Maradona policromado y los nuevos puritanismos
Si existe una disciplina consciente de lo resbaladizo del concepto de religión esa es la antropología. Estoy de acuerdo en que lo que llamamos religión es un artefacto…
Two Lessons I Learned about the Transfer of Power while Living in Africa
1. The moment that any transfer of power occurs from one individual or regime to another is fraught—ritually, sociologically, emotionally. Why? This is a liminal period–“betwix…
ستارگی و سلبریتی(۲)
سوزان لئونارد و دایان نگرا برگردان: فردین علیخواه تاریخچه فکری مفهوم بسیاری از اسلوب‌ها و سازوکارهای کنونیِ سلبریتی از پیش از تاریخ فیلم، تلویزیون و رسانه‌های دیجیتال نشأت…
مسئله‌های بدن: مقالاتی درباب جامعه‌شناسی بدن
معرفی کتاب «مسئله‌های بدن: مقالاتی درباب جامعه‌شناسی بدن[۱]» [بخشی از متن پیش رو از مقدمۀ این کتاب نوشته شده‌است] کتاب مسئله‌های بدن شامل ۸ مقالۀ مختلف در حوزۀ…
سفرنامه جنوب هند(۸)
تصاویر از نسیم کمپانی ۲۰۱۷ تصویر: استخر باستانی من ماتا در معبد ویروپاکشا در منطقه هامپی معنی کلمه ویروپاکشا در زبان سانسکریت چشمان بدون شکل می…
قاهره: خیال تا واقعیت (بخش سوم)
محمد علی پاشا و کلنل کمپل، نقاشی دیوید رابرتز ۱۸۳۹ \ آن زمان که از آمریکا به مصر رفته بودم چهارده سال بود که از ایران دور بودم.…
Review: Food Festivals
Food Festivals and Local Development in Italy: A Viewpoint from Economic Anthropology. Michele Filippo Fontefrancesco. London: Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN #978-3-030-53321-2. Xli + 179 pp Dav…
September 2020
Volume 12 | Number 2 | September 2020 AN ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AirwaysMary Louise Pratt Making Meat in the Tim…
Italia moderna – diciannove
Ein öffentliches Gebäude (Rathaus? Schule?) in Bassano del Grappa in der Region Venetien in Italien, leider Gottes nicht auf einem Foto vollständig fotografiert: Das Gebäude besticht, wie man…
Kregg Hetherington discusses Government of Beans
Interview by Indivar Jonnalagadda https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-government-of-beans Indivar Jonnalagadda: What inspired the book’s central idea of ‘agribiopolitics’, which enco…
Anthropologist counters Zoom-fatigue: "Your next video conference might resemble a video game"
Why can we spend hours playing video games while many of us get exhausted by much shorter video-conferences? That is without doubt no bad question that the magazine…
Lisa Wedeen, “Authoritarian Apprehensions: Ideology, Judgment, and Mourning in Syria” (U Chicago Press, 2019)
How has the Syrian regime been able to bear the brunt of the challenges raised against it? And, what can we learn about the seductions of authoritarian politics…
Barbara Dennis, “Walking with Strangers: Critical Ethnography and Educational Promise” (Peter Lang, 2020)
In this episode, I speak with Dr. Barbara Dennis of Indiana University on her new ethnography, Walking with Strangers: Critical Ethnography and Educational Promise, published in 2020 by Peter……
Barbara Dennis, “Walking with Strangers: Critical Ethnography and Educational Promise” (Peter Lang, 2020)
In this episode, I speak with Dr. Barbara Dennis of Indiana University on her new ethnography, Walking with Strangers: Critical Ethnography and Educational Promise, published in 2020 by Peter……
Barbara Dennis, “Walking with Strangers: Critical Ethnography and Educational Promise” (Peter Lang, 2020)
In this episode, I speak with Dr. Barbara Dennis of Indiana University on her new ethnography, Walking with Strangers: Critical Ethnography and Educational Promise, published in 2020 by Peter…
Lisa Wedeen, “Authoritarian Apprehensions: Ideology, Judgment, and Mourning in Syria” (U Chicago Press, 2019)
How has the Syrian regime been able to bear the brunt of the challenges raised against it? And, what can we learn about the seductions of authoritarian politics…
Barbara Dennis, “Walking with Strangers: Critical Ethnography and Educational Promise” (Peter Lang, 2020)
In this episode, I speak with Dr. Barbara Dennis of Indiana University on her new ethnography, Walking with Strangers: Critical Ethnography and Educational Promise, published in 2020 by Peter…
Troubled Togetherness: Visually Impaired People’s Unsettling and Tiresome Journey towards Community Belonging
ANNAMARIA DALL’ANESE The word ‘community’ has heart-warming connotations of mutual support and reciprocal understanding. The sense of belonging that stems from being integrated into a social world…
Feminismo y un pack de cerveza. O de la estrategia de los «mass media» para acallar las voces que claman por la igualdad
Introducción Hoy día, el feminismo vive una situación contradictoria. Por un lado, cada día son más las personas que se interesan por el tema y se comprometen con…
Von Bakterienkulturen bis Kulturschock – eine Reise durch den Bedeutungs-Wirrwarr des Begriffs „Kultur“
Was hat ein Kulturbanause mit einer Kulturtasche gemein? Bakterienkultur mit Kulturschock? Oder Joghurtkultur mit Leitkultur? Nicht viel. Außer dieses einen … Weiter lesenVon Bakterienkulturen b…
Stellenausschreibungen 2. KW, Region Westfalen-Lippe
Die erste Woche im neuen Jahr ist geschafft. Hat Euch der Trott des Alltags auch schon wieder eingeholt? Es ist oft schwer nach Feiertage-Marathon und Jahreswechsel wieder richtig…
Kein Gesicht und keine Stimme. Kinder in der aktuellen Populärkultur
So häufig in aktuellen Filmen und Serien über Kinder gesprochen wird, so selten sind sie tatsächlich präsent. Bei aller Diversität bleibt die uns gezeigte Welt eine sehr erwachsene,…
Shaligram Interpretive Practice (Shape)
The second of the six main identifying characteristics in Shaligram interpretive practice is shape. I realize that this might, at least initially, seem relatively self-explanatory but shape, like…
Doing an Ethnography of Corruption
When: 15 January 2021 / 2-3.30 pm CET Link: https://zoom.us/j/93210372616pwd=dTZZ… ID: 93210372616 Password: 4JzWZ6 See you on Zoom! Here is the full schedule of the webinar series. You…