Thales of Miletus | Anthroholic
Before anthropology had a name, before the scientific method had structure, there was Thales of Miletus-an Ionian thinker who dared to ask questions not of the gods, but of nature …
2025 SAFN Future of Food Fellow – FoodAnthropology
D.H. We Amanda GreenSAFN President SAFN is excited to announce its 2025 Future of Food Fellows: D.H. We and Elif Birbiri. Started in 2023, the aim of this fellowship is …
The Politics of a Freshwater Sublime in the Great Lakes – Engagement
By Alexandra Vieux Frankel, Doctoral Candidate, York University Photo 1: McKinley Park Government Pier is a half mile stretch of concrete extending south, toward downtown Milwaukee, from McKinley Beach. Photo …
Savannah Mandel Tells Us How to Go to Space
President Kennedy ended his 1962 speech at Rice University, the one made famous by the line “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not …
Face Masks as Fashion Choice in Pakistan – SAPIENS
Despite Peshawar’s urbanity and diversity, modest dressing is not just a social expectation. It is a part of a broader cultural landscape shaped by Pashtunwali, the customary code of conduct …
Adam Sedgwick (Anthropologist) | Anthroholic
Adam Sedgwick (1785–1873) was one of the founding figures of modern geology and a deeply influential academic at the University of Cambridge. Appointed as the Woodwardian Professor of Geology in …
Chefs, Restaurants and Culinary Sustainability – FoodAnthropology
Counihan, Carole, and Susanne Hojlund eds. Chefs, Restaurants and Culinary Sustainability. University of Arkansas Press, 2024. 392 pp. ISBN 9781682262658 Krishnendu Ray (NYU) How does one write an honest review …
Trinidad, Venezuela, and Late Petro-State Politics – Engagement
By J. Brent Crosson, Associate Professor, UT Austin “Dragon Gas”—that was the phrase on the lips of Trinidadian commentators following the 2024 US presidential elections. As Trinidad and Tobago prepared …
Are You Having a Good Time? Abuse, Bad Jokes & Making Light of Gender-Based Violence in 2024
By Emma Louise Backe In year marked by monumental legal cases against abusive men—Gisèle Pelicot in France, Cassie’s lawsuit against former partner Sean “Diddy” Combs—America re-elected a proud perpetrator of …
Archaeological Fiction and a Scientist’s Dilemma – SAPIENS
For example, the “Mound Builders myth,” perpetuated by White settlers in the 18th and 19th centuries, asserted that a lost, superior race of people created the ceremonial and burial mounds …