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Sahlins biography update: September to November
The past few months have been very busy ones, but I wanted to write a quick update on my progress just to keep myself honest and provide a…
Resilience Through Urban Weeds
Author: Carolina Némethy and Miguel da Cruz Resilience Through Urban Weeds This article is written in collaboration with Miguel da Cruz, a visiting student from Brazil. Weeds are…
Radical action for Palestine: Here’s what to do
Are you struggling to know what to do about Palestine right now? As an organizer, I have advice for you. Please share this article widely (here it is…
The Nunavut Arctic College and mobilization of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit in Nunavut research
This Inuit-led project ireviewed over three and a half thousand documents relating to research in Nunavut and involving Nunavummiut between 1996 and 2022.
The Nunavut Arctic College and mobilization of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit in Nunavut research
This Inuit-led project ireviewed over three and a half thousand documents relating to research in Nunavut and involving Nunavummiut between 1996 and 2022.
Ep#106: MeTooAnthro and the Witch Hunt trope
The Familiar Strange · Ep#106: MeTooAnthro and the Witch Hunt trope Trigger Warning: Please note that this episode makes mention of Sexual Assault and sexual violence. In this…
2023 ARHE Policy Brief Award Winners
The ARHE Awards Committee is thrilled to announce the 2023 Policy Brief winners. The Committee was extremely impressed with the quality of submissions and examples of the power…
Sahlins biography update: Work in August 2023
August of 2023 was a milestone for my biographical research. I spent two weeks in New York conducting archival research. First, I spend a week and a half…
Sahlins biography update: Work in July 2023
I’m renaming these posts so that they are less confusing. This update was written in August, published in September, but is about work I did in July, so…
Letter of concern regarding the UK’s Criminal Justice System and its handling of Rape and Serious Sexual Assault cases, with regards to Operation Soteria’s one year review.
MACKENZIE DEARSLEY Letter Directed To: The Rt Hon Suella Braverman KC MP, Home Security & MP for Fareham Government representative of Home Office’s Operation Soteria initiative. T…
2023 ARHE Policy Brief Award
We are excited to announce that the 2023 ARHE Policy Brief Award is now open for submissions. The aim of the award is to encourage and acknowledge the contributions…
Shaping Bubbles of Time: Crossing Temporalities Through VHS, DVDs, and Gigabytes
ByDamian Andres SabatiniMA Material and Visual Culture, 2022-23 1998 marked a pivotal moment in the world of cinema, with the iconic sci-fi filmmaker from the 1970s, George Lucas,…
Sahlins biography July 2023 update
After third months of research for my biography of Marshall Sahlins, I have finally arrived at an important milestone: Sahlins’s birth! I’ve done a lot of work on…
The Wonderful Everyday: An Anthropological Investigation into IKEA Showrooms
ByJess JonesMA Material and Visual Culture, 2022-23 It may or may not be a surprise that this kitchen is not in someone’s home but in an IKEA showroom.…
Summer break for OceanStates
With summer break rapidly approaching, the OceanStates research team will be taking a month-long pause in July. The project will resume in August with some exciting updates, as…
How X Became a Religion
Many people don’t believe me when I tell them ‘religion’ is not a cross-cultural phenomenon and that it was mostly in the 19th century when white people (i.e.…
Toward A Happy Lab: Biology Neophytes’ Adaptation to Research Logic
ByLiang QuiyanMSc Biosocial Medical Anthropology, 2022-23 The complexity of biological life poses a challenge to the study of its mechanisms: in lab contexts, the interpretation requires at le…
Obesodemia
Mejorar la figura y perder peso es uno de los objetivos habituales al iniciar el año. Por salud pero también por vergüenza, la sociedad discrimina a las personas…
The future comes for Vogue…and the rest of us
A power struggle is playing out at Vogue. Several things hang in the balance. The future of a publication that helps construct our sense of taste. The future of…
Sahlins biography June 2023 update
Here’s a quick update regarding my work on the Marshall Sahlins biography up to 1 June 2023. I spent most of May not actually writing the biography, but…
Sapir and Goldenweiser, White and Redfield
Investigating the biographies of Leslie White, Robert Redfield, Edward Sapir, and Alexander Goldenweiser. White studied with Goldenweiser in New York. Goldenweiser and Sapir were exact contempora…
Copious Free Time: Evans-Pritchard Edition
Here are some pieces that I want to read but almost definitely will not get around to. Perhaps you will have better luck? Sean Kingston has an amazing book…
Pablo Semán and Ariel Wilkis: Rebellion of the bastards: the rise of the extreme right in Argentina
The growth of extreme right-wing forces in the Argentine political process expresses the combination of global trends and specific trends associated with local political history. It also expresses…