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Watching both ways

The Anthropology Newspaper ·

2025/03/28

by Emma van der Tak – “I saw that you have written for newspapers before,” Albert remarks as the waitress puts down our coffee. While I did so…

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Sindre Bangstad: The IHRA Working Definition of...

The Anthropology Newspaper ·

2025/03/28

Cancelling Mbembe On June 6 2024 I was present in the grand hall that is the University Aula of the University of Bergen in Norway when my friend…

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Syaifudin Zuhri, “Wali Pitu and Muslim Pilgrimage in...

The Anthropology Newspaper ·

2025/03/28

Syaifudin Zuhri’s book Wali Pitu and Muslim Pilgrimage in Bali, Indonesia: Inventing a Sacred Tradition (Leiden, 2022) is a detailed examination of the recent emergence of the Wali Pitu (“Seven…

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Technokratische Traumzeit in Malaysia

The Anthropology Newspaper ·

2025/03/28

The kind people at Heidelberg dug this out of the drawer the mice keep for snacking in the lean times. I did not have a digital copy before…

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semi feudal cyber colonialism.

The Anthropology Newspaper ·

2025/03/27

Cyber feudalism, techno corvée, or semi feudal cyber colonialism. Why feudal now? because the resistance levels are in an ebb the oppressive apparatus access tried and true modalities…

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Por un horizonte cuanto más lejano mejor

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2025/03/27

La foto es de Dave Bottons Fragmento de “Horizontes perdidos”, texto para el catálogo de la exposición Islas y horizontes. Obras de la colección Es Baluard (Fuenlabrada, 2016)…

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Om broderier, ockupationer och hopp

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2025/03/26

Solen skiner varmt över en ockuperad gammal tågstation i Rom. Här huserar den transfeministiska organisationen Lucha y Siesta, som driver ett kvinnohärbärge i den största byggnaden sedan 2008.…

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The Hopes and Hazards for AI in Reconstructing...

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2025/03/26

An archaeologist explains how generative artificial intelligence has the potential to reshape our views of ancient people, arguing that a critical perspective is needed to use this technical…

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Where Cultures Collide

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2025/03/25

For the eighth season of the SAPIENS podcast, we’re meeting at a crossroads of cultures—past and present—in search of humanity’s collective destination. Culture is a force that makes…

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Songs of Fire and Rice: Post-Electoral Song Protests...

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2025/03/25

A Song Namacurra onoloba nikayedhoNamacurra asks for helpFrelimo onoguliya mathaka na atxinaFrelimo is selling our lands to the ChineseNafuna minivedele manera adhouweWe want to find a way for…

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Editors of Freedom of Speech discuss their new volume

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2025/03/24

Matei Candea, Taras Fedirko, Paolo Heywood, and Fiona Wright https://utppublishing.com/doi/book/10.3138/9781487548841 We’re delighted to announce the publication of our new edited volume,…

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Plotting Forests: Scientific Expertise and the...

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2025/03/24

By Sumin Myung, Cultural Anthropology, Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka Editorial Note: This post is part of our series highlighting the work of the Anthropology…

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Polly Katherine (Cox) Lewis Memorial

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2025/03/23

Polly Katherine Lewis passed on March 8, 2025 from COPD complications after a two decade long struggle. Polly was born May 22, 1947 in Vallejo, CA. Her father…

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APLA 2025 Graduate Student Paper Prize Competition

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2025/03/23

The APLA Board invites individuals who are students in a graduate degree-granting program (including M.A., Ph.D., J.D., LL.M., S.J.D. etc.) to … More

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Tracie Canada, “Tackling the Everyday: Race and...

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2025/03/22

Big-time college football promises prestige, drama, media attention, and money. Yet most athletes in this unpaid, amateur system encounter a different reality, facing dangerous injuries, few pro-career opportunities,…

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Beyond Flat Design: Reclaiming the Joy of Dials and...

The Anthropology Newspaper ·

2025/03/21

I recently (and finally!) got to talk at length with author Cory Doctorow, who famously coined the perfect term for when technology platforms and products rapidly decline in…

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Algunes consideracions sobre l’origen de l’amor

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2025/03/21

Foto de Matt Weber Nota per a Anna Gómez i Ariadna Galiana, estudiants del Grau d’Antropologia Social de la UB, enviat el juliol de 2013 ALGUNES CONSIDERACIONS SOBRE…

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Resources and Links on Academic Freedom Relevant to...

The Anthropology Newspaper ·

2025/03/21

To be updated regularly. Last update March 21, 2025 Contact: Heath Cabot (heath.cabot@uib.no) Have you found yourself under attack within … More

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APLA Taskforce on Academic Freedom

The Anthropology Newspaper ·

2025/03/21

Letter from APLA President: Call for Action and Help March 21, 2025 Dear APLA Members and Friends, As you know, … More

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Likt og ulikt i norrønt og i moderne norsk

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2025/03/21

I denne språkpraten diskuterer vi noen likheter og forskjeller mellom norrønt og moderne norsk innen ordforråd, morfologi og syntaks. Å lese en tekst på norrønt kan by på…

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