Prof. Menzies’ publishes new article in Anthropologica
Drawing on community-based research in his home First Nation, Gitxaała, Menzies’ “Live right off the Land and Water” tells the story of the Gitxaała people’s cultural resilience and persistence in the face of economic transition.
What does road building reveal about politics and democracy in rural Nepal?
Professor Sara Shneiderman (UBC Anthropology; SPPGA) co-edits a new volume exploring this question in ‘Infrastructures of Democracy’.
Crossing lines: New graphic anthology explores human migration through comics
Prof. Alexia Bloch and PhD student Mahashewta Bhattacharya have co-authored chapters in this graphic anthology that blends research with visual storytelling to explore displacement, identity, and belonging.
“I was wrong when I studied Russian nuclear weapons scientists”
Congratulations to Prof. Gusterson, whose commentary on his early fieldwork was American Ethnologist’s most-read article of 2025. It was accessed over 2,800 times.
“It All Comes Down to Drucker”: Dilemmas of Anthropological Evidence in The Nuchatlaht v British Columbia
Dr. Carole Blackburn’s recent publication in the Canadian Journal of Law & Society looks at anthropological evidence used in The Nuchatlaht v British Columbia and how this evidence was interpreted, argued over, and ultimately understood by the court in a way that did not support a finding of Aboriginal title. “Canadian courts have said that […]
Language improves health and wellbeing in Indigenous communities
Anthropology’s Mark Turin has co-authored a scoping review with two UBC library staff and two former UBC undergraduates that examines the links between between the vitality of Indigenous languages and health and wellness in four English-speaking settler colonial countries. Indigenous languages in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States are endangered due to colonial […]
Building a ‘cultural city’: Heritage, identity, and the politics of reconstruction in Bhaktapur, Nepal
Sara Shneiderman has co-authored a paper in the latest issue of the Journal of Material Culture. Journal of Material Culture explores the relationship between artefacts and social relations. It draws on a range of disciplines including anthropology, archaeology, design studies, history, human geography and museology. Title: Building a ‘cultural city’: Heritage, identity, and the politics of […]
Bruce Miller on Stephen Grant Baines: The Power of International Networks
Professor Emeritus Bruce Granville Miller recently published in the Brazilian journal anuário antropológico. The article reflects on the career achievements of social anthropologist Stephen Grant Baines, including their many collaborations and their shared interest in working with Indigenous communities. Professor Baines’ interest in Indigenous peoples at the borderlands of nation-states mirrors my own, since in […]