The Anthropology A-level, introduced in 2010 in UK schools, is now at risk to be discontinued by the exam board AQA. The curriculum is very VA-based, using films and media for teaching and as learning devices… so perhaps you join by signing the campaign? The campaign to #SaveAnthropologyALevel is gathering pace. Over the weekend the … Read more
Why the Super Bowl Matters, Especially to Sociologists Ethnography.com by Marianne Paiva I think I’ve mentioned before, but I really don’t understand the lure of watching sports on TV. Or in person. Or from a skybox in a stadium with 50,000 other people. Generally, I don’t understand watching sports. So when I moved to … 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
AAA Statement on Police Practices American Anthropological Association by Joslyn O. AAA President Monica Heller releases public statement on police practices in the United States and calls upon anthropologists to help create equitable policing: In the United States, too many black Americans are killed by officers of the law. As anthropologists, we must speak out whenever … Read more
“The Digital” as major theme at #AAA2014 Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog by Matt Thompson As I settled in to browse the conference program for the 2014 annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association (just hours before I was scheduled to leave, natch), I was immediately struck by a common … Read more
via (More photos by Marco Hill here) Link: http://anthropoliteia.net/2014/12/05/die-in-protest-at-the-2014-american-anthropological-association-meetings/ ************* Anthropology: It’s still white public space–An interview with Karen Brodkin (Part II) Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog This is the second part of my interview with Karen Brodkin. Part I is here. Ryan Anderson: All of this has me … Read more
Anthropologists and Israel At the American Anthropological Association‘s annual meeting, momentum builds in favor of a boycott of Israeli universities. “Why I signed” (the petition for academic boycott of Israeli institutions) American Anthropological Association Guest blog post by AAA member, Steven Caton (Harvard U). I have not been a fan of boycotts in the past, so why … Read more
American Anthropological Association #AAA2014 Meetings Anthropology Report by Jason Antrosio The 2014 Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association are December 2-7 in Washington D.C. Here’s the Searchable Program. What are you most excited to see? Where to publish in OA anthropology Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog by Matt Thompson Below … Read more
Boas and the Monolingualism of the Other Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology In my last post on Bauman and Briggs Voices of Modernity I explored their argument that Boas’s notion of culture makes it seem like a prison house from which only the trained anthropologist is capable of escaping. In doing so, however, I … Read more
On Ethnographic Knowability Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog by Carole McGranahan This entry is part 11 of 11 in the Fall 2014 Writer’s Workshop series. (Savage Minds is pleased to post this essay by guest author Catherine Besteman as part of our Writer’s Workshop series. Catherine is Francis F. … Read more
Pentagon Photography and Visual Anthropology OPEN ANTHROPOLOGY by Maximilian Forte Congratulations to Anthropologist Ashraf Ghani, Afghanistan’s New President Huffington Post The American Anthropological Association extends its warm congratulations to Dr. Ashraf Ghani, the newly elected president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Dr. Ghani, who has formed a unity government with his electoral opponent, Dr. Abdullah … Read more
Four Burni Why archeologists hate Indiana Jones Boing Boing by David Pescovitz Inspired by Indiana Jones, I was an archeology major for about 10 minutes at the start of my freshman year in college ng Questions for Audra Simpson, professor ofAnthropology at … McGill Reporter The soirée will feature Audra Simpson, a McGill alumnae who … Read more
Anthropology and the Latest Afghan War (2001?Present) Peace Research Institute Oslo ????The idea of contracting anthropologists to assist in counterinsurgency contexts ? with monitoring, analysis, networking ? is an old one, reinvigorated in the context of the NATO-led Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, initiated in 2001. Computers and Sociocultural Anthropology Savage Minds: Notes and … Read more
What the well-dressed fieldworker is wearing this summer (ii) 32 Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology ? A Group Blog by Matthew Timothy Bradley / 4d // keep unread // hide CLOTHES FOR FIELDWORK, PART 2: OUTERWEAR The initial entry in this series focused on some commonly taken for granted pieces of clothing?underwear, hats, and scarves. In this entry we move on to discussion … Read more
11 Cutting-Edge Thinkers That Anthropologists Should Be Paying Attention to Right Now! Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology ? Well it wouldn?t be an unpaid internship in the 2014 if the bosses upstairs didn?t have me doing a listicle, so I?m proud to present to you a new feature: The Savage Minds Rundown. … Read more