AAA Boycott Vote Postmortem Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology By now you have probably heard that the boycott vote failed by an incredibly narrow margin: In the end an astounding 51% of its 10,000 members participated. The resolution failed by exactly 39 votes: 2,423-2,384 (50.4%-49.6%)—a statistical dead heat. David Palumbo-Liu, Steven Salaita, Charlotte Silver, … Read more
8 Awesome Anthropologists Advancing Public Outreach Forbes It’s International Women’s Day, and I’ve seen an abundance of posts about the amazing pioneers in my field of anthropology. One that sticks out for many people is Margaret Mead, an all-around awesome anthropologist known for her research, museum work, … Anthropology without Villains: Kurt’s Vonnegut’s Master’s Degree in … Read more
Dear Colleague, Chances are you’ve heard about SAPIENS, our new initiative to bring cutting-edge anthropological research to a broader public audience. Throughout its development, we’ve thought of SAPIENS as building on the tradition of Sol Tax andCurrent Anthropology. But whereas that journal’s launch marked a new era in scholarly communication, SAPIENS will provide a new … Read more
IHD: 617 children died in Turkey in 11 months KARAKOK OTONOMU TR/CH 3,861 children suffered a violation of their rights and 617 others died during the 11 months of 2015. Among these, 57 lost their lives as a direct result of state violence. More than 6 thousand children are currently jailed in Turkish prisons. Human … Read more
NYT columnist David Carr dead at 58 David Carr, a New York Times media critic who was known for sharp wit and blunt style and overcame drug addiction to become one of America’s most respected journalists, died Thursday at age 58. David Carr’s First Big Scoop Slate Articles by Leon Neyfakh David Carr was in his … Read more
Zora Neale Hurston, The Making of an Anthropologist Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog by Irma McClaurin Little did Zora know that moving to New York from Washington, DC, where she was a student at Howard University, would forever change the trajectory of her life. When Zora landed in Harlem, she … Read more
White cop, black boy hug at Portland rally for Ferguson: story behind striking photo Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin This striking photo by Portland-based photographer Johnny Nguyen is one of the most memorable to emerge from protests around the country. Read the rest Ferguson protests at retail stores bring new meaning to Black Friday In Ferguson, Missouri, protests … Read more
It’s Incredibly Rare For A Grand Jury To Do What Ferguson’s Just Did FiveThirtyEight – Ben Casselman – Nov 24, 6:30 PM – A St. Louis County grand jury on Monday decided not to indict Ferguson, Missouri, police Officer Darren Wilson in the August killing of teenager Michael Brown. The decision wasn’t a surprise — … Read more
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy The city of Detroit, Mich., has filed for bankruptcy, becoming the largest city in the history of the United States to do so. If Detroit Were a Country, Would It Be a Failed State? The city of Detroit has sorrows to spare. Its government — officially, as of Thursday — can’t … Read more