Understanding Covid Vaccine Resistance
Sheba Mohammid and Daniel Miller Right now, Trinidad and Tobago are suffering amongst the highest death rate from Covid in the world. As small islands, everyone seems to…
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Coastal resilience during the pandemic lockdown in Fiji
In this post, Håkon Larsen discusses the crucial role of coastal resources in Fiji during the COVID-19 pandemic, by drawing on some of the materials from his master’s…
A letter for the 97%
ISOBEL THORLEY Dear Elizabeth Truss, Nadine Dorris and Priti Patel, As the Minister for Women and Equalities, Minister of State Mental Health, and Home Secretary, I am writing…
Ecological engineering illustrated in a painting
Check out this painting. Kungkarrangkalpa Tjukurrpa, 2015 by Australian indigenous artists Exhibition opens at The Box, Plymouth (and thanks to cousin Clair Drever for drawing my attention …
Catching a Looter
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office has conducted a major investigation into an antiquities dealer who bought looted materials from archaeological sites and museums. Read about it here…
SITW Contents
Preface Acknowledgments Introduction PART ONE ANCESTORS Chapter 1&…
SITW Endorsements
Keith Hart Self in the World: Connecting Life’s Extremes (Berghahn, Spring 2022) Keith Hart’s Self in the World is the story of a brilli…
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Gathering Impressions of London’s Walthamstow Wetlands
ByPhoebe Hamilton-JonesMSc Social and Cultural Anthropology alumnus Standing on the exposed edge of Lockwood reservoir on a bitingly cold, grey day, the noise I am struck by first…
How to Write an Op-Ed: A Free SAPIENS Workshop
Do you have an opinion that you hope can change the world? In this free online webinar, SAPIENS’ editor-in-chief Chip Colwell explains the ins-and-outs of writing op-eds or…
Matching Reading to Energy Levels: Reading Strategies of a PhD Student in Anthropology
Anders Norge Lauridsen: Not that long ago, one of my supervisors held an informal presentation about his reading strategies. It was part of a series of lunch seminars…
A Letter to Matt Hancock
URSULA WHITE February 2021 Dear Secretary of State, I am writing to express my concern on discovering that, as of February 2021, Operose Health has acquired AT Medics,…
Ep #85 Photography Through An Ethnographer’s Lens: Image Making with Jason De León
The Familiar Strange · Ep #85 Photography Through An Ethnographer’s Lens: Image Making with Jason De León This week Carolyn sits down with Jason De León, anthropologist, photographer…
Heritage, Its Border Bridges and Border Walls: One Side to the Same Coin
by Elaine McIlwraith Critics of the annual commemoration of the Toma, or “Day of the Capture” of the city of Granada, the last-standing Muslim city in Europe, protest…
Welcome to the Anthropozine
Anthropozine Pop-Up at #AAA2021Baltimore
Letter to Jens Spahn
JASMIN SIMAO AJAYI Dear Mr. Spahn, I am a German citizen from Munich, currently in my final year of studying Anthropology at the University College London (UCL). I…
Reconceived Values and Debilitating Village Forest Councils in Himalayan India
BySahib SinghPhD Anthropology ‘We will not give our Jal, Jangal, Zameen [water, forest, land]!’, the reverberations of which trailing off from an initially rising crescendo infectiously permea…
Making #2021AAABaltimore Manageable: The Teaching Culture Top 25
What? November already? We cannot believe how the last two years have flown by. At the same time, it feels like a lifetime since we gathered in Vancouver…
Secrets of Power and other leadership lessons from Elizabeth I
Marissa Shrum and I talk from time to time. Today, we got talking about Elizabeth I. Today is November 17 and that makes it the anniversary of Elizabeth’s…
Glacial Deaths, Geologic Extinction: my latest article now in Environmental Humanities
In my most recent article I examine what it might look like to think about extinction beyond species. I start with the increasing number of funerals for glaciers…
Beyond the data: Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on BAME groups
PETER BICCAREGUI Calling for a follow up report. On the 5th April 2020, almost a year ago to the day I’m writing this letter, Belly Mujinga died at only 47…
Ep #84 Activist Anthropology & Becoming Humanitarian Victims: This month on TFS
The Familiar Strange · Ep #84 Activist Anthropology & Becoming Humanitarian Victims: This month on TFS This week the strangers are joined by Kathryn Allan! Kathryn is currently…
HIV Letter
PIA KEELY-JOHNSON Dear Gavin Williamson, I am a queer woman living in London who, like more than 18.9 million people1 who sat down to watch Russell Davies’ hit show …
Eating Disorders, Education, and TikTok
EMILIE THOMPSON 28th February 2021 Dear Mrs Murdoch, Please let me express my enormous gratitude for the work you and your team continue to conduct in the face o…