Bibliography of the Egyptian Revolution Updated
The Bibliography resource on the Egyptian uprisings has been updated. The bibliography now includes over 875 references. Updates include articles from such journals as Digest of Middle East Studies, …
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What Now?
chartwell west I’m not a liberal. I’m not a safe space, social crusader. I’m not a sore loser who can’t get over the fact that Hillary Clinton wasn’t…
Jemen, een vergeten oorlog – #watkanikdoen?
Vijf jaar na de revolutie in Jemen: het land is in crisis, voedsel op rantsoen, prijzen stijgen de pan uit, mensen ontvluchten dood en verderf, en vredesinitiatieven stagneren.…
A Plea for Post-Election Empathy From The Intellectuals
Here are links to two brilliant articles addressing the change we are seeing in our country – exemplified by our current presidential election. Cracked: How half of America…
Teaching Anthropology Through Student Writing Projects on Wikipedia: AAA 2016 Workshop Highlight
We asked Annual Meeting workshop organizers to give our blog readers a sneak peek at the events they have planned for AAA 2016. This post was submitted by Carwil…
A Pitch Session for Ethnographic Filmmakers: Developing Your Story, Integrating Your Research, Finding Funding and Distribution: AAA 2016 Workshop Highlight
We asked Annual Meeting workshop organizers to give our blog readers a sneak peek at the events they have planned for AAA 2016. This post was submitted by Alice…
Ankara’s Long Arm: Notes on the Amsterdam Anthropology Lecture Series (AALS)
By Matthias Teeuwen Last Thursday Professor Thijl Sunier gave a lecture on the backlash in the Netherlands of the coup attempt in Turkey in July. The room was…
Teaching AAA 2016: Multimodality, Accidenticality and the Possible Futures of Anthropological Research
This is the seventh post in our blog series designed to help you link your teaching with the 2016 Annual Meeting theme, Evidence, Accident, Discovery. The series offers relevant teaching resources…
Morgenbladet og Gülenister
I Morgenbladet Nr. 43./4.-10. november 2016 fortelles historien om «juks, vold og forfalskning» ved Drammen montessoriskole. Jeg skrev i mitt blogginnlegg Gülens mystiske makt at «Mangfoldhuset og lik…
“The Arab Spring: Five Years After”
Third World Quarterly has a special collection of articles on “The Arab Spring: Five Years After.” The collection of six papers is edited by Richard Falk, of Princeton,…
Anthropology and Environment Society at the 2016 AAA Meeting
Anthropology and Environment Society Panels and Events at AAA 2016 INVITED SESSIONS Friday, November 18, 2016 10:15 – 12:00 pm UNCOMMON TERRITORIES OF THE ‘COMMON GOOD’ (Oral session…
Methods for Conducting Community Based Participatory Action Research in Schools and Communities: AAA 2016 Workshop Highlight
We asked Annual Meeting workshop organizers to give our blog readers a sneak peek at the events they have planned for AAA 2016. This post was submitted by…
The election and the threat of white supremacist violence
If you’re going to read anything I write about the election this week, make it this piece for De Correspondent — on white supremacist mobs, political violence, and…
Conspiracies and machinations: what’s going on with the FBI?
For about a year, I have been arguing that Trump is trying to pull fringe movements to the center and mainstream extremism — and has succeeded thanks to the…
What’s next for Uzbekistan? Karimov’s legacy and Mirziyoyev’s challenges
I wrote a 3000-word essay for World Politics Review on Uzbekistan’s history as an independent state, the rise of Islam Karimov, the death of Karimov, and the challenges for…
Settler Colonialism and Weed Ecology
Timothy Neale, Deakin’s University § *All photographs are by the author Two propositions to start: there is a significant parallel (or companionship) between settlers and weeds; and, there is…
That Almost Finished Journal Article: AAA 2016 Workshop Highlight
We asked Annual Meeting workshop organizers to give our blog readers a sneak peek at the events they have planned for AAA 2016. This post was submitted by Jaida…
2nd Peaceful Coexistence Colloquium CFP: Finnish Lapland June 2017 #anthropocene #pce2017
The 2nd Peaceful Coexistence Colloquium – Reimagining Ethics and Politics of Space for the Anthropocene June 6-9, 2017, Pyhä, Finnish Lapland http://www.ulapland.fi/peacefulcoexistence #pce2017 …
On irrational exuberance
For the Globe and Mail, I wrote about the virtues of low enthusiasm when it comes to political candidates: If this election has taught us anything, it is…
Theory and Praxis in Decolonizing the National Historic Preservation Act: AAA 2016 Workshop Highlight
We asked Annual Meeting workshop organizers to give our blog readers a sneak peek at the events they have planned for AAA 2016. This post was submitted by Kurt…
SOMAA Launch Symposium with Marcia Inhorn as Keynote
SOMAA Call for Papers SOMAA will be launched in February 2017 at a one-day symposium at Victoria University of Wellington. Professor Marcia Inhorn (Yale University) will be the keynote speaker. The …
Will the Next Margaret Mead Please Stand Up?
Margaret Mead was among the 20th century’s most famous anthropologists. She not only helped shape the discipline but also made significant contributions to public dialogues about culture, power,…