Ethnography.com: Jason Richwine, Scientist?
"We destroy people with the inappropriate tools we use to study them" – Ray Birdwhistell Jason Richwine has emerged to defend himself in a National Review editorial. As you might expect, Richwine...
View Articletabsir.net: Journaling On, but why?
Recently I received news of three new journals with laudable goals: one is Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East Migration Studies, an online, open access, peer-reviewed journal; the second is...
View ArticleGlossographia: Numerals in webcomics
Over the past few years, I have been informally collecting and curating a set of comics (mostly online webcomics) relating to my main research interest in numerals, number systems, and numeracy....
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Utku Kali probably under torture for leaking...
Gendarmerie officer accused of leaking secret documents on Reyhanlı arrested A gendarmerie officer suspected of leaking secret documents on terrorist activities in the southern Hatay province...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: EFD Rights Watch: Reporters Without Borders...
“Nişanyan’s Sentence Contradicts Secularism” Reporters Without Borders condemned Sevan Nişanyan’s conviction to 13.5 months of prison for insulting Prophet Mohammed and urged a dismissal in the...
View ArticleLanguage Log: From the American Association for the Advancement (?) of...
The following is a guest post by Richard Sproat: Regular readers of Language Log will remember this piece discussing the various problems with a paper by Rajesh Rao and colleagues in their attempt to...
View ArticleHow to be an Anthropologist: DiDD Presentation on Web Design
This is a presentation I did online for the North Carolina Community College Digital Designers and Developers Association on Friday. Enjoy! P.S. This presentation was given as part of the awesome job...
View ArticleNeuroanthropology: Neuroanthropology on Brain Science Podcast
Ginger Campbell, who runs the great Brain Science Podcast project, was kind enough to feature Greg and myself for her 97th episode. We discussed The Encultured Brain with Ginger for over an hour, and...
View ArticleFieldnotes & Footnotes: “When I’m sitting with a man and he’s dying”
The moral imperative – the obligation and responsibility – to ‘carry and holding one another,’ is culturally elaborated on many levels of Yolŋu socio-political life. (Hence, for example, the title...
View ArticleShenzhen Noted: national shame…
Apparently a Chinese tourist wrote the characters ” 丁锦昊到此一游 (Ding Jinhao arrived here)” on one of the bas-relief sculptures at the Luxor Temple in Amun, Egypt. In turn, another Chinese tourist...
View ArticleShenzhen Noted: shenzhen and china’s left behind children
The Foreign Policy series “China’s Left Behind Children,” by freelance journalists Deborah Jian Lee and Sushma Subramanian followed the migrant worker Huang Dongyan, who left her daughter back home to...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Once current Turkish leaders accused Israel of...
English: Everyday Activities of Syrian People Original caption: The Foreign element in New York, the Syrian colony, Washington Street. Drawn by W. Bengough. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Turkey builds...
View ArticleThe Subversive Archaeologist: The Subversive Archaeologist Declares A...
Dear Friends, Consider this blog on a hiatus of sorts. My last blurt was Tuesday. Seems forever ago. Clearly I'm not keeping up my end of the bargain. Life intrudes. A brief justification follows.In...
View ArticleLanguage Log: On "blogs" and "posts"
Forrest Wickman, "This Is a Blog Post. It Is Not a 'Blog.'" Slate 5/24/2013: Let’s get this straight up front: I am now writing a blog post, not blogging a blog. For many, using the word blog when you...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Europshere roundup: Murder sparks anti-Muslim...
Murder sparks anti-Muslim backlash There has been a huge increase in anti-Muslim incidents since the murder of a British soldier in London, an inter-faith charity says. MAIN FOCUS: Soldier killing...
View ArticleGlossographia: New book announcement
I have just added a major new page for my new edited volume, Human Expeditions: Inspired by Bruce Trigger. You can find more information on the book, including purchase information, by following...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Construction plans for Zeytinburnu Istanbul...
Construction plans for Istanbul skyscrapers canceled www.worldbulletin.net Construction plans for Istanbul skyscrapers canceled. The building permit and construction plans of the skyscrapers in...
View ArticleLanguage Log: Sanity is the most important
Sign at the Paris Baguette shop in Zhongguancun, Beijing: Sanity may not be the most important thing, but it is certainly one of the most important things. Here's what the sign really says: wèishēng...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Americana roundup: “Obama’s counterterrorism...
Obama’s counterterrorism policy, by the numbers According to the New York Times, President Barack Obama will use his big counterterrorism speech on Thursday to sharply curtail the administration’s...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: EFD Rights Watch: 14 tons of water mixed with tear...
14 tons of water mixed with tear gas used in May Day crackdown by Istanbul police A total of 14 tons of water mixed with tear gas was used during the police crackdown on demonstrators on May Day in...
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