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IT’S WORLD ANTHROPOLOGY DAY!!! (Admit it, this one calls for all capital lettering.) And we are very pleased to celebrate by joining – virtually,…
Read MoreIT’S WORLD ANTHROPOLOGY DAY!!! (Admit it, this one calls for all capital lettering.) And we are very pleased to celebrate by joining – virtually,…
Read MoreWhat is it like to do fieldwork within a marginalized social group? Especially when you – the researcher – hail from the dominant community?…
Read MoreAllegra’s reviews editor curated for you this list of some of the most interesting recent releases on #kinship. It’s sometimes good to go back…
Read MoreThe sexual assaults that occurred in Cologne on New Year’s Eve will long be remembered in Germany and in Europe more broadly. What a…
Read MoreIn the online forum Native Appropriations, Dr. Adrienne Keene writes “When you’re invisible in society . . . every representation matters” (Keene 2015). Keene’s need to…
Read MoreHow can we conceive of the contemporary relationship between race, poverty, and bureaucracy? Smadar Lavie’s latest publication, an account of her experience as a…
Read MoreOver the last decades, ‘moving subjects’ have captivated—if not demanded—more of anthropologists’ attention. As one of the forefront communicators of social phenomena as they…
Read MoreIn September 2015, an image of a three year old Syrian child, lying lifeless on a Turkish beach, travelled the world in a matter…
Read MoreContemporary phenomena of migration and human trafficking pose challenges to modern states, which may struggle to deal effectively and fairly with how to address…
Read MoreWith students sprawled out on the lawn, a passer-by stopped to listen to the workshop as we sat in a circle under the sun and…
Read MoreTime to Csángó, a creative short documentary by Hadas Bar, Ian Cook, Anette Dujisin, explores the popularity of the táncház (dance house) movement in…
Read MoreLila Abu-Lughod’s book, Do Muslim Women Need Saving?, expands on her thoughts from an earlier article similarly titled. As she explains, this book is “a…
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