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🚀 New Website! 🚀
#BlueAnthro - we at Anthro Theory Commons are pleased to announce that our new website at-commons.com is up!
This website can mint DOIs, which, when combined with our peer review process, makes your short-form theory more recognizable as scholarly text.
#BlueAnthro - we at Anthro Theory Commons are pleased to announce that our new website at-commons.com is up!
This website can mint DOIs, which, when combined with our peer review process, makes your short-form theory more recognizable as scholarly text.
Matan Kaminer provides a personal review of Balthasar's "Citizens of the Whole World: Anti-Zionism and the Cultures of the American Jewish Left," a book that feels particularly vital given the "genocide in Palestine... and supercharged McCarthyism in the US."
www.at-commons.com/pub/c058ru1q...
www.at-commons.com/pub/c058ru1q...
An Account of Ourselves
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October 13, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Matan Kaminer provides a personal review of Balthasar's "Citizens of the Whole World: Anti-Zionism and the Cultures of the American Jewish Left," a book that feels particularly vital given the "genocide in Palestine... and supercharged McCarthyism in the US."
www.at-commons.com/pub/c058ru1q...
www.at-commons.com/pub/c058ru1q...
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Amid genocidal violence in Gaza, "the dead body becomes a site of anticolonial resistance for the living, an example of Palestinian refusals to relinquish autonomy over death, and a form of self-determination and agency that is necessary to imagine and achieve liberation."
September 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Amid genocidal violence in Gaza, "the dead body becomes a site of anticolonial resistance for the living, an example of Palestinian refusals to relinquish autonomy over death, and a form of self-determination and agency that is necessary to imagine and achieve liberation."
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From the archive. An anthropologist reports on the impediments to labor organizing—and why it’s still worth trying. Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/amaz...
Inside Amazon’s Union-Busting Tactics
An anthropologist, who worked in an Amazon warehouse, reports on the impediments to labor organizing—and why it’s still worth trying.
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September 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
From the archive. An anthropologist reports on the impediments to labor organizing—and why it’s still worth trying. Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/amaz...
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Submit your book nominations to the Sutlive Book Prize!
It goes to the best book published in prior year, in any discipline, that makes use of anthropological perspectives in order to examine historical contexts and/or the role of the past in the present.
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It goes to the best book published in prior year, in any discipline, that makes use of anthropological perspectives in order to examine historical contexts and/or the role of the past in the present.
www.wm.edu/as/anthropol...
Vinson Sutlive Book Prize and Lecture
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September 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Submit your book nominations to the Sutlive Book Prize!
It goes to the best book published in prior year, in any discipline, that makes use of anthropological perspectives in order to examine historical contexts and/or the role of the past in the present.
www.wm.edu/as/anthropol...
It goes to the best book published in prior year, in any discipline, that makes use of anthropological perspectives in order to examine historical contexts and/or the role of the past in the present.
www.wm.edu/as/anthropol...
In ATC, Adrienne Cohen considers how conceptions of inalienability - what parts of you can you never lose, can you never give away? - are fundamental for understanding various human conceptions of personhood.
www.at-commons.com/pub/8wem4ske...
www.at-commons.com/pub/8wem4ske...
What Constitutes a Person? Inalienability, Value, and Personhood in Anthropological Theory
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September 3, 2025 at 3:11 AM
In ATC, Adrienne Cohen considers how conceptions of inalienability - what parts of you can you never lose, can you never give away? - are fundamental for understanding various human conceptions of personhood.
www.at-commons.com/pub/8wem4ske...
www.at-commons.com/pub/8wem4ske...
New in ATC: Anna Willow argues that, given war and climate change, anthropology should embrace a postapocalyptic turn:
www.at-commons.com/pub/6kdi8mfu...
www.at-commons.com/pub/6kdi8mfu...
Anthropology’s Postapocalyptic Turn: New Temporalities for New Times
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August 31, 2025 at 2:41 AM
New in ATC: Anna Willow argues that, given war and climate change, anthropology should embrace a postapocalyptic turn:
www.at-commons.com/pub/6kdi8mfu...
www.at-commons.com/pub/6kdi8mfu...
rounding out Ghostly Lessons are two reflective pieces:
* Emma Kowal considers how an anthropologist can haunt www.at-commons.com/pub/givlpi3v...
* Warwick Anderson comments on the series, theorizing ghosts act as of noise in a system www.at-commons.com/pub/3ngd8x6m...
* Emma Kowal considers how an anthropologist can haunt www.at-commons.com/pub/givlpi3v...
* Warwick Anderson comments on the series, theorizing ghosts act as of noise in a system www.at-commons.com/pub/3ngd8x6m...
August 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
rounding out Ghostly Lessons are two reflective pieces:
* Emma Kowal considers how an anthropologist can haunt www.at-commons.com/pub/givlpi3v...
* Warwick Anderson comments on the series, theorizing ghosts act as of noise in a system www.at-commons.com/pub/3ngd8x6m...
* Emma Kowal considers how an anthropologist can haunt www.at-commons.com/pub/givlpi3v...
* Warwick Anderson comments on the series, theorizing ghosts act as of noise in a system www.at-commons.com/pub/3ngd8x6m...
today in Ghostly Lessons we have two contributions considering the treatment of human remains:
* Thiago Barbosa and Amanda Domingues on human remains identification methods www.at-commons.com/pub/x2v2mu1j...
* Trevor Engel on how museums hold bodies www.at-commons.com/pub/bi2wxnk4...
* Thiago Barbosa and Amanda Domingues on human remains identification methods www.at-commons.com/pub/x2v2mu1j...
* Trevor Engel on how museums hold bodies www.at-commons.com/pub/bi2wxnk4...
August 20, 2025 at 3:17 AM
today in Ghostly Lessons we have two contributions considering the treatment of human remains:
* Thiago Barbosa and Amanda Domingues on human remains identification methods www.at-commons.com/pub/x2v2mu1j...
* Trevor Engel on how museums hold bodies www.at-commons.com/pub/bi2wxnk4...
* Thiago Barbosa and Amanda Domingues on human remains identification methods www.at-commons.com/pub/x2v2mu1j...
* Trevor Engel on how museums hold bodies www.at-commons.com/pub/bi2wxnk4...
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INDIANA JONES AND THE UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION CAPITULATING TO EVERY DEMAND OF A REACTIONARY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
August 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
INDIANA JONES AND THE UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION CAPITULATING TO EVERY DEMAND OF A REACTIONARY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
two more in Ghostly Lessons!
* Ricardo Roque considers the ghostly dynamic of the historical archive www.at-commons.com/pub/u9q4ocbz...
* Lisette Jong asks if orangutans can speak and whether they conjure ghosts of human evolution science www.at-commons.com/pub/pneeteps...
* Ricardo Roque considers the ghostly dynamic of the historical archive www.at-commons.com/pub/u9q4ocbz...
* Lisette Jong asks if orangutans can speak and whether they conjure ghosts of human evolution science www.at-commons.com/pub/pneeteps...
August 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
two more in Ghostly Lessons!
* Ricardo Roque considers the ghostly dynamic of the historical archive www.at-commons.com/pub/u9q4ocbz...
* Lisette Jong asks if orangutans can speak and whether they conjure ghosts of human evolution science www.at-commons.com/pub/pneeteps...
* Ricardo Roque considers the ghostly dynamic of the historical archive www.at-commons.com/pub/u9q4ocbz...
* Lisette Jong asks if orangutans can speak and whether they conjure ghosts of human evolution science www.at-commons.com/pub/pneeteps...
continuing our roll out of Ghostly Lessons:
*Vivette García-Deister on forensic scientists' attempts to identify deceased migrants: www.at-commons.com/pub/dbu8b0wc...
* Lydia Gibson on mediums, refractions, and the inner lives of ghosts www.at-commons.com/pub/ybaqzlrr...
*Vivette García-Deister on forensic scientists' attempts to identify deceased migrants: www.at-commons.com/pub/dbu8b0wc...
* Lydia Gibson on mediums, refractions, and the inner lives of ghosts www.at-commons.com/pub/ybaqzlrr...
August 15, 2025 at 2:06 AM
continuing our roll out of Ghostly Lessons:
*Vivette García-Deister on forensic scientists' attempts to identify deceased migrants: www.at-commons.com/pub/dbu8b0wc...
* Lydia Gibson on mediums, refractions, and the inner lives of ghosts www.at-commons.com/pub/ybaqzlrr...
*Vivette García-Deister on forensic scientists' attempts to identify deceased migrants: www.at-commons.com/pub/dbu8b0wc...
* Lydia Gibson on mediums, refractions, and the inner lives of ghosts www.at-commons.com/pub/ybaqzlrr...
Two more in our Ghostly Lessons series:
August 12, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Two more in our Ghostly Lessons series:
we are thrilled to announce Ghostly Lessons, a new special Theory Forum at ATC, edited by Emma Kowal and Amanda Domingues. Their intro is here www.at-commons.com/pub/k3r17d8f... and keep checking our @ as the entire Forum will be rolled out in the next two weeks here: www.at-commons.com/ghosts
Ghosts · Anthropological Theory
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August 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
we are thrilled to announce Ghostly Lessons, a new special Theory Forum at ATC, edited by Emma Kowal and Amanda Domingues. Their intro is here www.at-commons.com/pub/k3r17d8f... and keep checking our @ as the entire Forum will be rolled out in the next two weeks here: www.at-commons.com/ghosts
see Public Anthro's important Special Issue "On Speaking Out: Refusing Complicity with Genocide" brill.com/view/journal...
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June 10, 2025 at 3:03 AM
see Public Anthro's important Special Issue "On Speaking Out: Refusing Complicity with Genocide" brill.com/view/journal...
can we interest any anthropologists (of security, capitalism, logistics, war, their intersections) in reviewing the new Mezz and Neil @versobooks.bsky.social? Those two are always a good time
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The Rest and the West
In the wake of a pandemic that tested economies and societies, geopolitical conflict has taken on a new intensity. The Rest and the West locates the origins of this development in the turbulent dynami...
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June 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
can we interest any anthropologists (of security, capitalism, logistics, war, their intersections) in reviewing the new Mezz and Neil @versobooks.bsky.social? Those two are always a good time
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
anyone want to review, in an anthropological theoretical vein, this new one on late Marx? So much to sink teeth into, given anthro's recent and longstanding concerns with colonialism, gender, and communism (indigenous and otherwise).
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
The Late Marx’s Revolutionary Roads
In his late writings, Marx went beyond the boundaries of capital and class in the Western European and North American contexts. Kevin Anderson carries out a systematic analysis of Marx’s Ethnological ...
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May 30, 2025 at 2:18 AM
anyone want to review, in an anthropological theoretical vein, this new one on late Marx? So much to sink teeth into, given anthro's recent and longstanding concerns with colonialism, gender, and communism (indigenous and otherwise).
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
check out Cambridge University Social Anthropology Society (CUSAS) Magazine's new issue: ‘Excess’
fittingly, there's too much good stuff in there:
www.cusas.socanth.cam.ac.uk/magazine-hom...
fittingly, there's too much good stuff in there:
www.cusas.socanth.cam.ac.uk/magazine-hom...
Magazine Homepage | CUSAS
www.cusas.socanth.cam.ac.uk
May 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
check out Cambridge University Social Anthropology Society (CUSAS) Magazine's new issue: ‘Excess’
fittingly, there's too much good stuff in there:
www.cusas.socanth.cam.ac.uk/magazine-hom...
fittingly, there's too much good stuff in there:
www.cusas.socanth.cam.ac.uk/magazine-hom...
AT author Cheryl Mattingly reflects on how she does theory
www.at-commons.com/pub/pcmcrp4w..., examining how anthro takes on phenomenology can assist in grasping how we think about stigma and disability. Her interview continues our series with AT authors, see here: www.at-commons.com/interviews
www.at-commons.com/pub/pcmcrp4w..., examining how anthro takes on phenomenology can assist in grasping how we think about stigma and disability. Her interview continues our series with AT authors, see here: www.at-commons.com/interviews
Errant phenomenology: an interview with Cheryl Mattingly
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March 4, 2025 at 1:18 AM
AT author Cheryl Mattingly reflects on how she does theory
www.at-commons.com/pub/pcmcrp4w..., examining how anthro takes on phenomenology can assist in grasping how we think about stigma and disability. Her interview continues our series with AT authors, see here: www.at-commons.com/interviews
www.at-commons.com/pub/pcmcrp4w..., examining how anthro takes on phenomenology can assist in grasping how we think about stigma and disability. Her interview continues our series with AT authors, see here: www.at-commons.com/interviews
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Hurray - „Leaking panic as policy“, now published! Thanks so much @anthrotheory.bsky.social
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February 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Hurray - „Leaking panic as policy“, now published! Thanks so much @anthrotheory.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
we are soliciting anthropologists to review books of theory for how they apply to anthro (see here www.at-commons.com/reviews). Pitch us, and we'll get you a book for your trouble (press willing)
Book Reviews · Anthropological Theory
reviews
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February 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
we are soliciting anthropologists to review books of theory for how they apply to anthro (see here www.at-commons.com/reviews). Pitch us, and we'll get you a book for your trouble (press willing)
feeling like we are in weeks where decades happen? want to theorize it, anthropologically? see www.at-commons.com and submit something.
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December 20, 2024 at 2:35 AM
feeling like we are in weeks where decades happen? want to theorize it, anthropologically? see www.at-commons.com and submit something.
📰new article📰 by Sarah Haggar tackles Victor Turner's concept of communitas, arguing for a more nuanced understanding of the underdeveloped concept journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Communitas revisited: Victor Turner and the transformation of a concept - Sarah Haggar, 2024
Victor Turner's concept of communitas has been used in and beyond anthropology for years in a variety of ways. It is an effective concept for understanding one ...
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December 3, 2024 at 1:16 AM
📰new article📰 by Sarah Haggar tackles Victor Turner's concept of communitas, arguing for a more nuanced understanding of the underdeveloped concept journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
any economic anthros (or adjacent) interested in reviewing Immanent Externalities for ATC? www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2403-i...
Immanent Externalities
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December 3, 2024 at 1:10 AM
any economic anthros (or adjacent) interested in reviewing Immanent Externalities for ATC? www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2403-i...
🚀 New Website! 🚀
#BlueAnthro - we at Anthro Theory Commons are pleased to announce that our new website at-commons.com is up!
This website can mint DOIs, which, when combined with our peer review process, makes your short-form theory more recognizable as scholarly text.
#BlueAnthro - we at Anthro Theory Commons are pleased to announce that our new website at-commons.com is up!
This website can mint DOIs, which, when combined with our peer review process, makes your short-form theory more recognizable as scholarly text.
at-commons.com
November 21, 2024 at 1:43 AM
🚀 New Website! 🚀
#BlueAnthro - we at Anthro Theory Commons are pleased to announce that our new website at-commons.com is up!
This website can mint DOIs, which, when combined with our peer review process, makes your short-form theory more recognizable as scholarly text.
#BlueAnthro - we at Anthro Theory Commons are pleased to announce that our new website at-commons.com is up!
This website can mint DOIs, which, when combined with our peer review process, makes your short-form theory more recognizable as scholarly text.
🎙️interview🎙️
Viola Castellano describes the "friction between wanting to uphold the right to move of people who are de facto immobilized and the fear of accidentally contributing to their encounter with the necropolitical forces of the border regime." www.at-commons.com/pub/tnlxpxyc...
Viola Castellano describes the "friction between wanting to uphold the right to move of people who are de facto immobilized and the fear of accidentally contributing to their encounter with the necropolitical forces of the border regime." www.at-commons.com/pub/tnlxpxyc...
November 21, 2024 at 1:41 AM
🎙️interview🎙️
Viola Castellano describes the "friction between wanting to uphold the right to move of people who are de facto immobilized and the fear of accidentally contributing to their encounter with the necropolitical forces of the border regime." www.at-commons.com/pub/tnlxpxyc...
Viola Castellano describes the "friction between wanting to uphold the right to move of people who are de facto immobilized and the fear of accidentally contributing to their encounter with the necropolitical forces of the border regime." www.at-commons.com/pub/tnlxpxyc...