Northern Lights/Global Activism
For someone who has taught college students for more than 30 years, it is troubling to see how the current mindlessness of narrow-minded politicians and bean-counting college administrators…
Northern Lights/Global Activism
For someone who has taught college students for more than 30 years, it is troubling to see how the current mindlessness of narrow-minded politicians and bean-counting college administrators…
Northern Lights/Global Activism
For someone who has taught college students for more than 30 years, it is troubling to see how the current mindlessness of narrow-minded politicians and bean-counting college administrators…
Branding USB flash drives
A wide variety of materials and shapes are used in the manufacture of USB flash drives Even the lowly USB flash drive presents opportunities for creative branding.…
Northern Lights/Global Activism
For someone who has taught college students for more than 30 years, it is troubling to see how the current mindlessness of narrow-minded politicians and bean-counting college administrators…
Northern Lights/Global Activism
For someone who has taught college students for more than 30 years, it is troubling to see how the current mindlessness of narrow-minded politicians and bean-counting college administrators…
Of Suicides and Offshoring
An increasing number of companies move their businesses to low cost countries. Elisabeth Schober is studying what offshoring means for workers and local communities.
Dunbar’s number – Death and a Saadri
Recently I have read a lot of Robin Dunbar’s work in preparation for that research project looking at how social media has affected our social relationships. His main…
Preemptive Anthropology: FAQs
Remembering the 10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, here is a bit of dark humor written as the bombs rained over Baghdad: Anthropological ethics must evolve…
The expression of emotions in 20th century books
I wrote a popular summary of the paper for the Huffington Post (US edition). Other media coverage includes: Text mining uncovers British reserve and US emotion, Nature. Fold…
Guns, America and Anthropology
America has a problem with guns. This is certainly not news, but at the moment it is once again newsworthy. I have mentioned my position on guns here…
Eyefly review: tinted sunglasses for fieldwork and photography
[Update 10 April 2013] My Eyefly sunglasses broke! Scroll down for more info. In my last post, I detailed why polarized sunglasses are great for everyday use and…
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Metoder mot avskoging – Makt, minner og vern
Lesetid: 6 minutterKan man stoppe avskoging i Nepal? En tidligere jordbruksmetode som svedjebruk kan bidra å redde skogområder, men da må de lokale bli lyttet til. The post…
Academics, new media and the Swedish situation
I’m based in Sweden. Sweden is a country with a very small population, something, which of course, also is reflected in the academic setting. A rather limited number…
Observing a McDonald’s Drive Through
Observing the McDonald’s drive-through at the corner of Pape and Cosburn, Toronto, Ontario What can you observe in 30 minutes? Last February 20th I had lunch at a…
MILEN seminar: The three horsemen of the apocalypse
Professor Thomas Hylland Eriksen has been invited by MILEN to speak about humanity's biggest crisis and how researchers can contribute to an original and alternative pe…
The keyed bugle
“We don’t develop in a box”, says Steve Dillon, referring to international music connections during the 19th century. The keyed bugle was invented in Ireland in 1810, around…
The keyed bugle
“We don’t develop in a box”, says Steve Dillon, referring to international music connections during the 19th century. The keyed bugle was invented in Ireland in 1810, around…
The keyed bugle
“We don’t develop in a box”, says Steve Dillon, referring to international music connections during the 19th century. The keyed bugle was invented in Ireland in 1810, around…