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Tag: Anthropology

The Culture of Corruption

Many of us know that political corruption is not new to the world. It is an unsavory, human practice with … More

Anthropology, anthropology documentaries, anthropology lectures, Cultural anthropology, Ethnography, Social Anthropology

Teaching Anthropology in 2018

Recently, a colleague contacted me with a very interesting and specific question. At the time, I was on the road … More

Anthropology, anthropology online, Cultural anthropology, Ethnography

There’s Something in the Water

A recent death in the family necessitated a return to the United States after living abroad for the past ten … More

Anthropology, anthropology online, Cultural anthropology, Ethnography, Social Anthropology

The Struggle for Power by Keith Hart

Book Review: The Rise and Fall of Nations: Ten Rules of Change in the Post-Crisis World by Ruchir Sharma, London: … More

Anthropology, anthropology online, Cultural anthropology, Ethnography, Social Anthropology

Anthropology and the New Human Universal by Keith Hart

World society today resembles nothing so much as the eighteenth century ancient régime that Kant had every reason to believe … More

Anthropology, anthropology online, Cultural anthropology, Ethnography, Social Anthropology

Gun Violence in American Schools

There is something terribly wrong going on in American schools today. A silent epidemic is spreading throughout the country like … More

Anthropology, anthropology lectures, anthropology online, anthropology studies, Cultural anthropology, Ethnography, Social Anthropology

The Bitcoin Controversy

Most people have already heard of Bitcoin. However, very few know what it is or how it originated. Many people … More

Anthropology, Cultural anthropology, Ethnography, Social Anthropology

Brazil’s Dichotomous Treatment of Corruption – PT 3

Brazil had an opportunity to be a leading, democratic, Latin American country but lost its sense of direction. The political … More

Anthropology, anthropology journals, anthropology online, Cultural anthropology, Ethnography, Latin American Studies, Social Anthropology

Brazil’s Dichotomous Treatment of Corruption – PT 2

After the end of the Brazilian military dictatorship, the Liberal Front Party (LFP), Democratic Social Party (PMDB) and Brazilian Social … More

Anthropology, anthropology online, anthropology studies, Brazil, Cultural anthropology, Ethnography

Brazil’s Dichotomous Treatment of Corruption – PT 1

Brazil is a country saturated with corruption. From the small, family-owned mom and pop neighborhood grocery store to the hallowed … More

Anthropology, anthropology online, Cultural anthropology, Ethnography, Latin American Studies

The Open Anthropology Cooperative: Towards an Online Public Anthropology-by Keith Hart

We attempt here to explore the relationship between anthropology, social media and public engagement through a web-based network that we … More

Anthropology, anthropology journals, anthropology online, Cultural anthropology, Ethnography, Social Anthropology

Preface to the Coming World Crisis-by Keith Hart

Trump’s election has accelerated talk on the left of the end of (neo-) liberalism and the rise of fascism in … More

Anthropology, anthropology journals, anthropology lectures, anthropology online, Cultural anthropology, Ethnography, Social Anthropology

What Anthropologists Really Do-by Keith Hart

The Summary The new anthropologist is a self-appointed people’s representative in the double sense of writing them up and acting … More

Anthropology, anthropology journals, anthropology lectures, anthropology studies, Cultural anthropology, Ethnography, Social Anthropology

Mess in the Middle East

Many people throughout the Western world do not understand what is happening in the Middle East. Much of the confusion … More

Anthropology, anthropology online, Cultural anthropology, Ethnography, Social Anthropology

The Second American Revolution

Well, it only took about two-hundred and forty years but the greatest fear of the writers of the Constitution of … More

Anthropology, anthropology journals, anthropology lectures, anthropology online, Cultural anthropology, Ethnography, Social Anthropology

Religion and Economy – Part Two-by Keith Hart

We need to understand better how we build the infrastructures of collective existence, money among them. How do meanings come … More

Anthropology, anthropology online, anthropology studies, anthropology topics, Cultural anthropology, Ethnography, Social Anthropology

Religion and Economy – Part One-by Keith Hart

Religion belongs to a set of terms that also includes art and science. Science began as a form of knowledge … More

Anthropology, anthropology journals, anthropology online, Cultural anthropology, Ethnography, Social Anthropology

Capitalism, revolution and racism in the US and the world-by Keith Hart

In the aftermath of Trump’s victory, we would do well to recall Hegel’s maxim that difference-in-sameness moves history. Max Weber … More

Anthropology, anthropology journals, anthropology online, anthropology studies, Cultural anthropology, Ethnography, Social Anthropology

Brexit: Where once was an empire-by Keith Hart

Separation from Europe has opened up the real possibility that the United Kingdom will break up. Scotland is already bent … More

Anthropology, anthropology online, anthropology studies, Cultural anthropology, Ethnography, Social Anthropology

Measures of Quality Education

When I first came to Brazil, I quickly became aware of the problem in the educational system here. So, I … More

Anthropology, anthropology journals, anthropology online, Cultural anthropology, Social Anthropology

Why do Leaders Fail?

This is an opinion piece that some might say loosely fits within the realm of anthropology. And yet, if one … More

Anthropology, anthropology journals, anthropology online, anthropology topics, Cultural anthropology, Ethnography

Perennial Narratives in Anthropology

Since the 1960s, there has not been any new innovative advances in the field of anthropology. Although some good work … More

Anthropology, anthropology documentaries, anthropology journals, anthropology online, Cultural anthropology, Ethnography, Social Anthropology

World’s Most Vital Resource

It is not necessary to explain the process by which algae through millions of years of geological time and chemical … More

Anthropology, anthropology documentaries, anthropology journals, anthropology lectures, anthropology online, anthropology studies, anthropology topics, Cultural anthropology, Ethnography, Social Anthropology

The War Against Privacy

In the May-June 1993 issue of Wired Magazine, an article on a group of mathematicians advocating a radical, libertarian, cryptographic … More

Anthropology, anthropology documentaries, anthropology journals, anthropology lectures, anthropology online, anthropology topics, Cultural anthropology, Social Anthropology

Decline of Brazil’s Middle Class

Although he was a left-wing, socialist president for two consecutive terms, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva demonstrated that a left-wing … More

Anthropology, anthropology online, anthropology topics, Cultural anthropology, Ethnography, Latin American Studies, Social Anthropology

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