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…
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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…
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…
#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…
#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,…
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…
The Good Life: Page 99 Test
The Page 99 Test blog takes its cue from Ford Madox Ford, who remarked “Open the book to page ninety-nine and read, and the quality of the whole…
The Good Life: Page 99 Test
The Page 99 Test blog takes its cue from Ford Madox Ford, who remarked “Open the book to page ninety-nine and read, and the quality of the whole…
The Good Life: Page 99 Test
The Page 99 Test blog takes its cue from Ford Madox Ford, who remarked “Open the book to page ninety-nine and read, and the quality of the whole…
Free compilation of popular anthropology
Want to read popular anthropology but don’t know where to start? A few of us fans got together and compiled a booklet of short articles by anthropologists from…
New PopAnth launched!
On behalf of PopAnth’s editorial team, I am pleased to announce that today we launched a new version of PopAnth – Hot Buttered Humanity! The new version is…
Neuroanthropology of ethics
Handbook of Neuroethics edited by Jens Clausen and Neil Levy, published by Springer. Springer has just published the Handbook of Neuroethics that features a section dedicated to Neuroanthropology…
Moslims zijn geen marionetten
Gastauteur: Thijl Sunier ‘Als moslims naar de letter van de wet leven dan zijn ze niet tegen slavernij. Sterker nog, wie de bronnen goed leest weet dat slavernij…
Measures for the Good Life: Stated Preferences and the Greater Good
The goal of the economy, politics, and social institutions should be to promote wellbeing among people as broadly as possible. Yet, the questions remain: what exactly is wellbeing?…
Measures for the Good Life: Stated Preferences and the Greater Good
The goal of the economy, politics, and social institutions should be to promote wellbeing among people as broadly as possible. Yet, the questions remain: what exactly is wellbeing?…
Measures for the Good Life: Stated Preferences and the Greater Good
The goal of the economy, politics, and social institutions should be to promote wellbeing among people as broadly as possible. Yet, the questions remain: what exactly is wellbeing?…
Zoe Todd’s "Indigenous Feminist’s take on the Ontological Turn: ‘ontology’ is just another word for colonialism"
Zoe Todd identifies herself as “many things: a blue-eyed and red-haired Metis, an academic, a storyteller, an amateur songwriter, ardent pedestrian, train-lover, adequate bannock-baker, apprentice fis…
Zoe Todd’s "Indigenous Feminist’s take on the Ontological Turn: ‘ontology’ is just another word for colonialism"
Zoe Todd identifies herself as “many things: a blue-eyed and red-haired Metis, an academic, a storyteller, an amateur songwriter, ardent pedestrian, train-lover, adequate bannock-baker, apprentice fis…
Zoe Todd’s "Indigenous Feminist’s take on the Ontological Turn: ‘ontology’ is just another word for colonialism"
Zoe Todd identifies herself as “many things: a blue-eyed and red-haired Metis, an academic, a storyteller, an amateur songwriter, ardent pedestrian, train-lover, adequate bannock-baker, apprentice fis…
Zoe Todd’s "Indigenous Feminist’s take on the Ontological Turn: ‘ontology’ is just another word for colonialism"
Zoe Todd identifies herself as “many things: a blue-eyed and red-haired Metis, an academic, a storyteller, an amateur songwriter, ardent pedestrian, train-lover, adequate bannock-baker, apprentice fis…
Lessons on Branding & Loyalty from the Popcorn Seller
How can a brand give something for free that is helpful to their consumers and also creates brand loyalty? Apple has recently shown that this is not easy…
An Anthropology of X
One of the things most guaranteed to raise my considerable ire is the bizarre and frequently incomprehensible jargon of modern social/cultural/socio-cultural anthropology. I'm not a fan of the…
Unemployment & Poverty in Brazil
Although there is considerable literature on conditions of unemployment and poverty in many modernized countries, there is a penuriously small amount on how these issues are addressed in…
Cash, Credit, or The Good Life
When shopping, we behave differently when we pay in cash versus when we use a card (credit, debit, or gift). This is one of those everyday anomalies that…