The Arrival of the Portuguese – Malay Annals
You may remember that I’ve been working on my Jawi script – the Perso-Arabic-based writing system used by Malay speakers to write their language from the fourteenth…
You may remember that I’ve been working on my Jawi script – the Perso-Arabic-based writing system used by Malay speakers to write their language from the fourteenth…
You may remember that I've been working on my Jawi script – the Perso-Arabic-based writing system used by Malay speakers to write their language from the fourteenth…
In today’s world the stakes are high, the path is long and the challenge is great–time to dig in and continue the fight for science and reason.
In today’s world the stakes are high, the path is long and the challenge is great–time to dig in and continue the fight for science and reason.
In today’s world the stakes are high, the path is long and the challenge is great–time to dig in and continue the fight for science and reason.
In today’s world the stakes are high, the path is long and the challenge is great–time to dig in and continue the fight for science and reason.
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My latest post in Lund…
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This gun control podcast was recorded October 2015 for a Natalia Reagan project which was to be titled “Science for Social Change.” At the time, the gun control…
Anna L. Tsing‘s new book is on my new (as of this post) list of Must-Read-Books-That-All-Humans-Who-Can-Read-Should-Read-And-That-Nonhumans-Should-Find-A-Way-To-Somehow-Engage-Even-If-Reading-Is… Visit New Books in Anthropology for the podcast. There is something wrong…
Anna L. Tsing View on Amazon Anna L. Tsing‘s new book is on my new (as of this post) list of Must-Read-Books-That-All-Humans-Who-Can-Read-Should-Read-And-That-Nonhumans-Should-Find-A-Way-To-Somehow-Enga… Visit New Books in Anthropology for…