Comparative morphology, dealing with the diversity of form and shape, and functional morphology, the study of the relationship between the structure and the function of an organism's parts, are both important subdisciplines in biological research. Virtual anthropology (VA) contributes to comparative morphology by taking advantage of technological innovations, and it also offers new opportunitie...

Introduction Clifford Geertz is one of the most celebrated anthropologists in twentieth-century anthropology. Starting his career in the late nineteen-fifties, he represented the American branch of symbolic anthropology, also known as interpretive anthropology. Geertz’s work continues to influence present-day authors, even after anthropology shifted to different topics than those lying within t...

We describe the need to further integrate the fields of human microbial ecology and anthropology and outline some of the potential goals and benefits of this collaborative work.

ion, commensuration, currency, finance, number, quantification

FRANK P. CUOZZO*, BRIAN R. HEAD, MICHELLE L. SAUTHER, PETER S. UNGAR, AND M. TEAGUE O’MARA Department of Anthropology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado Department of Anthropology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas Department of Biology & Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germa...

1 Department of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States, 2 Anthropology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 3 Fundación Mata Ki Te Rangi, Rapa Nui, Chile, 4 Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, 5 Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, 6 Anthrop...

How do we create futures in collaboration? Is future orientation in design anthropology a tool solid enough for scaffolding transformations? This paper explores the content of future orientation in design anthropology, participatory design and educational anthropology. The aim is to discuss how the three fields in different ways conceptualize processes of future making, what the central concept...

This article introduces a special issue of Museum Anthropology devoted to innovative strategies for teaching with objects. Although a century ago anthropology, museums, and objects were intimately entwined, trends in many museology and anthropology courses have drifted toward focusing on ideas and people rather than objects. The contributors to this special issue have cultivated new pedagogical...