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Most anthropologists work outside the university where they don't enjoy academic freedom. These anthropologists must be better prepared for the perils of non-academic applied work, Brian McKenna writes in Counterpunch. For good applied anthropology is be… more »

She spent a year in Tajikistan during her PhD, looking after goats. Two years ago, she predicted the current financial crisis. "I happen to think anthropology is a brilliant background for looking at finance," anthropologist Gillian Tett, assistant edito… more »

"They’re natural born killers. They’re good, they’re lethal, they’re fantastic. I love working with them", says Major Robert Holbert. He was part of the first Human Terrain Team in Afghanistan in 2007 and tells his story in a fascinating interview with L… more »

With mobile banking taking off around much of the developing world, how long will it be before international aid is delivered electronically, asks anthropologist Ken Banks in PC World. Banks is the founder of kiwanja, an organisation, that helps non… more »

Some years ago, the researchers observed how people talked on the phone while watching the same TV show. Now Motorola-anthropologist Crysta Metcalf and her team are designing a Social TV, the Chicago Tribune reports. The researchers designed a prototy… more »

What is the state of anthropology at African universities? African anthropology is interdisciplinary and focuses on solving problems like poverty, diseases and violence, Paul Nchoji Nkwi writes in the book World Anthropologies (download the book): Th… more »

The collaboration between the U.S. military and anthropologists has been criticized for both political and ethical reasons. According to a recent article in Newsweek, the whole project could end as a fiasco: The implementation of the $40 million project… more »

"The Art and Science of Applied Anthropology in the 21st Century" is the topic of the first podcast from the annual meeting of the Society of Applied Anthropology. More podcasts will be published during the following two months. Last year's podcasts… more »