Language Log: Interactive dialect map
A cute interactive feature: "How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk" ("What does the way you speak say about where you’re from? Answer all the questions below to see your personal dialect map"), NYT...
View ArticleC L O S E R: Muslim fundamentalism – Some considerations about research
Closer Blog:Some considerations about Ruud Koopman's research on fundamentalism and out-group hostility.Read more: Muslim fundamentalism – Some considerations about research
View ArticleCONNECTED in CAIRO: Fixing The ‘Ashwa’iyyat ?
One day when they were about ten or eleven, I took my daughter Madi and her best friend, Aline, to a craftsman in a shop in a working class area of Cairo, just off Mohammed Ali street. I needed an...
View ArticleThe Age of Intuition: Shovel Testing and Pragmatism
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View ArticleAnthropology.net: A Fourth Unknown Early Human Lineage?
A couple of days ago, Nature published a comparison of the genome of a 50,000-year-old Neandertal woman with those of …Continue reading »
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Turkey. A Sunday of protests. Roundup from...
[View the story "Turkey. A Sunday of protests" on Storify] Related posts: Deniz, Yusuf, Hüseyin’in idamlarının 40. yıldönümü yürüyüşü… @140journos bildirdi Tuzluçayır, Ankara under fire. Clashes...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Fulya Yıldırımer (@Fu7y4): BİRİ BİZİ GÖZETLİYOR MU?...
BİRİ BİZİ GÖZETLİYOR MU? Apple Macbook sahipleri dikkat. Kameranızın sadece minik yeşil ışık yandığında aktif olduğunu düşünüyorsanız yanılıyorsunuz. Hatta siz şu an bunu okurken biri de sizi izliyor...
View ArticleLanguage Log: Cantonese as Mother Tongue, with a note on Norwegian Bokmål
I just received this note from a colleague: I found a document on the Hong Kong Education Bureau's website that says: "Xiānggǎng de qíngkuàng shì yǐ Zhōngwén wéi mǔyǔ 香港的情況是以中文為母語" ("The situation in...
View ArticleShenzhen Noted: untrustworthy environs
The current Handshake 302 exhibit, Baishizhou Superhero has just finished its opening weekend. We’ve had good press, and people interested in the topic have sent out weixin‘s and weibo‘s to their...
View ArticleSomatosphere: The books (and reviews) of 2013 by Todd Meyers
The end of the year is a time to look back, to take stock, and to celebrate. As it turns out, 2013 has been great for book reviews on Somatosphere and there’s much to celebrate. We would like to...
View Articletabsir.net: Joshua Davidson and the Spirit of Christmas
I suspect that no one reading this blog has ever heard of Joshua Davidson. He was born, actually created, in 1872 as a fictional character in a social commentary novel published by Eliza Lynn Linton...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Cemaat vs. AKP geriliminde yurttaş gazeteciliği…...
Yurttaş Gazeteciliği/ Vatandaş Haberciliği üzerine kafa yorarken elimizdeki çevrimiçi araçlar ve mobil cihazların artmasıyla bir süredir özellikle bizzat habere konu olacak enformasyonu üretebilme...
View ArticleCONNECTED in CAIRO: The Importance of Wikileaks in the Egyptian Revolution
I’ve been interested in the role of Wikileaks in the Egyptian revolution ever since I was quoted, out of context, on that very subject. Most accounts of the Egyptian uprisings, even those that focus...
View ArticleVisual Anthropology of Japan: It's never too late for good news: Ishikari...
VAOJ apologizes for the late reporting... Earlier this month Ishikari City in Hokkaido passed the second ordinance in Japan that recognizes and supports the use of Japanese Sign Language. The...
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Open Anthropology Cooperative Blog Posts: The New Republic features...
DECEMBER 23, 2013 I Embedded with a Community of Meth Users BY ALICE ROBB @AliceLRobb The trailer parks of Jefferson County, Missouri, are a far cry from the international cartels of Breaking Bad, but...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Vintage Posters for Istanbul… Istanbul news roundup…
Vintage Posters for Istanbul Mavi Boncuk | The Armenian IstanbulAsbarez Armenian News “Hüzün does not just paralyze the inhabitants of Istanbul, it also gives them poetic license to be paralyzed.” ―...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: “War Cabinet” as the graft probe is to zero in...
Many believe this is a “war cabinet” as some of the new ministers are already behind AKP‘s authoritarian policies. PM Erdoğan announces new Cabinet with 10 changes amid graft probe The Cabinet...
View ArticleC L O S E R: Dr. Kromzwaard Trofee 2013 – De Nominaties: stem!
Closer Blog:De nominaties voor de Dr Kromzwaard trofee 2013. Stem!Read more: Dr. Kromzwaard Trofee 2013 – De Nominaties: stem!
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Cyberculture agenda: Foxconn moved from China to...
Foxconn whose clients include Apple Dell and HP have moved from China to western Turkey, the gateway of Europe. In 2012 Organized Rage pointed out in a series of articles if Foxconn Technology...
View ArticleAnthropology.net: A Higher Than Average Risk Of Diabetes Among Mexicans...
Why do some populations have increased incidences of chronic disease? Why do blacks have hypertension more than whites? Why does …Continue reading »
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