By contributor Sean Carey I have a confession to make: I don’t have a Facebook page. A few years ago I was encouraged to sign up by friends and colleagues when Facebook was primarily used by university students and lecturers. I resisted on the grounds that I was busy enough. I also reckoned that I [...]
• Remembering the mother of POTUS An op-ed in the Washington Post explores the relationship between President Barack Obama and his mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, a cultural anthropologist. It concludes that she shaped his “essence” in many ways including multilayered, multiethnic experiences and empathy. [Blogger's note: on Mother's Day, one can only wish she had [...]
The science publisher Versita is currently seeking an Associate Editor for the pioneer Open Access Books publishing program in Culture Ideal Candidate Profile: –Degree: Ph.D. in Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Visual Studies, Cultural/Human Geography or similar –Experience: research or academic in Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Visual Studies, Cultural/Human Geography or similar. Publishing experience, preferably in editorial acquisition, would [...]
Uyghur Neighborhoods in Kazakhstan by Dr. Sean Roberts Professor at The Elliott School and Director of International Development Studies Program When: Wednesday, May 16 | 5:00pm-6:30pm Where: Room 505 1957 E St, NW The Elliott School of International Affairs RSVP
Deadline for Nomination is May 15, 2012. The Council on Anthropology & Reproduction (CAR) Award is one of very few awards given to edited volumes, yet it helped establish and foment topics of reproduction as central fields of anthropological inquiry. The “Most Notable Recent Collection” Award seeks to recognize and celebrate recent (published within 3 years [...]
By contributor Sean Carey Around 10,000 Indian, Bangladeshi, Nepalese and Pakistani restaurants and takeaways in the U.K. routinely serve up curry to a significant proportion of the country’s 62 million population. Curry is probably the nation’s most popular food. According to one recent estimate the sector is worth around £3.6 billion annually and employs some [...]
• The Occupy movement May 1st is International Workers Day. This year it was also an occasion for the Occupy Wall Street movement to demonstrate and expand support for the movement. According to coverage by Voice of America, demonstrators in New York City started “banging drums early despite rainy skies.” According to one Occupy activist, [...]
• Breivik trial in Oslo Thomas Hylland Eriksen, professor of social anthropology at Oslo University, figured prominently this past week in reports about the trial of Anders Behring Breivik which opened in Oslo last week. One issue revolves around the very conduct of the trial itself, as discussed in an article in the New York [...]
Guest post by Peter Wogan We now know that Mike Daisey’s theatre show was based on solid research about Apple Inc.’s labor practices in China, but key scenes were manipulated or fabricated for dramatic effect. I’d like to explore what this scandal tells us about culture, magic, and technology. Every tall tale requires an audience. [...]
• WB choice Many articles in the mainstream media and in the blogosphere discussed the announcement of Jim Yong Kim as the next president of the World Bank. While many did not mention the fact that Kim has a medical degree and a doctorate in anthropology, some did. The news from Africa News (Lagos) was [...]
