Findings : Why Do Guy Fawkes Masks Seem to be Everywhere These Days?
The Internet receives a remarkable amount of credit for contemporary political developments. This is true of both revolutionary and mainstream movements, from the Arab Spring to Howard Dean’s presidential campaign. At the same time, widespread commentary on the Internet’s mobilizing capacity has generated numerous and ranging assertions about the effects of online organizing. Does […]
Tailgate Parties
Think football, and odds are you think tailgate party. And with good reason — the tailgate party is among the most time-honored and revered American sporting traditions, what with the festivities, the food and the fans. And the beer. Don’t forget the beer. To the untrained eye, these game-day rituals appear to be little […]
Breastfeeding in the Classroom
Adrienne Pine was in a jam. The assistant anthropology professor at American University was about to begin teaching “Sex, Gender & Culture,” but her baby daughter woke up in the morning with a fever. The single mother worried that she had no good child-care options. So Pine brought her sick baby to class. The […]
Circumcision and Human Rights
For both Jews and Muslims, circumcision is a religious and cultural practice. Within the last few weeks, Germany outlawed the practice of male circumcision for any but the strictest medical reasons. An atypical alliance of Jews and Muslims successfully challenged the German court's ruling and Chancellor Angela Merkel has promised to make religious circumcision practices […]
Gambled Away: Video Poker and Self-Suspension
Natasha Dow Schüll Patsy, a green-eyed brunette in her mid- forties, began gambling soon after she moved to Las Vegas from California in the 1980s with her husband, a military officer who had been restationed at Nellis Air Force Base. Video poker machines had been introduced to the local gambling market in the late 1970s, […]
Spirituality
Spirituality is not what it once was – that much is certain, according to anthropologist Peter van der Veer. Working at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Göttingen, he has examined the significance of the spiritual and its transformation processes in modern societies using the example of China […]
1950 report from the field, Malinowski’s ‘home’ village Omarakana
Did you read Malinowski in class? Did your professor ever ask you to submit a report from the field? Here is one, from Omarakana, the Trobriands, written in 1950. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/13882645/trobriand%20field%20report.pdf
Anthropology Syllabus Sharing and Teaching Anthropology
Anthropology Syllabus Sharing and Teaching Anthropology: thoughts about using social media in the classroom. http://anthropologyreport.com/anthropology-syllabus-sharing/#.UC5A0IT7QII.twitter via @jasonantrosio
The FIRST letter from the field? Cambridge Anthropology 3(1) 1976
"The Editors decided that it would be interesting to include some reflections on fieldwork from people actually in the field at the moment. We print below the first of these and hope that others will follow." cambridge letter small
Roots of Love: On Sikh Hair and Turban-Letter from filmmaker Harjant Gill
Dear friends and colleagues, This has been a painful week for all Sikhs living in the United States. Thank you to those who have reached out with your support to your local Sikh community. Most of our families are still trying to make sense of last weekend’s tragic shootings at the Sikh Temple in […]