Anthropology roundup: #AAA2016 = Open Access Strikes Back… “Would Margaret Mead tweet?…

ArXiv for anthropology: @SocArXiv + #AAA2016 = Open Access Strikes Back  Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology Cliffs Notes version of this post: @SocArXiv is a Green Open Access digital repository that is currently being developed for the social sciences. I think this is a good thing. Let’s talk Open Access and publishing at #AAA2016. … Read more

Anthropology roundup: “Anthropology and the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions…

Anthropology and the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions: Part 1  Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog by Jessica Winegar Savage Minds welcomes guest blogger Anthropologists for the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions. We are pleased to present the following two reflections by Mick Taussig and J. Lorand Matory as part of … Read more

Anthropology roundup: “Why the Super Bowl Matters…

    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