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Welcome to the Authoritarian Kleptocracy Part XV
My latest articles and interviews: First they came for trans Americans. Who will be next? (7/27/17) — Globe and Mail How Trump fullfilled a 30-year fantasy of becoming president,…
Congratulations to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science on the Publication of Navajo Textiles Volume
Congratulations our colleagues at in the Department of Anthropology at the the Denver Museum of Nature and Science on the publication of the new volume Navajo Textiles: The…
New paper in special issue on Helen Ingram’s legacy in water, politics, and governance
Very happy to have a new article out in the Journal of the Southwest and in a special double issue honouring the work of Helen Ingram. Full table…
Hero or Outlaw: How Archetypes Can Tell A Brand Story
In 2001, The Hero and The Outlaw introduced the branding world to the use of archetypes. The book reminds us that humans relate to stories with strong characters,…
Welcome to the Authoritarian Kleptocracy, Part XIV
Hey do y’all believe me now about that whole “Russian inference” thing I’ve been writing about for over a year? Anyway, here are some of my articles and…
Of Memorials, Sacrifice, and Hope in Turkey
This post was submitted by Dr. Sumi Colligan, Professor of Anthropology and Faculty Service-Learning Co-Coordinator at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. On the road in Turkey again this past …
Activity theory
Extract from Ruijer, E., Grimmelikhuijsen, S., & Meijer, A. (2017). Open data for democracy: Developing a theoretical framework for open data use. Government Information Quarterly, 34(1), 45-52. A…
The River is in Us: Fighting Toxics in a Mohawk Community – Elizabeth Hoover
This title isn’t out until November, but it’s never too soon to pre-order. From the University of Minnesota Press website: Mohawk midwife Katsi Cook lives in Akwesasne, an…
Ik (b)en de Ander
Door Irene Smouter. Afgelopen jaar kreeg ik de kans om een half jaar te studeren in Johannesburg, Zuid Afrika, waar ik als antropologe in de dop enorm veel…
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…
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…
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…