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The media practices of social movements: a critical overview of the literature
Invited lecture to the Summer School on Media in Political Participation and Mobilization, Centre on Social Movement Studies, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Scuola Normale Superiore, Fl…
Fieldwork
I’m back in the field so to speak. I’ve begun conducting ethnographic interviews which are the last stage of data collection for my dissertation. 6 down 60 to…
Google Trends as life advice?
[this post first appeared on Medium] I was in Portland last week looking for artisans to interview for the Artisanal Economies Project and stumbled upon a vintage clothing…
Consecrating Science: new book on science, myth, and the Anthropocene by Lisa Sideris
A title soon to be released that is worth adding to your “to read” list from Lisa Sideris, published by University of California Press. A bit of a…
Tweeting religion in Indonesia: when political arenas go viral
Postill, J. and L.C. Epafras forthcoming 2017. Tweeting religion in Indonesia: when political arenas go viral. American Ethnologist (virtual issue) The popularity of social media in Indonesia, combi…
Girls’ Periods, Political Disillusionment and Activist Anthropology: What is happening to research in Uganda?
By Anna Baral Take a woman anthropologist, an online social network and a President who has stayed in power thirty years. Take a country whose governance has been…
The diachronic ethnography of media: from social changing to actual social changes
Postill, J. 2017. The diachronic ethnography of media: from social changing to actual social changes. Moment, Journal of Cultural Studies 4(1): 19-43. PDF Abstract In this article I…
Roundtable: Answers by Simone Toji
As a researcher who was raised in Brazil, my uncertainty and dilemmas may have a different punch compared to other cases. The context of uncertainty in Brazil includes…
Palabras mágicas
Nada hay tan increíble que la oratoria no pueda volver posible Cicerón Un elemento clásico en las narraciones fantásticas es el uso de palabras mágicas, conjuros con el…
Welcome to the Authoritarian Kleptocracy, Part XIII
Taking it day by day, learning to live like an animal in the jungle where we play… My latest articles and interviews: Trump is reportedly under investigation. Does…
At home in Durban, September 2013, first interview
In September 2103, Alice Sala and Gregoire Mayor, from the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland and on behalf of the multimedia French-language journal ethnographiques.org came to South Africa to…
Keith Hart @ Home in Durban, 1 of 3 interviews September 2013
In September 2103, Alice Sala and Gregoire Mayor, from the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland and on behalf of the multimedia French-language journal ethnographiques.org, came to South Africa to…
Negotiating Mozambique’s new commodity frontiers from the perspective of a conservationist
By Kate Symons, University of Edinburgh. [C]onservation is not a priority….. they [Frelimo] want economic growth at any point. So if they find …… coal and gas and…
Alan Bradshaw: On the prospect of a Tory majority!
This post is part of a feature on the 2017 UK elections, moderated and edited by Patrick Neveling (University of Bern). As an Irishman living in England, I…
Would You Like to Be a Columnist for SAPIENS?
Do you have stories to tell? SAPIENS is searching for new, talented writers from all fields of anthropology to share their experiences and insights with our worldwide readership.…
Are The Media Using The Wrong Yardstick To Measure The Revolution?
The concept of “revolution” used by Western media to report on the so-called “Arab Spring” (itself a term coined by the Western media) is rooted in understandings of…
Pacific Reading PDFs Update (12/20/16)
I have just found this amazing resource/blog – highly recommend checking it out if you are interested in Oceania. Beauty of Oceania LINK TO PACIFIC READING DROPBOX These…
My speech at the March for Truth in St Louis
Today I spoke at the March for Truth at St Louis. Thank you to everyone who came out to the Arch and heard me speak and a special…
Nevermore
av Christer Lindberg Det förmodligen mest udda inslaget på årets SANT-konferens i Stockholm var nog min presentation av fotoboken New York’s Raven (Transco-Script, Malmö 2017) under sektionen nya…
Welcome to the Authoritarian Kleptocracy, Part XII
Here are my articles and interviews from the past few days. I will be speaking at the March for Truth in St. Louis this Saturday morning. Follow March…
Life Lessons From Prince: Four Things I learned After Four Days at Paisley Park. Part 3
(photo credit 3. Embrace your weird. It’s what changes the world for the better. Prince was certainly not a human you would describe as “ordinary” or “mainstream” or…
Welcome to the Authoritarian Kleptocracy, Part XI
How the hell has it only been two weeks since Comey was fired? Anyway. In the meantime, I went to Estonia to speak to foreign dignitaries, came back,…