How Our Contradictions Make Us Human and Inspire Creativity

Post date 14th December 2016
Post author By David Berliner
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The fissures created in our experiences between our principles and actions can be a source of profound creativity and reflection.
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Love, Haters and Hipsters: The Irony of Being A Millennial

The Narcissistic Anthropologist

I have officially decided that I’ve spent too much time commenting on a recent Facebook thread started in the last day by fellow bloggers Eve Kerrigan, Rachel Gall and Anna Akbari,…

Post date 29th September 2014
Post author By thenarcissisticanthropologist
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What can lunch tell us about job satisfaction?

Scientific American Blog: Anthropology in Practice

The fictional financial supervillain Gordon Gekko once proclaimed, "Lunch is for wimps." But lunchtime habits in your workplace can actually tell you a lot about the health of your……

Post date 7th March 2017
Post author By Krystal D'Costa
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‘Mellencamp’s classroom tape’

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John Mellencamp is one of my favorite rock singers. I find it fascinating how he depicts urban life. It is well-known that in his songs he delivers sharp…

Post date 7th June 2015
Post author By csabaracs
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Sexwork expressionism from Edvard Munch, or Everyday life in a brothel

The Naked Anthropologist

Christmas in the Brothel is from 1905. There’s a tree, a woman with little black book and pencil, a man reading, figures in the background and empty space.…

Post date 5th January 2017
Post author By laura agustin
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