The True Cost
by Rebecca Prentice **Originally published in Anthropology of Work Review (2016).** The global fashion industry is worth more than two trillion dollars, creating jobs, economic growth, tax earnings, a…
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Wedding Crashers
After marriage equality became the law of the land, lawmakers across the United States doubled down on discrimination. Author Ryan Thoreson is a scholar in residence at the…
Teaching AAA 2016: Experts on Trial
This is the second 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…
Should we all radicalize? Anthropology in times of capitalist crises
A response to the inaugural lecture of Dimitris Dalakoglou, Chair in Social Anthropology at VU University Amsterdam. Refugee crisis in Europe, via creative commons By Herbert Ploegman As…
The Queer Political is Geopolitical
This month, major cities throughout the U.S. will hold annual gay pride events: parades followed by parties throughout the night and weekend. These kinds of celebrations – for…
Bernie Sanders’ new task is to convince his supporters to back Hillary Clinton
Check out my latest piece on Bernie Sanders and the US presidential race, published today in The Independent. Here is an extract: “Many who voted for the Vermont…
“Trafficked Children and Adolescents in the United States: Reimagining Survivors” A World on the Move Event
The evening of June 7, 2016, marked the inaugural book reading for AAA’s public education initiative World on the Move: 100,000 Years of Human Migration. Our first author,…
The Business of Homelessness
by Joe Baldwin Homelessness in Brighton, UK ‘is so in your face…you just can’t avoid it,’ said one frontline worker at a volunteer-run day-centre for homeless people. The organisation…
The best advice on Twitter trolls was written by al-Ghazali in the 11th century
As I posted on Twitter earlier today, the best advice I’ve seen on dealing with Twitter trolls comes from the 11th century Sufi philosopher al-Ghazali and his text…
What does the election mean for Poland and Polish-Americans?
Last week the Polish news outlet Onet.pl did a long Q & A with me about the US election, its relevance for Poland, and its relevance for Polish-Americans. A…
Want to have a career like Hillary’s? You’d best be born like Chelsea
For Quartz, I wrote about the sexism that Hillary Clinton has faced throughout her career, and the economic barriers that prevent young aspiring female politicians from emulating her…
Lou and Cee Cee prepare for fieldwork in the future: a world where robots conduct ethnography
Editor’s Note: Kicking off our Co-designing with machines edition is Alicia Dudek (@aliciadudek), Innovation Insight Lead & Design Ethnographer at Deloitte Digital Australia. Using …
Americans are rejecting capitalism — because capitalism rejected them
My latest is for Foreign Policy: Imagine that you’re twenty years old. You were born in 1996. You were five years old on 9/11. For as long as…
The Orlando massacre
My heart goes out to the victims of the Orlando shooting. I hope people in the area continue to donate blood and that people nationwide give money and…
Big Pharma, IP & Medicine for the Poor
by Gemma Harvey When pharmaceutical giant GSK (GlaxoSmithKline) recently announced that it will not be filing for patent protection for new medications in Least Developed and Low Income…
Basketmaker Viki Graber on The Weekly Special
Last year, the Mathers Museum of World Cultures presented the exhibition Willow Work: Viki Graber, Basketmaker to great success. Happily we are staying connected with Viki in many…
June Events and Exhibitions, Including Arts in the Park at McCormick’s Creek
Check out some MMWC events and exhibitions this month. In particular, this Saturday (June 11, 2016) a great group of artists will join the Traditional Arts Indiana team…
Teaching AAA 2016: Indexes and Icons
TEACHING THE 2016 AAA ANNUAL MEETING THEME: EVIDENCE, ACCIDENT, DISCOVERY Have you considered linking your teaching with the 2016 Annual Meeting theme, Evidence, Accident, Discovery? This new blog…
Trump’s VP pick
For the Globe and Mail, I wrote about how, if elected, Trump will outsource the day-to-day work of the presidency to the VP — most likely to be…
On book reviews and back covers
I spend ages reading and summarising Bourdieu’s mammoth On the State (2014 [2012]) for a journal review – I was even congratulated by a stranger on a Melbourne…
The Perils of Adulthood Part 1: Making New Friends
The other day I was in my car listening to an episode of one of my favorite podcasts , This American Life. The theme was related to the…