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Kayapó pop star Bepdjyre. Video still courtesy Tatajyre Kayapó

Kaya-Pop

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Glenn H Shepard Jr


The Brave New World of Indigenous Music in Brazil The lead singer crooning catchy pop lyrics, the gyrating chorus-line of…More










































































































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Walk of Ideas, Berlin. Photo courtesy of Scholz & Friends Sensai, wikicommons

The Anthropologist as Reader

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Michael E Harkin


A quarter century ago, Clifford Geertz published Works and Lives: The Anthropologist as Author. Widely seen as part of the…More










































































































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Shots depicting the Lower Valley of the Omo River, UNESCO World Heritage Site, and inhabitants of Southern Ethiopia. Anna Maria Donnoli

Pastoralism’s Crisis in East Africa

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Luke Glowacki


Anthropology has a long history in East Africa. Well-known works by Dyson-Hudson and Evans-Pritchard have introduced generations of undergraduate students…More










































































































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“A Multiply Wounded Country”

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Caitlin Fouratt


The Legacies of Crisis in Nicaraguan Migration Over the course of more than 17 months of fieldwork with Nicaraguan migrants…More










































































































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Paralimni Collage. Photo courtesy of Berkaysnklf  via Wikimedia Commons

The Order of Crisis

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Olga Demetriou


Crisis as a Political Tool in Cyprus Contextualizing the Politics of Crisis Even though the Cyprus financial crisis exploded onto…More










































































































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Toxic Talk

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Christianne V Stephens


Power of Discourse Analysis for Understanding the Impacts of Environmental Crises on Native American Communities Anatomy of an Environmental Crisis…More










































































































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Kabul pottery. Photo courtesy Gregory Thielker

Manipulating Narratives of Crisis and International Intervention Pick up any newspaper over the past 12 months, and there are fairly…More










































































































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June 3, 2013. Car positioned as part of a makeshift barricade. Photo courtesy Servando Z Hinojosa

Postcard from Istanbul

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Servando Z Hinojosa


Anatomy of a Crisis When Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan left for his four-day tour of Morocco, Tunisia and…More










































































































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Our Crisis, Ourselves: Hailing a National Public. Photo courtesy Pinky Hota

Rape as National Crisis in India

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Pinky Hota


On December 16, 2012, a 23-year old woman boarded a bus to return home in New Delhi, India. It was…More










































































































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A Humanitarian Crisis

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Ventura R Pérez
Ashley E Sherry


Violence, Secrecy, and Hope in México Silence appears to be México’s answer to the ongoing humanitarian crisis brought about by…More










































































































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