Choosing Paths, Not Roads
By Madhuri Karak, CUNY Graduate Center § Walking in Niyamgiri, in Odisha, India, never ceased to be a sensorial onslaught for me. There are no asphalt roads, only trails…
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‘Vat en sit’: South African men through the eyes of the women?
By Laetitia Simorangkir While conducting fieldwork for my research on the organization of care arrangements in South African communities, I surprisingly often ended up in situations where…
Abyssinian fundamentalism and cyberwar in Eritrea
Here is the eighth (8th) set of notes under the theme of media and change in preparation for the volume Postill, J., E. Ardevol and S. Tenhunen (eds.)…
Islam, broadcast media, and the remaking of religious experience in Mali
See below a seventh (7th) set of notes under the theme of media and change in preparation for the volume Postill, J., E. Ardevol and S. Tenhunen (eds.)…
The role of race in the Democratic race
For the Globe and Mail, I wrote about fractures in the Democratic Party and a disturbing racial divide in the Sanders-Clinton race: Mr. Sanders did not create the…
How new voter ID laws might sway the election
For Quartz, I wrote about restrictive new voter ID laws that may disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of non-white voters in swing states, potentially handing a victory to Donald…
Power, culture and the state press in Ghana
Here is a sixth (6th) set of notes under the broad theme of media and change in preparation for the volume Postill, J., E. Ardevol and S. Tenhunen…
Rumours and the reinvention of the Internet in Ghana
See below a fifth (5th) set of notes under the broad theme of media and change in preparation for the volume Postill, J., E. Ardevol and S. Tenhunen…
Awakening to Ruins
I’m reading through Robert Ginsberg’s The Aesthetics of Ruin (2004) again and came across this wonderful poem he wrote about the different options for a ruin (120): Awakening to ruins…
Portrails 2016
Portrayal – a depiction of someone or something in a work of art or literature; a picture Trail – a mark or a series of signs…
Archaeologies of Displacement and Urban Renewal in Detroit
Last week I attended the “Archaeology and Revitalization in Detroit” sessions at the Michigan Historic Preservation Network‘s annual meeting in Detroit, on the campus of Wayne State …
Water Is…
Internationally published author, teacher and limnologist Nina Munteanu explores one of the most important substances of Earth. Nina Munteanu’s “Water Is…” represents the culmination of over … Source:…
Moral crises: magical and secular solutions (Gluckman 1964)
via HAU journal This work is licensed under the Creative Commons | © Max Gluckman. ISSN 2049-1115 (Online). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14318/hau4.2.025 REPRINT Moral crises Magical and secular solution…
The reception and consumption of telenovelas in Senegal
This is a fourth set of notes under the broad theme of media and change in preparation for the volume Postill, J., E. Ardevol and S. Tenhunen (eds.)…
Writing from research online
Digital Ethnography Research Centre (DERC) RMIT University, Melbourne PhD Community Writing Group 2 25 May 2016 Convener: Jolynna Sinanan This month, John Postill will lead the writing group…
Beyoncé’s Anthropology of Labour
by Rebecca Prentice Last Sunday, the headline screamed: “Exposed: Sweatshop ‘Slaves’ Earning Just 44p an Hour Making ‘Empowering’ Beyoncé Clobber.” British tabloid newspaper The Sun claimed that Beyon…
Wofford College Commencement Address 2016
** On May 15, 2016, I had the honor of delivering the Commencement Address at Wofford College, the college I attended for my undergraduate degree. Here is the…
Under Surveillance: Islamophobia and Muslim Student Associations
In 2012, the Associated Press released a news report titled “NYPD monitored Muslim students all over Northeast.” In the article, we learn that the New York City police…
Almost no one can afford to retire
For the Chronicle of Higher Education, I wrote about the retirement crisis in academia, but it applies to US workers generally: America’s contingent faculty are not alone in…
Creator brands: Brands that make culture
At their most powerful, brands actually make culture. Creator brands, let’s call them. Nike changed the way we thought about exercise, fitness, bodies and diet in the 1970s…
Taking up Space
Nine years ago when I started my doctoral studies not only was I in a fertile intellectual endeavour undertaking fieldwork, reading theory, stretching my brain and writing,…
All Hail the Entrepreneur!
by Thomas Chambers In an article in last week’s Guardian, Stuart Heritage argues that “without The Apprentice, Donald Trump would still be a failed boardgame salesman”. Heritage accuses the show…
Trying to make a meaningful connection: Keith Hart’s anthropology
Transcription of an interview with Federico Neiburg and Fernando Rabossi held at the National Museum (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro), on May 23rd, 2011. It will…