December 20, 2021
Open Spaces/Close Encounters Espaces ouverts/liens étroits https://casca2022.ca/ May 11-15, 2022 | Regina, Saskatchewan “Open Spaces – Close Encounters” Call for papers “Open Spaces” invites us to reflect on new…
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Bachelor’s Awards – Récipiendaires du premier cycle Aidan Wallace, St. Francis Xavier University Lauren Chang, University of Guelph Caitlin Craig, University of Victoria Anastasiya Staskevich, Simon Fraser University…
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@Anthropology4Homosapiens: A Reflection on Doing Public Anthropology through Social Media By Adrianna Wiley, MA, University of Guelph How do we make anthropology relevant in a world where people can represent themselves…
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By Nicolas Rasiulis (McGill University) It was the night of April 4, 2021. Or was it early on April 5? One thing is certain: my attention was drawn to Mongolia, to my doctoral fieldwork there (delayed because of the…
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Cataloguing Culture: Legacies of Colonialism in Museum Documentation By Hannah Turner, 2020, UBC Press https://www.ubcpress.ca/cataloguing-culture How does material culture become data? Why does this matter, and for…
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Open Spaces/Close Encounters Espaces ouverts/liens étroits https://casca2022.ca/ 11 au 15 mai 2022 | Saskatchewan, Regina « Espaces ouverts – Rencontres étroites » Appel à communications « Espaces ouverts » nous invite…
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Concepts and Persons By Michael Lambek, 2021, University of Toronto Press https://utorontopress.com/9781487509057/concepts-and-persons/ The Tanner Lectures are a collection of educational and scientific discussions…
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Congratulation to Kamari Clarke is the recent winner of the Guggenheim Fellowship and has been featured in the University of Toronto Arts & Science News highlighting her work toward new possibilities for justice and…
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Congratulations to Leslie McCartney and Gwich’in Tribal Council whose book Our Whole Gwich’in Way of Life Has Changed / Gwich’in K’yuu Gwiidandài’ Tthak Ejuk Gòonlihis is the 2021 winner of the Oral History Association…
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The Centre of International Policy Studies (University of Ottawa) launched their second “Best Blow Award” competition. The article of Scott Simon, Lest We Forget: How the 1930 Musha Incident Reveals the Hidden Nature of…
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La version française suit Culture is CASCA’s bi-annual and bilingual electronic newsletter. Our next call for submissions of articles and discussion pieces, news items, event announcements, and book notes will be…
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Digital Selves: Embodiment and Subjectivity in New Media Cultures in Eastern Europe and Eurasia (Special Issue of Digital Icons; Issue 21, 2021) Edited by Cassandra Hartblay and Tatiana Klepikova…
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Disability and COVID-19 (Special Issue of Disability Studies, Vol 41, No 3, 2021) Edited by Pamela Block, Éverton Luis Pereira, Anahí Guedes de Mello, and Dikaios Sakellariou https://dsq-sds.org/issue/view/258 This…
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Emergent Axioms of Violence (Special Issue of Anthropological Forum; Volume 31, Issue 3, 2021) Guest Edited By Antonio Sorge and Stavroula Pipyrou https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/canf20/31/3?nav=tocList& This collection…
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Exploring Social Entrepreneurship Across Geographical Spaces: A Conversation with Dr. Walter Little & Dr. Lynne Milgram https://podcast.econanthro.org/posts-and-podcasts/ “Mergers & Acquisitions: Exchanges In and Beyond…
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“Hearing Palestine” is a new initiative at the University of Toronto (UofT) that provides a safe space for Palestinians and those interested in the history and future of Palestine to share their experience and research.…
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In Memoriam: Hugo de Burgos (1963-2021) Please see the following tribute to anthropologist Hugo de Burgos: UBCO mourns the passing of Associate Professor Hugo De Burgos
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By Marie-Christine Lévesque – Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17025093 In Memoriam: Serge Bouchard (1947-2021) Please see the following in tributes in memory of anthropologist Serge…
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In Memoriam: Stanley Barrett (1938-2021) By Andrew Lyons, Wilfrid Laurier University and University of Waterloo, and Harriet Lyons, University of Waterloo STANLEY BARRETT (1938-2021) taught for many years at the…
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En septembre 2018, plus de 6 mois après avoir entamé une maîtrise en anthropologie à l’Université Laval, sous la direction de Natacha Gagné, j’entamais les démarches afin de transférer mon projet en maîtrise sur mesure…
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Living with HIV in Post-Crisis Times: Beyond the Endgame Edited by David A.B. Murray, 2021, Lexington Books https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781666901481/Living-with-HIV-in-Post-Crisis-Times-Beyond-the-Endgame Over the past…
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“More Than Human Anthropology” YouTube Channel Check out this new YouTube channel by Alex Oehler (University of Regina): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-wFFUk2HgmJ4qFtl78RlYg/videos Alex Oehler is an environmental…
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Par Éric Gagnon Poulin, Univesrity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Quelle année remplie de défis, d’imprévus et d’incertitudes dans à peu près toutes les sphères de la vie sociale ! La pandémie est venue bousculer nos…
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Mothers, Sex, and Sexuality Edited by Holly Zwalf, Michelle Walks, and Joani Mortensen, 2020, Demeter Press https://demeterpress.org/books/mothers-sex-and-sexuality/ Mothers, Sex, and Sexuality talks about things not…
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Congratulations on your successful thesis defence!/Soutenance de thèse réussie – félicitations! Congratulations to Marley Duckett on the successful defence of her Master’s thesis, “Energy Consultations on Treaty 8…
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Image tirée de la Série « Les possédés et leurs mondes », Claude Bariteau, livre 4, 24 septembre 2015. Réalisation, Frédéric Laugrand; caméra, Emmanuel Luce. Par Natacha Gagné, professeure au Département d’anthropologie…
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By Éric Gagnon Poulin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill What a year full of challenges, unforeseen events and uncertainties in virtually every sphere of social life! The pandemic has turned upside down our…
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Ressources en santé mentale / Mental Health Resources Please check out this helpful list of mental health resources for members of various university communities in Canada, generously shared with CASCA by The Canadian…
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Are you an anthropology student looking for advice? Check out “Tips for Students”, a new University of Toronto Department of Anthropology Instagram campaign. https://www.instagram.com/uoftanthro/
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Transparency, Power, and Influence in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Policy Gain or Confidence Game Edited by Katherine Fierlbeck, Janice Graham, and Matthew Herder, 2021, University of Toronto Press…
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By Alexis Black, PhD In June 2020, I was awarded a Post-Doctoral Research Grant by the Fyssen Foundation to examine “post-pandemic” comprehensions and imaginations in Paris, France. However, as the health crisis…
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Walter Callaghan talk at a symposium hosted by the Centre of Excellence on PTSD PhD candidate Walter Callaghan was a speaker at a symposium hosted by the Centre of Excellence on PTSD on October 27th. The panel discussed…
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By Daniel Tubb, University of New Brunswick Prolific British Marxist Eric Hobsbawm was a consummate repackager of his own ideas, according to Historians Emile Chabal and Anne Perez (2021). They write his “student…
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