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Cultural anthropologist Barbara Miller offers updates about people, cultures, rights, and change, around the world. Focus on anthropology and more. Casting a critical, but wishfully hopeful, eye on current events. Sharing new research and opportunities
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Berlin is asking the right questions.
October 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Berlin is asking the right questions.
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I ❤️ my hometown.
Well done…
Well done…
October 19, 2025 at 5:16 AM
I ❤️ my hometown.
Well done…
Well done…
Sociocultural anthropology teaching position at Purdue University careers.purdue.edu/job/Professo...
Professor Clinical/Professional Assistant
Professor Clinical/Professional Assistant
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October 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Sociocultural anthropology teaching position at Purdue University careers.purdue.edu/job/Professo...
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New paper on the intersections of ethnobiology and degrowth: two ways of understanding our place in the world through action-oriented, imaginative research into socioecological relationships.
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Ethnobiology and Degrowth: A Review of the Opportunities for Collaboration, Generative Inquiry, and Solidarity in Socio-Ecological Research - Andrew Flachs, 2025
For centuries, global political economic relations have been informed by a model of growth premised on transforming plants, animals, knowledge, labor, water, an...
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September 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
New paper on the intersections of ethnobiology and degrowth: two ways of understanding our place in the world through action-oriented, imaginative research into socioecological relationships.
doi.org/10.1177/0278...
doi.org/10.1177/0278...
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Join the Risk & Disaster TIG at #SfAA2026 in #Albuquerque! Learn more about submitting a Risk & Disaster TIG panel or paper at https://bit.ly/SfAA2026. Learn more about the conference in general at appliedanthro.org/an... #RDTIG2026 #AppliedAnthropology #Anthropology
September 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Join the Risk & Disaster TIG at #SfAA2026 in #Albuquerque! Learn more about submitting a Risk & Disaster TIG panel or paper at https://bit.ly/SfAA2026. Learn more about the conference in general at appliedanthro.org/an... #RDTIG2026 #AppliedAnthropology #Anthropology
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I'm happy to say that my book called "Radioactive Governance: The Politics of Revitalization in Post-Fukushima Japan" will be out with New York University Press in January 2026.
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#nuclear #atomic #Japan #Fukushima #Hiroshima #Nagasaki #disaster #Chernobyl #governance
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#nuclear #atomic #Japan #Fukushima #Hiroshima #Nagasaki #disaster #Chernobyl #governance
Radioactive Governance
Examines the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disasterThe 2011 Fukushima Dai’ichi nuclear disaster was the worst industrial nuclear catastrophe to hit Ja...
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August 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I'm happy to say that my book called "Radioactive Governance: The Politics of Revitalization in Post-Fukushima Japan" will be out with New York University Press in January 2026.
nyupress.org/978147983683...
#nuclear #atomic #Japan #Fukushima #Hiroshima #Nagasaki #disaster #Chernobyl #governance
nyupress.org/978147983683...
#nuclear #atomic #Japan #Fukushima #Hiroshima #Nagasaki #disaster #Chernobyl #governance
US: MAGA is MAGA-ing on human rights. This NPR article discusses several changes in the process and product of the US government's annual global human rights review www.npr.org/2025/08/12/n...
State Department slashes its annual reports on human rights
Required by Congress, the reports no longer single out things like rigged elections or sexual violence against children as human rights violations.
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August 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
US: MAGA is MAGA-ing on human rights. This NPR article discusses several changes in the process and product of the US government's annual global human rights review www.npr.org/2025/08/12/n...
A look at Gobekli Tepe in Turkey, an archaeological site that attracts conspiracy theories. Lee Clare, an archaeologist who has led the excavation site for over a decade, has heard it all — including the outlandish theories. www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...
An ancient archaeological site meets conspiracy theories — and Joe Rogan
In the hills of southeastern Turkey lies a site so ancient, it's turning our understanding of civilization on its head and leading to conspiracy theories.
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August 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
A look at Gobekli Tepe in Turkey, an archaeological site that attracts conspiracy theories. Lee Clare, an archaeologist who has led the excavation site for over a decade, has heard it all — including the outlandish theories. www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...
MAGA hates unions www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/u...
Trump Administration Begins to Strip Federal Workers of Union Protections
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August 7, 2025 at 11:36 AM
MAGA hates unions www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/u...
Artifacts in US museums explain the outsized role of racism in the nation's history.Public access to these items at federal sites may be restricted or prohibited under Trump administration rules. apnews.com/article/civi...
Artifacts in US museums explain the outsized role of racism in the nation's history
Museums across the U.S. have artifacts on display that represent and reflect landmark events of the Civil Rights era.
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August 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Artifacts in US museums explain the outsized role of racism in the nation's history.Public access to these items at federal sites may be restricted or prohibited under Trump administration rules. apnews.com/article/civi...
In memoriam: Ruth Krulfeld, long time anthropology professor at George Washington University and women’s rights advocate, dies at 94 gwhatchet.com?p=1236817
August 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
In memoriam: Ruth Krulfeld, long time anthropology professor at George Washington University and women’s rights advocate, dies at 94 gwhatchet.com?p=1236817
Gorillas to be further endangered: the Democratic Republic of the Congo is opening crucial gorilla habitats and pristine forests to bids for oil and gas drilling, with plans to carve up more than half the country into fossil fuel blocks.
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Gorilla habitats and pristine forest at risk as DRC opens half of country to oil and gas drilling bids
Government launches licensing round for 52 fossil fuel blocks, potentially undermining a flagship conservation initiative and affecting an estimated 39 million people
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July 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Gorillas to be further endangered: the Democratic Republic of the Congo is opening crucial gorilla habitats and pristine forests to bids for oil and gas drilling, with plans to carve up more than half the country into fossil fuel blocks.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Hollywood, CA: report on a visit to Musk's new drive-in diner: hype and glitches www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Elon Musk opened a diner in Hollywood. What could go wrong? I went to find out
The tech billionaire’s ‘retro-futuristic’ drive-in and Tesla charging station has long lines, plenty of glitches – and adoring fans
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July 28, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Hollywood, CA: report on a visit to Musk's new drive-in diner: hype and glitches www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A Native retelling of Sacagawea's story is "richer and more ambiguous" www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/m...
What if Everything We Know About Sacagawea Is Wrong?
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July 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
A Native retelling of Sacagawea's story is "richer and more ambiguous" www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/m...
Interview with a British surgeon about his latest stint in Gaza
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Inside a Gaza hospital: A British surgeon on what he's witnessing firsthand
Dr. Nick Maynard tells NPR he's treating children shot at food distribution sites and witnessing what he believes is the systematic destruction of Gaza's civilian infrastructure.
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July 22, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Interview with a British surgeon about his latest stint in Gaza
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US: Florida representative comments on her "curated" visit to "Alligator Alcatraz" www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
Florida lawmaker Anna Eskamani on her 'horrific' visit to 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center
Eskamani says detainees are being held in "cages."
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July 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
US: Florida representative comments on her "curated" visit to "Alligator Alcatraz" www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
The only country in the world to do so, Japan requires name change after marriage — with big effects on female scientists www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Japan requires name change after marriage — with big effects on female scientists
Survey finds law requiring married couples to share the same family name causes havoc for researchers.
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July 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The only country in the world to do so, Japan requires name change after marriage — with big effects on female scientists www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Meddling in a UN investigation of human rights abuses in Gaza: Trump's rationale? That there are serious human rights abuses in Gaza and that the US is deeply implicated ? www.npr.org/2025/07/10/g...
U.S. issues sanctions against United Nations investigator probing abuses in Gaza
The State Department's decision to impose sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the U.N. special rapporteur for the West Bank and Gaza, follows an unsuccessful campaign to force her removal.
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July 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Meddling in a UN investigation of human rights abuses in Gaza: Trump's rationale? That there are serious human rights abuses in Gaza and that the US is deeply implicated ? www.npr.org/2025/07/10/g...
US Supreme Court ponders the balance of power – and sides with President Trump
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US Supreme Court ponders the balance of power – and sides with President Trump
A recent judgment by the US Supreme Court calls into question the separation of powers established by the constitution.
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July 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM
US Supreme Court ponders the balance of power – and sides with President Trump
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US: Confederacy group sues Georgia park for planning an exhibit on slavery and segregation apnews.com/article/ston...
Confederacy group sues Georgia park for planning an exhibit on slavery and segregation
The Georgia chapter of a Confederacy group has filed a lawsuit against a state park over an exhibit on slavery, segregation, and white supremacy.
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July 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
US: Confederacy group sues Georgia park for planning an exhibit on slavery and segregation apnews.com/article/ston...
Unmasking fascism: Edward Said’s pedagogy of wakefulness in an age of educational repression - CounterPunch.org www.counterpunch.org/2025/06/27/u...
June 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Unmasking fascism: Edward Said’s pedagogy of wakefulness in an age of educational repression - CounterPunch.org www.counterpunch.org/2025/06/27/u...
Keep telling their stories www.npr.org/2025/06/18/n...
A D.C. cemetery's 'Gay Corner' is a final resting place for trailblazing LGBTQ+ icons
The Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C., includes a section of graves of LGBTQ Americans. We take a pride month tour.
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June 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Keep telling their stories www.npr.org/2025/06/18/n...
US: So far, Trump is not getting what he wants from this intervention www.npr.org/2025/06/26/n...
Asked to flag 'negative' National Park content, visitors gave their own 2 cents instead
Signs installed earlier in National Parks earlier in June asked for feedback on signs "that are negative about past or living Americans." Comments viewed by NPR didn't provide the requested feedback.
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June 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
US: So far, Trump is not getting what he wants from this intervention www.npr.org/2025/06/26/n...