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Tag: Culture
Why popular anthropology?
The core mission of anthropology is the understanding of human behaviour in a world full of cultural and historical diversity. The anthropological commitment to this immense plurality…
Hartwick Anthropology 2016 Courses – Spring & J Term
Teaching Hartwick Anthropology courses is what launched and sustains Living Anthropologically. For more information, visit the Hartwick Anthropology webpage and sign up for some great Hartwick Anthrop…
A Very Informative Video on Circumcision
So, I’ve just recently discovered Ryan McAllister, PhD and his videos on birth and circumcision, and I highly recommend you view his video on Child Circumcision (aka genital…
A Very Informative Video on Circumcision
So, I’ve just recently discovered Ryan McAllister, PhD and his videos on birth and circumcision, and I highly recommend you view his video on Child Circumcision (aka genital…
A Very Informative Video on Circumcision
So, I’ve just recently discovered Ryan McAllister, PhD and his videos on birth and circumcision, and I highly recommend you view his video on Child Circumcision (aka genital…
A Very Informative Video on Circumcision
So, I’ve just recently discovered Ryan McAllister, PhD and his videos on birth and circumcision, and I highly recommend you view his video on Child Circumcision (aka genital…
Fieldwork is haunting me, thanks to WhatsApp
When is the end of fieldwork? (Photo:Merlijn Hoek CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) When is it that fieldwork finishes? Thanks to social media, the separation between being in the fieldsite…
My Home is my Castle
Anthropology and architecture through the eyes of PhD Candidate Leniqueca Welcome Recently I had the pleasure of reading the work of a budding local anthropologist/architect, Ms. Len…
My Home is my Castle
Anthropology and architecture through the eyes of PhD Candidate Leniqueca Welcome Recently I had the pleasure of reading the work of a budding local anthropologist/architect, Ms. Len…
My Home is my Castle
Anthropology and architecture through the eyes of PhD Candidate Leniqueca Welcome Recently I had the pleasure of reading the work of a budding local anthropologist/architect, Ms. Len…
Food, Culture, and Social Justice in Oregon and Ecuador
Joan Gross Oregon State University 2016 Intercultural Learning Community with Oregon State University The goal of this learning community is to gather a multicultural group of people (undergraduate…
Routines of everyday life
It is a classic observation of anthropologists that we seek to document the everyday activities of people within various cultural contexts in order to provide evidence for making…
Yin and yang at Harvest Festival: Part 1
NOTE: I will not be discussing my regular research topic (drug use) in this post, out of respect to the organizers of Harvest. All names have been changed.…
Culture and Power
Culture shapes how we see the world, are we reading culture critically enough? Last time out, I suggested there are differences between how anthropologists understand culture and how…
Culture and Power
Culture shapes how we see the world, are we reading culture critically enough? Last time out, I suggested there are differences between how anthropologists understand culture and how…
Culture and Power
Culture shapes how we see the world, are we reading culture critically enough? Last time out, I suggested there are differences between how anthropologists understand culture and how…
What Anthropologists Do
The strength of anthropology is that we are always learning, gathering data isn’t something we do in a lab or even something we can easily shut off. We…
Culture, Culture, Everywhere
Just as I was preparing to teach Cultural Anthropology, two posts about culture came out on powerhouse anthropology blogs. On Savage Minds, Alex Golub reviews The Asian American…
What’s special about social media in small places?
‘Normal friend: ‘Wow, how beautiful you are!’ / Best friend: It’s Shrek on the phone, says he wants his face back.’ Meme shared on Facebook by Comix From…
Reading fiction as therapy
Recently I found a website that offers fiction as therapy. You have a consultation of sorts and they send you away with a list of novels to read…
How Did Anthropology Begin?
In fall 2015, I adopted the new Robert Welsch and Luis Vivanco textbook Cultural Anthropology (see previous discussion of Hartwick Anthropology Courses). It’s now time for the first…
Your accent is we-ahd
I grew up a Navy brat, bouncing from coast to coast in the U.S. until the 11th grade, when I hunkered down in the South for more than…
So What Exactly is ANTHROPOLOGY?
I had no idea what anthropology was when I began college, I just knew I loved the course titles. “Language and Culture”. “Gender, Sex, and Sexuality”. “Religion and…