Highly Accurate Pictures of Anthropologists
Here’s something fun for back to class: the relatively new tumblr Highly Accurate Pictures of Anthropologists! Alex Golub posted about his new project on anthro{dendum} back in November, but…
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Highly Accurate Pictures of Anthropologists
Here’s something fun for back to class: the relatively new tumblr Highly Accurate Pictures of Anthropologists! Alex Golub posted about his new project on anthro{dendum} back in November, but…
Anthropologists everywhere! Filming heavy metal with Sam Dunn
The first time I met Sam Dunn was in the smoking room (when those still existed) of a dive-y bar that my cohort of Dalhousie MA students used…
Climate Change Resource for the Classroom
Leonardo Di Caprio has given open access to his environmental documentary on climate change. Entitled Before the Flood, Di Caprio wants to engender a sense of urgency regarding climate chang…
Climate Change Resource for the Classroom
Leonardo Di Caprio has given open access to his environmental documentary on climate change. Entitled Before the Flood, Di Caprio wants to engender a sense of urgency regarding climate chang…
A guide to academic conversations
It can be a little daunting to approach a speaker after an academic talk. We’ve all been there at one time or another. You’ve just heard an inspiring…
Systemic racism in Hollywood
In this Vulture.com (2016), George Takei talks about Hollywood’s systematic whitewashing of Asian characters. These comments follow on the casting of white actresses Scarlett Johansson as “Major Motok…
The rise of a celebrity culture
These images are from the Pantheon database at the Macro Connections group at Media Lab at MIT. They map what the Media Lab calls “historical cultural production” and the relative…
The Grinder and the perils of celebrity culture
The Grinder is a show from FOX about a TV actor (Rob Lowe as “Dean”) who leaves his hit series, a courtroom drama, to spend some time in…
Who is the next Frank Sinatra?
I spent the last couple of days in Palm Springs. (I was giving a talk to NBC.) I gave myself a day to wander around. Palm Springs does…