Showing papers in "Annual Review of Anthropology in 2018"
TL;DR: In this paper, a review examines precarity through two foci: the lumpenproletariat and the informal economy, each of which has left their mark on the notion of precarity as a bo...
Abstract: This review examines precarity through two foci. First, I focus on related terms of the lumpenproletariat and informal economy, each of which have left their mark on the notion of precarity as a bo...
112 citations
TL;DR: Anthropologists have sustained a varied and active engagement with ethics throughout the field's history as discussed by the authors. In light of this long-standing engagement, what marks the distinctiveness of the current et al.
Abstract: Anthropologists have sustained a varied and active engagement with ethics throughout the field's history. In light of this long-standing engagement, what marks the distinctiveness of the current et...
81 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the social and environmental costs of living in the mineral age are examined, where contemporary global livelihoods depend almost completely on the extraction of mineral resources, and the costs of doing so are examined.
Abstract: This article examines the social and environmental costs of living in the mineral age, wherein contemporary global livelihoods depend almost completely on the extraction of mineral resources. Owing...
72 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a review explores what such perspectives bring to long-standing anthropological attention in interspecies relations and multispecies ethnography, and what they bring to anthropological research.
Abstract: Recent years have witnessed burgeoning interest in interspecies relations and multispecies ethnography. This review explores what such perspectives bring to long-standing anthropological attention ...
53 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss crop foraging and its value to wildlife or its implications for humans, and their reactions and responses to it, using a variety of tools and techniques.
Abstract: Crop foraging or crop raiding concerns wildlife foraging and farmers’ reactions and responses to it. To understand crop foraging and its value to wildlife or its implications for humans requires a ...
43 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the communicative processes that constitute moral/ethical care are discussed at the intersection of linguistic, medical, and psychological anthropology, and a review of the literature on such processes is presented.
Abstract: This article is positioned at the intersection of linguistic, medical, and psychological anthropology and reviews scholarship on the communicative processes that constitute moral/ethical care. Vary...
30 citations
TL;DR: This article formally defines NHST and Bayesian inference, provides a brief historical overview of their development, and discusses the advantages and limitations of each method.
Abstract: Null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) is the most common statistical framework used by scientists, including archaeologists. Owing to increasing dissatisfaction, however, Bayesian inference h...
28 citations
TL;DR: The meaning of political humor in the early twenty-first century by discussing three parodic forms of contemporary political humor has been explored in this article, where the authors offer insight into the meanings of the unprecedented political potential of humor.
Abstract: This article offers insight into the meanings of the unprecedented political potential of humor in the early twenty-first century by discussing three parodic forms of contemporary political humor: ...
28 citations
TL;DR: The appraisal of the sociopolitical context of archaeological practice since the 1980s has forced the discipline of archaeology to become a shared concern across archaeology as mentioned in this paper, and the discipline has abandoned its niche status.
Abstract: Ethics has abandoned its niche status to become a shared concern across archaeology. The appraisal of the sociopolitical context of archaeological practice since the 1980s has forced the discipline...
27 citations
TL;DR: The full extent of female dominance in human and nonhuman primate societies has not yet been fully explored as discussed by the authors, but it is well known that female dominance is a term applied to a wide range of female-biased power structures.
Abstract: Sex-biased power structures are common in human and nonhuman primate societies. “Female dominance” is a term applied to a wide range of female-biased power structures. However, the full extent of t...
24 citations
TL;DR: One of the most persistent debates in anthropology and related disciplines has been over the relative weight of aggression and competition versus nonaggression and cooperation as drivers of human b... as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: One of the most persistent debates in anthropology and related disciplines has been over the relative weight of aggression and competition versus nonaggression and cooperation as drivers of human b...
TL;DR: In this article, a review focusing on the role of children as interactional brokers of care is presented, bringing together ethnographic approaches to childhood, linguistic anthropology, and relational-feminist perspectives on care.
Abstract: Bringing together ethnographic approaches to childhood, linguistic anthropology, and relational–feminist perspectives on care, this review focuses on the role of children as interactional brokers o...
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TL;DR: The anthropology of policing draws from a range of intellectual traditions to generate new understandings of the police as an institution and policing as a social practice as mentioned in this paper, and the authors in this article review rec...
Abstract: The anthropology of policing draws from a range of intellectual traditions to generate new understandings of the police as an institution and policing as a social practice. This article reviews rec...
TL;DR: Verbatim is assumed to be a text that faithfully captures and represents a discursive event that took place in time and space, which would otherwise be ephemeral and unrepeatable.
Abstract: Verbatim—word for word—is assumed to be a text that faithfully captures and represents a discursive event that took place in time and space, which would otherwise be ephemeral and unrepeatable. In ...
TL;DR: In this paper, the ethical responsibilities of field primatologists extend beyond study subjects to local human communities living near primate populations and their surrounding ecosystems, and a review is presented.
Abstract: Field primatologists have ethical responsibilities that extend beyond study subjects to the local human communities living near primate populations and their surrounding ecosystems. In this review,...
TL;DR: The bioarchaeology of infectious disease is discussed, focusing on tuberculosis, treponematosis, dental caries, and periodontitis, all of which continue to contribute to high levels of morbidity and mortality among the world's populations today.
Abstract: Beginning some 10,000 years ago, humans began a dramatic alteration in living conditions relating especially to the shift in lifeway from foraging to farming. In addition to the initiation of and i...
TL;DR: The effects of hunting, habitat disturbance, disease, and climate change have increased in frequency and severity with detrimental impacts on primate populations worldwide, and these effects and recent evidence from camera traps emphasize the importance of maintaining protected areas for conserving primates.
Abstract: Environmental stress on primate populations can take many forms. Abiotic factors, such as temperature and precipitation, may directly influence the behavior of primates owing to physiological deman...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore some of the lines of inquiry that have emerged in anthropology and closely related disciplines around the theme of drugs and gender and discuss the critical research on drugs over the last few decades.
Abstract: In this review, I explore some of the lines of inquiry that have emerged in anthropology and closely related disciplines around the theme of drugs and gender. The critical research on drugs over th...
TL;DR: In this article, the many ways that language and food intersect are explored. But they do not discuss the relationship between food and language, and food and its uses provide setting and structure for language, just as language and their uses constrain and inform food activities.
Abstract: We interrogate the many ways that language and food intersect. Food and its uses provide setting and structure for language, just as language and its uses constrain and inform food activities. We i...
TL;DR: The looting and spoliation of archaeological sites represent a known crisis in many parts of the world, and it is widely acknowledged that despite what we know about the scale of site destruction, the
Abstract: Looting and spoliation of archaeological sites represent a known crisis in many parts of the world, and it is widely acknowledged that despite what we know about the scale of site destruction, the
TL;DR: The practice of human biology requires the negotiation of a range of ethical issues, including the politics of race and indigeneity, the appropriate use of research materials, and the relationship between race and identity as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The practice of human biology requires the negotiation of a range of ethical issues, including the politics of race and indigeneity, the appropriate use of research materials, and the relationship ...
TL;DR: A review of the past 30 years of the anthropology of corporate animal agribusiness can be found in this article, where the authors analyze how various themes embedded in the words of the article's title (industrial, meat, and productio...
Abstract: This review surveys the past 30 years of the anthropology of corporate animal agribusiness, analyzing how various themes embedded in the words of the article's title—industrial, meat, and productio...
TL;DR: The authors provides an overview of recent scholarship on the language of evangelism and missionization within the anthropology of Christianity, focusing on the relationship between faith and mission, as well as various forms of conversion.
Abstract: This article provides an overview of recent scholarship on the language of evangelism and missionization within the anthropology of Christianity. Attention to Christian evangelism and forms of circ...
TL;DR: In South America, as elsewhere, development projects have to go through environmental permitting, a component of which is the archaeological assessment of the areas to be impacted as mentioned in this paper, which is called environmental permitting.
Abstract: In South America, as elsewhere, development projects have to go through environmental permitting, a component of which is the archaeological assessment of the areas to be impacted. Because such an ...
TL;DR: The authors examines anthropological approaches to fiction reading and asks why the field of literary anthropology remains largely disinvested of ethnographic work on literary cultures and how to make use of it.
Abstract: This article examines anthropological approaches to fiction reading. It asks why the field of literary anthropology remains largely disinvested of ethnographic work on literary cultures and how tha...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors address motivations and ethical circumstances of such research, as well as the complex relations between archaeology of the Nazi era, and present a review of the relationship between the two fields.
Abstract: The archaeology of the Nazi era is a relatively new field of research. This review addresses motivations and ethical circumstances of such research, as well as the complex relations between archaeo...
TL;DR: The National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and the organizations, policies, and regulations implementing it have strongly influenced how archaeology is conducted as discussed by the authors, since its enactment over five decades ago.
Abstract: Since its enactment over five decades ago, the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and the organizations, policies, and regulations implementing it have strongly influenced how archaeology is...
TL;DR: A review of recent ethnographies of war that shed light on interconnected states of security at home, international military interventions, and hybrid or rhizomic warfare doctrines can be found in this paper.
Abstract: This article reviews recent ethnographies of war that shed light on interconnected states of security at home, international military interventions, and hybrid or rhizomic warfare doctrines. I sugg...
TL;DR: Since the year 2000, artists have increasingly employed tools, methods, and aesthetics associated with scientific practice to produce forms of art that assert themselves as kinds of experimental an... as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Since the year 2000, artists have increasingly employed tools, methods, and aesthetics associated with scientific practice to produce forms of art that assert themselves as kinds of experimental an...
TL;DR: Language has long been at the center of kinship studies, where there has been a tendency to see the role of language in terms of nomenclature for labeling preexisting relations as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Language has long been at the center of kinship studies, where there has been a tendency to see the role of language in terms of nomenclature for labeling preexisting relations. Linguistic anthropo...