Arctic anthropology: Barents Stories: How do we see the sea?
Anybody passing by in Rovaniemi is welcome to the opening or later to watching an exhibition by Anna Stammler-Gossmann. Here you find the official press release and further details: The Arctic Centre...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Cengiz Aktar: Yeni Türkiye ile Sivil Türkiye
Yeni Türkiye ile Sivil Türkiye Ali İsmail Korkmaz’ın annesi mahkemede oğlunun katillerine bakıyor. Tayyip Erdoğan’ın ustalık dönemi epeyidir fiiliyatta. Usta terzinin Türkiye toplumuna biçtiği yeni...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: #TheDayWeFightBack International Community Unites...
So far, the only piece in Turkish here. The battlefield is the Internet. Whoever wins the Internet wins the war. (h)ac(k)tivist — (hak-tuh-vist) noun: a person who uses technology to bring about...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Journalism roundup: Paywalls are not a cure-all.....
Bill Keller, The Marshall Project, and making single-focus nonprofit news sites work “When you have a startup, one of the most challenging things is to establish yourself as a credible news...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Despite court’s suspension, Construction on...
Construction on Istanbul’s third airport continuing despite court’s suspension, officials say The airport project is being built in a forested area of northern Istanbul Istanbul’s rail system to...
View ArticleGopk: The importance of Stuart Hall
Only a small sign of his importance, actually.The very rare occasions in which I buy a newspaper occur when I am in Italy. I usually buy a daily called 'il Manifesto' of which the subtitle reads,...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Tonight, PM Erdoğan accepts he did intervene...
In his mindset, the whole country is a family of which is the father and he has the right and correct his children [all nation]‘s misdeed. Without any shame, he accepted that not only once and...
View ArticleArctic anthropology: Celebrating the Sámi National Day in Murmansk
About the intrigues around this year’s celebration and why they reminded me of one of the darkest chapters in recent Sámi history. For this year’s Sámi National Day I happened to be in Murmansk and I...
View ArticleDiscard Studies: Calling All Readers: Discard Studies Fiction?
We are launching a new resource list of literary fiction that examines, exemplifies, or challenges the roles of waste and wasting in society. Help us figure out what to include. We're looking for...
View ArticleEthnography Matters: Ethnographers creating a better bus riding experience...
Lionel Ochs (@lionelochs) is Principal at Méthos, a Paris based research agency with a focus on strategy and product/service design for companies. Editor’s Note: Along with many other ethnographic...
View ArticleEthnography Matters: Ethnography in Communities of Big Data: Contested...
Brittany Fiore-Silfvast (@brittafiore) is a PhD candidate in Communication at the University of Washington and she holds an MA in sociocultural anthropology from Columbia University. Her research...
View Articleanthropology at home: Guard Your Heart and Your Purpose: Faithfully Writing...
Originally posted on Savage Minds:(Savage Minds is pleased to run this essay by guest author Bianca C. Williams as part of our Writers’ Workshop series. Bianca is Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies...
View ArticleEthnography Matters: Strategic Ethnography: Reinvigorating the Core of a...
A well-known international scholar in multinational affairs, Mary Yoko Brannen (@maryyokobrannen) received her MBA with emphasis in International Business and PhD in Organizational Behavior with a...
View ArticleCONNECTED in CAIRO: Learning About Political Change from Pious Egyptian Women
Leslie Lewis reflects on the nature of women’s personal piety and how it can be an agent of political and social change in an article in the most recent issue of Anthropology News. The pious Muslim...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Cengiz Aktar: Kıbrıs nihayet?
Kıbrıs nihayet? Ada tekrar gündemde. Duyunca, önceki çabaların nasıl boşa çıktığını hatırlayıp “yine mi” diye sorup geçesi geliyor insanın ama bu sefer durum farklı. Çünkü adanın her iki tarafında...
View ArticleEthnography Matters: Demystifying MOOCs: An Eye-Opening Ethnographic Study of...
Christina Wasson (Professor of Anthropology, University of North Texas) investigates communication, collaboration, and community-building in face-to-face and virtual settings. She was a founding...
View ArticleAnthropological Observations . . . on economics, politics, and daily life:...
Workers at VW's Chattanooga, Tennessee, plant rejected UAW unionization by a vote of 712 to 626, the NY Times reports. This was a blow not only to the union, but to VW management as well. In a stance...
View ArticleAAA blog: Webinar Wednesdays: Engaging Anthropology
Save the date for Webinar Wednesdays! In 2014, the American Anthropological Association will host a monthly webinar series on the third Wednesday of the month on a variety of topics to engage...
View ArticleC L O S E R: Nietzsche dronk geen wijn
Closer Blog:Nietzsche schreef een brief aan de Perzische dichter Hafez: vraag van een waterdrinker aan een wijndrinker". Pooyan Tamimi Arab over de wijnbar discussie.Read more: Nietzsche dronk geen wijn
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: President Gül admits decline of media freedom but...
Turkish President Gül admits decline of media freedom Turkish media has the right to rise up against ‘wrongful practices,’ Abdullah Gül says Turkey president signs controversial Internet law into...
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