The New Gambia, by Niklas Hultin
President Adama Barrow greeting the people. Photo by Katarina Höije It finally became clear on January 21, 2017, that Yahya Jammeh, the long-serving autocratic president of The Gambia…
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New Book from Kath Weston: Animate Planet
Great looking new title from anthropologist Kath Weston published by Duke (details here). From the website: Description In Animate Planet Kath Weston shows how new intimacies between humans,…
Welcome to the Authoritarian Kleptocracy Part III
Hello! I’ve been too busy to update this site due to our nation’s continuing collapse. Anyway, here’s the latest since the last time I posted: Donald Trump: Our…
The Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatter Syllabus Project, Week 16: Victor Kumar on James Baldwin, Margaret Mead and Ethnographic Approaches to Studying Race
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…
The hybrid media space of nerd politics
Invited paper to the ECPR joint sessions workshop on Digital Media and the Spatial Transformation of Public Contention, Nottingham, UK, 27-30 April 2017. Abstract The rise of WikiLeaks,…
The creation of a “lessons learned place” – Notes on doing research in the coal mine area of Tete, Mozambique
By Nikkie Wiegink, Utrecht University “More studies, more studies! Ok, it is necessary to do those studies, but to what end?!” Carlos (a pseudonym) was furious. It is…
Egypt as “Securocratic” State
There’s a new paper from Maha Abdelrahman of the University of Cambridge entitled “Policing neoliberalism in Egypt: the continuing rise of the ‘securocratic’ state.” Abdelrahman join…
Six Poems
A selection 1982-1999 Various places Refuge (Paresseux nerveux) A short history of knowledge Ishmael at the masthead (View from a balcony, Jamaica) One glad look Nuclear reaction i…
Six poems
A selection 1982-1999 Various places Refuge (Paresseux nerveux) A short history of knowledge Ishmael at the masthead (View from a balcony, Jamaica) One glad look Nuclear reaction i…
Notes from the field: Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 27/11/16-17/12/16
Originally published on the University of Copenhagen’s Asian Dynamics Blog. by Magnus Marsden It seems like a long time since I bumped into two traders in their mid-forties…
Hoger opleidingsniveau migranten leidt amper tot betere arbeidsmarktpositie
Omslag Integratie in zicht? -SCP Door Mehmet Şahin Het rapport integratie in zicht[1], opgesteld door Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau (SCP), is op 15 December 2016 gepubliceerd. De onderzoekers…
Jessica Dempsey on Enterprising Nature: Economics, Markets, and Finance in Global Biodiversity Politics
A great new book from Jessica Dempsey (UBC Geography). Description below and a short animated video from her website. The publisher’s description does not do the book justice…
“He’s the least racist person I know”: Racism, the Mad Butcher and Empathy
Great piece by my colleague Catherine Trundle. vicanthropology We’ve all been reading about the celebrity New Zealand businessman the Mad Butcher (Peter Leitch) and his so-called ‘friendly banter’.…
Familiar with Graphic Anthropology? Didn’t think so… by David Johansson
During the second part of this spring sociologist Ugo Corte and I will teach a new master course in the Ethnography of the senses here at Uppsala University.…
Guest Blog: ‘Easy Living’ by Morgan
In the ‘90s, state houses were being sold as part of the market-oriented reforms and the remaining housing stock was rented at market rates. Combined with the cuts…
Why aren`t you more angry? Fossil Fuels and Community Life on Mexico’s Gulf Coast
By Svenja Schöneich, GIGA When starting fieldwork in the Emiliano Zapata community in the state of Veracruz, Mexico in 2016, I was mainly interested in conflicts about hydraulic…
The Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatter Syllabus Project, Looking Back and Looking Ahead
The editors of Anthropoliteia are happy to present the latest entry in on ongoing series The Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatterSyllabus Project, which will mobilize anthropological work as a pedagogical…
Diet as a New Identity
Photo by Gaya Nikolsky By Gaya Nikolsky Who are you? No, let me rephrase that to avoid a complicated philosophical debate. What is your identity? Okay, although this…
Help a researcher out by taking this short survey on neighborhood blight in Detroit!
My dissertation research involves interviewing Detroit residents city to learn more about how blight affects peoples’ daily lives. I’ve created a very brief questionnaire as an extension o…
Fractocurrentism and the anthropologist of the future (TAOTF) …
Will be a world view Will reconceptualise disciplinary thinking and skill sets TAOTF will be better known TAOTF will probably do fiewldwork at home, locally or … –…
2016: Understanding the nightmare
A selection of my articles on the hellscape that was 2016, divided by topic. Full list available here. If you want an understanding of how we got into…
We’re Not Mourning The 80’s. We’re Returning To Them.
I know what everyone has been thinking as we look gleefully forward to the end of 2016, with a desire to put the social and political turmoil behind us…
2016 Roundup: AAA Blog Edition
Here are the five most-read, topic-driven AAA blog posts of 2016! Thank you for reading. Anthropology in Business? What exactly are Anthropology MAs doing with their anthropology? Why do…