I first got word of Mary Douglas’ death from Rex’s post over at Savage Minds. It seems like a lot of good anthropologists have passed away this year, such as F. Clark Howell. Douglas was a cultural anthropologist, and from Wikipedia, she was,
“well known for her writings on human culture and symbolism. She was also [...]
May 25, 2007
Mary Douglas in Memoriam
May 25, 2007
Mursi Tribesman with iPod
Courtesy of Wired through InstaPundit, is this remarkable photo of a Mursi tribesman in Southern Ethiopia with an iPod as well as his trusty AK-47 and ethnic getup.
I’m not sharing this to make a freak show out of this site, but rather to document an interesting phenomenon — where high technology meets traditional life in [...]
May 25, 2007
Reconstructing Prehistoric Behavior & Ecology of Northern Fur Seals
As an undergraduate, I was one of the lucky ones. I was part of some ground breaking archaeological research. Between 2002-2004 I spent roughly the last years of time as a student in anthropology working with Dr. Diane Gifford-Gonzalez on a zooarchaeology project. She was my mentor then, and kinda still is now.
I was employed [...]
