Learning worth crying about
By the time I entered college, it had been over 10 years since I had read a book, and I was quite …
Bringing Scholarly Book Review into the Digital Age: The American Anthropological Association Initiative
Better, faster, stronger. Whether Superman or Daft Punk, the motto works. But until now, these words didn’t apply to how academic books …
Intrinsic Motivations and a Secret of the Good Life
In the Sunday NY Times, Amy Wrzensniewski and Barry Schwartz argue that the secret of success is internal versus instrumental motivation. They …
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The Culture Consultant: The Importance of business anthropology – 1/2
“Corporations live or die by their connection to culture”. This quote by the anthropologist and author Grant McCracken brings to the forefront …
Creative Intersubjectivity in Performance
Ethnomusicology Forum has just released a special edition on “Creative Intersubjectivity in Performance” with contributions from Elizabeth Betz, Monika Winarnita, Sean Martin-Iverson, …
When Science, Customer Service, and Human Subjects Research Collide. Now What?
Now What?CC BY-ND Frits Ahlefeld I’m frustrated that the state of public intellectualism allows us, individually, to jump into the conversation about …
berners-lee on snowden
It’s been almost eight years that I ↵last quoted ↑Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, the inventor of the Web, here at xirdalium. On 1st …
Keti Koti 2014 – Celebration, Protest, Commemoration
“The chains are cut” (Keti Koti in Surinamese – Sranantongo) is the Emancipation Day, in which the end of slavery in Suriname …
Keti Koti 2014 – Celebration, Protest, Commemoration
“The chains are cut” (Keti Koti in Surinamese – Sranantongo) is the Emancipation Day, in which the end of slavery in Suriname …
Keti Koti 2014 – Celebration, Protest, Commemoration
“The chains are cut” (Keti Koti in Surinamese – Sranantongo) is the Emancipation Day, in which the end of slavery in Suriname …
Keti Koti 2014 – Celebration, Protest, Commemoration
“The chains are cut” (Keti Koti in Surinamese – Sranantongo) is the Emancipation Day, in which the end of slavery in Suriname …
The Built Environment’s Social Costs, Part 1: Quantifying Productivity, Health and Larger Societal Costs
As designers, we have a responsibility to investigate and present the social costs and benefits of our designs to all key stakeholders. …
The Built Environment’s Social Costs, Part 1: Quantifying Productivity, Health and Larger Societal Costs
As designers, we have a responsibility to investigate and present the social costs and benefits of our designs to all key stakeholders. …
The Built Environment’s Social Costs, Part 1: Quantifying Productivity, Health and Larger Societal Costs
As designers, we have a responsibility to investigate and present the social costs and benefits of our designs to all key stakeholders. …
The Built Environment’s Social Costs, Part 1: Quantifying Productivity, Health and Larger Societal Costs
As designers, we have a responsibility to investigate and present the social costs and benefits of our designs to all key stakeholders. …
Fantasies that matter: Images of sex work in media and art
I am looking forward to being in Hamburg, Germany, in August, for this unusually interesting event. My own talk is called Disqualified: …
Noisy Neighbors
So I went to see Neighbors. The premise of film plays upon a fundamental fear of middle class social life in America–the
Noisy Neighbors
So I went to see Neighbors. The premise of film plays upon a fundamental fear of middle class social life in America–the
Reproducing Rights and Wrongs: Personhood, Religious and Reproductive Freedoms, Gender, and SCOTUS – This Anthro Life
Episode 32, Season 3 Special Episode on the Supreme Court’s rulings over religious freedom and freedom of speech. On this week’s episode …