America’s water whiplash
This was originally published on the NYU Press Blog From the Square. Jerry Brown must sometimes wonder why he isn’t called the water governor. In the 1970s he…
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LAVC Anthropology Day Diversity Wall 2017: “Name Your Culture, Name The Issue”
Written by Alfonso DiLuca, Vice-President Los Angeles Valley College Anthropological Society In science, perhaps more than in any other discipline, humans rest on prior experiences to advance a…
“What is it we are trying to sustain?” – Working towards understanding the ‘Pluriverse’
– Picture courtesy of VisitSanJuan.com Dr. Sara Friend University of St. Andrews Nootsack, a place truly set apart from the world I had known. As an island off…
In Memory of Gill Conquest
In Memory of Gill Conquest It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Gill Conquest on May 5, 2017. Gill was an exceptional researcher and…
Bibi und Tina
Der nachfolgende Text ist ein Beitrag zum Blog Kulturrelativismus und Aufklärung. Eine Debatte über den Umgang mit Fremdem, 16.05.2017. Text von Stéphane Voell und Elke Kamm. Okay, okay…
Criminalization and violence in natural resource conflicts in Guatemala
Elisabet Dueholm Rasch, Wageningen University and Research July 4, 2012 (Santa Cruz el Quiché). The CPK (K’iche Peoples Council) is attacked by armed individuals during a peaceful manifestation,…
How do you raise a child? Insights from a World of Babies
How do you raise a child? Ask any mother, and she’ll offer a long list of things you should do–and shouldn’t do. Not only will three mothers share…
A necessary complication: towards a richer understanding of affordances
A comment on Elisabetta Costa “Social Media as Practices: an Ethnographic Critique of ‘Affordances’ and ‘Context Collapse’.” EASA Media Anthropology Network’s 60th e-Seminar, 9-23 May 2017 by Christi…
Trump and Russia: My articles and interviews
Here is a selection of notable articles and interviews I did on Russia, in reverse chronological order. If you’re trying to catch up, this is good place to…
The Calculable and the Incalculable – A Brief Note on Sustainability and Post-Industrial Identity in the First Quarter of 2017
Eric Boyd University College London (UCL) “But race is the child of racism, not the father. And the process of naming “the people” has never been a matter…
Welcome to the Authoritarian Kleptocracy, Part X
My articles and interviews from the past four days: Marie Claire: The healthcare bill exposes Trump’s chilling authoritarian agenda (5/8/17) Baltic News Service, “Kendzior: Truth Still Matters&#…
Part 2: Life Lessons From Prince: Four Things I Learned After Four Days At Paisley Park.
I found myself asking this morning why I chose to break this blog up into 4 pieces instead of just pulling it all together in one sitting and…
E-seminar: Social media as practices: an ethnographic critique of ‘affordances’ and ‘context collapse’
by Veronica Barassi via EASA Media Anthropology Network mailing list We will be launching our next e-seminar on Tuesday the 9th of May 2017 at 00:00 GMT. If…
Welcome to the Authoritarian Kleptocracy, Part IX
It was a busy week — I spoke at NYU, at an education conference in Toronto, and at UC Berkeley. Clips may be online soon. I also did some…
The case for culture in business, as clearly and forcefully as I can make it
This is an abbreviation of talk I gave for the design firm Thomas Pigeon in early April. It puts the “case for culture in business” as forcefully as I…
From Vision to Reality: Palestine Israel Fellowship Fund for Travel (PIFFT) Applications Now Open!
Alisse Waterston, AAA President, CUNY John Jay College Last November (2016) my president’s letter to AAA members announced a new project: PIFFT: the Palestine Israel Fellowship Fund for…
Life Lessons From Prince: 4 Things I Learned After 4 Days At Paisley Park. Part 1
As I sit here about to write this (it finally being the “right time”) I am remembering that a week ago around this time my wife and I…
TV: new rules, new viewers, new challenges
This is the presentation I gave at Streaming Television and Second Screening Workshop at Boston University. TV: new rules, new viewers, new challenges from Grant McCracken
Paid: Tales of Dongles, Checks, and Other Money Stuff
Hot off the press! Paid: Tales of Dongles, Checks, and Other Money Stuff just came out on MIT Press. I have a piece on dirty dollars as art…
“Am I Dying”
In this class, we have discussed preparation for death in multiple instances. In “The Undertaking” a couple prepares for the death of their child and elderly plan their…
The Artisanal Economies Project, entry # 2: The Peacefield Farms interview
This is a clip of an interview of Kaelin Vernon of “Peacefield Farms” with Sam Ford, Grant McCracken and Josh Poling acting as interviewers. The interview was conducted…
Marktown: Industrial Heritage at Risk
I finally got to visit the planned worker community of Marktown in East Chicago this weekend. In 1917, industrialist Clayton Mark hired famed architect Howard Van Doren Shaw…
A letter to my culture interns, Jarvis and Donte
I have never had interns before. In fact, I thought there was something wrong with using them. But I now have two. I will call them Jarvis Rochford and Donte Cole.…
Roman and Greek Necromancy
Necromancy, also known as nigromancy, describes a theoretical magical practice of communicating with the dead. This happens either through raising them by summoning the spirit. Generally, the goal…