{"podcast":{"title":"New Books in Anthropology","slug":"new-books-in-anthropology-901932","podcast_index_feed_id":901932,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LIT5223487889","website_url":"https://newbooksnetwork.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/c4c2fb9a-effd-11e8-b747-3397cd40d5ab/image/15368bdb812ba6d54c395a6f26d57913.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"New Books Network","episode_count":1000,"summary":"This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: ⁠https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/⁠ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetwork Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology","last_synced_at":"2026-09-12T12:18:17.867506+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-anthropology-901932"},"episode":{"title":"Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer et al eds., \"Mapping Medical Anthropology for the Twenty-First Century\" (Rutgers UP, 2026)","slug":"matthew-j-wolf-meyer-et-al-eds-mapping-medical-anthropology-for-the-twenty-first-century-rutgers-up-2026","published_at":"2026-09-06T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-anthropology-901932/matthew-j-wolf-meyer-et-al-eds-mapping-medical-anthropology-for-the-twenty-first-century-rutgers-up-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-anthropology-901932","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/NBNK8427667288.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/NBNK8427667288.mp3","summary":"What does medical anthropology look like in the twenty-first century? That is the central question of Mapping Medical Anthropology for the Twenty-First Century, a new edited volume by Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer, Junko Kitanaka and Eugene Raikhel, published by Rutgers University Press in 2026. Rather than simply offering an overview of the field, the book invites us to rethink where medical anthropology has been, where it is now, and where it might be going. What makes the collaboration particularly interesting is that the editors work across different geographical and intellectual locations. Their perspectives come together in a book that itself crosses borders, disciplines and medical worlds. The book is also particularly timely as medicine is being transformed by AI, genetic technologies, digital health, pharmaceuticals and climate change, while longstanding questions of inequality, race, colonialism and access to care remain. In my New Books Network conversation with the editors, we explore these questions and also the story behind the collaboration itself: How did three scholars working across different intellectual and geographical contexts come together? Why map medical anthropology through keywords? What should the field retain, rethink and confront in the twenty-first century? Mapping Medical Anthropology for the Twenty-First Century does not offer a final map and invites us to keep redrawing the territory. Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology","meta_description":"What does medical anthropology look like in the twenty-first century? That is the central question of Mapping Medical Anthropology for the Twenty-Fi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3436,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/new-books-in-anthropology-901932/episodes/matthew-j-wolf-meyer-et-al-eds-mapping-medical-anthropology-for-the-twenty-first-century-rutgers-up-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-anthropology-901932/matthew-j-wolf-meyer-et-al-eds-mapping-medical-anthropology-for-the-twenty-first-century-rutgers-up-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}