Language Log: Translingual slogan hacking
In the current Italian election campaign, Mario Monti's slogan has been "L'Italia che sale": Although Google Translate thinks that this means "Italy and salt", in fact it means "The Italy that moves...
View ArticleFoodAnthropology: CFP: Toward Sustainable Foodscapes and Landscapes
Call for Participation Due Date February 1, 2013 Joint annual meetings of the Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society (AFHVS), the Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS) and the...
View ArticleThe Immanent Frame: A complex story
The American religious landscape is being altered by what Mark Noll calls “a more pluralistic evangelicalism than has ever existed before.” First, in the movement Marcia Pally describes,...
View ArticleAAA blog: Where Are They Now?
As a PhD candidate in anthropology, it can be a real challenge to do fieldwork, teach classes, write your dissertation while keeping food in your stomach and a roof over your head. Anyone who’s in...
View ArticleMuseum Anthropology: Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Wits Art Museum
Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Wits Art Museum
View ArticleCultureBy - Grant McCracken: Jstor in Mobile, Alabama, one week ago
We're reading the Scottish play. We have to. For school And Mr. Ledingham said, "do research." And Lenea said, "he means, like, England." And I said, "that's not Scotland." She said, "same...
View Articleanthropologyworks: A double shot of culture at the 57th U.S. Presidential...
If you wanted to watch the inauguration in Washington, D.C., on Monday, some of the best places to be were near the swearing-in area, along Pennsylvania Avenue where the president and Michelle Obama...
View ArticleThe Global Sociology Blog: 40 Years
Via The Economist, this is why the only “pro-life” position is to be pro-choice, that blue line below: Also note that the abortion trend was upward before Roe (I wonder if the graph includes...
View ArticleCulture and International Affairs: University of Minnesota Faculty Protest...
January 22, 2013Dear Jay Kosmicki (Vice President and Region Manager) and TCF executives,We hope that you will take the time to read this letter, as our intention is not to generate ill will, but...
View Articleanthropologyworks: Washington DC photo exhibit on Pakistan floods
“Rebuilding Hope after Pakistan’s Floods” a United Nations Development Program exposition of photos by Satomi Kato, will be on display at The National Press Club from February 4th to 15th. A former...
View Articleanthropologyworks: Cultural Heritage Management Program in Egypt
The Master in Cultural Heritage Management is a multidisciplinary postgraduate program designed for students and professionals who are interested in heritage conservation, site management, museum...
View ArticleSarah Kendzior: More Thoughts on Academic Paywalls
This week the website Academia.edu wrote an article about my research on Uzbekistan and my thoughts on academic publishing. I have been using Academia.edu to post pdfs of my articles for years, so I...
View ArticleLiving Anthropologically: BREAKING! Ruth Benedict, Patterns of Culture,...
Ruth Benedict scores a blockbuster publishing international bestseller with Patterns of Culture. Inevitably Ruth Benedict’s extremely popular work will be compared to Jared Diamond’s The World Until...
View ArticleLanguage Log: Tenents
The form and content of Barack Obama's Second Inaugural have stimulated even more than the usual amount of commentary, including some analyses of linguistic interest. For today, I'll limit myself to...
View Articlehawgblawg: promo release of politically conscious Arab rap
courtesy Stronghold Sound, this:Khat Thaleth by Stronghold Sound"Advance promo release of Khat Thaleth 23 tracks compilation of politically conscious Arab hip-hop. CD and vinyl release coming up on...
View ArticleLanguage Log: The hi sign
Reader ESM sent in a link to David Weigel, "Democrats Say They Have the Votes for Filibuster Reform, and for the 'Nuclear Option'", Slate 1/22/2013: …even if you're a reformer, do you think there's...
View ArticleThe Immanent Frame: Global reflex
As both Marcia Pally and David Gushee note, there is no historical reason why evangelicalism should identify with a single political orientation. There is also no global reason. Research on...
View ArticleAAA blog: Get Your AAA Gear
Have you checked out AAA’s Cafe Press shop yet? – ShopAAA Head on over to the shop to check out all the new merchandise available for purchase. In the shop you’ll find all the essential gear you need...
View Articletrinketization: Towards a New Cultural Cartography 26.1.2013 Tate Modern
Towards a New Cultural Cartography: A panel discussion about Sharjah Biennial 11 Tate Modern, Starr Auditorium Saturday 26 January 2013, 14.00 – 17.00 In the lead-up to the 11th Sharjah Biennial, Tate...
View Articletabsir.net: Worst Cinematic Prayers Ever
Hamzah Moin has a fascinating Youtube video with excerpts of some of the worst and mangled Muslim prayers in Hollywood cinema. Check it out at [www.youtube.com]
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