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The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago has its origins in the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893, where along…More

In May 2012, the Committee on the Future of Print and Electronic Publishing, working in conjunction with the AAA Publishing…More

New Director’s Vision for Advancing the Association As the association’s new executive director, I could not be in a more…More

The Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology (SLACA) announces its 2013 Whiteford Graduate Student Award in Applied and Public…More

While in Denver for the Society for Applied Anthropology’s annual meeting, I was fortunate to attend a session called “Teaching…More

Financial Exploitation of Knowledge Production As institutions of higher learning experience increasing financial responsibilities and shrinking endowments they are simultaneously…More

In San Francisco last November, the MES contributed a number of excellent sessions to the AAA Annual Meeting program, including…More

Assembling the Transactions Archive Debt seems to be all around us—in monthly credit card statements, newspaper headlines and debates about…More

Two Historical Moments in India Discussions on debt, especially in the context of the state, are commonly drenched in economism.…More

There is an old saying that “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”…More