quantification prescribing interaction
Artist and composer ↑Ben[jamin] Grosser, currently teaching at the School of Art & Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, two days ago has published his fine article “&da…
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What the life of a pair of flip-flops can teach us about migration, inequality and studying up
Photo: Cíntia Regina, flickr During the recent (nearly) two years, I’ve been interviewing researchers that are part of the research project Overheating. The three crises of globalisation: An…
What the life of a pair of flip-flops can teach us about migration, inequality and studying up
Photo: Cíntia Regina, flickr During the recent (nearly) two years, I’ve been interviewing researchers that are part of the research project Overheating. The three crises of globalisation: An…
Coca-Cola Life Launch: Inspired Creative
thenarcissisticanthropologist: Now that this product has hit the shelves in the U.S. I’m doing a “Throwback Monday” to honor product innovation and marketing that makes the universa…
Salon: "Why we’re obsessed with glamorizing archaeologists"
There's an interesting article on Salon right now on archaeologists and their profession, tied in with a new book, Lives in Ruins, by Marilyn Johnson, about the same…
Applications for PhD studentships in Cognitive Science at CEU, Budapest
PhD studentships are available for the doctoral program in Cognitive Science at Central European University (CEU), Budapest, Hungary. Application deadline: February 1, 2015. The Department of Cogn…
Neuroanthropology of ethics
Handbook of Neuroethics edited by Jens Clausen and Neil Levy, published by Springer. Springer has just published the Handbook of Neuroethics that features a section dedicated to Neuroanthropology…
Graduate Resilience
the culture of post-graduate research at UWI can be described as tough in terms of adequate supervision yet the students themselves demonstrate resilience in this tough working environment…
Whatever happened to prog?
Progressive rock can be seen as a barometer of the Zeitgeist of its time. Not only was there optimism, but there was also a wide…
Whatever happened to prog?
Progressive rock can be seen as a barometer of the Zeitgeist of its time. Not only was there optimism, but there was also a wide…
Whatever happened to prog?
Progressive rock can be seen as a barometer of the Zeitgeist of its time. Not only was there optimism, but there was also a widespread belief that it…
Is probabilistic cognition universal?
An interesting paper by Laura Fontanari, Michel Gonzalez, Giorgio Vallortigara, and Vittorio Girotto: “Probabilistic cognition in two indigenous Mayan groups“, forthcoming in PNAS….
25 Years without the Berlin Wall
Needless to say, the end of foreign imposed partition is an occasion of joy for any country. Here in Ireland, we look forward to the day when the…
Moslims zijn geen marionetten
Gastauteur: Thijl Sunier ‘Als moslims naar de letter van de wet leven dan zijn ze niet tegen slavernij. Sterker nog, wie de bronnen goed leest weet dat slavernij…
打酱油 | Digital folklore & Tumblr as a research tool
What the notebook adds to this strategy of alliance with the fetishism of commodities, however, is that the very instrument of research is a fetish. In English we…
Amrita Pande, “Wombs in Labor: Transnational Commercial Surrogacy in India”
[Cross-posted from New Books in South Asian Studies] Amrita Pande‘s Wombs in Labor: Transnational Commercial Surrogacy in India (Columbia University Press 2014) is a beautiful and rich ethnography of … Visit New…
Amrita Pande, “Wombs in Labor: Transnational Commercial Surrogacy in India” (Columbia UP, 2014)
Amrita Pande‘s Wombs in Labor: Transnational Commercial Surrogacy in India (Columbia University Press 2014) is a beautiful and rich ethnography of a surrogacy clinic. The book details the surrog……
Measures for the Good Life: Stated Preferences and the Greater Good
The goal of the economy, politics, and social institutions should be to promote wellbeing among people as broadly as possible. Yet, the questions remain: what exactly is wellbeing?…
Measures for the Good Life: Stated Preferences and the Greater Good
The goal of the economy, politics, and social institutions should be to promote wellbeing among people as broadly as possible. Yet, the questions remain: what exactly is wellbeing?…
Measures for the Good Life: Stated Preferences and the Greater Good
The goal of the economy, politics, and social institutions should be to promote wellbeing among people as broadly as possible. Yet, the questions remain: what exactly is wellbeing?…
Fossil addiction: Is there a road to recovery?
Published in Norwegian in Dagbladet, 30 October 2014. There is no shortage of knowledge about global environmental and climate problems. It is necessary, therefore, to ask: Why is…
Fossil addiction: Is there a road to recovery?
Published in Norwegian in Dagbladet, 30 October 2014. There is no shortage of knowledge about global environmental and climate problems. It is necessary, therefore, to ask: Why is…