Last spring, New Yorkers participated in the 7:00 p.m. clap to show solidarity with “essential workers” and assuage feelings of isolation. They used noisy cacerolazos to mobilize collective anger and demand housing and labor security.
September
Knowing Across Cultures
Is the concept of knowledge the same for all people? How might new data push debates on knowledge, wisdom, and understanding in new directions?
What the (Prehistoric) Shell?
Archaeology involves the interpretation of material culture from peoples in the past. But we rely on contemporary theoretical concepts and analytical tools to study the objects that we find.
Coronavirus Days in Tel Aviv
Reflections on summertime lockdown and increasing public resentment over the coalition’s failure to control the pandemic.
Cuban Food Security in a Time of COVID-19
The pandemic has created new opportunities and barriers to food access in Cuba’s two largest cities.
“Mask Cultures” in the United States and India
By conforming to norms of mask making, mask wearing, and regulating physical contact, people in India and the United States are redefining what is acceptable social conduct.
The Everyday Resistance of Anarchist Punks in Bandung, Indonesia
The Bandung anarcho-punk scene is about do-it-yourself ethics and local acts of resistance. It is also plugged into and part of complex global DIY punk networks.
Madelyn Iris
Madelyn “Micki” Iris passed away on January 7, 2020, in Chicago, Illinois, at age 73 after having been diagnosed with cancer in 2017.
Contemplating the Urine-Industrial Complex
Urine matters at the opioid treatment clinic. It matters not just to the patients and the clinicians, but also to a multimillion dollar urinalysis industry.
Breaking Down Silos in Anthropology
How can anthropologists effectively collaborate across academic and government, business, and nonprofit sectors to communicate to the world what we do and get our repository of knowledge into the popular sphere?