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De-Provincializing Development

Knife? What Knife?

June 21, 2019De-Provincializing Development
In this post, Hannah Appel brings a decolonizing lens to SDG #17: Partnerships for the Goals.

Stakeholders, Gender, and the Politics of Water

January 22, 2019January 22, 2019De-Provincializing Development
In this post, Jessica Cattelino explores gender and other inequities around water.

Anthropology and Disaster Risk Reduction

December 18, 2018December 18, 2018De-Provincializing Development
In this post, Kim Fortun explores how anthropological knowledge might supplement efforts to understand and interrogate disaster vulnerability and political responsibility.

Cities and Urban Planning: Missing Dialogues

October 23, 2018October 23, 2018De-Provincializing Development
In this post, Britt Dahlberg reflects on ways to expand public dialogue about creating safe and inclusive cities.

The Gruel of Law

October 8, 2018October 8, 2018De-Provincializing Development
In this post, Darryl Li explores some of the myths around courts and the rule of law, and comments on the recent Kavanaugh hearings.

Imagining an End to Poverty: New UN Sustainable Development Goals and the United States

September 25, 2018September 25, 2018De-Provincializing Development
In this post, Angelique Haugerud examines the politics of poverty and how we measure economic progress.

Decentralizing Energy

July 3, 2018July 19, 2018De-Provincializing Development
In this post, Myles Lennon and Douglas Rogers consider the promises and potential pitfalls of decentralized energy systems.

Cover the Earth: Reclaiming Life and Land through the Prism of a Green Aesthetic

June 12, 2018June 4, 2018De-Provincializing Development
In this post, Kath Weston pushes us to think beyond "green" forms of environmentalism.

Gender-Based Violence in the US

April 3, 2018March 30, 2018De-Provincializing Development
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

March 20, 2018March 20, 2018De-Provincializing Development
In this post, Amanda Walker Johnson explores why the US has struggled to achieve real equity in public education.

Infrastructures, Disposed (De-Provincializing Development)

February 27, 2018February 27, 2018De-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.

Eradicating Poverty: Good for Humanity, Bad for the Planet? (De-Provincializing Development)

February 19, 2018February 16, 2018De-Provincializing Development
In this post, Gustav Peebles encourages us to use anthropological knowledge to devise more sustainable forms of consumption and production in response to SDG #12.

The Problem with Jobs (De-Provincializing Development)

November 7, 2017February 16, 2018De-Provincializing Development
In this installment, Ilana Gershon and Melissa Cefkin explore SDG #8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, by asking what, exactly, counts as "decent work" these days, and how work-distribution platforms like Uber and TaskRabbit reflect, shape, and portend the future of employment in the United States.

Protecting Life Below Water by Zoe Todd (De-Provincializing Development Series)

October 17, 2017December 4, 2017De-Provincializing Development
In this post, Zoe Todd describes how humans are always embedded in watery worlds and notes the dangers of crafting sharp distinctions between aquatic worlds and terrestrial ones.

Fixing Hunger at its Roots by Garrett M. Broad (De-Provincializing Development Series)

September 26, 2017December 4, 2017De-Provincializing Development
In this post, Garrett Broad describes community-based efforts to combat food insecurity in the United States and the rising stakes of the current administration’s plans to roll back food assistance and nutrition programs.

Falling Further Behind on Health by Emily K. Brunson and Jessica Mulligan (De-Provincializing Development Series)

July 11, 2017December 4, 2017De-Provincializing Development
Emily K. Brunson and Jessica Mulligan weigh in on the current debates over health care in the United States, highlighting the failures of the US health system to provide equitable access to health care

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December 2020 Issue Out Now!

December 10, 2020December 10, 2020American Anthropologist Issues

Review of The Healer and the Psychiatrist (2019) directed by Mike Poltorak

December 9, 2020December 13, 2020Multimodal Anthropologies

Multimodal Anthropologies Section Competition

November 8, 2020November 6, 2020Multimodal Anthropologies

Call for Applicants: Contributing Editor Program

November 6, 2020November 16, 2020

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