Here is the journal round-up for May! A very interesting batch of articles this month, including the very timely section in Cultural Anthropology on Reproductive Rights in the Age of Trump and Brexit. Also of note in Social Science & Medicine a Special Issue on Contextualizing Productive Ageing in Asia. Happy reading!
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In the Journals – September 2018, Part II
And now for Part II for September. Enjoy!
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
Mutable environments and permeable human bodies
Margaret Lock
…Geologists have declared an epochal transition to the Anthropocene, formally recognizing humans as the driving force of destructive global change; a distinction can no longer be made between human history and natural history. Certain commentators argue that Capitalocene
In the Journals – September 2018, Part I
Here’s the first part of the journal round-up for September. This month, American Anthropologist features a Special Section on Medical Anthropology in “World Anthropologies” and Ethos has a Special Issue on Culture, Poverty, and Personhood. Enjoy!
Thurka Sangaramoorthy
…Growing numbers of immigrants
In the Journals – August 2017
Here is the article round-up for August. There is a special issue section of Social Science and Medicine out this month on Austerity, Health, and Wellbeing (abstracts below). Also of note is a recent ‘Takes a Stand’ statement on the End of AIDS published in Global Public Health by Nora Kenworthy, Richard Parker, and Matthew Thomann. You can take advantage …
In the Journals – May 2017
Please enjoy the article round-up for the month of May! This post was put together in collaboration with Ann Marie Thornburg.
Plant matters: Buddhist medicine and economies of attention in postsocialist Siberia
Tatiana Chudakova
…Buddhist medicine (sowa rigpa) in Siberia frames the natural world as overflowing with therapeutic potencies: “There is nothing in the world that
In the Journals – December 2016, Part I
Here is the first part of our December article roundup. Three journals have special issues this month (abstracts in the post below):
- Body and Society: The New Biologies: Epigenetics, the Microbiome and Immunities
- Ethos: Anthropology and Psychoanalysis
- Medical Anthropology Quarterly: Special Focus Section on Comorbidity
Enjoy reading (and what’s left of the holidays)!