Exploring the human condition.
Ed Note: This article is from the Anthropology in Practice archives, and was originally posted on August 24th, 2010. I've elected to repost it given the introduction of the Google+, which offers (necessitates?) a new means to connect.
Cereal aisle in an American supermarket (Creative Commons). There’s a sign hanging in my local deli that offers customers some tips on what to expect in terms of quality and service.
It occurred to me that birds have been angry with us for some time: And perhaps, they have good reason to be: Launching themselves via slingshots seems a natural next step, no?
One of my other homes online is at ResearchBlogging.org where I serve as the Social Sciences Editor. Every Thursday, I select notable research posts in anthropology, philosophy, social science, and research/scholarship, and in addition to the RB News page, I share my selections here on AiP.
Meteorite Close-Up: An electron microprobe excites the atoms on the surfaces of meteorite samples revealing their mineral composition. © AMNH\\D. Ebel To the public, museums are mysterious, magical places.
© Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 The growth of email, instant messaging, texting, and various other digitally-mediated communicative tools (DMC) has been rapid and pervasive.
Jimmy Dugan firmly established that there’s no crying in baseball. But what about in public? In New York City, at some point or another you’re going to encounter a crying person—in fact, you could even be the crier.A few weeks ago, I boarded the subway for a short trip uptown.
The study of human life can happen anywhere—there are opportunities for anthropological observation available all around us, all the time.
Ed Note: This article is from the Anthropology in Practice archives, and was originally posted on August 24th, 2010. I've elected to repost it given the introduction of the Google+, which offers (necessitates?) a new means to connect.
ReadCereal aisle in an American supermarket (Creative Commons). There’s a sign hanging in my local deli that offers customers some tips on what to expect in terms of quality and service.
ReadIt occurred to me that birds have been angry with us for some time: And perhaps, they have good reason to be: Launching themselves via slingshots seems a natural next step, no?
ReadOne of my other homes online is at ResearchBlogging.org where I serve as the Social Sciences Editor. Every Thursday, I select notable research posts in anthropology, philosophy, social science, and research/scholarship, and in addition to the RB News page, I share my selections here on AiP.
ReadMeteorite Close-Up: An electron microprobe excites the atoms on the surfaces of meteorite samples revealing their mineral composition. © AMNH\\D. Ebel To the public, museums are mysterious, magical places.
Read© Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 The growth of email, instant messaging, texting, and various other digitally-mediated communicative tools (DMC) has been rapid and pervasive.
ReadJimmy Dugan firmly established that there’s no crying in baseball. But what about in public? In New York City, at some point or another you’re going to encounter a crying person—in fact, you could even be the crier.A few weeks ago, I boarded the subway for a short trip uptown.
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