Addendum to Normalising the Abnormal
In our last blog post, the second of our series on the return of the skulls from Inishbofin, Ciarán Walsh continued the story of the struggles to repatriate…
In our last blog post, the second of our series on the return of the skulls from Inishbofin, Ciarán Walsh continued the story of the struggles to repatriate…
ByLewis DalyEditor, Anthropolitan Read the Issue We are delighted to present this special issue of Anthropolitan—UCL Anthropology’s annual departmental magazine—on the theme of Race, Raci…
I am lucky to have a prosperous and happy life, so I feel like I have little to complain about. However, during the crush of mid-career responsibilities it…
ByGabriella SantiniPhD Anthropology I met Esther, a bit by chance, as I was exploring Nairobi’s streets after a Kiswahili class. Esther is a 24-year-old Kenyan entrepreneur. She owns…
A PhD dissertation defence, in some countries called a viva, is usually a ceremonial event only attracting a few other academics from the same field, and perhaps the…
Ulf Hannerz: På sin tid diskuterades ”tredje uppgiften”, samverkan med det omgivande samhället – de som finner sina yrkessysslor vid högskolor och universitet ska först och främst forska,…
In this blogpost, Ernst Nordtveit draws upon legal perspectives to discuss projections of sea level rise and reflect upon regional strategies in the Pacific that view maritime boundaries…
CLEAR has four Master’s positions (MA or MSc) for September 2023
As of 1 January, my blog will be 22 years old. I have achieved this significant landmark by continuing to pay my hosting fees and then not blogging.…
What roles do things play in the context of forced migration? How do things become a vital source in the constitution of a sense of (new) home? Which…
BySonia DhandaPhD Anthropology On 14–25 November 2022, government representatives from over 160 countries convened in Panama City for solutions to the biodiversity crisis and negotiations on w…
This year, DEI went into the holiday season by introducing the recently published Special Issue “Across Mobile Online and Offline Spaces: Reflections on Methods, Practices, and Ethics” (ed. by…
These are my comments from the recent book launch for Growing Up Woodbrook Professionally, sometimes there is something you really want to happen but it doesn’t and that…
Bernard Cohn was an important anthropologist and historian of India. His 1987 volume An Anthropologist Among the Historians and Other Essays can be hard to find in digital.…
A perspective from low laying atolls brings climate discourses and practical realities together. Tokelau experiences with political intervensions employed by overseas agents range historically from in…
ByJihai LiBSc Anthropology, 2021-24 This is an assignment of the undergraduate module ‘Introduction to Material and Visual Culture’. The assignment requires each student to choose one of the…
The Familiar Strange · Ep #99 The Conference Extravaganza: AAS &AAA: This month on TFS This week we’re back with a conference extravaganza! With the AAS and AAA’s…
Hey everyone — long time, no see! Not much has happened in the two years since I’ve updated this website — just a global plague, an attempted coup,…
There’s a paid opportunity for a visiting fellow to work with CLEAR at Memorial University for 2 weeks-4 months on ocean-related research. Details of the competition are here:…
CLEAR lab has openings for undergraduate and graduate student research assistants to work on environmental samples from Miawpukek First Nation, the Nunatsiavut Government, and NunatuKavut Community Co…
BySara MahdiAnthropology, Environment, and Development MSc, 2022-23 I am certain that I am not alone when I think to myself, “Have we really, truly, permanently changed the planet?…
New position for a PhD student on a project about Indigenous Quantitative Methods based in the Geography Department at Memorial University
The ARHE Awards Committee is thrilled to announce the 2022 Policy Brief winners. Please join us in congratulating: Student winner: Alyssa Basmajian for her policy brief entitled Doulas…
ByJosephine PlattMSc Social and Cultural Anthropology, 2021–2023 A limp, plastic sack is waiting for me on a therapy bed, and I’m being gestured to strip off and climb…