Mr. Bones
It was at an Irish bar South of San Francisco one evening in 1978. I had been playing flute for a Step Dancing group, and afterwards started talking…
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Mr. Bones
It was at an Irish bar South of San Francisco one evening in 1978. I had been playing flute for a Step Dancing group, and afterwards started talking…
Mr. Bones
It was at an Irish bar South of San Francisco one evening in 1978. I had been playing flute for a Step Dancing group, and afterwards started talking…
Studying Up: The Ethnography of Technologists
Nick Seaver Editor’s Note: Nick Seaver (@npseaver) kicks off the March-April special edition of Ethnography Matters, which will feature a number of researchers at the Intel Science and Technolog…
March-April 2014: Studying Hackers, Makers, and Engineers
This month’s theme – ethnographies of hackers, makers, and engineers – is edited by Morgan G. Ames, who made the transition from being a hacker to studying them…
Special guest Ben Gebo today on TaL, ‘Altered States’ pt 2
Join This Anthro Life for another mind-bending conversation as we ‘turn on, tune out, and drop in’ the conversation with returning guest Ben Gebo. With Ben’s help we…
In Tune at Trinity
A few days ago, I had the opportunity to visit a Dublin exhibition named “In Tune: A Millennium of Music in Trinity College Library“. The exhibition shows many…
In Tune at Trinity
A few days ago, I had the opportunity to visit a Dublin exhibition named “In Tune: A Millennium of Music in Trinity College Library“. The exhibition shows many…
In Tune at Trinity
A few days ago, I had the opportunity to visit a Dublin exhibition named “In Tune: A Millennium of Music in Trinity College Library“. The exhibition shows many…
In Tune at Trinity
A few days ago, I had the opportunity to visit a Dublin exhibition named “In Tune: A Millennium of Music in Trinity College Library“. The exhibition shows many…
Gift of the Spider Woman: Spinning, weaving and womanhood among the Matsigenka of Peru
The moon is bright, the night is giddy with festivities and Shanuiva has emerged from her cage. Jaula, literally "cage," is how Spanish-speaking Matsigenka refer to the palm…
Gift of the Spider Woman: Spinning, weaving and womanhood among the Matsigenka of Peru
The moon is bright, the night is giddy with festivities and Shanuiva has emerged from her cage. Jaula, literally "cage," is how Spanish-speaking Matsigenka refer to the palm…
Gift of the Spider Woman: Spinning, weaving and womanhood among the Matsigenka of Peru
The moon is bright, the night is giddy with festivities and Shanuiva has emerged from her cage. Jaula, literally "cage," is how Spanish-speaking Matsigenka refer to the palm…
Gift of the Spider Woman: Spinning, weaving and womanhood among the Matsigenka of Peru
The moon is bright, the night is giddy with festivities and Shanuiva has emerged from her cage. Jaula, literally "cage," is how Spanish-speaking Matsigenka refer to the palm…
The genesis of a folk revival
David Dunaway said that “The FBI persued Pete Seeger to the point where he couldn’t get a job. The only people he could sing for were kids, because…
The genesis of a folk revival
David Dunaway said that “The FBI persued Pete Seeger to the point where he couldn’t get a job. The only people he could sing for were kids, because…
The genesis of a folk revival
David Dunaway said that “The FBI persued Pete Seeger to the point where he couldn’t get a job. The only people he could sing for were kids, because…
The genesis of a folk revival
David Dunaway said that “The FBI persued Pete Seeger to the point where he couldn’t get a job. The only people he could sing for were kids, because…
Narco Cultura : Drug Culture, Musical Innovation, and Depictions of Violence Onscreen (Film Review)
As we are well into the New Year, I am still finding myself thinking about a film I watched just before the holidays: Narco Cultura, a documentary about…
Music to work by
Bennett Konesni studied the music and songs of farmers in the Mwanza region of Northern Tanzania in 2005. Here is the video he made after his stay –…
Music to work by
Bennett Konesni studied the music and songs of farmers in the Mwanza region of Northern Tanzania in 2005. Here is the video he made after his stay –…
Music to work by
Bennett Konesni studied the music and songs of farmers in the Mwanza region of Northern Tanzania in 2005. Here is the video he made after his stay –…
Music to work by
Bennett Konesni studied the music and songs of farmers in the Mwanza region of Northern Tanzania in 2005. Here is the video he made after his stay –…
Spike fiddles
The zeze is a spike fiddle from Tanzania – and a member of a fiddle family played all over Africa and Asia. The zeze is composed of a…