A New Globalisation?
Author Fiona Moore discusses the research that went into her new book, Global Taiwanese: Asian Skilled Labour Migrants in a Changing World, and discusses why globalisation is far from over.
June 17, 2021
Tag: Ethnography
Sketches of Tourism and the Pandemic in Peru
The Living Inca Town presents a rich case study of tourism in Ollantaytambo, a rapidly developing destination in the southern Peruvian Andes and the starting point for many popular treks to Machu Picchu. Karoline Guelke looks at the impact COVID-19 has had on the region.
March 23, 2021
Deeply Rooted in the Present: Heritage, Memory, and Identity in Brazilian Quilombos
Asking what it means to be quilombola (descendants of African slaves) in the twenty-first century. Guest post by Mary Lorena Kenny, author of the newest ethnography in our popular Teaching Culture series.
June 26, 2018
Adventures in Blogging: Bringing Anthropology to the World
For World Anthropology Day, we asked Paul Stoller to share his thoughts on the urgent need for a more public anthropology, as well as his ideas about blogging as one particular way to reach that public.
February 15, 2018
A Brief History of UTP Higher Education
Michael Harrison, VP of the Higher Education Division, on how a Canadian university press ventured into textbook publishing in a serious way…
September 11, 2012