July

Approaching SHA’s 40th Anniversary At the American Anthropological Association (AAA) meetings in Mexico City in 1974, a group of rogue…More

An NSF-funded Investigation of Cultural Change in Amazonia I work at an ethnic boundary. “When they [the Matsigenka] first come,…More

Agreeing to Kill the People of the Maldives Earlier this year researchers described huge collapses on the Western Antarctic ice…More

  This coming June, the 1999 Declaration on Anthropology and Human Rights will turn 15 years old. The declaration is…More

At the AES/SVA joint conference in Boston in April, AES awarded Alexa Hagerty (Stanford U) the 2014 Elsie Clews Parsons…More

Anthropology has had a productive and sometimes contentious relationship with initiatives for biodiversity conservation. Numerous anthropological studies have revealed the…More

My research examines the social and cultural implications of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) in Anchorage, Alaska. FASD is an…More

Tracing the Effects of Economic Policies This essay discusses the current economic context of bra shops in Tehran, and outlines…More

Review of “Funeral Season (ou La saison des funerailles).” Matthew Lancit, dir. 87 min. Documentary Educational Resources, 2012. An early…More

My Experiences with the NSF One of the most significant moments in my early career was being awarded a National…More