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Challenging the boundaries of the discipline since 1983. Account managed by a volunteer team of Contributing Editors. Tweets this week by Social Media Team.
Joined April 2010
šØThe latest issue of Cultural Anthropology is now published!šØ Feat. 7 original research articles: from waste+charity & debt+coal in Turkey to earthquake sickness in Mexico & rice science in China; police training in Maryland to exile in east Africa & industrial waste in India.
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CFP: Frederic Jameson and the Future of Critical Theory April 10ā12, 2026 Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Keynotes by Michael Denning, Jane Gaines, Achille Mbembe, Toril Moi, and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. Please circulate far and wide. Submission info linked below.
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Join us on Friday, October 31st at 12pm ET for a panel discussion on "Careers in Anthropology," the latest in our SCA Fridays monthly series. Register at this link to join us: https://t.co/GEXCYLcuVU
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Itās somewhere between āIāll rest after this deadlineā and āWait, Iām nearing 40 already?ā
Where is that meme that says 'having fun in my 40s because spent my 20s doing my PhD'
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We'll hold a public talk with Tim Ingold, on Nov 6th (6pm London time) The topic will be, Sharing time: the work of art in a possible. It'll be streamed live on the DGI Youtube channel. Donāt forget to subscribe & the notification when we go live. https://t.co/v1gbXh3f0Z
davidgraeber.institute
David Graeber Institute āIn the world of possibilities, every work begins with an idea in mind, and ends in its realisation. This is work that cuts across. But the creativity of
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Such hospitality helps forge moral authority as a cohesive substance and invites shopkeepers to rethink the grounds of their own security. https://t.co/TdOc7ne7qL
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In āWaste Donations,ā Kevin Yildirim explores how interdependencies are forged within precarious urban conditions through the auspices of charitable giving. 1/2
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350 applicants for a $60k job. Academia really said, āCongratulations, youāre the chosen one. Enjoy your ramen.ā š
To all the postdocs out there, how did you feel after finishing your phd? Be honest š
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A quote that lives rent-free in every grad studentās head
I'm either very knowledgeable, or I'm an idiot; there's no middle ground.
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Itās interesting how definitions of "theft" shift depending on whoās holding the artifacts (read: land/water).
I'm surprised to learn this week that French and British museums consider theft wrong
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Grateful for this chance to talk at my alma mater Amherst College about my new book, Something Between Us, this Monday 10/27 evening. If any of you alums or others out there are in central Massachusetts, please drop in! https://t.co/XwEmuMfri2
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In āMorally Immunizing Debts,ā Ferda Nur Demirci explores how underground mineworkers in Soma, a lignite-coal basin in Turkeyās North Aegean region, forge new approaches to self and intimate other through readily available consumer loans and ongoing financial obligations.
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These scientists experience neijuan (involution): intensifying work with diminishing returns, creating exhausting āgreen involutionā spirals as they push for productivity gains at rice plantsā biological limits. 2/2 https://t.co/K39EVw3AAR
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Lyle Fearnley and Chen Sun's āGreen Involutionā takes on China's Green Revolution through an ethnographic analysis of young rice scientists caught between fast-paced academic careers and the slow cycle of agricultural research. 1/2
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such as role-playing and virtual training, inevitably frame threats as omnipresent and prioritize officer survival. Moreover, in so doing, they stage a form of radical presentism that elides the historical and structural conditions of violence. 2/2 https://t.co/d6KDOKn4se
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Police reformers have long argued that investing in āimproved trainingā methods and facilities will reduce police violence. Jessica Katzensteinās ethnography of police training in Maryland shows, however, that reformist methodologies 1/2
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This article by Rishabh Raghavan examines how artisanal fishermen in Ennore, Chennai, use acts of refusal, both individual and collective, to cope with and contest the toxic effects of industrial pollution. Read here: https://t.co/o43KrPIqmZ
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Donations are down and things are beyond dire in Gaza - please help support Wafaāa, who needs food, water, shelter and - critically- medical care for her two young sons, Adam and Ahmed. Please donate to and circulate her campaign šš¼šš¼šš¼
The war has stoppedā¦ but our real battle has just begun. No water, no electricity, no gas, and no medical care. Every day is a fight just to survive. š Your support is our only hope every donation makes a difference. https://t.co/qniqEhemg8
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In the latest issue of Cultural Anthropology, @sahanagee argues that "postcolonial militarism cannot be understood as a coercive project alone; it is simultaneously a constructive one, particularly a reproductive one". Read this brilliant article here:
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In our current journal issue, Natacha Nsabimana explores how repetitive exileāthe cycles of political violence and forced expulsion in Rwanda and Burundiāreshape political subjectivity and understandings of the nation.
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