Anthropology in Outerspace: Representations of Anthropology in Science Fiction
“Archaeology is the anthropology of the past, and science fiction is the anthropology of the future.” ― Joan D. Vinge…
Anthropology
New Journal Alert: Analog Game Studies
Over the past year I’ve been learning some great lessons about interdisciplinarity through conversations with a great group of scholars interested in analog games (centrally, but not solely, RPGs). These conversations started informally at the Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association, and have evolved into a new online journal, Analog Game Studies.
Anthropology in Outerspace
TGA’s exciting new fall series will examine representations of anthropology in science-fiction. Emma, Marie-Pierre and Rayna will discuss cases from various TV series, movies and books and what they reveal about popular perceptions on this science and its branches (archeology, linguistic anthropology, biological anthropology and sociocultural anthropology).
Magic & Morphemes: A Conversation with Donna Jo Napoli
By Emma Louise Backe Donna Jo Napoli is a professor of linguistics at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, and the acclaimed…
Something Wicked This Way Comes: Witches and Modern Women
By Emma Louise Backe Two weeks ago, I published a piece on modern monsters and their meanings within contemporary pop…
The Geek Anthropologist 