AnthroCurrents – October 31, 2014

A biweekly look at recent stories on anthropology and practicing anthropologists in the popular media Medical anthropologist Dana Walrath did a Tedx talk on her experience using comics and stories to help her communicate with her mother, who suffers from Alzheimer’s Disease. Ebola is still hogging the headlines and dominates even anthropology news. Slate reported…

AnthroCurrents – October 17, 2014

A biweekly look at recent stories on anthropology and practicing anthropologists in the popular media if (Politics) { Many news outlets are writing about the international group of anthropologists calling for the boycott of Israeli academic institutions due to their alleged complicity in the human rights violations of Palestinians. More anthropologists are jumping onto the…

AnthroCurrents – October 3, 2014

A biweekly look at recent stories on anthropology and practicing anthropologists in the popular media Anthropologist Ashraf Ghani is the new president of Afghanistan, and the American Anthropological Association offers its congratulations on the Huffington Post. We know anthropologists are already helping out with the Ebola crisis in Africa. NPR reported this week on Ann…

AnthroCurrents – September 19, 2014

A biweekly look at recent stories on anthropology and practicing anthropologists in the popular media The New York Times Sunday Review includes this article on how culture influences how we process sensory information. Previous studies on human ability to name smells were based on populations that were predominantly English speaking, so what happens when we…

AnthroCurrents – September 5, 2014

A biweekly look at recent stories on anthropology and practicing anthropologists in the popular media Technology Wired provides a fascinating comparison between India and the U.S. that exposes the weird sexism of the American tech industry. PSFK talked to an Intel anthropologist and psychologist about how smaller, more affordable environmental sensors are being deployed to…

AnthroCurrents – July 25, 2014

A biweekly look at recent stories on anthropology and practicing anthropologists in the popular media Sex and Money Apparently, crickets were chirping in the Brazilian brothels during the World Cup, contrary to everyone’s expectations. Thaddeus Blanchette, an anthropologist with the Prostitution Observatory, explains why everyone got it wrong. Meanwhile, back in Canada, anthropologist Frances Shaver…

AnthroCurrents – July 11, 2014

A biweekly look at recent stories on anthropology and practicing anthropologists in the popular media Do-Gooders Pacific Standard published an in-depth article on Nancy Scheper-Hughes and her research into the global organ transplant trade. The article is informative and balanced, no matter which side of the Scheper-Hughes fence you come down on. Adam Taylor of…

AnthroCurrents – June 13, 2014

A biweekly look at recent stories on anthropology and practicing anthropologists in the popular media Sensibilities OK to wear Native American-inspired fashions to that music festival? LA Weekly talks about how the Lightning in a Bottle event handles the issue on their website. Which reminds me… Morgan Moses—who studied anthropology at UVA—was just drafted by…