These “Thin Partitions:” Bridging the Growing Divide Between Cultural Anthropology and Archaeology co-edited by Joshua D. Englehardt and Ivy A. Rieger seeks to reexamine if and to what extent the sub-disciplines of Anthropology have become disjunctured. Specifically, Englehardt and Rieger sought to evaluate the historical, contemporary, and future relationship between cultural anthropologists and archaeologists. The […]
Here is the annual list of Evolutionary Anthropology Society (EAS) sessions at the American Anthropological Association (AAA) Annual Meeting (2018 San José, California). Select sessions and events from other sections that may be of interest are also included.
Knowledge Exchange > Let’s Talk Gender Everyday Anthropology AnthroCyberism Anthropology in the Public Sector Chinese Dream Biocultural Systematics Who Cares Anthropology from the Border Middle East Muddle Endangered Cultural Artifacts and Sites Pearls á la Turca Buffalo’s Revival Name Those Bones Soldiers, Civilians and an Anthropologist The World is Curved Archaeology in […]
Editor Natalie Konopinski [email protected] Design Print: Moon Design Editorial Advisory Board Tiffany C. Cain, Princeton University Ariana A. Curtis, National Museum of African American History and Culture Miguel Díaz-Barriga, University of Richmond Margaret Dorsey, University of Richmond Mariam Durrani, Hamilton College Agustín-Fuentes, University of Notre Dame Marc Kissel, Appalachian State University Cara Ocobock, University of […]
In March 2020, urban middle-class mothers found themselves without the reproductive labor of domestic workers. Schedules and routines proved indispensable mechanisms through which they organized their family’s lives and coped with life at home.
“Disaster upon Disaster,” a collection of essays edited by Susanna Hoffman and Roberto Barrios, examines disjunctures and gaps between anthropological knowledge and the policies and practices of states and NGOs that address risk, hazards, and disasters. This volume is the latest of a series of excellent collaborative projects—The Angry Earth (Oliver-Smith and Hoffman, 1999), Catastrophe […]
How the conceptual heritage of the new and old world pervades today’s racial economy of genetics.
Cymene Howe and Dominic Boyer have crafted two eloquent accounts of the turbulent, aeolian politics that unfolded during their 16-month-long field research in Mexico’s Isthmus of Tehuantepec, between 2009 and 2013. A gap in the Sierra Madre mountain range forms an extraordinary wind tunnel in the isthmus, making the region a convenient site for renewable […]
A student-curated exhibition offers an immersive exploration of food and the connections, stories, and memories we consume each time we eat.
Archaeologists move from avoiding talking about art to engaging in the critical practice of art.