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Our latest issue on the “Archives of Black Anthropology” is now available online!
We are thrilled to share this special issue and to invite our readers to engage in dialogue with our intellectual ancestors and meditate on an archive that crosses borders, languages, and histories.
We are thrilled to share this special issue and to invite our readers to engage in dialogue with our intellectual ancestors and meditate on an archive that crosses borders, languages, and histories.
Our special issue honors Black intellectual elders whose work has been under-recognized in anthropology. Ellen Irene Diggs (1906–1998) was a pioneering anthropologist, curator, and educator who challenged biological racism and advanced a global, diasporic framework.
February 6, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Our special issue honors Black intellectual elders whose work has been under-recognized in anthropology. Ellen Irene Diggs (1906–1998) was a pioneering anthropologist, curator, and educator who challenged biological racism and advanced a global, diasporic framework.
In our current issue, Maya J. Berry highlights the legacy of Black US-American anthropologist Irene Diggs, exploring how her global perspective on Black history shaped her vision for the field.
February 4, 2026 at 3:19 AM
In our current issue, Maya J. Berry highlights the legacy of Black US-American anthropologist Irene Diggs, exploring how her global perspective on Black history shaped her vision for the field.
As we open Black History Month, we honor Zora Neale Hurston—an anthropologist who refused to treat Black life as a problem, an absence, or an object to be explained.
February 2, 2026 at 2:29 AM
As we open Black History Month, we honor Zora Neale Hurston—an anthropologist who refused to treat Black life as a problem, an absence, or an object to be explained.
Happy Friday! Head into the weekend with this wonderful review of Erin L. Durban's _The Sexual Politics of Empire: Postcolonial Homophobia in Haiti_ written by Nessette Falu. In this review, Falu details Durban's contributions to the fields of anthropology, Black queer studies and Caribbean studies.
January 23, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Happy Friday! Head into the weekend with this wonderful review of Erin L. Durban's _The Sexual Politics of Empire: Postcolonial Homophobia in Haiti_ written by Nessette Falu. In this review, Falu details Durban's contributions to the fields of anthropology, Black queer studies and Caribbean studies.
In our current issue, Pyar Seth examines the ethnographic work of Zora Neale Hurston through the lens of Saidiya Hartman's "critical fabulation," arguing that Hurston's commitment to reframing Black sociality establishes her as a progenitor of this intellectual tradition.
January 20, 2026 at 3:15 PM
In our current issue, Pyar Seth examines the ethnographic work of Zora Neale Hurston through the lens of Saidiya Hartman's "critical fabulation," arguing that Hurston's commitment to reframing Black sociality establishes her as a progenitor of this intellectual tradition.
The review essay by Gabrielle Mahabeer in our current issue brings together three recent works on Obeah and Orisa in Trinidad and Tobago. Mahabeer synthesizes the “distinct temporalities and traditions” in each text to “provide a syllabus of Africana-world-making technologies."
January 14, 2026 at 2:18 PM
The review essay by Gabrielle Mahabeer in our current issue brings together three recent works on Obeah and Orisa in Trinidad and Tobago. Mahabeer synthesizes the “distinct temporalities and traditions” in each text to “provide a syllabus of Africana-world-making technologies."
Our special issue offers readers an opportunity to honor our Black intellectual elders and ancestors, especially those who have been historically under-recognized in anthropology.
Read about Eslanda Goode Robeson and her anthropological praxis in our current issue!
Read about Eslanda Goode Robeson and her anthropological praxis in our current issue!
January 10, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Our special issue offers readers an opportunity to honor our Black intellectual elders and ancestors, especially those who have been historically under-recognized in anthropology.
Read about Eslanda Goode Robeson and her anthropological praxis in our current issue!
Read about Eslanda Goode Robeson and her anthropological praxis in our current issue!
In our current issue, Nala K. Williams highlights the work of Black feminist anthropologist Eslanda Goode Robeson, showing how Robeson’s African Journey offered a critical counternarrative to notions of African inferiority and insisted on the unity of Black peoples globally.
January 10, 2026 at 2:53 AM
In our current issue, Nala K. Williams highlights the work of Black feminist anthropologist Eslanda Goode Robeson, showing how Robeson’s African Journey offered a critical counternarrative to notions of African inferiority and insisted on the unity of Black peoples globally.
Our special issue, “Archives of Black Anthropology,” invites our readers to engage in intergenerational dialogue with our intellectual elders and to reflect on a tradition of Black anthropologists “appropriat[ing] anthropological methods in pursuit of Black liberation.”
January 8, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Our special issue, “Archives of Black Anthropology,” invites our readers to engage in intergenerational dialogue with our intellectual elders and to reflect on a tradition of Black anthropologists “appropriat[ing] anthropological methods in pursuit of Black liberation.”
Happy Holidays from the team at Transforming Anthropology! We hope this season is filled with peace, love and rest for you all!
December 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Happy Holidays from the team at Transforming Anthropology! We hope this season is filled with peace, love and rest for you all!
Transforming Anthropology is looking for interns with a passion for Black anthropology to join our Social Media Team! Apply by January 19th using the Google Form linked in our bio.
We look forward to hearing from you!
We look forward to hearing from you!
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Transforming Anthropology is looking for interns with a passion for Black anthropology to join our Social Media Team! Apply by January 19th using the Google Form linked in our bio.
We look forward to hearing from you!
We look forward to hearing from you!
“Ghosted: Race, Health & the Haunting of Medical Systems” traced the spectral dimensions of health inequity—how Black and Indigenous communities are erased in data, neglected in care, and rendered invisible by the very systems meant to protect them. #ABAxTA_NOLA
November 22, 2025 at 10:24 PM
“Ghosted: Race, Health & the Haunting of Medical Systems” traced the spectral dimensions of health inequity—how Black and Indigenous communities are erased in data, neglected in care, and rendered invisible by the very systems meant to protect them. #ABAxTA_NOLA
Recap of a roundtable on “The Anthropology of White Supremacy,” Studio 10 📍 #ABAxTA_NOLA
November 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Recap of a roundtable on “The Anthropology of White Supremacy,” Studio 10 📍 #ABAxTA_NOLA
At “Shadows: Addressing Our Past, Reconciling the Present within the African Diaspora”, Dr. Fairweather and Dr. Escalada Invite us to think about how our youth are being taught the shared histories of people affected by chattel slavery in America and within the African Diaspora.
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
At “Shadows: Addressing Our Past, Reconciling the Present within the African Diaspora”, Dr. Fairweather and Dr. Escalada Invite us to think about how our youth are being taught the shared histories of people affected by chattel slavery in America and within the African Diaspora.
Courtney D. Morris on the petrochemical industry, “I felt an urgency to document and create a counter archive of the Black and Indigenous communities in Mossville…I photographed self portraits and the seemingly empty sites that had been demolished to make the unseeable seen.” #ABAxTA_NOLA
N Fadeke Castor honor Dr. Omotayo Jolaosho, who passed away in 2022, in her citational practice: “Breath is a powerful material and spiritual force, a point of not only harm but also recovery.” #ABAxTA_NOLA
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Courtney D. Morris on the petrochemical industry, “I felt an urgency to document and create a counter archive of the Black and Indigenous communities in Mossville…I photographed self portraits and the seemingly empty sites that had been demolished to make the unseeable seen.” #ABAxTA_NOLA
Happening now in Salon E, Habitable Air: Urban Inequality in the Time of Client change #ABAxTA_NOLA
November 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Happening now in Salon E, Habitable Air: Urban Inequality in the Time of Client change #ABAxTA_NOLA
Kicking off our ABAxTA session spotlights, we’re reporting live from the roundtable on “Fugitive Anthropology: Embodying Activist Research” #ABAxTA_NOLA
November 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Kicking off our ABAxTA session spotlights, we’re reporting live from the roundtable on “Fugitive Anthropology: Embodying Activist Research” #ABAxTA_NOLA
Our latest issue on the “Archives of Black Anthropology” is now available online!
We are thrilled to share this special issue and to invite our readers to engage in dialogue with our intellectual ancestors and meditate on an archive that crosses borders, languages, and histories.
We are thrilled to share this special issue and to invite our readers to engage in dialogue with our intellectual ancestors and meditate on an archive that crosses borders, languages, and histories.
November 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Our latest issue on the “Archives of Black Anthropology” is now available online!
We are thrilled to share this special issue and to invite our readers to engage in dialogue with our intellectual ancestors and meditate on an archive that crosses borders, languages, and histories.
We are thrilled to share this special issue and to invite our readers to engage in dialogue with our intellectual ancestors and meditate on an archive that crosses borders, languages, and histories.
TA and the @assocofblackanthro.bsky.social are collaborating again on AAA coverage this year!
Follow the hashtag #ABAxTA_NOLA to tag us in photos, follow online discussions, and connect with fellow attendees!
We can’t wait to see you in New Orleans!
@americananthro.bsky.social
Follow the hashtag #ABAxTA_NOLA to tag us in photos, follow online discussions, and connect with fellow attendees!
We can’t wait to see you in New Orleans!
@americananthro.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
TA and the @assocofblackanthro.bsky.social are collaborating again on AAA coverage this year!
Follow the hashtag #ABAxTA_NOLA to tag us in photos, follow online discussions, and connect with fellow attendees!
We can’t wait to see you in New Orleans!
@americananthro.bsky.social
Follow the hashtag #ABAxTA_NOLA to tag us in photos, follow online discussions, and connect with fellow attendees!
We can’t wait to see you in New Orleans!
@americananthro.bsky.social
@ujju.bsky.social's recent ethnography, Unsettling Choice, critically contextualizes school choice policy in the Manhattan Valley within the broader context of neoliberalism and the discourse of education as a public good.
October 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
@ujju.bsky.social's recent ethnography, Unsettling Choice, critically contextualizes school choice policy in the Manhattan Valley within the broader context of neoliberalism and the discourse of education as a public good.
In our current issue, Maya Stovall Dumas and Alex B. Hill argue that white supremacy should be 𝘵𝘩𝘦 anthropological subject of study, offering five white supremacist principles theorized through the context of Detroit.
October 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
In our current issue, Maya Stovall Dumas and Alex B. Hill argue that white supremacy should be 𝘵𝘩𝘦 anthropological subject of study, offering five white supremacist principles theorized through the context of Detroit.
Interested in expanding your understanding of sovereignty through the lens of affect?
Read Alexandra Sánchez Rolón's review of Sovereignty Unhinged, a critical volume edited by Deborah Thomas and Joseph Masco that centralizes affect in the analysis and disruption of sovereignty’s current condition.
Read Alexandra Sánchez Rolón's review of Sovereignty Unhinged, a critical volume edited by Deborah Thomas and Joseph Masco that centralizes affect in the analysis and disruption of sovereignty’s current condition.
October 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Interested in expanding your understanding of sovereignty through the lens of affect?
Read Alexandra Sánchez Rolón's review of Sovereignty Unhinged, a critical volume edited by Deborah Thomas and Joseph Masco that centralizes affect in the analysis and disruption of sovereignty’s current condition.
Read Alexandra Sánchez Rolón's review of Sovereignty Unhinged, a critical volume edited by Deborah Thomas and Joseph Masco that centralizes affect in the analysis and disruption of sovereignty’s current condition.
In her article “Gendered Disaster Recovery: Radical Care Work in New York City after Hurricane María,” Lisa Figueroa Jahn centers the stories and experiences of the working-class Latina disaster case managers who supported displaced Puerto Ricans in the aftermath of Hurricane María.
October 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
In her article “Gendered Disaster Recovery: Radical Care Work in New York City after Hurricane María,” Lisa Figueroa Jahn centers the stories and experiences of the working-class Latina disaster case managers who supported displaced Puerto Ricans in the aftermath of Hurricane María.
For scholars with an interest in Black resistance movements, critical ethnographies and Black geographies, Damien M. Sojoyner's Joy and Pain: A Story of Black Life and Liberation in Five Albums will be of interest to you!
August 13, 2025 at 1:24 AM
For scholars with an interest in Black resistance movements, critical ethnographies and Black geographies, Damien M. Sojoyner's Joy and Pain: A Story of Black Life and Liberation in Five Albums will be of interest to you!
For fans of Tyler the Creator and Frank Ocean, this is for you! In his essay in our latest issue, Jeff Gu mines the politics of coming out, public performance, and black queer masculinity in a comparative analysis of the discographies and personas of both artists.
August 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
For fans of Tyler the Creator and Frank Ocean, this is for you! In his essay in our latest issue, Jeff Gu mines the politics of coming out, public performance, and black queer masculinity in a comparative analysis of the discographies and personas of both artists.