riceanthro.bsky.social
@riceanthro.bsky.social
Department of Anthropology at Rice University
How can we study automation as anthropologists? Where do we start? What would a CS/anthropology collaboration look like?
Our professor, Ilana Gershon, wrote a piece about it: "An Anthropologist’s Guide to Better Automation", co-authored by Caitrin Lynch, has now been published.
Our professor, Ilana Gershon, wrote a piece about it: "An Anthropologist’s Guide to Better Automation", co-authored by Caitrin Lynch, has now been published.
December 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
How can we study automation as anthropologists? Where do we start? What would a CS/anthropology collaboration look like?
Our professor, Ilana Gershon, wrote a piece about it: "An Anthropologist’s Guide to Better Automation", co-authored by Caitrin Lynch, has now been published.
Our professor, Ilana Gershon, wrote a piece about it: "An Anthropologist’s Guide to Better Automation", co-authored by Caitrin Lynch, has now been published.
Join the Rice Cinema and us for a special screening featuring work by Tish Stringer, a Rice Anthropology alum and former technical exhibition manager at Rice Cinema! Friday, December 19, 7:00 PM, Sarofim Hall, Pitman Cinema Theatre.
December 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Join the Rice Cinema and us for a special screening featuring work by Tish Stringer, a Rice Anthropology alum and former technical exhibition manager at Rice Cinema! Friday, December 19, 7:00 PM, Sarofim Hall, Pitman Cinema Theatre.
We have great classes coming up for Spring semester!
ANTH 206: Intro to Indigenous Environmental Movements
Dr. Huatse Gyal
Fridays 12-2:30pm
Reach out to our professor, Huatse Gyal, for more information. Read below for the class description.
ANTH 206: Intro to Indigenous Environmental Movements
Dr. Huatse Gyal
Fridays 12-2:30pm
Reach out to our professor, Huatse Gyal, for more information. Read below for the class description.
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
We have great classes coming up for Spring semester!
ANTH 206: Intro to Indigenous Environmental Movements
Dr. Huatse Gyal
Fridays 12-2:30pm
Reach out to our professor, Huatse Gyal, for more information. Read below for the class description.
ANTH 206: Intro to Indigenous Environmental Movements
Dr. Huatse Gyal
Fridays 12-2:30pm
Reach out to our professor, Huatse Gyal, for more information. Read below for the class description.
Zahid took the cake! CONGRATS to our graduate student Zahid Ali for receiving the prestigious Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grant 2025.
Read more about his amazing research on the Rice Anthropology website: profiles.rice.edu/student/zahi...
Read more about his amazing research on the Rice Anthropology website: profiles.rice.edu/student/zahi...
November 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Zahid took the cake! CONGRATS to our graduate student Zahid Ali for receiving the prestigious Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grant 2025.
Read more about his amazing research on the Rice Anthropology website: profiles.rice.edu/student/zahi...
Read more about his amazing research on the Rice Anthropology website: profiles.rice.edu/student/zahi...
Click the link to register for the Zoom meeting: tr.ee/GdmZcM
November 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Click the link to register for the Zoom meeting: tr.ee/GdmZcM
JOIN US for a Brown Bag Talk “Enterprising Spirit and Entrepreneurial Practice, Religion, and the Making of Entrepreneurs in Post-colonial Zimbabwe” with Josiah Taru, Postdoctoral Associate, Boniuk Institute, Rice University, on Friday, November 14, 12pm, Sewall 570 and Zoom.
November 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
JOIN US for a Brown Bag Talk “Enterprising Spirit and Entrepreneurial Practice, Religion, and the Making of Entrepreneurs in Post-colonial Zimbabwe” with Josiah Taru, Postdoctoral Associate, Boniuk Institute, Rice University, on Friday, November 14, 12pm, Sewall 570 and Zoom.
Join Rice Anthropology PhD Candidate Alejandra Osejo Varona, and Carlos Ramón, for an immersive sound walk that is part of her doctoral research, tomorrow, 5-6:30pm, Herring Hall Courtyard.
November 7, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Join Rice Anthropology PhD Candidate Alejandra Osejo Varona, and Carlos Ramón, for an immersive sound walk that is part of her doctoral research, tomorrow, 5-6:30pm, Herring Hall Courtyard.
Join us for the second Ethnographic Design Co.Lab event of the year:
Archeology and Object-Oriented Ethnography led by our esteemed professor Khadene Harris, November 7, 12-2pm, Sewall Hall 570.
Advanced registration is encouraged.
Archeology and Object-Oriented Ethnography led by our esteemed professor Khadene Harris, November 7, 12-2pm, Sewall Hall 570.
Advanced registration is encouraged.
October 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Join us for the second Ethnographic Design Co.Lab event of the year:
Archeology and Object-Oriented Ethnography led by our esteemed professor Khadene Harris, November 7, 12-2pm, Sewall Hall 570.
Advanced registration is encouraged.
Archeology and Object-Oriented Ethnography led by our esteemed professor Khadene Harris, November 7, 12-2pm, Sewall Hall 570.
Advanced registration is encouraged.
JOIN US for a Grad Admissions Info Session on Thursday, November 6, from 12-1pm (CST) via Zoom.
Prospective grad students have the opportunity to meet with faculty members Dr. Gokce Gunel, Dr. Huatse Gyal, and Dr. Cymene Howe.
Register for the meeting here: tr.ee/VJJWtV
Prospective grad students have the opportunity to meet with faculty members Dr. Gokce Gunel, Dr. Huatse Gyal, and Dr. Cymene Howe.
Register for the meeting here: tr.ee/VJJWtV
October 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
JOIN US for a Grad Admissions Info Session on Thursday, November 6, from 12-1pm (CST) via Zoom.
Prospective grad students have the opportunity to meet with faculty members Dr. Gokce Gunel, Dr. Huatse Gyal, and Dr. Cymene Howe.
Register for the meeting here: tr.ee/VJJWtV
Prospective grad students have the opportunity to meet with faculty members Dr. Gokce Gunel, Dr. Huatse Gyal, and Dr. Cymene Howe.
Register for the meeting here: tr.ee/VJJWtV
Register for the Zoom meeting: tr.ee/amOUX8
October 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Register for the Zoom meeting: tr.ee/amOUX8
Register for the Zoom meeting: tr.ee/amOUX8
October 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Register for the Zoom meeting: tr.ee/amOUX8
JOIN US for a Brown Bag Talk “Community Engagement and the Bolivar Archaeological Project, Texas” with Maria Franklin, Professor and Department Associate Chair, Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin, on Friday, October 24, at 12:00pm in Sewall 570 and Zoom.
October 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
JOIN US for a Brown Bag Talk “Community Engagement and the Bolivar Archaeological Project, Texas” with Maria Franklin, Professor and Department Associate Chair, Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin, on Friday, October 24, at 12:00pm in Sewall 570 and Zoom.
Join our professor, Herbert S. Autrey Professor of Anthropology, Dr. Ilana Gershon for a Scientia Lecture Series: Knowledge Under Fire, "You Say You Want a Revolution: The Appeal of the Illiberal", tomorrow, October 21, 4 pm, Kyle Morrow Room at Fondren Library.
October 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Join our professor, Herbert S. Autrey Professor of Anthropology, Dr. Ilana Gershon for a Scientia Lecture Series: Knowledge Under Fire, "You Say You Want a Revolution: The Appeal of the Illiberal", tomorrow, October 21, 4 pm, Kyle Morrow Room at Fondren Library.
Click the link to register for the Zoom meeting: tr.ee/Z3H6dw
October 9, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Click the link to register for the Zoom meeting: tr.ee/Z3H6dw
JOIN US for a Brown Bag Talk “Rot and Repair: Crafting Ecological Futures in a Broken World” with Anand Pandian, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Anthropology, Johns Hopkins University, on Friday, October 10, at 12:00pm in Sewall 570 and on Zoom.
October 9, 2025 at 3:33 AM
JOIN US for a Brown Bag Talk “Rot and Repair: Crafting Ecological Futures in a Broken World” with Anand Pandian, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Anthropology, Johns Hopkins University, on Friday, October 10, at 12:00pm in Sewall 570 and on Zoom.
Read the news article and listen to Alejandra Osejo Varona share her exciting research:
"Escobar’s Hippos: How a Rice Anthropologist Is Rewriting the Story of Colombia’s Most Unlikely Ecological Problem": tr.ee/H0a2MF
"Escobar’s Hippos: How a Rice Anthropologist Is Rewriting the Story of Colombia’s Most Unlikely Ecological Problem": tr.ee/H0a2MF
October 9, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Read the news article and listen to Alejandra Osejo Varona share her exciting research:
"Escobar’s Hippos: How a Rice Anthropologist Is Rewriting the Story of Colombia’s Most Unlikely Ecological Problem": tr.ee/H0a2MF
"Escobar’s Hippos: How a Rice Anthropologist Is Rewriting the Story of Colombia’s Most Unlikely Ecological Problem": tr.ee/H0a2MF
Register for the Zoom meeting: tr.ee/m7BxH8
September 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Register for the Zoom meeting: tr.ee/m7BxH8
JOIN US and the Program in STS for a Brown Bag Talk “Irreversible returns: Controversies Over Glacier Geoengineering in Chile” with Cristián Simonetti, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, on Friday, October 3, at 12:00pm on Zoom.
September 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
JOIN US and the Program in STS for a Brown Bag Talk “Irreversible returns: Controversies Over Glacier Geoengineering in Chile” with Cristián Simonetti, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, on Friday, October 3, at 12:00pm on Zoom.
Join our professor, Dr. Manuel Dominguez-Rodrigo, and the School of Social Sciences for Research Relays on Friday, October 3, 4:30 - 6:30 PM, Kraft Hall 130.
Other speakers include: Kevin Thomas (SOCI), Guillaume Pouliot (ECON), Jae-Hee Jung (POLI)
RSVP: form.asana.com?k=dAlNpxVjRK...
Other speakers include: Kevin Thomas (SOCI), Guillaume Pouliot (ECON), Jae-Hee Jung (POLI)
RSVP: form.asana.com?k=dAlNpxVjRK...
September 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Join our professor, Dr. Manuel Dominguez-Rodrigo, and the School of Social Sciences for Research Relays on Friday, October 3, 4:30 - 6:30 PM, Kraft Hall 130.
Other speakers include: Kevin Thomas (SOCI), Guillaume Pouliot (ECON), Jae-Hee Jung (POLI)
RSVP: form.asana.com?k=dAlNpxVjRK...
Other speakers include: Kevin Thomas (SOCI), Guillaume Pouliot (ECON), Jae-Hee Jung (POLI)
RSVP: form.asana.com?k=dAlNpxVjRK...
New article on NYA Sciences co-written by our professor Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo:
"Early Humans and the Balance of Power: Homo habilis as prey"
Read it online: nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
"Early Humans and the Balance of Power: Homo habilis as prey"
Read it online: nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
September 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
New article on NYA Sciences co-written by our professor Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo:
"Early Humans and the Balance of Power: Homo habilis as prey"
Read it online: nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
"Early Humans and the Balance of Power: Homo habilis as prey"
Read it online: nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We are having our first Ethnographic Design CoLab meeting of the year!
Affect Theater with Cristiana Giordano, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, September 26, 12-4pm, Location TBA.
Affect Theater with Cristiana Giordano, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, September 26, 12-4pm, Location TBA.
September 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
We are having our first Ethnographic Design CoLab meeting of the year!
Affect Theater with Cristiana Giordano, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, September 26, 12-4pm, Location TBA.
Affect Theater with Cristiana Giordano, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, September 26, 12-4pm, Location TBA.
Students asked thoughtful questions about food waste reduction, sustainability, and the balance between efficiency and care in a high-volume kitchen.
We are deeply grateful to Chef Joe and the entire Seibel Servery staff for opening their doors to us.
We are deeply grateful to Chef Joe and the entire Seibel Servery staff for opening their doors to us.
September 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Students asked thoughtful questions about food waste reduction, sustainability, and the balance between efficiency and care in a high-volume kitchen.
We are deeply grateful to Chef Joe and the entire Seibel Servery staff for opening their doors to us.
We are deeply grateful to Chef Joe and the entire Seibel Servery staff for opening their doors to us.