Fish soup
Mr. Chin told me a urban legend of being served fish with the head and tail still moving. The last day in IM we went to a restaurant…
The museum dioramas
The museum in Holhot had the most amazing dioramas. From natural history ones of animals (the wolf is the totem here), mining operations, traditional family life on the…
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Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship in Social Anthropology
A postdoctoral position in social anthropology is vacant at the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo. The position forms part of Prof. Thomas Hylland Eriksen's ER…
Holhot: both ancient and new city
Continuing my description of my two days in Holhot, Inner Mongolia, they drove me to my swank Westin Hotel where we had lunch of a Chinese banquet worth…
Affinity diagram for CAFA analysis lesson tomorrow
So in preparation for tomorrow's exercise on affinity diagramming, I completed one today based on the "data" I have collected for my research question: What are the conditions…
"Why Do They Want to Destroy Us?": Letter from the Munduruku
In the past we, the Munduruku, were feared for our fame in the art of group warfare and we had strategies for attacking our enemies. We did not…
Holhot Inner Mongolia
Yesterday, I arrived in Holhot, Inner Mongolia. It is a town of about 2 million in the city and 5 million with the surrounding areas. The place is…
Big Data, Thick Descrption and Political Expediency
President Obama and leaders of large orgnaizations are trapped under ever-increasing piles of Big Data, which means they have little knowledge of what’s happening on the ground. Using…
Big Data, Thick Descrption and Political Expediency
President Obama and leaders of large orgnaizations are trapped under ever-increasing piles of Big Data, which means they have little knowledge of what’s happening on the ground. Using…
Big Data, Thick Descrption and Political Expediency
President Obama and leaders of large orgnaizations are trapped under ever-increasing piles of Big Data, which means they have little knowledge of what’s happening on the ground. Using…
Big Data, Thick Descrption and Political Expediency
President Obama and leaders of large orgnaizations are trapped under ever-increasing piles of Big Data, which means they have little knowledge of what’s happening on the ground. Using…
Big Data, Thick Descrption and Political Expediency
President Obama and leaders of large orgnaizations are trapped under ever-increasing piles of Big Data, which means they have little knowledge of what’s happening on the ground. Using…
Big Data, Thick Descrption and Political Expediency
President Obama and leaders of large orgnaizations are trapped under ever-increasing piles of Big Data, which means they have little knowledge of what’s happening on the ground. Using…
Smile Because it Happened
“Smile Because it Happened” is the latest project to come from our Digital Ethnography class (ANTH 677: Digital Ethnography Field Methods). We have become known for finding “communi…
Kaya-Pop: The brave new world of indigenous music in Brazil
The lead singer crooning catchy pop lyrics, the gyrating chorus-line of girls in mini-skirts, the ecstatic crowd of teenagers swaying and snapping photos with their cell phones, the…
Peopling Places-2013
The screening and exhibition of third year anthropology student visual projects took place over a long afternoon in Marlowe Lecture theatre. The event was attended by a large…
Processing Professors in the Consumer University
It is not a bad thing to measure faculty performance and student outcomes. But in the blinding light of sweeping change are we losing sight of scholarly depth…
Processing Professors in the Consumer University
It is not a bad thing to measure faculty performance and student outcomes. But in the blinding light of sweeping change are we losing sight of scholarly depth…