The Corporate Takeover of Housing
Written by John P. Ruehl The 2025 U.S. housing market presents a paradox. Home sales are down, and there are … Continue reading The Corporate Takeover of Housing
Category: Anthropology
Anthropology is the study of humankind, past and present, that draws and builds upon knowledge from social and biological sciences, as well as the humanities and the natural sciences. In the United States anthropology is traditionally divided into the four field approach developed by Franz Boas in the early 20th century: biological or physical anthropology, social anthropology or cultural anthropology, archaeology and linguistic anthropology. Ethnography is one of its primary methods as well as the text that is generated from anthropological fieldwork.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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)
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?
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
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)
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…)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Perspectives in Anthropology 