Category Archives: Anthropology

Feminism and Classism in the Context of MTVu in University Public Spaces

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Carl Feagans

I came across this article today on the Serendip forum at Bryn Mawr College. The author posts photos and a transcript of several “napkin notes,” a Bryn Mawr tradition for communicating with the dining facility (which I find fascinating by … Continue reading →

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Don’t Be a Rick: Anthropology and Liberal Arts in the Republican Gunsights

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Carl Feagans

So we should clue he and those who think like him in. Spread the word. If you have a blog or a site that can share it, go to the links below and embed this Prezi slide show.   This is … Continue reading →

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Why is the Word ‘Science’ Not Good Enough for the AAA?

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Carl Feagans

I recently caught a New York Times article about this and thought I’d share just briefly. The American Anthropological Association recently revised it’s Long Range Plan, removing all mention of the word “science” and replacing it with softer, feel-good terminology. … Continue reading →

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Google for the Anthropology Student (Part II)

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Carl Feagans

Image via Wikipedia Over a year ago, I wrote part one of this two-part (so far) series! I truly intended to write part II long before now, and I actually started it when Google first announced the ill-fated Google Wave. … Continue reading →

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Google for the Anthropology Student (Part I?)

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Carl Feagans

Image via CrunchBase I’m a big fan of Google. I know a lot of people tend to get a little paranoid about big corporations like Google, Microsoft, Intel, etc. getting their fingers in everything, but so far everything that Google … Continue reading →

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Sacrifice and the Anthropology of Religion

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Carl Feagans

Image via Wikipedia Mention the word “sacrifice” in a religious context and, for many people, thoughts of young virgins tossed in volcanoes by a Polynesian King or lying on altars below the obscenely sharp obsidian blade of an Aztec ruler. … Continue reading →

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Anthropology of Religion

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Carl Feagans

Image via Wikipedia I don’t often post on religious topics on this blog. At least not topics related to modern religion like Christianity. I’m more interested in ancient religion and expression of religion and belief in the material record of … Continue reading →

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The Incredible Human Journey!

Posted on May 16, 2009 by Carl Feagans

My friend Jeff Rose is interviewed on a recent BBC2 program. Jeff’s a lithicist who works in Oman on early human sites and his presence on camera is dynamite! Here’s hoping we see more of Jeff Rose on BBC -archaeology … Continue reading →

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The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Reviewing an Ethnography

Posted on September 6, 2008 by Carl Feagans

I recently had the pleasure of reading Ruth Benedict’s The Chrysanthemum and the Sword, an ethnography done in an experimental style just at the end of World War II in 1946. Benedict studied anthropology under Franz Boas and was the … Continue reading →

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Religion and the Imagination – Cue a John Lennon Song

Posted on May 2, 2008 by admin

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEOkxRLzBf0] According to an anthropologist at the London School of Economics, the very process that John Lennon suggested we use to put religion and other human institutions out our minds might very well be the reason we have religion to … Continue reading →

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