Judgment Day Paul Stoller writes about Judgment Day at huffingtonpost.com: Like many people in America, I attended a get-together on Judgment Day, Saturday, May 21. According to the biblical calculations of Family Radio’s Harold Camping, Judgment Day would…
U.S. Border Troubles: From Pakistan to Akwesasne Recent protests in Karachi against continued U.S. drone strikes should serve as a reminder that the violation of international law and Pakistani sovereignty in the interests of U.S. security predates the recent discovery and killing of Osama bin…
An American Dream Louise Krasniewicz, an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, spoke to CNN’s Only On the Blog about Arnold schwarzenegger: Arnold’s importance has never been about his acting or his…
April 2011 Table of Contents Recycling History and the Never-Ending Life of Cuban Things Sarah Hill Free Water! DIY Wetlands and the Futures of Urban Gray Water Scott Webel Transnational Waste and Its Discontents Joshua Reno When Blue Jeans Went Green…
Does Height Matter? The New York Times’ Room for Debate opinion section asks “Do We Want to Be Supersize Humans? If human bodies become taller, bigger and longer-living — is that progress?” Alexandra Brewis, a medical anthropologist, answers: Height conveys all…
Saudi Arabia Madawi Al Rasheed, a professor of social anthropology at Kings College in London, spoke about Saudi Arabia to Elizabeth Jackson, an ABC Australia’s correspondent. Saudi Arabia tries to project itself as a stabilizer, as a force that would…
Death in a Family I am living with a large extended family, an experience that has been both comforting (people are always everywhere) and lonely (what a social misfit I am living so far from my own strong kinship ties!). Seven siblings (now ages 50–35)…
Bin Laden is Dead Susan Hirsch, a Professor of Anthropology and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University, talked to NPR’s Melissa Block about Bin Laden’s death. Susan Hirsch’s husband was killed in the 1998 bombing of the U.S. embassy in Dar es Salaam,…
