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2014 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was…

Post date 30th December 2014
Post author By Neil Turner

Gratitude and Wellbeing

I heard psychologist Dacher Keltner, a founder of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, on the radio this morning calling for more gratitude as a counterweight…

Post date 29th December 2014
Post author By Ted Fischer

Gratitude and Wellbeing

I heard psychologist Dacher Keltner, a founder of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, on the radio this morning calling for more gratitude as a counterweight…

Post date 29th December 2014
Post author By Ted Fischer

Gratitude and Wellbeing

I heard psychologist Dacher Keltner, a founder of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, on the radio this morning calling for more gratitude as a counterweight…

Post date 29th December 2014
Post author By Ted Fischer

Anthropology Calling: PD Dr. Ulrich Oberdiek

PD Dr. Ulrich Oberdiek begann sein Studium der Ethnologie, Indologie und Religionswissenschaft im Jahre 1981. Am Anfang seiner mittlerweile fast 25 Jahre währenden Lehrtätigkeit, damals noch ohne fest…

Post date 29th December 2014
Post author By anthropologiphone

Ethnographic films by anthropology students from Heidelberg

Ethnographic film has since long its place in the field of Anthropology. Heidelberg is no exception to this, where every list for a course on ethnographic filmmaking is…

Post date 22nd December 2014
Post author By anthropologiphone

Transformational Storytelling Anthropology

Modified transcript of discussant comments for panel on Anthropology and Storytelling at the 2014 Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association. Many thanks to Coralynn Davis, Carole McG…

Post date 20th December 2014
Post author By Jason Antrosio

BE MORE ‘BIG-MAN’ THAN ‘CHIEF’ TESCO: THE EROSION OF BRAND PURPOSE & VALUE IN SEARCH OF DOMINATION

The Iron Man films are good portraits of a hunger for domination. The villain is depicted as a extremely wealthy individual where he and his organisation seek…

Post date 17th December 2014
Post author By Owen Wells

“Een eiland in een zee van ongeloof”: het activistische verzet van moslims in Nederland, België en Duitsland

“Een eiland in een zee van ongeloof”: het activistische verzet van moslims in Nederland, België en Duitsland Auteurs: Martijn de Koning Ineke Roex Carmen Becker Pim Aarns…

Post date 16th December 2014
Post author By martijn

“Something like history?… Or about volcanos?”

How often are you asked “Do you study about volcanos?”, when you talk about your profession as a (soon-to-be) anthropologist? While we anthropologists tend to self-reflect a lot…

Post date 12th December 2014
Post author By anthropologiphone

Mobilizing concepts across disciplines: An economic analysis

There are many lenses through which we can think about mobility. There is no one correct lens to use; in fact, adopting different lenses at different moments can…

Post date 8th December 2014
Post author By Erin B Taylor

Storify: Accidentally by Design Panel at #AAA2014

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Post date 7th December 2014
Post author By Angela VandenBroek

It Knows the World: What the Wolfram Language Can Teach Anthropologists about the Problematic Nature of Ontological Approaches (#AAA2014)

Here is the prezi (with audio) of my presentation from the American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting for 2014. It Knows the World: What the Wolfram Language Can Teach Anthropologists…

Post date 6th December 2014
Post author By Angela VandenBroek

“Why I signed” (the petition AGAINST academic boycott of Israeli institutions)

I have signed the petition against the academic boycott of Israeli institutions by the American Anthropological Association. After signing, I felt as if I had taken my stand…

Post date 5th December 2014
Post author By Angela VandenBroek

A pluralistic approach to the anthropology of morality: Yolŋu reverse role-play

‘The array of distinct assumptions about issues regarding moral variability, the nature of the moral domain, and how individual freedom factors into moral action can all result in…

Post date 3rd December 2014
Post author By Bree Blakeman

Third Wave Coffees and Maya Farmers in Guatemala

$500 a pound coffee? Yes, the very best coffees these days are selling for astronomical prices. The $500/lb lot (from El Injerto in Guatemala) was a record, but…

Post date 3rd December 2014
Post author By Ted Fischer

Third Wave Coffees and Maya Farmers in Guatemala

$500 a pound coffee? Yes, the very best coffees these days are selling for astronomical prices. The $500/lb lot (from El Injerto in Guatemala) was a record, but…

Post date 2nd December 2014
Post author By Ted Fischer

Third Wave Coffees and Maya Farmers in Guatemala

$500 a pound coffee? Yes, the very best coffees these days are selling for astronomical prices. The $500/lb lot (from El Injerto in Guatemala) was a record, but…

Post date 2nd December 2014
Post author By Ted Fischer

#AAA2014 Fashion Post

Back by popular demand: #AAA2014 Fashion! I remember the terrifying experience of packing for my first AAA Meeting. So, to help out those first-time AAA-ers, here is…

Post date 1st December 2014
Post author By Angela VandenBroek

#AAA2014 Presentation on Ontology and the Wolfram Language

I am excited to be attending the American Anthropological Association Meeting again this year! I will also be presenting a paper with a great panel of digital anthropologists,…

Post date 30th November 2014
Post author By Angela VandenBroek

Traditional Family Values in Urbanized Societies

This article presents a brief discussion about the importance of traditional cultural and family values in urbanized, industrialized societies. In order to illustrate succinct dynamics among social fa…