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…
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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…
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…