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The weaponisation of earthquake relief efforts in...

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2025/06/20

By Maaike Matelski – Four years after the military coup of February 2021, Myanmar was hit by a massive earthquake on 28 March 2025. While the earthquake may…

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Vulturing

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2025/06/20

BySylvie PlanelPhD Anthropology First Place Winner, Writing Competition on the Theme of Transformation Their figures project shifting shapes on the ground, cutting out the sun as they fly…

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Korleis avgrense kva ferieord som bør stå i «ordboka»?

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2025/06/20

Norsk til liks med til dømes tysk, svensk og dansk er eit språk med eit prinsipielt uendeleg ordtilfang. Språksystemet vårt legg nemleg til rette for at vi nesten…

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2025 Council for Museum Anthropology: Lifetime...

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2025/06/19

The Council for Museum Anthropology is seeking nominations for its Distinguished Service Award. The award recognizes CMA members whose careers demonstrate extraordinary achievements that have adv…

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On Silence

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2025/06/19

On the 7th of December 2024, Damascus was up all night having a special kind of party. At 3 a.m., my siblings […] The post On Silence appeared first on…

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The “Encounter” is not Important: Living with My...

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2025/06/19

Many people assume that queer rights movements are primarily about acceptance or visibility. But this perspective risks reducing queerness to a plea for recognition within the boundaries of…

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The Invisible Light That’s Harming Our Health — And...

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2025/06/18

The Invisible Light That’s Harming Our Health — And How We Can Light Things Better I recently spent a few weeks running a conference for a community of researchers and writers…

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Turing Tests and ChatGPT’s Sleight of Hand

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2025/06/18

One of the many benchmarks for AI is the “Turing test,” Alan Turing’s adaptation of the “imitation game” where an interrogator must decide which of two respondents…

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Forest as Kin and Pantry in the Himalayas

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2025/06/18

In the Sikkim and Kalimpong Himalayas in Northeast India, supply chains are often interrupted by changing monsoon systems that damage highways. Responding to uncertainty, communities are reclaiming an…

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Frankenstein’s Monsters Finding Home

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2025/06/18

This dreamy poem of trans~formation was written in an attempt to envision a trans materialist utopia. In these verses, we find ourselves at the beginning of this emergence;…

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Anthropology of Religion: A Comprehensive Overview

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2025/06/18

Anthropology of Religion: A Comprehensive Overview Contents Anthropology of Religion: A Comprehensive Overview.. 1

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Oath and Ordeal: Concepts in Political Anthropology

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2025/06/18

Oath and Ordeal: Concepts in Political Anthropology In political anthropology, the concepts of oath and ordeal offer fascinating insights into how societies establish truth, enforce justice, an…

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Ways to overcome barriers to intercultural...

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2025/06/18

Bridging the Gap by Catherine Hua Xiang is aimed at anyone doing business in or with China and examines the complexities of intercultural communication with Chinese people. Covering…

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Political Anthropology: POWER, LAW, AUTHORITY and...

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2025/06/18

POWER, LAW, AUTHORITY and LEGITIMACY POWER, LAW, AUTHORITY and LEGITIMACY. 1

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Anthropology of Social Control

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2025/06/18

Anthropology of Social Control: Social control is a fundamental concept in political anthropology, referring to the mechanisms and processes by which conformity to norms, rules, and laws…

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Candace Lukasik, “Martyrs and Migrants: Coptic...

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2025/06/18

Coptic Orthodox Christians comprise the largest Christian community in the Middle East and are among the oldest Christian communities in the world. While once the objects of American…

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Soliciting Slaps – Notes from the Margins of Academia

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2025/05/26

Just as “Der Optimismus ist Pflicht” (optimism is a duty) – as Popper is frequently (though perhaps apocryphally) credited with […] The post Soliciting Slaps – Notes from…

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سکوت در برابر نسل‌کشی غزه: سازوکار سیستمیک یا سقوط تمدنی

The Anthropology Newspaper ·

2025/05/25

زمانی که در فاصله پیروزی هیتلر در نیمۀ دهۀ سی تا شروع جنگ جهانی دوم، نابودی نهادها و نظام دموکراتیک دولت آلمان و کشتار مخالفان سیاسی نازی‌ها و…

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آرت‌فرها: پیوند خلاقیت و بازار هنر

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2025/05/25

آرت‌فرها[۱] (نمایشگاه‌های تخصصی هنر) به عنوان رویدادهایی چندوجهی، مرز میان خلاقیت هنری و سازوکارهای بازار هنر را ترسیم می‌کنند. این نمایشگاه‌ها بستری فراهم می‌کنند که در آن هنرمندان،…

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Repairing a Yom Hashoah memorialization

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2025/05/25

By Joost Blokker – Flower wreaths were placed at the Jewish Children monument in The Hague on Yom HaShoah, a day on which Jewish communities around the world…

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