Understanding skilled labour migration in East Asia
The economies of China and Singapore are among the most dynamic migration regions in the world. But Japan and Korea also rely on the immigration of skilled workers.…
The Dirt
New articles, positions, special issues and calls for papers related to Discard Studies for January 2021.
David Trouille, “Fútbol in the Park: Immigrants, Soccer, and the Creation of Social Ties” (U Chicago Press, 2021)
What meaning does a daily soccer game in a public Los Angeles park have for a group of Latino men and the ethnographer who studied them? In today’s…
Stellenausschreibungen 5. KW, Region Westfalen-Lippe
Neuer Monat, neue Möglichkeiten: Auch im Februar haben wir wieder nach Stellen für Euch in der Region Westfalen-Lippe gesucht. Die Mehrzahl der Ausschreibungen liegt auch in dieser Woche…
Próximo número: 1 Marzo
No te lo pierdas La entrada Próximo número: 1 Marzo aparece primero en anthropologies.
بحرِ بر خاک : گذری به نیمه پنهان ایالتِ جبال
صبحگاهان، آدینه، و سرازیری و خروج از این کلانشهر در اشوب که هر گوشه اش، هرزمان کلافی تو در تو و هزار پاره میشود. وبزرگراه، این اژدهایِ پهن…
Kommunismus, Sozialismus und Architektur
Es folgt ein mäandernder Rundgang durch Architektur und Widerstand und widerständige Architektur. Am 200. Jahrestag der Großen Französischen Revolution sind es nicht nur Millionen, sondern Milliarden …
Of mice and manuscripts
For anyone who works on Arabic manuscripts or would like to know how that is done, this new website at Leiden University is a welcome introduction. Check it…
Kameel Ahmady: British FGM academic ‘jailed in Iran’
Kameel Ahmady: British FGM academic ‘jailed in Iran’ A British-Iranian academic has been sentenced to eight years in prison by a court in Tehran, his lawyer says. Kameel…
British researcher who documented child marriage and female genital mutilation in Iran is jailed for nine years in Tehran for his ‘subversive’ work
British researcher who documented child marriage and female genital mutilation in Iran is jailed for nine years in Tehran for his ‘subversive’ work Ahmady sentenced by Iran’s Revolu…
Iran jails British-Iranian researcher for 9 years for subversion – report
Iran jails British-Iranian researcher for 9 years for subversion – report DUBAI (Reuters) – A court in Iran has handed a nine-year jail sentence to British-Iranian anthropologist Kameel…
British–Iranian academic sentenced to eight years in prison in Iran
British–Iranian academic sentenced to eight years in prison in Iran Kameel Ahmady, who has written books on Iran, found guilty of collaborating with hostile state A British-Iranian anthropolo…
Iran sentences Kameel Ahmady, British-Iranian anthropologist, to prison
Iran sentences Kameel Ahmady, British-Iranian anthropologist, to prison Ahmady, who is ethnically Kurdish, had researched child marriage and female genital mutilation in Iran. Iran has sentenced Bri…
Ryazanov
Writing to a friend I fell down the Stalin rabbit-hole. It started off reasonably for a sunday evening, thinking, because of some translation work I am doing, that…
British-Iranian academic jailed for 9 years in Iran for ‘subversive’ research
British-Iranian academic jailed for 9 years in Iran for ‘subversive’ research A British-Iranian anthropologist has been sentenced to nine years in prison in Iran after he was convicted…
Iran Jails British-Iranian Researcher for 9 Years, Report Says
Iran Jails British-Iranian Researcher for 9 Years, Report Says DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – A court in Iran has handed a nine-year jail sentence to British-Iranian anthropologist Kameel…
British-Iranian academic imprisoned for eight years for ‘promoting homosexuality’
British-Iranian academic imprisoned for eight years for ‘promoting homosexuality’ British-Iranian anthropologist Kameel Ahmady has been sentenced to eight years in prison for “promoting homosexuality…
Helping the British academic imprisoned in Iran is Boris Johnson’s chance to redeem himself
Helping the British academic imprisoned in Iran is Boris Johnson’s chance to redeem himself After failing to protect Iranian-British detainee Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the prime minister now has a…
Iran arrests British-Kurdish academic in Tehran
Iran arrests British-Kurdish academic in Tehran Kameel Ahmady, a British-Kurdish academic originally from the city of Mahabad in Iran, was arrested on Sunday and jailed in the infamous…
Iran jails anthropologist for “subversive research”, “seeking cultural changes” and “promoting homosexuality”
Iran jails anthropologist for “subversive research”, “seeking cultural changes” and “promoting homosexuality” 14 years ago I wrote about his website: Visual ethnogr…
مرزهای مفهومی دیاسپورا
تأکیدی بر مرز های مفهومی دیاسپورا از دیدگاه راجرز بروبیکر واژه دیاسپورا تا چند دههی اخیر واژه پر کاربردی نبوده است و تا دهه ۱۹۷۰ میلادی به ندرت…
مقایسۀ کمّی دو گروه از خانوادههای مسلمان و ارمنی
مقایسۀ کمّی دو گروه از خانوادههای مسلمان و ارمنی از نظر کیفیت زیستشناختی ازدواج، خویشاوندی و فرزندان چکیده ازدواج پدیدهای اجتماعی، فرهنگی و دینی است که از…
معرفت سفر
تا پخته شود خامی… زبان خاموش فرهنگ گردشگری در برنامه ریزی های گردشگری و سفر گردشگری، شکلی از جابجایی است که فراتر از تحرک جسم بر تمامی…
Der alte (weiße) Mann und das (gespaltene) Land: Joe Biden und das Projekt der Versöhnung
Die Bilder der Amtseinführung von Joe Biden wirken und klingen noch nach: Amanda Gorman, Lady Gaga und natürlich Kamala Harris überstrahlten einen Präsidenten, der sich selbst als Brücke…