What anthropologists have been talking about for the last four decades?
Find out the answer in one graph: http://backupminds.wordpress.com/2013/09/04/anthropology-co-citation-graph/ Enjoy!
Category: English
On Korean American students in Illinois
Continuing with my sequence of book reviews, I recently sent LATISS a review of Nancy Abelmann‘s fascinating 2009 book The Intimate University. It should be coming out in…
Also a crisis of learning
Our models for learning are inadequate. To solve humanity’s biggest crises we have to learn how to learn together in new ways, says Fred Steier who will be…
War with Syria Would Fulfill Neoconservative Plan for Middle East Regime Change (Beeman–New America Media)
http://newamericamedia.org/2013/09/war-with-syria-would-fulfill-neoconservative-plan-for-middle-east-regime-change.php# War with Syria Would Fulfill Neoconservative Plan for Middle East Regime Change …
Dream Tobacco: For "Apa" Mariano
It was a brilliant September afternoon on the upper Manu river, at the end of the dry season when strong breezes and gathering clouds announce the coming of…
Dream Tobacco: For "Apa" Mariano
It was a brilliant September afternoon on the upper Manu river, at the end of the dry season when strong breezes and gathering clouds announce the coming of…
Dream Tobacco: For "Apa" Mariano
It was a brilliant September afternoon on the upper Manu river, at the end of the dry season when strong breezes and gathering clouds announce the coming of…
– An exercise in thinking differently
More specific knowledge is not always the most imporant thing. What we really need is to train our mind to think outside the box. That's the aim of…
Rachel Prentice, “Bodies in Formation: An Ethnography of Anatomy and Surgery Education” (Duke UP, 2013)
Rachel Prentice‘s new book blends methodological approaches from science studies and anthropology to produce a riveting account of anatomical and surgical education in twenty-first century North… Visit New…
Christine Yano, “Pink Globalization: Hello Kitty’s Trek across the Pacific”
[Cross-posted from New Book in East Asian Studies] This cat has a complicated history. In addition to filling stationery stores across the globe with cute objects festooned with…
Christine Yano, “Pink Globalization: Hello Kitty’s Trek across the Pacific” (Duke UP, 2013)
This cat has a complicated history. In addition to filling stationery stores across the globe with cute objects festooned with little whiskers and bowties, Hello Kitty has inspired…
Fetch Eyewear Review
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…
Idul Fitri Celebration 2013 in My Village
Part of the annual celebration in my village is to visit the grave (ziarah kubur) on the afternoon before the ied mubarak .. Kebontengah Graveyard Ramadhan last sunset, the…
Idul Fitri Celebration 2013 in My Village
Part of the annual celebration in my village is to visit the grave (ziarah kubur) on the afternoon before the ied mubarak .. Kebontengah Graveyard Ramadhan last sunset, the…
Idul Fitri Celebration 2013 in My Village
Part of the annual celebration in my village is to visit the grave (ziarah kubur) on the afternoon before the ied mubarak .. Kebontengah Graveyard Ramadhan last sunset, the…
Idul Fitri Celebration 2013 in My Village
Part of the annual celebration in my village is to visit the grave (ziarah kubur) on the afternoon before the ied mubarak .. Kebontengah Graveyard Ramadhan last sunset, the…
Long Time No See!
You may have noticed by prolonged absence from the blog. I thought when I graduated I’d have tons of time to research and write posts! Unfortunately, I barely…
Is neoliberalism good for humans? Ask the evolutionists!
Research in the zoo about the origins of human cooperation can be relevant for understanding the economic crisis. Also “the harder sciences” can contribute to less inequality …
Back to the Struggle Against Ignorance
As a society we seem to no longer place high value in scientific knowledge, intellectual excellence or, for that matter, artistic creativity — three elements that have heretofore…
Back to the Struggle Against Ignorance
As a society we seem to no longer place high value in scientific knowledge, intellectual excellence or, for that matter, artistic creativity — three elements that have heretofore…
Back to the Struggle Against Ignorance
As a society we seem to no longer place high value in scientific knowledge, intellectual excellence or, for that matter, artistic creativity — three elements that have heretofore…