WALS Online - An Anthropologist Goes Techno - techantropology.blogspot.com (HTTP) Culture Matters - culturematters.wordpress.com (HTTP) Open Access Anthropology — Promoting Open Access in Anthropology - blog.openaccessanthropology.org (HTTP) Savage Minds | Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog - savageminds.org (HTTP) Anthropology in the news blog - www.antropologi.info (HTTP) Anthropologist Tereza Kuldova, author of many book reviews here on antropologi.info has recently defended her PhD-thesis Designing Elites: Fashion and Prestige in Urban North India".
Now she has turned her thesis into a museum exhibition and an edited volume called Fashion India. Spectacular Capitalism. Researching fashion means researching society and economic systems at large, she explains in this antropologi.info interview. In her case studying fashion means especially studying inequalities. antropologi.info: So you turned your PhD thesis both into an exhibition and then into an edited volume?
Tereza Kuldova: Yes, that is correct. . – So I went on a curatorial hunt for the exhibition objects to India and spent one month shopping in New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Lucknow and shipping huge boxes of ethnographic artefacts and props for the exhibition to Oslo. Tereza Kuldova: "We all need to understand how this multi-billion fashion industry operates and rethink our wardrobes accordingly. " Anthropology in Practice: Understanding the human experience. | Scientific American Blog Network - blogs.scientificamerican.com (HTTP) April Fools’ Day is not unique to Western cultures.
People all over the world and all throughout history have celebrated the coming of Spring with festivals of deception and lightheartedness. In this spirit, all this week, we’ll explore themes of magic, fraud, and trickery. Today’s post is not quite so lighthearted, however, and looks at [...] Keep reading » April Fools’ Day is not unique to Western cultures. People all over the world and all throughout history have celebrated the coming of Spring with festivals of deception and lightheartedness. Last summer was the first time I had space to have a garden of my own. Did you take public transportation today? It’s 10:30 PM on a Sunday night.
Did you hear about the seventeen year old girl who was pushed into an open manhole by bullies in her school? When the temperature drops during the winter months, it’s not uncommon to see articles about how to help the homeless. Haven’t had enough of ghosts and ghouls yet? I’m a fan of scary stories. The Primate Diaries: Notes on science, politics, and history from a primate in the human zoo. | Scientific American Blog Network - blogs.scientificamerican.com (HTTP)