Inside Higher Ed piece: “Turkish Academe Under Attack……Literati roundup…

Turkish Academe Under Attack Turkish scholars describe a growing intolerance for dissent. February 12, 2016 By Elizabeth Redden In the early morning hours of Jan. 15, the antiterror police came to Yucel Demirer’s home. He was taken to police headquarters, where he shared a cell with fellow Kocaeli University professors who, like him, had signed … Read more

Anthropology roundup: “Anthropology Blogs Update…

  Intel?s Anthropologist Genevieve Bell Questions the Smart Watch Genevieve Bell, director of Intel?s user experience research, says companies building wearable computers haven?t figured out why people might want them.   Anthropology: Growth and Relevance, Not Popularity Anthropologists can suffer from Jared Diamond envy. Here in the United States we bemoan when Diamond?s latest book … Read more