Category Archives: Medical Anthropology

Call for Managing Editor for the Anthropology of Consciousness Jounral

CALL FOR MANAGING EDITOR Anthropology of Consciousness DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: December 15, 2014   The Executive Board of the Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness is now inviting applications for Managing Editor of its peer-reviewed journal, Anthropology of Consciousness. Interested applicants should submit a CV, a written statement specifically addressing the qualification criteria listed belowContinue reading “Call for Managing Editor for the Anthropology of Consciousness Jounral”

Mobile Health in Context

Mobile Health in Context: How Information is Woven Into Our Lives   @SusannahFox @PewResearch Susannah Fox from Pew Review Research put together an excellent presentation of the latest health and digital technology related statistics.  The slides are concise, accessible, and thought provoking.  Can we put cell phones to use improve health and health information seekingContinue reading “Mobile Health in Context”

Gunman Suicide – A Social Illness

The media storm following the Newton school shooting has left our nation with heavy hearts and that unanswerable question “but why…?”  The shooting occurred the day left Dallas heading home for Arkansas to spend my Christmas break with my family.  These incidents which have become all too frequent always leave me initially dumbfounded, but asContinue reading “Gunman Suicide – A Social Illness”

Ireland 2012

Preliminary Fieldwork/Pilot Study in Western Ireland  As I mentioned in an earlier blog post, this summer I am going to be in Ireland conducting an 8 week preliminary investigation of Irish Folk Medicine (a subject which is far more complex than that description might led you to think).  Irish folk healing insects my two academic areas ofContinue reading “Ireland 2012”