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29. Outer Space Trilogy, Pt. 2: Moon Dust And Cosmo/politics Feb 14, 2017

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In the second episode in our trilogy on outer space, anthropologist Debbora Battaglia discusses cosmo/politics, the diary of a space zucchini, and the social life of moon dust. For more, visit culanth.org.

28. The 2016 U.S. Presidential Election: Anthropologists Reflect on What Just Happened Jan 26, 2017

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The role of race, class, gender, neoliberalism, and more in the 2016 election discussed by leading anthropologists.

27. Outer Space Trilogy, Pt. 1: Haircuts And Billionaires Jan 09, 2017

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In the first episode in our trilogy on outer space, anthropologist David Valentine discusses haircuts in space, the colonization of Mars, the rise of the billionaire-led NewSpace community. For more, visit culanth.org.

26. Alma Gottlieb on Experiments in Ethnographic Writing Nov 16, 2016

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In this episode, Dr. Alma Gottlieb discusses her approach to ethnographic writing. For more, visit culanth.org.

25. Anna Tsing on Landscapes and the Anthropocene Jul 06, 2016

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Anna Tsing on Landscapes and the Anthropocene

24. Charlene Makley on Tibetan Self-Immolation Protests May 13, 2016

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Anthropod talks with Prof. Charlene Makley (Reed College) about her article, "The Sociopolitical Lives of Dead Bodies: Tibetan Self-Immolation Protests as Mass Media." For more, visit culanth.org

23. Sverker Finnström and Federica Guglielmo on Fieldwork and Morality Mar 25, 2016

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AnthroPod talked with Sverker Finnström and Federica Guglielmo on the connections between Finnström’s research on the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda, Guglielmo’s research on the Rwandan genocide, and the SANT 2015 conference theme “Anthropology and Morality”.

22. Helena Wulff on Writing Anthropology Feb 25, 2016

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AnthroPod talks to Helena Wulff about the practice of writing and the difference between writing academic and public texts. Helena Wulff is Professor of social anthropology at the Department of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University.

21. Dr. Livia Stone on Contested Walls And Natural Forces Feb 15, 2016

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Dr. Livia Stone on the contested walls of Oaxaca de Juarez, Mexico, and their interplay with natural forces. Based on the photo essay "As Fluid as a Brick Wall", which Livia co-authored with Dr. Abigail C. Stone. The photo essay appeared in the November 2014 (29.4) issue of Cultural Anthropology.

20. Paolo Favero on Visual Methods Dec 19, 2015

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Paolo Favero on visual methods in the field. In our conversation, Favero shares his engagement with visual methods and suggests that using a camera is not about documenting empirical evidence but a process of producing the empirical field material and choosing perspectives.

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