Anthropological Airwaves: The Military Present, Episode 3
The third episode of this special feature, “The Military Present,” includes an interview with Wazhmah Osman, filmmaker and professor of media studies and production. Osman focuses on the United States’s dropping of the Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) - the largest and most powerful nonnuclear weapon ever used - in Afghanistan in April of 2017.
Repurpose, Remix, Bend: Piloting A Locally Defined Technology Curriculum
In this post, Casey Anderson describes his efforts to create a hands-on technology curriculum in rural Haiti.
From the Archives: Neoliberal Precarities
In this series, our contributing editors reflect on a set of articles from the archives of American Anthropologist that speaks to their research interests. Here, Naomi Zucker explores how the concept of precarity bridges political economy and more affective approaches to life within neoliberalism.
Gender-Based Violence in the US
In this post, Sameena Mulla calls for an expanded understanding of gender-based violence in the US and our possible responses to it.
Held Back: The Reluctance to Adopt a Human Rights Approach to Education in the US
In this post, Amanda Walker Johnson explores why the US has struggled to achieve real equity in public education.
Anthropological Airwaves: The Military Present, Episode 2
In the second episode of this special feature, "The Military Present," Vasiliki Touhouliotis and Emily Sogn continue to elaborate an anthropologically informed view of the militarized logics operating in our public discourse. They speak with Madiha Tahir (Columbia) to interrogate drone warfare by turning our eye-in-the sky gaze to focus instead on action and effects on the ground.
Infrastructures, Disposed (De-Provincializing Development)
In this post, Catherine Fennell explores the issues around developing and disposing of public infrastructure—and how people are affected by infrastructural decay.
With the Smartphone as Field Assistant: Designing, Making, and Testing EthnoAlly, a Multimodal Tool for Conducting Serendipitous Ethnography in a Multisensory World
In this post, Paolo S. H. Favero and Eva Theunissen show us how to use EthnoAlly, a smartphone-based fieldwork app.