Academic Articles & Research Papers

The Case for Letting Anthropology Burn: Sociocultural Anthropology in 2019

ABSTRACT This essay principally meditates on the scholarship published by sociocultural anthropologists in 2019. In 2019, the field of anthropology confronted anthropogenic climate change and authoritarian governance both as objects of scho...

Anthropology and the development encounter: the making and marketing of development anthropology

Since the end of World War II, relations between industrialized nations and Third World countries have been greatly determined and mediated by the discourses and practices of “development.” Although anthropologists in general have not prob‐...

The future of sensory anthropology/the anthropology of the senses

A focus on the senses has become a key theme in contemporary anthropology. In this short piece I suggest that this focus can be understood in terms of two strands, the original anthropology of the senses on the one hand, and the newer senso...

ZENO AND THE ART OF ANTHROPOLOGY

The article assumes that the expression “comparative relativism”—the title of the Common Knowledge symposium in which the essay appears—is neither tautological nor oxymoronic. Rather, the author construes the term as an apt synthetic charac...

Anthropology and Psychiatry

To illustrate the contribution anthropology can make to cross-cultural and international research in psychiatry, four questions have been put to the cross-cultural research literature and discussed from an anthropological point of view: 'To...

A New history of anthropology

List of Illustrations. Notes on Contributors. Introduction: Henrika Kuklick (University of Pennsylvania). 1. Anthropology before Anthropology: Harry Liebersohn (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign). Major Traditions . 2. North American...

Anthropology contra ethnography

Ethnography aims to describe life as it is lived and experienced, by a people, somewhere, sometime. Anthropology, by contrast, is an inquiry into the conditions and possibilities of human life in the world. Anthropology and ethnography may ...

Linguistic Anthropology

In this textbook, first published in 1997, Alessandro Duranti introduces linguistic anthropology as an interdisciplinary field which studies language as a cultural resource and speaking as a cultural practice. The theories and methods of li...

‘Other Anthropologies and Anthropology Otherwise’

This article seeks to complicate the picture of a simple anthropological tradition emanating from the West that defines anthropology as a modern form of expert knowledge. It introduces a broader frame - ‘world anthropologies’ - that allows ...

Health claims about cannabidiol (CBD) at the point-of-sale in three U.S. states with disparate cannabis policies

Objectives: We assessed point-of-sale advertising for CBD in three states with different cannabis laws (i.e., medical/recreational use; medical only; CBD/low THC) to determine if CBD is marketed in ways that are prohibited by the U.S. Food ...

School-University Links for Evidence-Informed Practice

A range of studies has identified barriers to evidence-informed practice in schools, many of which recommend school-university links as a means for removing these barriers. In England, public policy also promotes school-university partnersh...

Editorial: Stigma and HIV Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)

Explosive Ordnance Clearance in Lithuania in 1944–1946

This article investigates the process of mine clearance in Lithuania between 1944 and 1946, conducted through the Soviet paramilitary organization OSOAVIACHIM. Based on documents preserved in the Lithuanian Central State Archives and the Li...

The Alberta Congenital Anomalies Surveillance System: a 40-year review with prevalence and trends for selected congenital anomalies, 1997–2019

IntroductionCurrent published long-term provincial or territorial congenital anomaly data are lacking for Canada. We report on prevalence (per 1000 total births) and trends in 1997–2019, in Alberta, Canada, for selected congenital anomalies...

L’orientation scolaire comme problème public (1964-1968) : sens et finalités d’une politique éducative

The localized or structural study of school guidance overshadows the question of policy actors in terms of guidance and their representations. This article proposes to fill this blind spot by revealing through original sources the process o...

PENGEMBANGAN KESADARAN TENTANG KECANDUAN GAWAI DAN TELEPON PINTAR PADA REMAJA DI KABUPATEN BANYUWANGI, INDONESIA

ABSTRACT Gadget use among Indonesian adolescents is becoming more prevalent. Most Indonesian families own smartphones for various uses including for accessing the internet. Gadget and internet use has sharply increased during the Covid-19 p...

Molecular detection of antibiotic resistance genes in Staphylococcus aureus isolated from poultry farms of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Abstract Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has emerged as a critical global health challenge and is currently addressed through a “One Health” approach that investigates its occurrence in humans, animals, and the environment, as wel...

Becoming a tobacco-free campus: A survey of student attitudes, opinions and behaviors

Introduction The effectiveness of tobacco-free campus policies in preventing and mitigating tobacco use relies on students’ perceptions, opinions, and adherence to clean-air restrictions. The purpose of this study was to gather data regardi...

Las políticas de salud reproductiva en el Perú: reformas sociales y derechos ciudadanos Reproductive health policies in Peru: social reforms and citizenship rights

El artículo analiza el caso del proceso de elaboración de políticas de salud reproductiva en el Perú, en el contexto de las reformas de las políticas sociales implementadas durante los últimos 15 años. Las reformas en el sector de la salud ...

The Role of Public Administration in Promoting Sustainable Development: A Case Study of Population Growth and Global Nutrition Interventions

This research paper aims to investigate the role of public administration in promoting sustainable development through a case study of global nutrition interventions and population growth. The study employs a case study approach to gain a c...