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Category: Anthropology

The Hidden Cost of AI: How Energy-Hungry Algorithms Are Fueling the Climate Crisis
Anthropology, anthropoogy & technology, Global Culture

The Hidden Cost of AI: How Energy-Hungry Algorithms Are Fueling the Climate Crisis

Written by Sharon Kumar Introduction Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become an integral part of modern society, revolutionizing industries, enhancing daily … Continue reading The Hidden Cost of AI: How Energy-Hungry Algorithms Are Fueling the Climate Crisis

How Technology Shapes How We Move, Speak, and Think
Anthropology, anthropoogy & technology, Global Culture

How Technology Shapes How We Move, Speak, and Think

Written by Vanessa Chang Introduction The influential computer scientist Mark Weiser once wrote that “a good tool is an invisible … Continue reading How Technology Shapes How We Move, Speak, and Think

New African Union Executive Chairperson challenges member states
Anthropology, Global Anthropology, Global Politics

New African Union Executive Chairperson challenges member states

by Jehron Muhammad This year, during the African Union’s annual summit, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, African leaders elected the … Continue reading New African Union Executive Chairperson challenges member states

Political Collapse: Lessons From Fallen Empires –  Part Two
Anthropology, Global Culture, Global Politics, Politics

Political Collapse: Lessons From Fallen Empires – Part Two

Written by Richard E. Blanton Was Western Political History Really Unique? Armed with a new theory, good governance measures to … Continue reading Political Collapse: Lessons From Fallen Empires – Part Two

Perceptions of Social Dominance and How to Change Them
Anthropology, Social Cultural Anthropology

Perceptions of Social Dominance and How to Change Them

by Marjorie Hecht Introduction It’s surprising that human infants as young as 10 months may be able to identify social … Continue reading Perceptions of Social Dominance and How to Change Them

Rethinking Rank and Privilege in Human Societies
Anthropology, Global Culture

Rethinking Rank and Privilege in Human Societies

Written by Carole Crumley By applying a concept widely used in mathematics and computer science, Carole Crumley has radically changed … Continue reading Rethinking Rank and Privilege in Human Societies

The Value of Pan-Africanism
African Diaspora Anthropology, Anthropology, Global Culture

The Value of Pan-Africanism

Written by Adeoluwa Chukwu During an age where the flame of Pan-Africanism has been severely dimmed by the wave of … Continue reading The Value of Pan-Africanism

Africa’s contribution to World War II
African American Anthropology, Anthropology, Global Anthropology

Africa’s contribution to World War II

Written by Jehron Muhammad Right before the release of Tyler Perry’s film, “The Six Triple Eight,” staring Kerry Washington, about … Continue reading Africa’s contribution to World War II

Money’s penetration into social life: a historical approach (con’t)
Anthropology, Economics, Global Economics

Money’s penetration into social life: a historical approach (con’t)

Written by Keith Hart National capitalism starts unravelling in the 1970s In the early 1970s, the United States’ losing war … Continue reading Money’s penetration into social life: a historical approach (con’t)

Money’s penetration into social life: a historical approach
Anthropology, Economics, Global Economics

Money’s penetration into social life: a historical approach

Written by Keith Hart [Summary: The two centuries since the industrial revolution are a blink of the eye of world … Continue reading Money’s penetration into social life: a historical approach

The Growth of Malignant and Exclusionary Social Movements
Anthropology

The Growth of Malignant and Exclusionary Social Movements

Written by Colin Greer & Eric Laursen Editor’s note: This is the second of three articles on the role of … Continue reading The Growth of Malignant and Exclusionary Social Movements

Cultural sources of a liberal revolution in Africa
Anthropology, Global Culture

Cultural sources of a liberal revolution in Africa

Written by Keith Hart The classical liberal revolutions were sustained by three ideas: that freedomand economic progress require increased movement … Continue reading Cultural sources of a liberal revolution in Africa

The second American revolution? (con’t)
Anthropology, Global Economics

The second American revolution? (con’t)

Written by Keith Hart CLR James and the idea of an African revolution Events in Tunisia and Egypt have brought … Continue reading The second American revolution? (con’t)

The second American revolution?
Anthropology, Global Politics

The second American revolution?

Written by Keith Hart Saul Wainwright commented on the previous post in this series, CLR Jamesand the idea of an … Continue reading The second American revolution?

Africa mired with debt it can never repay
Anthropology, Global Economics

Africa mired with debt it can never repay

Written by Jehron Muhammad After slavery, African descendants were forced into sharecropping. Small country merchants took the place of plantation … Continue reading Africa mired with debt it can never repay

The Sexual Division of Labor (con’t)
Anthropology, Economics

The Sexual Division of Labor (con’t)

Written by Keith Hart 4. Sex divisions in the Caribbean and West Africa I spent two years of fieldwork in … Continue reading The Sexual Division of Labor (con’t)

The Sexual Division of Labor (con’t…)
Anthropology, Economics

The Sexual Division of Labor (con’t…)

Written by Keith Hart 2. The agrarian phase of peasant patriarchy and the anomaly of slavery Families based on a … Continue reading The Sexual Division of Labor (con’t…)

The Sexual Division of Labor
Anthropology, Economics

The Sexual Division of Labor

Written by John Keith Hart Introduction The idea of a sexual division of labor rests on asserting that men and … Continue reading The Sexual Division of Labor

Sudan: cessation of war appears long way off
Anthropology, Global Politics

Sudan: cessation of war appears long way off

Written by Jehron Muhammad “If this war (in Sudan) last for several years… the country that we knew as Sudan, … Continue reading Sudan: cessation of war appears long way off

Black Japanese: the African Diaspora in Japan
Anthropology

Black Japanese: the African Diaspora in Japan

Written by Neil Turner Almost three decades ago, while at graduate school in California studying anthropology, I had a colleague … Continue reading Black Japanese: the African Diaspora in Japan

Money as a Form of Religious Life
Anthropology, Economics

Money as a Form of Religious Life

by Keith Hart Religion belongs to a set of terms that also includes art and science. The last, whichbegan as … Continue reading Money as a Form of Religious Life

A Human Economy for Emergent World Society – Pt. 2 and Pt. 3
Anthropology

A Human Economy for Emergent World Society – Pt. 2 and Pt. 3

Written by Keith Hart What are we to make of a world society whose formation is driven by an explosive … Continue reading A Human Economy for Emergent World Society – Pt. 2 and Pt. 3

A Human Economy for Emergent World Society
Anthropology, Economics

A Human Economy for Emergent World Society

Written by Keith Hart World society has been formed as a single interactive network in our time. Universal means of … Continue reading A Human Economy for Emergent World Society

Anthropology as a revolutionary project: David Graeber’s political legacy
Anthropology, Politics

Anthropology as a revolutionary project: David Graeber’s political legacy

Written by Keith Hart This talk has four parts. In the first I excavate the revolutionary origins of modernanthropology and … Continue reading Anthropology as a revolutionary project: David Graeber’s political legacy

Africa’s Place in Global Diplomacy…
Anthropology, Global Politics

Africa’s Place in Global Diplomacy…

Written by Jehron Muhammad (RE: Africa’s Place in Global Diplomacy defined by Colonial and Post-Colonial History) Africa’s placement in global … Continue reading Africa’s Place in Global Diplomacy…

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