“The teacher next door”
I was giving history lessons to 10th graders, and once I had managed having a Socratic circle about the qualifications of a good leader. Our key example was…
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Hello world!
“You must allow yourself to write what goes on in your mind the way you interpret it.”
Momente der Stille …
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More thoughts on vocal fry
Thanks to Laura Fullton, I have a clearer fix on vocal fry. Laura found the very interesting work by Ben Trawick-Smith on the topic. Ben calls it a “creaky…
Redaktionstreffen im Semester
Am Montag, den 20.04.2015 findet um 19 Uhr wieder das reguläre Redaktionstreffen im Semester statt. Ihr seid alle herzlich eingeladen in die Schillerstraße 6, 4. OG, Raum 417…
William Bunsen Professor of Anthropology at Hudson University
I am so sorry to be a day late making this announcement, but I want to share with you the exciting news of my new appointment as the…
Capitalism and the exquisite choice: anti-economics from Alice Waters and Steve Jobs
Alice Waters opened her restaurant Chez Panisse in 1971. Steve Jobs started selling his Apple I computer in 1976. From these beginnings, and in a relatively brief period,…
Vocal fry, and what we can do about it
Many people have remarked on the inclination of some young women in the US to use “up-talk” in everyday speech. You’ve heard this, I know. It’s that rising…
The Upward Within
This past Wednesday, we hosted another workshop session , this time at the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) annual meeting. It was not well attended, possibly due to…
Santa Massive (an anthropologist proposes a cultural reform)
The December holidays recede gently from view. We are now 3 full months away from them. We can visit the “Christmas” issue with some objectivity. It’s a problematic…
The real message of advertising?
If the art of advertising (one of them anyhow) is closing the distance between the brand and the consumer, you can’t do much better than this. Do we…
Recognizing Indigenous Pacific Struggles in the Lei at Selma
By Hinemoana of Turtle Island: Lani Teves, Natalee Kēhaulani Bauer, Fuifuilupe Niumetolu, Maile Arvin, Kēhaulani Vaughn, and Liza Keanuenueokalani Williams Last week during the 50th year commemoratio…
Good Mother Nature: Ayahuasca neoshamanism as cultural critique (conference video)
This paper imports nuances of nature-culture theory in Amazonian anthropology and demonstrates ways in which the reimagining of ayahuasca use in Australian society involves the modern idea of…
Human Economy postdoctoral fellowships and doctoral scholarships
UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA THE HUMAN ECONOMY RESEARCH PROGRAMME POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS – CALL FOR APPLICATIONS The University of Pretoria’s Human Economy Research Programme has funding for six postdocto…
Pacific Islanders March for Self-Determination
Pacific Islanders March for Self-Determination by Fuifuilupe Niumeitolu Photo by Dan Bacher. Part of the Pacific Islander (Melanesian, Micronesian, Polynesian) Contingent at the major Climate Change M…
Creativity, innovation, and the space between cultures
Anthropologists are drawn to places where culture is a little shaky. Normally, culture supplies the meanings and rules with which we understand and navigate the world. And normally,…
Mean meme mobs?
I was watching someone’s pre-Oscar red carpet show last night from my hotel room in Panama City and came sharply to. Joanna Coles (Cosmopolitan editor-in-chief) remarked in passing…
Consumers, users, clients, subjects: Towards people-centric collaborations
People working in consumer finance who want to share perspectives across different sectors and disciplines face a communication problem: finding a shared language to talk about people and…
Huli i ka Muliwai
Huli i ka Muliwai by Liza Keanuenueokalani Williams I speak to the Muliwai. That murky place – that dark place, green with salt and pink with sweet waters greet…
Secrets of digital celebrity: how to get famous the easy way
When Guy Kawasaki was asked how to get internet famous, he had discouraging news. There is no easy answer, he seemed to say. You have to follow thousands…
G E R Ä U S C H K U L I S S E — IM FRÜHLING
Wir lauschen gemeinsam einem Feature und kommen dann ins Gespräch … _MONTAG, 30.03.2015 , 21 Uhr FEATURE-MACHER JOCHEN DREIER ZU GAST Komm vorbei! Bring deine Freunde mit!
the middle class (thinks it) knows best: daring to intervene in disadvantaged households
Photo credit: http://earlyed.newamerica.net/sites/newamerica.net/files/articles/images/dad_reading_to_baby_0.jpg (with Lizzie Fagen and Kathleen C. Riley) [On the American Anthropolo…
Design: cycles and heroes
Bill O’Connor was kind enough to send me an early comment on my recent blog post on Design and the corporation. He has given me permission to reproduce…
Open Access and the academic gift economy
No, I’m not arguing that everything should be free. Just academic articles. And I mean really free, in most senses of the word. Last week, the University of…