Anthropology’s heterodoxy
“Flowers” by Claude Monet By Ton Salman In the following blog, Ton Salman reacts to Matthias Teeuwen’s contribution to Standplaats Wereld of 13-2-2017, titled “Is Anthrop…
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Mild Apocalypse – Feral Landscapes in Denmark: Reflections on an Exhibition
By Nathalia S. Brichet, Frida Hastrup, and Felix Riede § From the late 1930s until 1970, low-grade brown coal was extracted at Søby in mainland Denmark. This activity carried out largely…
The Philippine mining clampdown that wasn´t
By Boris Verbrugge, Radbout Universiteit On February 2, 2017, Philippine Environment Secretary Gina Lopez, who has the full backing of the country’s controversial president Duterte, announced the clos…
Medical anthropologists in/of Aotearoa meet for launch and symposium
Sorry to miss what looks like a great symposium and launch of the new Society of Medical Anthropology in Aotearoa. SOMAA By Nayantara Sheoran Appleton. On Wednesday February…
Clarity in Dying
Katie Cooper There are just somethings that we do not like to talk about. Like how often you wear the same pair of socks, or how you take…
Managing cultural complexity, 3 options courtesy of Tom Friedman, Chance the Rapper, and Maggie Siff
(Originally published Feb. 16 on Medium) Tom Friedman was interviewed by Al Hunt on Charlie Rose Tuesday night. He was pitching his new book: Thank you for being…
“Revolutionary Egypt” Book Gets a Facebook Page
Its a book about the “Facebook revolution”, right? So it is only appropriate it finally gets its own Facebook page–concurrent with its coming out in paperback and as…
Overcoming the Fear of Death Psychedelically
Researchers at NYU and Johns Hopkins Universities have found that a single dose of the psychedelic compound in magic mushrooms, psilocybin, can diminish depression and anxiety related to…
Anthropology: A Love Story
Why do you anthropology? The AAA is getting an early start to this year’s Anthropology Day celebration by spending our Valentine’s Day reflecting on why we fell in…
Welcome to the Authoritarian Kleptocracy Part V
My latest articles and interviews: When Trudeau met Trump: Canadian exceptionalism, American envy (2/13/17) — Globe and Mail It’s already happened here (2/9/17) — The Baffler The Pre…
Tibetan Sky Burials
Sky burials (or celestial burials, as they are also called) are the burial rites of choice for the Tibetans. After a member of the community has died, the…
Dia de los Muertos- Celebrating the dead
Dia de los Muertos- Day of the dead Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a tradition and holiday that originates in Mexico, but is…
Head Transplants: the next medical feat?
The Idea Professor Sergio Canavero wants to be the first surgeon ever to perform a head transplant. He claims that this could happen within the next year and…
Rivers is Our Forgotten Founding Father
The true history of British social anthropology’s origins, seen through the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to the Torres strait (CAETS) [1] Three centuries of anthropology. Between evolution and…
What anthropologists really do
Two books published in 2002, The Best of Anthropology Today and Exotic No More, taken together, provide a chance to find out what anthropologists are up to these days. The…
50 years of Anthropology at Victoria University of Wellington
Save the date and join us for our 50th anniversary of anthropology at Victoria University of Wellington #038;d=identicon&%23038;r=G’ class=’avatar avatar-32′ height=’32’ width=’32’ />vicanthropology In 2017 Cultural Anthropology at…
Genealogies of Environmentalism: The Lost Works of Clarence Glacken – forthcoming in June 2017
#038;d=identicon&%23038;r=G’ class=’avatar avatar-32′ height=’32’ width=’32’ />Progressive Geographies Genealogies of Environmentalism: The Lost Works of Clarence Glacken– edited by S. Ravi Rajan with Adam Romero and Michael Watts –…
Paradise – a living hell: mining, power and dispossession
By Hedda Askland, The University of Newcastle The sun was glittering on the Goulbourn River. The cicadas were loudly calling in the 40 degrees heat. The constant hum…
Border on a Beach
by Sasha Flatau ‘Y aquí, otra frontera’ I’d been walking along a beach called Las Redes in El Puerto de Santa María, Spain with my boyfriend. It was…
If You Can’t Cheat Death, Why Fake It
Recently, I feel as if I have been paying special attention to death much more than usual. What I have noticed is that death itself is constructed and…
Welcome to the Authoritarian Kleptocracy Part IV
My latest dispatches from the shitshow: Trumps’ America, where even parks employees are enemies of the state (1/28/17) — The Guardian Never again: Muslim ban echoes authoritarian states…
Join us for Ethnography Shelf – an ethnography reading club online and in person
vicanthropology In our previous blog post, Brigitte Bönisch-Brednich noted that her resolution for 2017 is to read six ethnographies. Inspired by this and all the different ethnographies we…
Studying Up in the Age of Trump
In the recent months and weeks since Donald Trump was elected and inaugurated as our 45th president, I’ve seen a lot of anthropologists questioning “what can we do?,”…
The Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatter Syllabus Project, Week 17: Riché Barnes on #BlackFamiliesMatter, Especially Black Mothers
The editors of Anthropoliteia are happy to relaunch the second semester of an ongoing series The Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatterSyllabus Project, which will mobilize anthropological work as a pedagog…