181,000 drones have been registered with the FAA in just 14 days The Next Web by Matthew Hussey Over the holidays, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) made drone owners register their vehicles. Since that announcement, more than 180,000 drones have been added to the FAA’s database, says CNN. Dutch reject ‘encryption backdoors’ BBC News | Europe | World Edition The … Read more
Negotiating the WSIS+10 and the Future of the Internet Dipnote – U.S. Department of State Official Blog by Daniel Sepulveda After two and a half years of technical analysis and discussions, six months of deliberations among all stakeholders, and intense negotiations at the United Nations, at three o’clock in the morning on December 12, 2015, the … Read more
We weaponized anthropology. Why didn’t it work? The Fabius Maximus website (blog) Yesterday’s post recommended Weaponizing Anthropology: Social Science in Service of the Militarized State (2011) by David H. Price (Prof of anthropology at St. Martin’s U; bio here). In this great book he describes one facet of America’s militarization .. View image | gettyimages.com … Read more
2015 AAA Leadership Fellows Program American Anthropological Association The AAA Leadership Fellows Program provides a unique opportunity for anthropologists early in their careers to learn about leadership opportunities within the association. Each year a group of three to five fellows will be paired with a mentor chosen from among AAA leadership. Mentors are available to fellows … 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
Introduction to Anthropology, Culture by Islamic Thinkers Iran Book News Agency Mohammad Heidaypour and Mahmoud Azimi Rasta have jointly compiled a new book in assessment of the views by Islamic and Iranian thinkers onanthropology and culture. IBNA: Arranged in three major parts, the book delves into the nature, generalities Tons of newly published open anthropology When … Read more
Just heard that the latest issue of Cultural Anthropology has a special focus: Gezi Protests. That will definitely be a good scholarly and ethnographic source on the subject. But check out the contents below. Not one specific article you will find on new media usage, which was obviously an essential part of Protests. Unfortunately, (mass) … Read more
Guardian multimedia feature, ‘NSA files decoded: Edward Snowden’s surveillance revelations explained’ The Guardian, which first broke revelations of widespread warrantless NSA surveillance via leaks from former contractor Edward Snowden, has published a big multimedia feature online today. What the revelations mean for you. [theguardian.com] Russian Internet Surveillance: Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old … Read more
Clickthrough Anthropology Blogs ? October 2013 I keep all the Anthropology Blogs 2013 in a big Feedlysubscription. Got behind and scrolled through over 400 articles in the last few weeks. These are the things that caught my interest, recent anthropology blog-posts that seemed worth a clickthrough. I?ve tried to do some rough groupings … Read more
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
Eight small European Countries are the happiest on Earth Just in time for the UN General Assembly, the UN secretariat has published the second World Happiness Report. On the basis of extensive polls in 156 countries it assesses how people rate their overall happiness in life. German election: don’t forget the Turkish vote(s)! There are … Read more
George Stocking Jr., ‘Anthropology’s Anthropologist,’ Dies at 84 New York Times George W. Stocking Jr., a historian of science who chronicled the norms, customs and tribal beliefs of modern anthropologists, documenting a history of racial bias and ethnocentrism as well as great insights, died on July 13 in Chicago. He was 84 Anthropologists as Spies This piece … Read more
New Measures of Scholarly Impact Data analytics are changing the ways to judge the influence of papers and journals. more Picking on Social Science House Republicans invite scrutiny of federal funding for social and behavioral sciences. Is anyone biting? more Endgame capitalism: an interview with Simon During from The Immanent Frame by Nathan Schneider Simon … Read more