tabsir.net: Baking Bread in Lebanon
Lebanese women making bread in front of their house, c.1880-1900 (photochrom). Swiss Photographer, (19th century) / Palestine Exploration Fund, London, UK / The Bridgeman Art Library
View Articledecasia: critique of academic culture: Academic and religious boredom
I’ve written before about the curious state of academic boredom. Lately, I’ve been reading Henri Lefebvre’s Critique of Everyday Life, and was struck by his comments on boredom in traditional French...
View ArticleThe Global Sociology Blog: Cultural Hegemony and Nostalgia
Matt Bruenig offers an interesting analysis of reality show Dance Moms and cultural hegemony: “In simple terms, cultural hegemony refers to the way in which the powerful shape a society’s norms,...
View ArticleLanguage Log: No breasts for our guests
Part of the ensuite bathroom in my room at the Deca Hotel in Seattle has wallpaper on which the decoration is text, in a variety of arty fonts. The text, repeated over and over in a variety of...
View Articletabsir.net: Corruption Charges Hit Indonesia’s Biggest Islamic Party
by Kevin W. Fogg Late last month, the head of Indonesia’s most prominent Islamic political party, the Prosperous Justice Party or PKS (Partai Keadilan Sejahtera), was arrested in connection to a...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Ayşe Özer, Aleviliğin ABC’sinin yeni baskısı...
ALEVİLİĞİN ABC’Sİ Ali Murat İrat, Ankara Üniversitesi Eczacılık Fakültesinde öğretim görevlisi olarak çalıştıktan sonra istifa etti. ODTÜ’de Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi Bölümünde ikinci yüksek...
View ArticleThe Blog: Anthro field gear review: Cocoons OveRx photochromic eyewear
A few months ago, I embarked on a series of posts reviewing online retailers of high index (read: strong) prescription eyeglasses. The result was an unexpectedly detailed 5-part comparison review...
View ArticleZERO ANTHROPOLOGY: Libya: The Second Anniversary of a Bloody Coup
This weekend, marking the second anniversary of the start of protests that would usher in a bloody and prolonged NATO-led coup to overthrow the Libyan Jamahiriya and Muammar Gaddafi, offers many...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Cyberculture roundup: PEW report on the...
The Demographics of Social Media Users — 2012 from Pew Internet Rss Feed: Reports Young adults are more likely than older adults to use social media. Women, African-Americans, and Latinos show high...
View Articleanthropologyworks: Anthro in the news 2/18/13
• Gas company targets a protected park in the Peruvian Amazon An article in The Guardian reported on how an energy company is eyeing the gas reserves of a Peruvian Amazon park where biodiversity...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: As “Turkey enters key week in Kurdish solution...
Turkey enters key week in Kurdish solution bid from Hurriyet Daily News Turkey is entering one of its most crucial weeks in its efforts to solve the Angry Mob Winds Up Kurdish Deputies in Sinop from...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: 5 feet 7 inches. Turkish General Staff states...
Atatürk’s real height revealed by Turkish General Staff from Hurriyet Daily News Turkey’s General Staff recently launched a website containing details.. 5 feet 7 inches (1.74 meters) Related posts:...
View ArticleMuseum Anthropology: 2013 American Indian Museum Fellowship
2013 American Indian Museum Fellowship
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: The Guardian: “Journalism under attack across the...
Journalism under attack across the globe imperils press freedom from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Roy Greenslade An unprecedented rise in the number of journalists killed and imprisoned in...
View ArticleLanguage Log: Severely artistic
Chris Hadfield, orbiting the earth, was asked "Which part of the world looks the coolest from space?", and answered: Australia looks coolest - the colours and textures of the Outback are severly...
View Articlexirdalium: hadfield and shatner
↑Chris Hadfield, currently on board of the ↑ISS (in mid-March he will take over command of the space station), having a chat with ↑William Shatner (on 07 February 2013). share this post
View ArticleNeuroanthropology: Neurobiology of Exercise? How about the Neuroanthropology...
I’ve just come across a good 2006 full-access review article on the Neurobiology of Exercise. Written by Rod Dishman and eighteen co-authors (!), the article covers some of the main areas that are...
View ArticleCONNECTED in CAIRO: The Struggle For the Walls of Cairo
“Whoever has something to say in Egypt these days can write it on a wall,” begins a recent photo-essay by Samuli Schielke and Jessica Winegar. Titled “The Writing on the Walls of Egypt,” it appears in...
View ArticleEthnography.com: More on Tooling
A few months back I wrote a post about tooling up for research That post lives here. A few months on I have discovered a few more tools to share. I should note here, that Kerim at Savage Minds has...
View ArticleLoomnie: What is making me happy today – Zoë Keating
Zoë Keating performing Escape Artist. This is her website.
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