Anthropology roundup: Report on EASA Media Anthropology Network activities at the 14th EASA Biennial Conference, Milan, 20-23 July 2016

A short report by Philipp Budka 1) EASA Media Anthropology Network Meeting (21 July 2016) Philipp Budka introduced the network, its history and its activities to a group of about 15 people, some new and some regular participants to the network’s meetings at EASA conferences. The network, which was established in 2004, has particularly become known for … Read more

Anthropology roundup: Rabinow also joins the boycott debate…

I am Paul Rabinow, Professor of Anthropology at the University of California at Berkeley. I write to urge you to watch this important new video where anthropologists who know something about the matter demonstrate how an academic boycott is ultimately personal. I am against the boycott. The distinction between a small community of anthropologists, the … Read more

Cyberculture & Journalism agenda: new Tow Center report on data journalism…

  Read some of the smartest thinkers on data journalism in this new Tow Center report  Nieman Journalism Lab by Justin Ellis In order to consider the future of data journalism, you have to start by looking at the past. Alex Howard, a fellow at The Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia Journalism School, has a new report … Read more