Stephen Crain, “The Emergence of Meaning”
[Cross-posted from New Books in Language] It’s not surprising that human language reflects and respects logical relations – logic, in some sense, ‘works’. For linguists, this represents a potent… Visit…
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Classy Food
As Congressional Republicans advocate for drastic cuts in the food stamp program, a wide variety of farmers markets are now open for business, touting fresh and nutritious food.
Classy Food
As Congressional Republicans advocate for drastic cuts in the food stamp program, a wide variety of farmers markets are now open for business, touting fresh and nutritious food.
Classy Food
As Congressional Republicans advocate for drastic cuts in the food stamp program, a wide variety of farmers markets are now open for business, touting fresh and nutritious food.
Classy Food
As Congressional Republicans advocate for drastic cuts in the food stamp program, a wide variety of farmers markets are now open for business, touting fresh and nutritious food.
The first issue of Déjà Lu has come out!
Saiu! It’s out! Take a look and tell your friends! DÉJÀ LU. THE WCAA GLOBAL JOURNAL. Déjà Lu (“Already read”) is an initiative of the World Council of Anthropological…
The Social Life of Music — in Mali
When Islamic militants took over large swaths of northern Mali they forced the local inhabitants, who tend to follow moderate Sufi approaches to Islam, to accept a reactionary…
The Social Life of Music — in Mali
When Islamic militants took over large swaths of northern Mali they forced the local inhabitants, who tend to follow moderate Sufi approaches to Islam, to accept a reactionary…
The Social Life of Music — in Mali
When Islamic militants took over large swaths of northern Mali they forced the local inhabitants, who tend to follow moderate Sufi approaches to Islam, to accept a reactionary…
The Social Life of Music — in Mali
When Islamic militants took over large swaths of northern Mali they forced the local inhabitants, who tend to follow moderate Sufi approaches to Islam, to accept a reactionary…
Link Round Up to Hold You Over
You would think with graduation behind me I’d have a lot more free time to blog, but the opposite has been true! I’ve got 3 part time jobs…
Helen Longino, “Studying Human Behavior: How Scientists Investigate Aggression & Sexuality”
[Cross-posted from New Books in Philosophy] What explains human behavior? It is standard to consider answers from the perspective of a dichotomy between nature and nurture, with most researchers…
Helen Longino, “Studying Human Behavior: How Scientists Investigate Aggression and Sexuality” (University of Chicago Press, 2013)
What explains human behavior? It is standard to consider answers from the perspective of a dichotomy between nature and nurture, with most researchers today in agreement that it…
For Connoisseurs and Amateurs
“This music isn’t meant to be played on a stage! It is intimate and personal. Very personal.” said clavichordist Ingrid Eriksen in today’s concert at Trondheim Art Museum.…
Dissertation – an anthropologists dream or nightmare?
I may be alone in actually choosing to do a degree for the sole purpose of being able to do a dissertation – our curriculum and what one…
Research Assessment Exercises and What They Do To Us
I published a piece last week in Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post, reprinted below, that has created a bit of a stir in Hong Kong; I suspect…
Instruments that disappeared
What influences the ‘life cycle’ of musical instruments? This evening, I attended a concert of music for historical brass sextett entitled “instruments that disappeared”, featuring instruments that wer…
Links of the Day #15
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…
The Bengal Studies panel
Panel proposal for the Bengal studies panel entered. We will see if it gets accepted! The Bengal studies panel has been a recurrent phenomenon at the EASAS /…
The Politics and Power of Internet Infrastructure
We traditionally understand the world to be controlled primarily by technologies of violence and destruction. Who controls these technologies and how they are regulated are arguably the most…