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Cover of Code Work: Hacking Across The US/Mexico Techno-borderlands next to a smiling headshot of Héctor Beltrán

Writing code, and decoding the world

Héctor Beltrán’s new book examines hackers in Mexico, whose work leads them to reflect on the roles they play in society.

Congratulations to Professor Christine J. Walley and Christopher Boebel! their Southeast Chicago Archive and Storytelling Project (SECASP) won the prize for 2023 Best Interactive Media from Society for Visual Anthropology Film & Media Festival (SVAFMF) images from the archive include pages from a journal, photos of people striking, christian imagery, a worker id, a pair of boots

Southeast Chicago Archive and Storytelling Project announced as SVA Film & Media Festival 2023 Winner in Best Interactive Media

Christine Walley, Chris Boebel, Jeff Soyk, and the Southeast Chicago Historical Museum for their Storytelling Website

Congratulations to Professor Manduhai Buyandelger on winning the 2022 Onon Prize from University of Cambrige! 4 images show Professor Buyandelger being awarded a sash by officiants and one image depicts the text of the award

Congratulations to Manduhai Buyandelger on winning 2022 Onon Prize from MIASU, University of Cambridge

For her contribution to Inner Asian Studies

Congratulations to Bettina Stoetzer for winning the 2023 Diana Forsythe Prize! For Ruderal City: Ecologies of Migration, Race, and Urban Nature in Berlin (Duke University Press, 2022)

Congratulations to Bettina stoetzer on winning the 2023 Diana Forsythe Prize

for her book Ruderal City: Ecologies of Migration, Race, and Urban Nature in Berlin (Duke University Press, 2022)

Dreaming of waves

Stefan Helmreich’s new book examines the many facets of oceanic wave science and the propagation of wave theory into other areas of life.

Students and faculty from MIT and NUM on their first meeting with GerHub, a mission-driven organization that seeks to find innovative and creative solutions to the most pressing issues in the ger areas of Mongolia. Credits: Photo: Jiyoo Jye

Powering the future in Mongolia

Through coursework, intercollegiate collaboration, and a site visit, MIT students fuse engineering and anthropology to propose innovative energy solutions.

Students explore a historical cardiac arrhythmia detector from the MIT Museum Collections, as they prepare to speak with the device’s developers.

Exploring the Unexpected Social Questions Behind Everyday Medical Devices

An anthropology course encourages students to envision more equitable device design

Students gather in a Mongolian ger around a coal-burning stove in the residential settlements known as the ger districts

Powering the Future

Students Fuse Engineering and Anthropology to Propose Innovative Energy Solutions in Mongolia

News

Living Climate Futures Event Shows a Holistic Way Forward in Climate Fight

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"Culture is a meaning-making practice" - Heather Paxson in "Said and Done"

Doing Anthropology: Thoughts On Fieldwork From Three Research Sites