Anthropology Attacks!: “We are all Bostonians”: Thoughts on Appropriating...
Yesterday, the nation was shocked by the tragic events of the bombing at the Boston Marathon. Two bombs were detonated near the finish line, apparently timed to injure the greatest amount of people....
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The Association for Social Sciences and Humanities in HIV conference in Paris presents an ideal opportunity to establish an open assemblage of early career researchers and scholars connected through a...
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View ArticleAAA blog: Zero Tolerance for Sexual Harassment
In response to the recent survey about sexual harassment in anthropology, reported by Kathryn Clancy (U Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Katie Hinde (Harvard), Robin Nelson (U California, Riverside), and...
View ArticleLanguage Log: Keep it vague
The buses run by Lothian Buses in Edinburgh currently have a prominent sign near the entrance that says "REVISED Adult Fare". Revised. I will leave it to you to guess whether the fare has been revised...
View ArticleMuseum Anthropology: Auction of Hopi Masks Proceeds After Judge’s Ruling
Auction of Hopi Masks Proceeds After Judge’s Ruling
View ArticleDiscard Studies: Race, Class, and Disaster Gentrification
By Zoltán Glück Originally published in Tidal on March 13, 2013 In the days and weeks following Hurricane Sandy the inequalities at the heart of New York City could scarcely be missed. While hundreds...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Eurosphere roundup: IMF sees a mixed outlook for...
IMF sees a mixed outlook for Europe – calls for more ECB action and a fiscal union by Open Europe blog team The IMF today released its latest World Economic Outlook forecasts. As usual the forecasts...
View Articletabsir.net: Riqq or treat
It’s hard to beat a good rhythmic musical performance. Or is it? You can learn the beats of Middle Eastern percussion without being a Mozart or an Abd al-Wahhab. On the riqq, a frame drum, for...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Fantastik konferans 23 Mayıs’ta: “Bilgi ve İletişim...
Bilgi ve İletişim Teknolojileri sempozyumu İstanbul’da from Yeni Medya Düzeni by ntveditor İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Bilişim ve Teknoloji Hukuku Enstitüsü ve Harvard Üniversitesi “The Berkman Center...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Anonymous raises $54,798 to start Your Anon News...
Anonymous raises $54,798 through Indiegogo to kick-start its dedicated news site for Your Anon News from The Next Web by Nick Summers Who Really Opposes CISPA? from EFF.org Updates by Rainey...
View ArticleCONNECTED in CAIRO: Performing Revolution in Egypt
What allowed the Egyptian revolution to succeed? Why didn’t the Egyptian army fire on the protestors and end the whole thing in the first three days? In Performative Revolution in Egypt (2011),...
View Articledecasia: critique of academic culture: False consciousness in the humanities
The state of split consciousness in the humanities is illustrated by a semi-comedic animated video turned sensation, called “So you want to get a PhD in the Humanities.” It was released on YouTube in...
View ArticleLanguage Log: On the other hand, alone
My faith in the possibility of integrity and self-criticism in humankind got a real boost the other day when I read a post on Lingua Franca in which an editor (who is also a professor in an English...
View ArticleDiscard Studies: Book Launch! PICKING UP: On the Streets and Behind the...
PICKING UP On the Streets and Behind the Trucks with the Sanitation Workers of New York City TUESDAY, APRIL 23 4:00 – 6:00 MANHATTAN 3 SANITATION GARAGE South Street Viaduct, Pier 36 (on the East...
View ArticleAAA blog: We Run For Boston
Have you seen the latest article by Robert R. Sauders on Anthropology News? It’s a powerful piece about the rise of solidarity activism in the aftermath of tragedy, entitled “We Run for Boston“. Below...
View ArticleShenzhen Noted: cold war ghosts in shenkong
For those inquiring minds that wonder, what was Shenzhen before it was Shenzhen, the opening scene from the 1963 classic Tracking Threats (跟踪追击) reveals a threatened border and enemies whose souls...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Ayşe Naçar “Kimsenin Ölmediği Bir Günün...
Kimsenin ölmediği bir günün ertesiydi, o gün onlardan kimse ölmemişti ve bu şaşırtıcıydı. O gün bir “böceği” daha temizleyememişlerdi sıradakinin de kendi olacağı korkusuyla yaşamak zorundaydı,...
View Articletabsir.net: What is Terrorism?
by Laura Beth Nielsen, Al Jazeera Opinion, April 17, 2013 The Boston Marathon bombing once again has Americans asking, “Is this terrorism?” And more broadly, “What is terrorism?” We asked ourselves...
View ArticleAidnography - Development as anthropological object: Links & Contents I Liked 72
Hello all,Sometimes the intro feels like more work than the actual link review...in short: as with previous weeks, there's lot of great stuff to discover. It's broadly along the 'words' and 'action'...
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