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Anthropology September 5, 2017

Amazonia in the Anthropocene

People, Soils, Plants, Forests

Nicholas C. Kawa

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Widespread human alteration of the planet has led many scholars to claim that we have entered a new epoch in geological time: the Anthropocene, an age dominated by humanity. This …
Anthropology August 15, 2017

Down's Syndrome Screening and Reproductive Politics

Care, Choice, and Disability in the Prenatal Clinic

Gareth M. Thomas

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Drawing on an ethnography of Down's syndrome screening in two UK clinics, Gareth M. Thomas' Down's Syndrome and Reproductive Politics: Care, Choice, and Disability in the Prenatal Clinic (Routledge, 2017) …
Anthropology July 28, 2017

The Space of Boredom

Homelessness in the Slowing Global Order

Bruce O'Neill

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In The Space of Boredom: Homelessness in the Slowing Global Order (Duke University Press, 2017) Bruce O'Neill explores how people cast aside by globalism deal with an intractable symptom of …
Anthropology May 2, 2017

Shaping Taxpayers

Values in Action at the Swedish Tax Agency

Lotta Bjorklund Larsen

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How do you make taxpayers comply? Lotta Bjorklund Larsen's ethnography, Shaping Taxpayers: Values in Action at the Swedish Tax Agency (Berghahn Books, 2017) offers a vivid, yet nuanced account of …
Anthropology March 21, 2017

This is Your Brain on Parasites

How Tiny Creatures Manipulate Our Behavior and Shape Society

Kathleen McAuliffe

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Kathleen McAuliffe's This is Your Brain on Parasites: How Tiny Creatures Manipulate Our Behavior and Shape Society (Mariner Books, 2017) unveils the world of parasites. From the influence of parasites …