Random choice among the Kantu, swidden agriculturalists of Kalimantan
An excellent post by Michael Schulson at Aeon magazine entitled “How to choose? When your reasons are worse than useless, sometimes the most rational choice is …
social/cultural anthropology MOOC in production for edX
I have been busy traveling around the globe to interview several eminent fellow anthropologists about their work and anthropological journeys as well …
Kevin Schilbrack, “Philosophy and the Study of Religions: A Manifesto”
[Cross-posted from New Books in Religion] Very often evaluative questions about cultural phenomena are avoided for more descriptive or explanatory goals when approaching …
Summer’s Culture of Ignorance
Things often get crazy during an American summer. It was during the summer months, after all, that the Tea Party emerged. Maybe …
Lost in Space: From the Universe to the Space Between Atoms – This Anthro Life
Episode 34, Season 3 This week Aneil and Adam tackle Space in all of its complexity and multi forms, from the universe to …
Kevin Schilbrack, “Philosophy and the Study of Religions: A Manifesto” (Wiley-Blackwell, 2014)
Very often evaluative questions about cultural phenomena are avoided for more descriptive or explanatory goals when approaching religions. Traditionally, this set of …
John H. McWhorter, “The Language Hoax: Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language”
[Cross-posted from New Books in Linguistics] The idea that the language we speak influences the way we think – sometimes referred to as …
Israel/Palæstina-konflikten – fortællinger der forhindrer forsoning
Konflikten mellem Israel og Palæstina fortsætter med at eskalere, mens verden ser på. Men hvordan opleves konflikten i hverdagen, og hvordan er …
The Eighth Egg
“Sudah bangun Gusti?” It was 4 AM and I sent a text message to Gusti Ayu to ask whether she was awake …
The Built Environment’s Social Costs, Part 2: The “Shortsightedness” of Homo Sapiens
Part 1 of this series focused on how a more deliberate quantification of productivity and health impacts, as well as the larger …
The Built Environment’s Social Costs, Part 2: The “Shortsightedness” of Homo Sapiens
Part 1 of this series focused on how a more deliberate quantification of productivity and health impacts, as well as the larger …
The Built Environment’s Social Costs, Part 2: The “Shortsightedness” of Homo Sapiens
Part 1 of this series focused on how a more deliberate quantification of productivity and health impacts, as well as the larger …
The Built Environment’s Social Costs, Part 2: The “Shortsightedness” of Homo Sapiens
Part 1 of this series focused on how a more deliberate quantification of productivity and health impacts, as well as the larger …
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"Die Kanalisationssysteme sind verborgene Kathedralen und Gewölbe im Untergrund der Städte", schreibt Maria Becker in ihrem Artikel zur Ausstellung "Unterirdisch". Hier geht …
Physicists, alchemists, and ayahuasca shamans: A study of grammar and the body
Are there any common denominators that may underlie the practices of leading physicists and scientists, Renaissance alchemists, and indigenous Amazonian ayahuasca healers? There are obviously …
Rest in Peace Amala.
Rest in Peace amala, my old Mummy, who always told me that I didn’t treat my husband right, whose company …
Foaming at the Mouth: World Cup, Ritual and Behaviour Change
Shared feelings and heavily ritualised behaviour commonly define football fans around the world. For decades anthropologists and sociologists have documented beautifully these …
What We Do Not Always What We Want
Customers hate Spirit airlines. Passengers routinely swear they will never fly it again; it ranks dead last in airline consumer satisfaction. Everything …
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