Environmental Panics: The emission scandal in Germany
In September and again in November 2015 the famous German car company, Volkswagen AG at its headquarter in Virginia, received two violation notices from…
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In September and again in November 2015 the famous German car company, Volkswagen AG at its headquarter in Virginia, received two violation notices from…
Read MoreThe “publish or perish” imperative in academia is periodically debated in the newspapers. I think some distance should be taken from the arguments developed…
Read MoreToday we have, once again, witnessed the arrival of the World Happiness Reports – reports that claim nothing less than to offer a neatly quantified,…
Read MoreNumerous studies indicate if human waste management and consumer patterns continue as they are now, then in 2050 the plastic in the world’s oceans…
Read MoreThis ain’t New York As a contributor to the recently published edited volume Stategraphy: Towards a relational anthropology of the state (Thelen, Vetters, and…
Read MoreVictor flew into the tackle, blocking the opponent’s shot at goal. Shouts of praise went up from the fans and substitutes standing on the…
Read MoreAt the beginning of 2017 many Russians living with HIV/AIDS were told by their doctors that there were no antiretroviral drugs for them. They…
Read MoreIn this essay, Afghan American artist Aman Mojadid reflects on a series of installations entitled “Conflict Chic” he exhibited in a solo exhibition in…
Read MoreIn this essay, Afghan American artist Aman Mojadid reflects on a series of installations entitled “Conflict Chic” he exhibited in a solo exhibition in…
Read MoreIs it time for Finnish celebrities to save black girls of a “developing country”? This is the question that might occur to someone familiar…
Read MoreThree years ago, after being sexually assaulted while conducting dissertation research in Iceland, I joined others in insisting that our discipline take more seriously…
Read MoreTo say that a PhD in anthropology represents a journey is equal parts cliché and “social fact,” at least for some students. In this…
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