Tag: Star Trek
Emma Louise Backe , January 2nd, 2019
Like the maelstrom of political media, 2018 was also an eventful year for anthropology. Anthropology Twitter was kept occupied with conversations about the rejection of an apolitical research…
Emma Louise Backe , August 24th, 2018
By Logan A. Kirkland & Joshua W. Rivers “Culture,” so-called, is implanted in nature; the environment, or Umwelt, is a model generated by the organism. Semiosis links them.” -Thomas…
Carie Little Hersh , August 16th, 2018
On the last day of my introduction to anthropology class, we watch scenes from the documentary Trekkies. Students grin at the sincere folks dressed as Starfleet officers and…
Kerim , March 26th, 2018
In Part I, I explored how Hobbes’s myth was a kind of science fiction story designed convince his readers to end the English Civil War by accepting peace…
Kerim , March 22nd, 2018
It is common to meet people who believe that much of the world is beset by “tribalism” and that the only thing holding back the chaos of a…
Nick Mizer , September 30th, 2016
After some field work in northern Canada, Marie-Pierre wrote two articles about how her field work experiences connected with imagined worlds. You should go read them, because they’re…
Nick Mizer , June 24th, 2016
By Nicholas Mizer Around the time I first met Marie-Pierre and joined up with TGA I was trying to develop an understanding of what someone is likely to…
Marie-Pierre Renaud , June 10th, 2016
Anthropologists go through some unique experiences as they conduct fieldwork. From experimenting with drugs to seeing people who have been dead for decades during a ceremony (read about…
Leah McCurdy , March 15th, 2016
In Part Two of an ongoing series, Leah McCurdy (University of Texas, San Antonio) provides an overview of how popular culture can be integrated into the university classroom. Last…