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…
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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…
A Constructive (and Protective) Response for Our Discipline to the 2016 Elections
This post was submitted by David Lempert, Ph.D., J.D., M.B.A., E.D. (Hon.). Like it or not, Anthropology is now likely to be under increasing pressure to demonstrate…
The True Commercial Spirit of Christmas
I would like to thank Jim Hardison – a man who I have never met but whose work I have read in the context of my own…
Die Erinnerungen an die DDR: Ansichten aus West und Ost
Quelle: http://www.briefmarken-bilder.de/ddr-briefmarken-1951-bilder/ddr-briefmarke-leipziger-messe-1951.jpg “Geschichte wird so geschildert, wie sie nach der aktuellen Politik hätte sein so…
Exchange with Alex Foti on nettime
Alex Foti to nettime, 17 December 2016 Dear Vahid, for the very little it’s worth i’ve been campaigning to save Aleppo since the siege and furiously since the…
Welcome to the Authoritarian Kleptocracy Part II
Here are some of my articles and interviews from the past week: The fake war on fake news (12/15/16) — Globe and Mail Donald Trump, Russia, and the…
My Year in Mansplaining
My year in Mansplaining Posted on December 31, 2013 December 29, 2013 — My year in Mansplaining Mansplain– delighting in condescending, inaccurate explanations delivered with rock solid confide…
That Person at your office
That person at your office Posted on May 6, 2014 As a professor who teaches and serves as a mentor to university undergraduates, MA and Ph.D. students, and junior faculty,…
Komparativ tenkning
Du kommer ingen vei uten gode data. Men en god kvalitativ undersøkelse handler ikke bare om å stille de riktige spørsmålene. Det handler like mye om å gjøre en…
Verdi for kunden og virksomheten
I forretningslivet har vi som regel ikke tid til å gjøre det klassiske feltarbeidet, men vi må likevel sørge for å samle nok og riktig data til å…
The Lost Gold of Burkina Faso – A Parliamentary Inquiry into the Mining Sector
By Katja Werthmann, Institute of African Studies, University of Leipzig Recently, Burkina Faso celebrated the second anniversary of its popular uprising on 30 and 31 October 2014 that…
The Lost Gold of Burkina Faso – A Parliamentary Inquiry into the Mining Sector
By Katja Werthmann, Institute of African Studies, University of Leipzig Recently, Burkina Faso celebrated the second anniversary of its popular uprising on 30 and 31 October 2014 that…
Static noise
Created using the static and peak noise recorded on a field recorder while walking around the suburbs of Glen Innes and Panmure, Auckland (in particular the area of…
Innsikt til kundereisen
Produksjonsalderen ble en gang byttet ut med informasjonsalderen. Nå sitter digitale kunder med makten. Og de krever å bli lyttet til. Vi lever i kundens tidsalder, og vi…
Kommuner, forsikring og bank
På oppdrag for både offentlige og private aktører har vi gjennomført dybdeintervjuer og i visse tilfeller deltakende observasjon – noe som har resultert i nye innsikter for kunden. Innsikter…
Another Answer to the Question “What is Anthropology?”
Photo by David Barnas on Flickr By Matthias Teeuwen As a student of cultural anthropology you are invariably confronted with the question: what is anthropology? It can briefly…
Generating Extractive Industry Capitalism: Corporate Foreign Policy and the Resource Frontier
By Paul Robert Gilbert, University of Brighton Each year in the Autumn, London’s Geological Society hosts ‘FINEX: Exploration Meets the City’ in their well-appointed premises on Piccadilly. Perhaps…
Glen Innes Soundscape
Recorded in Glen Innes on 2/12/16 – 3/12/16 (Headphones recommended)