One Year on the Scientific American Blog Network
I started writing AiP in 2009. I was writing for you, Readers, of course. But I was also writing for me. Why? Kate Clancy said it best, Blogging is a selfish endeavor, a desire to be heard...
Anthropology in Practice
Exploring the human condition.
Talking With Our Hands: The Significance of Gestures
This post originally appeared on Anthropology in Practice on December 6th, 2010. New Yorkers are hand talkers. We often use gestures to add emphasis to our conversations; from pointing to direct tourists, or waving to demonstrate our exasperation with traffic, drivers, or pedestrians, or trying to interject—because New Yorkers don't interrupt!—we gesticulate...
Deconstructing Rituals of Reconciliation
Ed note - We're digging in the archives today: This post originally appeared on Anthropology in Practice on June 27th, 2011. "It's hard for me to say I'm sorry."Readers may find that the title for this section triggers a certain refrain by Chicago (or BoysIIMen, depending on how old you are)...
Anthropological Finds at ID Day
Glen Taylor came because he was being plagued by spirits. While his two daughters wandered the stations set up for Identification (ID) Day in the Grand Gallery of the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), Glen waited in line for Anibal Rodriguez and Nell Murphy, who were staffing the anthropology table...
Editor's Selection: Excavations, Hurricanes, and Bonobos
This week you'll want to be sure you check out: Reporting live from Rome, Katy Myers discusses some of the challenges with excavating inside urn—and what constitutes a person—at Bones Don't Lie ...
Why do we hurry to wait?
How do you wait?
Editor's Selections: Colors and Stuttering
It's Thursday, so that means Research Blogging Editor's Selections!This week you'll want to be sure you check out: Quick—what color is the sky? Aatish Bhatia has a fascinating discussion on colors up at Empirical Zeal, demonstrating nicely the ways in which we construct elements of our world that seem so concrete with time...
What Other People Think About Us Matters Here's Why
What are people going to think? Has it ever crossed your mind? The question, I mean. In a moment of panic or a moment of regret or desperation? Have you ever said those words with a sense of anguish or in a moment of anger?...
Editor's Selections: Absolutes, Profile Pictures, and Parking Spaces
This week: At PopPsych , Jesse Marczyk uses recent research to demonstrate the challenges in applying adaptive models across the board. What does that mean?
Editor's Selections: Political Economy and the Grave, and Uniform Colors
Two selections for your holiday weekend (Memorial Day, US): Can grave goods tell us about the political economy of a group? At Bones Don't Lie , Katy Meyers reports on recent research that examines what burial practices can reveal about the extent of social networks...
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