Tag: methods

Emic/Etic

A poet-anthropologist offers an “anti-glossary” to contest ways of knowing in social science that objectify people(s) into categories. “Emic/Etic” is part of the collection Poets Resist, Refuse, and…

Weather

Niina Oisalo  Weather, diary of the body  Meri Kytö   Weather walking In Venice, there is a habit of “andar sconte” […] The post Weather appeared first on Allegra…

Farsighted

Recent publications in behavioral economics (Blink, How We Decide, Thinking Fast and Slow) are largely lab-based studies. But reality is messier – key business decisions often have multiple…

Chatter That Matters

Three anthropologists sit to talk about the evolutionary purposes of gossip. What role does gossip play in human societies? In this episode, Bridget Alex and Emily Sekine, editors…