Aidnography - Development as anthropological object: What I learnt from...
It is probably fair to say that The Global Journal’s Top 100 NGO ranking had a bit of a bumpy start. When it launched the first edition in 2012, Dave Algoso’s critical post and editor Jean-Christophe...
View ArticleLiving Anthropologically: The Yanomami Ax Fight: Science, Violence, Empirical...
The Yanomami Ax Fight, an ethnographic film by Timothy Asch and Napoleon Chagnon, is a classic in anthropology and beyond. I first saw it as an undergraduate in an English class on travel writing. I...
View ArticleDiscard Studies: The space/time of modern waste and problems of disaster trash
As Samantha MacBride notes, modern waste–that is, postindustrial waste and particularly waste developed after 1945 when consumerism came into full swing in the United States– is synthetic,...
View ArticleAAA blog: Google Doodle of Mary Leakey
Happy 100th Birthday to British archaeologist and paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey. Google celebrated her birthday with this doodle. An article about her legacy via National Geographic and via the...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Americana roundup: Report says U.S. Muslim...
Report: U.S. Muslim Terrorism Was Practically Nil in 2012 from Wired Top Stories by Spencer Ackerman There were only 9 incidents of terrorism in the U.S. by American Muslims in 2012, involving 14...
View ArticleMuseum Anthropology: Applications now being accepted for 2013 AAM Annual...
Applications now being accepted for 2013 AAM Annual Meeting Fellowships
View ArticleEthnography Matters: 2013 Themes
Starting February 2013, Ethnography Matters is starting a thematic monthly enquiry led by each of our team members. Be sure to contact us if you’re interested in contributing to any of these editions!...
View ArticleDori's Moblog: Airport in Perth
From the airplane, one can see the scars in the earth from the mining. Paved roads end in dirt trails. The city itself is low and nestled in the hills. Near the airport, you see large warehouse...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Well, US State Department backs Ambassador...
US State Department backs Ambassador Ricciardone’s comments from Hurriyet Daily News U.S. State Department Spokesperson Nuland argued that there was nothing new in Ricciardone’s comments on Turkey....
View ArticleAAA blog: AAA Student Summer Internship – Call for Applications
The American Anthropological Association is pleased to offer two internship opportunities funded by member donations and one internship opportunity funded by the Association for Feminist Anthropology...
View ArticleMuseum Anthropology: U.S. Embassy Museum Internship Program in Peru
U.S. Embassy Museum Internship Program in Peru
View ArticleEthno::log: Doktorandenstipendium an der University of Aberdeen
The Department of Anthropology is offering one and perhaps two interdisciplinary 3-year PhD studentships to start in September 2013. The studentship will include full UK/Europe fees and a maintenance...
View ArticleAAA blog: New Executive Director Leads American Anthropological Association
Dr. Edward Liebow, who was selected as the new Executive Director of the AAA during the organization’s 111th Annual Meeting in November of last year, started his new position with the group this past...
View ArticleICCI Home: PhD at St. Andrews: Exploring the evolutionary roots of cultural...
Applications are invited to join an interdisciplinary research programme directed by Professors Kevin Laland (School of Biology) and Andrew Whiten (School of Psychology) at the University of St...
View Articleanthropologyworks: From the perspective of the poor: An analytical review of...
Guest post by Megan Hogikyan Paul Farmer/ Wikimedia CommonsTo label Dr. Paul Farmer as a practitioner or theorist of any one field would be a disservice to the multi-faceted nature of his commentary...
View ArticleDori's Moblog: First 12 hours in India (Mumbai)
After long hours in transit (in total probably around 20 hours), I arrived in India, specifically Mumbai. I have now spent about 36 hours in India. So reading this, you will learn nothing about India,...
View ArticleShenzhen Noted: tea time stories
Old Sui makes starkly whimsical woodblock prints the old fashioned modernist way — by hand, alone, and in a studio that is open to friends who drop by for tea and chats. He has collected over 1,000...
View ArticleJason Baird Jackson: The Woody Guthrie Center Seeks Executive Director, Educator
The emergent Woodie Guthrie Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma (one of my favorite places) is seeking to fill two key positions: (1) Executive Director/Chief Curator and (2) Educator and Public Programs...
View ArticleLanguage Log: PAL
Margalit Fox, "John E. Karlin, Who Led the Way to All-Digit Dialing, Dies at 94", NYT 2/8/2013: A generation ago, when the poetry of PEnnsylvania and BUtterfield was about to give way to telephone...
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