By kind permission of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Sean Kingston Publishing would like to invite you to the launch of: The Making of Asmat Art: Indigenous Art in a World Perspective by Nick Stanley at the Royal Anthropological Institute, 50 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 5BT on Wednesday 16 January between 6.30 and 8.00 pm There […]
Upstairs @ the RAI, Monday 2 February 2015, 5.30pm Book Launch with Author Toni de Bromhead A Film-maker's Odyssey: Adventures in film and anthropology (Intervention Press, 2014) Introduction by Colin Young With Film Clips from East Anglia to West Sicily (from Super 8 to HD), followed by wine reception This book describes the thinking of […]
BOOK LAUNCHAT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE China in the Frame: Materialising Ideas of China in Italian Museums Dr Iside Carbone, Royal Anthropological Institute Wednesday 27 May at 5.30 pm Mechanisms of representation of the cultural Other and their connections with processes of self-expression constitute the core of China in the Frame. This original ethnographic study […]
BOOK LAUNCHAT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Introducing Anthropology: What Makes Us Human? Laura Pountney, Colchester Sixth Form College Tomislav Maric, Heston Community School Friday 25 September at 7.00pm Introducing Anthropology is the first book of its kind. It offers a serious but accessible introduction to anthropology and is the perfect starting point for anyone new […]
BOOK LAUNCHAT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE War, Exile and the Music of Afghanistan: The Ethnographer’s Tale Professor John Baily, Goldsmiths Tuesday 13 October at 5.30pm In the 1970s John Baily conducted extensive ethnomusicological research in Afghanistan, principally in the city of Herat but also in Kabul. Then, with Taraki’s coup in 1978, came conflict, war, […]
BOOK LAUNCHAT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Anthropology at the Crossroads: The View from France Volume One of the RAI Country Series edited by Sophie Chevalier Monday 19 October at 5.30pm The influence of French intellectual thought on anthropology worldwide has been immense. This set of outstanding essays examines the influence of Lévi-Strauss, internal debates concerning […]
BOOK LAUNCHAT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Photography in the Age of Snapchat Prof Daniel Miller, University College London Monday 14 December at 5.30pm With well over two billion photographs posted daily on social media this is now the dominant form of contemporary photography. It also means the photograph takes its place with text and voice […]
BOOK LAUNCHAT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Divination’s Grasp: Uncertainty and the Intersubjective Predicament Prof Richard Werbner, Emeritus Professor in African Anthropology, University of Manchester Tuesday 19 January at 5.30pm This lecture introduces the launch of Divination’s Grasp (2016, Indiana University Press), a book I began in fieldwork in 1972 among Moremi villagers in the Tswapong […]
BOOK LAUNCHAT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Mistakes About Race: a discussion Michael Banton, Professor Emeritus, University of Bristol Wednesday 3 February at 5.30pm The expression `race relations’ was adopted by the London School of Economics in 1947. It was the title of a course, and a lectureship, in the Anthropology Department. At that time Michael […]
BOOK LAUNCHAT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Islamic Charities and Islamic Humanism in Troubled Times Jonathan Benthall Wednesday 12 October at 5.30pm To mark the launch of his new book, there will be a discussion between the author, Jonathan Benthall, and Prof André Singer, the President of the Royal Anthropological Institute. This book is the fruit […]
