Language Log: The fruits of your labors
At the recent Language Diversity Congress in Groningen, one of many interesting presentations was Martijn Wieling and John Nerbonne's "Inducing and using phonetic similarity". More than a thousand LL...
View Articletabsir.net: Punditry: Pondering or Pandering?
Having established this blog a little less than a decade ago, I was initially excited about the possibility of responding to things I read about the Middle East and Islam in virtual “real time.” I...
View ArticleAAA blog: Time to Connect ALL the Dots
Today’s guest blog post is written by AAA member, Dr. Melanie Bush. She is Associate Professor and Department Co-Chair for the Department of Anthropology & Sociology at Adelphi University. In...
View ArticleAnthropology.net: The Role Of Climate On African Stone Age Technology
Nature Communications published an article in May, 2013 that just now caught my eye. The paper’s title, “Development of Middle …Continue reading »
View ArticleLanguage Log: Magic grass of queerness
The Chinese electronic commerce company called AliExpress offers for sale this unusual product: Magic grass of queerness diy desktop mini plant bonsai mosquito radiation-resistant qu wencao Because I...
View ArticleSarah Kendzior: McDonald’s Workers Are Worth More
For Al Jazeera English, I have a new article on low-wage workers and the end of upward mobility in America: This lapse in priorities – in which things we buy are thought to be morally superior to...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Can Erol (@canerol) bir Mourinho yazısıyla EFD’ye...
Special One —> Happy One 27 senelik ömrümüm, 20′sinde futbol var sanırım ve bu süreçte beni en çok etkileyen adamların başında Jose Mourinho geliyor. Gittiği her takımda farklılık yaratması, sivri...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Cyberculture roundup: Manning trial, Cameron’s Porn...
European Commission accepts Penguin’s proposals to scrap Apple ebook agency agreements The European Commission has accepted book publisher Penguin’s proposals to scrap all of its existing ebook...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Bloodshed in Egypt.. At least 70 die… A FP roundup…
Death toll from attack on Morsi supporters rises to at least 70: Muslim Brotherhood Egyptian security forces shot dead at least 70 supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi early on July 27, the...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Erkan out of Istanbul for a few days….
A short road trip is about to begin in a few hours. Our TA Anıl and one of the newly graduated students Fulya come along with me. I was invited to organize a digital activism workshop in an annual...
View ArticleAnthropology Now: Dig Wars!
The American Anthropological Association has written to the Travel Channel objecting to and asking for changes in the TV show “Dig Wars,” in which contestants are sent to various locations with metal...
View Articletabsir.net: Aden Style
And now for a musical interlude… from Aden. It appears that after I posted this, it was not possible to see it, but this one works. So here is some Aden Rap.
View ArticleLanguage Log: Australian hypocoristics
I was surprised that someone of Victor Mair's broad and deep erudition was unfamiliar with mozzie ("Magic grass of queerness", 7/26/2013). So for other Americans who have not been following the...
View ArticleThe Subversive Archaeologist: Mired In Psycho Linguistics Land. Dediu and...
I apologize, in advance, for the esoterica about which I am blurting today. Or, is it abstruse? Obtuse? Confused? Oh, hell. Just read. The Daily Mail headline readsNeanderthals talked like us half a...
View ArticleC L O S E R: Hannah Arendt “Zur Person” Full Interview
Closer Blog: Hannah Arendt "Zur Person" Full Interview. In German with English subtitles. Fascinating.Read more: Hannah Arendt “Zur Person” Full Interview
View ArticleVisual Anthropology of Japan: Should Visual Anthropologists Have Children?
A question of priorities... Source: [now.msn.com]
View ArticleCulture and International Affairs: Buy Facebook Vouchers For New Account
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View ArticleLanguage Log: "Sadomasochism" in Chinese
In "Has Sadomasochism Arrived? Confrontations of power at the level of sexuality in China", author Li Yinhe approves of the translation of the term "sadomasochism" as "nuedailian" in the following...
View ArticleAidnography - Development as anthropological object: ‘The field’ is where...
Alison Rabe wrote a thought-provoking piece on WhyDev.org last week about the virtues of exposing oneself to the rural realities of developing countries to better understand how aid works, in short:...
View ArticleEthnography Matters: Ethnographic Entanglements: How having multiple roles...
Editor’s Note: the final guest author for this month’s Ethnography in Education theme, Chelsey Hauge (@chelseyhauge), is finishing her PhD this coming year at the Department of Language and Literacy...
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