K’aissina! Father, Son, Taboos: Life-Lessons from Ethiopia
The Kara of southern Ethiopia are a small population of horti-pastoralists among whom I have worked since 2003. Over the years, I collected in…
Read MoreThe Kara of southern Ethiopia are a small population of horti-pastoralists among whom I have worked since 2003. Over the years, I collected in…
Read MoreWhen I teach undergraduates about ageing in anthropology, I sometimes begin by stating the very mundane fact that none of us are ever going…
Read MoreIt’s once again time for us to help your eardrums get some anthropological loving in collaboration with our dear friends, New Books in Anthropology….
Read MoreTo what degree can our biological, genetic and reproductive systems be considered the basis for family relationships? Marshall Sahlins divides his answer to this…
Read MoreToday we are pleased to share this talk by our ‘Allie’ Samuli Schielke. The talk is titled ‘Dreaming of the Inevitable: How Money, Morals and Destiny Come…
Read MoreHello everyone – it’s yet another glorious Allegra week! Fine, admittedly the weather in some parts of the world (aka where this post is…
Read MoreRelations and Dependencies, the second Helsinki Knots Symposium, tackled how two disciplines, anthropology and sociology, deal with the interplay between the intellectual and political/economic…
Read MoreSocial scientists have repeatedly looked at the institution of marriage, and at the pivotal role it plays in many societies’ production and reproduction. In…
Read MoreAnxieties of Arrival Like many accounts of ethnographic fieldwork, this one begins with an arrival story. When I arrived for my fieldwork stay in…
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