Can academics change the world?
Via The Conversation: Research and creative thinking can change the world. This means that academics have enormous power. But, as academics Asit Biswas and Julian Kirchherr have warned,…
Via The Conversation: Research and creative thinking can change the world. This means that academics have enormous power. But, as academics Asit Biswas and Julian Kirchherr have warned,…
This article that I wrote with David Zeitlyn and Viktor Mayer-Schönberger based on the digital ethnographic research I did for the Oxford Internet Institute/Oxford Anthropology in 2014/15 came…
The Open Anthropology Cooperative exists because back in 2009, a group of like-minded anthropologists from around the world came together to create something genuinely new using a combination…
Full details about my panel at IUAES/JASCA Inter-congress 2014 are now available. View the complete list of accepted papers and abstracts here. The conference will take place from…
The Oxford Anthropology “Gone Dark” Project on web preservation is now on Facebook. “Like” the page to join us. You can also take part in further discussion at…
Nook HD 7″ and a piece of toast, courtesy of barnesandnoble.com. I don’t know why. For the paperless academic on a budget Virtually every article about improving one’s…
Today’s links span a few intriguing areas of digital culture, from comedic consumer reviews and defining geeks/nerds to the annoyances of public cell phone chatter. Then there are…
About this review Fetch Eyewear is the latest in my review series of online eyeglass retailers focusing on predominately online stores that offer a limited range of designer…
The latest issue of Anthropologies containing a collection of short pieces on race and racism is now available. Check out the table of contents below for the complete…
Today’s links cover academic publishing and open access; some recent headline news in anthropology; and the significance of place and locality in the ethnography of the Internet. No…
Since my reviews of Glasses.com, DB Vision and Warby Parker exploded in popularity, I wrote two additional reviews for high index sunglass options – Cocoons and Eyefly. In…
It has been a while since I’ve posted a link roundup. This is mostly for technical reasons (the feed stopped working) and also because I’ve been busy. Now…
America has a problem with guns. This is certainly not news, but at the moment it is once again newsworthy. I have mentioned my position on guns here…
[Update 10 April 2013] My Eyefly sunglasses broke! Scroll down for more info. In my last post, I detailed why polarized sunglasses are great for everyday use and…
A few months ago, I embarked on a series of posts reviewing online retailers of high index (read: strong) prescription eyeglasses. The result was an unexpectedly detailed 5-part…
The latest issue of Anthropologies, including my submission, is now available (see table of contents below). I recommend reading all the articles in full and have quoted selected…
Via The New Yorker: A cluster of teenagers gathered around a small table, and passersby could hear them exclaim, “Asian! Yeah, I knew it!” and “Aryan? That seems…
My review of Nick Dines’ Tuff City: Urban Change and Contested Space in Central Naples is available via the Open Anthropology Cooperative Press. You can read/download the full…
Yahoo! Education (an appropriate name, I’d say) has today published an article on the top 5 most unwanted, unhelpful degrees a person could possibly waste their time earning.…
Since my last blog post got picked up by Ryan at Savage Minds, related discussions on the subjects of academia, anthropology and disciplinary discontent have been taking place…
(Update, 11 Dec 2012: A follow-up to this post can be found here: More open thoughts on anthropology and academia.) With genuine appreciation to all those who have…
Product Reviews? Regular readers of this blog may have been wondering about my brief foray into eyeglass reviews, like what it had to do with anthropology or academia…
Last week, Hurricane Sandy pummeled the east coast of the US. Power outages due to extreme coastal flooding, high winds and fallen trees have caused food and gas…