Ethnography.com: Gene Promoters: On Chagnon and Diamond
Like clockwork (or a comet, perhaps), the noisiest problem in anthropology makes its return every few years. And this year we are blessed with the two noisiest comets in anthropology returning...
View ArticleC L O S E R: Zwarte Piet, Black Pete – The Documentary
Closer Blog: "Black Pete, Zwarte Piet: The Documentary" by Shantrelle P. Lewis. A film about the blackface tradition of Zwarte Piet in the Netherlands. Problematic? Or are the Dutch just having...
View ArticleKeywords: World of Birds
You’d think that Hualien, perched against the Pacific Ocean and separated by mountains from the concrete jungles of Taiwan’s West Coast, would be as far as one can get from where I grew up: New York...
View Articletrinketization: STREET MUSIC: POEMS with Mike Marqusee Goldsmiths 21.3.13
One of Britain’s best-regarded social observers will be reading a selection from his recent collection of poetry. This deeply personal collection of poems from one of Britain’s most highly regarded...
View Articletrinketization: Algeria, Mali: Another Chapter in the “Global War On Terror”?...
Saturday March 9th at 4:30pm, Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG [www.facebook.com] [www.opendemocracy.net] As the dreadful hostage crisis at the...
View ArticleShenzhen Noted: walls and sun
Today I walked the OCT Eastern Group buildings between meetings.
View ArticleAAA blog: AAA Office closed today
The AAA office is closed today, Wednesday, March 6th, due to the snowstorm the DC area is currently experiencing. Have a warm and safe day! Filed under: Association Business
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: The Peace Process in Turkey goes like this: PM...
MEMO FROM DIYARBAKIR; Turkey Renews Focus on Ending Its Long Conflict With Kurds from NYT > Turkey by By TIM ARANGO; Sebnem Arsu contributed reporting from Diyarbakir, and Ceylan Yeginsu from...
View Articletrinketization: ANTI-WAR RETROSPECTIVE OF THE LAST DECADE – 15.3.13 Goldsmiths
Ten years since the invasion of Iraq, what is the state of the anti-war movement? TriContinental Anti-Imperialist Platform TriContinental Anti-Imperialist Platform is a newly set up organisation that...
View ArticleThe Global Sociology Blog: The Visual Du Jour – A Mystery
What? What could possibly explain this trend?
View Articletabsir.net: Blushing among the qat leaves: a Yemeni poem
The following Yemeni poem about qat (Catha edulis), accompanied by the photograph above of a Yemeni girl, was provided by a friend.
View ArticleThe Naked Anthropologist: The Em- of Empowerment: Neoliberal missonaries and...
I remember where I first heard the word empowerment. It was a poor, not very attractive place, the kind celebrities visit to have feel-good photos taken of themselves hugging children who appear to...
View ArticleMuseum Anthropology: Student Spotlights: Human Evolution Traveling Trunk Kit...
Student Spotlights: Human Evolution Traveling Trunk Kit at New Mexico State University
View ArticleAidnography - Development as anthropological object: Links & Contents I Liked 66
Hello all,First a rather technical announcement: Since I have received a few messages regarding subscription options I have updated the forms for email subscription and RSS - so you will hopefully...
View ArticleThe Subversive Archaeologist: More on Blombos Bombast at ScienceNow
Michael Balter's latest at ScienceNow, about some more shell-bead bombast from Blombos Cave:Human Ancestors Were Fashion ConsciousMy comment can be viewed here.SA announces new posts on the Subversive...
View ArticleAAA blog: Touch in the Classroom: Should Schools Teach Students to Give Each...
Written by Elisa (EJ) Sobo Every semester, I teach a college course exploring the interrelationships between human culture and biology. Feedback loops connecting culturally-patterned behavior and body...
View ArticleNineteen years and counting in Papua New Guinea: We implore you Hon MP Byron...
Dear Sir: I work in the Karawari region of the East Sepik where, forthe past 7 years, I have been leading a group of PNG ethnographers andarchaeologists in recording and conserving the enormous cave...
View Articlehawgblawg: godfather of mahragan ('Adawiya)
via CULTILAXAnd here is one of his best tracks.
View Articlehawgblawg: misc. kufiyas: Paul Robeson in "Jericho" (1937) (+ Princess Kouka)
Robeson as Jericho, Princess Kouka as Gara I've not yet seen it, a friend (Bob) just recommended it to me. It is supposed to be one of Robeson's best film roles. He plays a US GI who gets...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Emre Cem Pelister (@cempelister): KOCAMAN’DAN...
KOCAMAN’DAN TARAFTARA PLZEN HEDİYESİ Dalgalı denizlerin adamı Aykut Kocaman ne yaparsa yapsın patronu ve mürettebatı dışında herkes her fırsatta onu eleştiriyor, hatta Patronu bile hata yapsa “Sen de...
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