Anthropology in Practice
Marbles Lost, Marbles Found: Children’s Games and Consequences
December 19th, 2011 |
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I used to be a crack shot at pitch (marbles) as a kid. I learned from my dad. We’d draw a circle with a piece of chalk, and “pitch” our taws at each other’s pieces, which is how the game gets its name in Trinidad. Our goal was to knock each other’s pieces out of [...]
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Streams of Consciousness
Can Money Buy Self-Esteem?
January 17th, 2012 |
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Sellers have long charged a premium for objects that confer some kind of social status, even if they offer few, if any, functional benefits over cheaper products. Designer sunglasses, $200,000 Swiss watches, and many high-end cars often seem to fall into this category. If a marketer can make a mundane item seem like a status [...]
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