Nineteen years and counting in Papua New Guinea: Looking for Cutie-Pie in PNG
Facebook brings together so many voices on a scrolling tabloid, all which serve to define the recipient as much as the sender. As a woman, mother, grandmother, friends send me their favourite articles...
View ArticleC L O S E R: Ontkerkelijking nou en? Over de oorzaken en gevolgen van...
Closer Blog: Op 31 mei aanstaande vindt aan de Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen het jaarlijkse publiekssymposium van het tijdschrift Religie en Samenleving plaats. Dit jaar is het thema: Ontkerkelijking...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: PEW report says Online Political Engagement Can...
What Is TPP? It’s the Biggest Global Threat to the Internet Since ACTA from EFF.org Updates by Katitza Rodriguez and Maira Sutton and Maira Sutton The United States and ten governments from around the...
View ArticleAidnography - Development as anthropological object: Links & Contents I Liked 74
Hello all,Welcome to the weekly development & academia link review! Lots to see & read this week: My recent presentation on development blogging and disseminating research is now available in...
View ArticleJason Baird Jackson: Four Dissertations Defended Successfully
On top of the recent museum events and the usual end of semester grading, etc., the past week saw four students with whom I work compete their doctorates in successful dissertation defenses. Warm...
View ArticleLanguage Log: Ayiti Pare
"MIT and Haiti sign agreement to promote Kreyòl-language STEM education", MIT News Office 4/17/2013: MIT and Haiti signed a new joint initiative today to promote Kreyòl-language education in the...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Cengiz Aktar: 1 Mayıs/Mülteci Kampı/Mali
Bu 1 Mayıs da tarihe geçer “Sevgili vatandaşlar, toplumun hayrı için her gün emek sarf edenler, 1 Mayıs bayramınız şimdiden kutlu olsun. Bu yıl geçen yıl olduğu gibi kutlamaların Taksim Alanı’nda...
View ArticleC L O S E R: The plight of Qatar’s migrant workers
Closer Blog: A recent report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned that foreign workers in Qatar risk serious abuse in the run-up to the 2022 football World Cup.Read more: The plight of Qatar’s...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: All my childhood, adolescence, middle age favorite...
Slayer Guitarist Jeff Hanneman Dead At 49 from Metal Hammer by Merlin Slayer with Jeff (second left) We are shocked and completely gutted to confirm that Slayer have reported that guitarist Jeff...
View ArticleLanguage Log: Whaling/Wailing/Waling on
Michael Martinez, "Marine investigated in videotaped road rage at Camp Pendleton", CNN 4/5/2013: The Marine, whose name, rank or unit weren't being released, was cited for communicating a threat in...
View ArticleDiscard Studies: CFP: The Aesthetics of Dislocation – May 15
Call for Papers: The Global South 7.2 (Spring 2014) Theme: “The Aesthetics of Dislocation” Guest Editor: Magalí Armillas-Tiseyra For this issue, the editors invite papers that explore the relationship...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: “Jürgen Habermas lecture in Leuven about the...
Footnotes on Jürgen Habermas lecture in Leuven about the European crisis from Blogactiv by Protesilaos Stavrou Mopping up after Sarkozy from Blogactiv by Florian Pantazi François Hollande, the...
View ArticleLanguage Log: Gathering granola on Bedfoprd Avenue
Correction of the month, from Henry Alford, "How I Became a Hipster", NYT 5/1/2013: An earlier version of this article referred incorrectly to the products sold at By Brooklyn. The store does not sell...
View ArticleAAA blog: President Obama Supports Scientific Integrity of Anthropology
Today’s guest blog post is by AAA President Leith Mullings. As an anthropologist and President of the American Anthropological Association (AAA), I was especially gratified to hear President Barack...
View ArticleThe Subversive Archaeologist: Frayer's Prayer For The Neanderthal In All Of...
I'm just about up to my armpits in preparations for my move north, but of course I couldn't resist seeing what David Frayer had to say yesterday in a New York Times Op-Ed piece, entitittled "Who're...
View ArticleRecontextual: Instruments that disappeared
What influences the 'life cycle' of musical instruments? This evening, I attended a concert of music for historical brass sextett entitled "instruments that disappeared". The musicians all played...
View ArticleC L O S E R: Muselmann – Joden als Moslims in de Concentratiekampen
Closer Blog: Alle muzelmannen die naar de gaskamer gaan hebben dezelfde geschiedenis, of juister gezegd: hebben geen geschiedenis: ze zijn tot de bodem toe omlaag gegleden, vanzelf, als water dat naar...
View ArticleOpen Anthropology Cooperative Blog Posts: The idea of the informal economy: a...
More on the idea of the informal economy: My earlier post (14 April) was a work-in-progress report on a study of 'the idea of the informal economy', with particular reference to Melanesia (and...
View ArticleLanguage Log: Bested worsted?
J.R. writes: Are you noticing more and more usage of "worsted" for "bested", in the sense of beating someone? It seems to be a trend. It's not consistent with getting the "best" of someone, and the...
View ArticleAnthropology Now: About Diaperless Babies
Writing for NPR, the anthropologist Barbara King observes: “some parents, mostly in one area of New York City, as far as I can tell, are raising their children from birth without diapers.” She speaks...
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