
Indigenous peoples and scientists urge Europe to commit to real sustainable trade with Brazil
Carolina Schneider Comandulli Extreme Citizen Science Research Group Centre for the Anthropology of Sustainability Indigenous and environmental rights are under threat in Brazil from Jair Bolso…
My latest paper – The Moral Geography of the Earth System
My latest paper is now out entitled, The Moral Geography of the Earth System. It is currently free access here (thanks Wiley!). And it is permanently open-access here,…
Why massacres happen and how to stop them
[written as an anthropological response to the New Zealand massacre of March 2019. I was in the field, doing ethnographies.] I’ve spent the last month out of the…
New Book from Ingrid Stefanovic – The Wonder of Water: Lived Experience, Policy, and Practice
This is a great looking new title edited by Ingrid Stefanovic here with the University of Toronto Press. Facing droughts, floods, and water security challenges, society is increasingly…
Meet nitrous oxide: the fun drug that, because of prohibition, is terrible for the environment
The War on Drugs is an expensive, harmful disaster. It’s the most destructive and racist set of policies that exist in the modern era. But! Did you know that…
CFP: Quilt and Textile Studies for Uncoverings 2020
Mathers Museum of World Cultures Research Associate Janice Frisch, who is editor of Uncoverings, shares the following call for papers. Call for Papers Quilt and Textile Studies Uncoverings…
The Surveillance Cyborg
Editor’s Note: This post is part of our ongoing series, “Queering Surveillance,” and was co-written with Alexander Wolff. Surveillance is an embodied experience, both being watched a…