“The View From Flyover Country” will be published in paperback this spring!
I’ve got some big news — my best-selling 2015 essay collection “The View From Flyover Country” will be released in an updated paperback version this spring! There has…
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Launch of Anthropocene Primer: open access platform
OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF DIGITAL OPEN ACCESS PUBLICATION AN ANTHROPOCENE PRIMER, Version 1.0 October 23, 2017 The IUPUI Arts & Humanities Institute is proud to announce the official…
Google’s early warning of the rise of Trump
[This post first appeared on Medium, October 23, 2017] All social observers should (still) be asking themselves, “How did we miss it? How did we miss the rise…
The AAA Publishing Portfolio Principle: The Rights of the Individual
At is core, AAA’s publishing program is governed by four values: quality, breadth, accessibility, and sustainability. These core values have enabled a rich and enduring portfolio of more…
Me Too Anthropology
TW: Rape, abuse, misogyny; CW: cis-gendered language by Elizabeth Beckmann Just over a week ago the #MeToo campaign, originally pioneered by black activist Tarana Burke over ten years ago,…
Feminismus in Äthiopien
Ist Feminismus eine westliche Errungenschaft? NÖ! Und wie sehen die Facetten der globalen feministischen Kämpfe aus? Während eines zweimonatigen Aufenthalts in Äthiopien hat Anna Vosgerau mit verschie…
Robin Kimmerer: The Teachings of Grass
Robin Kimmerer’s book, Braiding Sweetgrass, has been getting wonderful reviews. A short video (dedicated to the now extinct Passenger Pigeon) if you haven’t picked it up:
Review: Crumpled Paper Boat
By Fawzia Haeri Mazanderani ***Originally published in LSE Review of Books*** Writer James Agee, when commissioned to bring back an enticing story for Fortune magazine about impoverished farmers…
Welcome to the Authoritarian Kleptocracy Part XVIII
Here are my articles and interviews from the past two weeks: Fast Company, Why Puerto Rico Is Not Trump’s Katrina (9/27/17) CPAC, “Perspective with Alison Smith: Mass Shooting…
Visual Anthropology Of The Egyptian Revolution (And Beyond)
A special issue of the journal Visual Anthropology brings together seven scholars exploring visual aspects of political contestation in the Middle East, especially the Arab Spring. The issue …
Presence to Influence: Examining the Politics of Representation in Global Environmental Governance
By: Kimberly Marion Suiseeya (Department of Political Science, Northwestern University)[1] Laura Zanotti (Department of Anthropology and Center for the Environment, Purdue University)[2] Kate Haapala …
The Rhetoric of Foreclosure and Eviction in Detroit
Analyzing the rhetoric around blight, foreclosure, and eviction in Detroit reveals a lot about local attitudes towards/concepts of ownership, poverty, race, and social justice. Over the last two…
Contested Narratives: Charlottesville and the Caribbean in Perspective
By Kimberley McKinson, Post-Doctoral Research and Teaching Associate, University of Georgia As I witnessed the horrific images of white supremacy and raw hate coming out of Charlottesville, Virginia…
James C. Scott: A brief history of flight from the state
James C. Scott rethinks refuge (primarily in mountain territories) and the flight of the state in the context of his later ideas on where others seek refuge…swamps, marshes,…
MPAAC is Ready to Roll!
By Tricia Redeker Hepner, MPAAC Chair The Members’ Programmatic Advisory and Advocacy Committee will officially go into effect following the 2017 AAA Annual Meeting this November. Over the…
Another re-launch…
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” (Samuel Beckett, Worstward Ho) It has been almost two years since STUAnthroBlog was last functioning regularly.…
Living Text: Written messages outside and inside a West Bank peace project
This photo essay gathers statements from both outside (West Bank/Jericho area) and inside the peace project EcoME (“Ecological Middle East”) in the contested Palestinian Territories. The texts and…
Welcome to the Authoritarian Kleptocracy Part XVII
I’m back in the US and back on the road to give talks over the next few weeks. If you’re in Springfield MO, Austin TX or New Haven…
What we’ve been writing: public anthropology from vic
Check out some recent work by my colleagues in the Cultural Anthropology programme vicanthropology It’s been a while since we’ve posted on vicanthropology, but everyone’s been busy elsewhere.…
“Are We So Different?”
An excerpt from a longer piece by AAA member Irma McClaurin When the end comes our minute genetic differences will be obliterated. We will be reduced to bones,…