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I'm not really blogging, so sorry to disappoint anyone. I mean, I'd like to, but I'm not one of those keep-up-the-news-every-week kind of people.Really, I want a spot to occasionally publish things I'm...
View ArticleRace as a Cover for Class
Look at these popular websites:http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/http://stuffwhitepeopledontlike.blogspot.com/I first learned of these on an mp3 blog, The Music Slut. It's a place to hear the...
View ArticleAnn Soetaro and anthropology in Hawaii
The NYT of March 14, 2008, has this article about Ann Soetoro, now famous as the mother of presidential candidate Barack Obama.I meet Ann when we were both graduate students at the University of...
View ArticleDissertation: Transformations in Lisu Social Structure
http://manao.manoa.hawaii.edu/38/1/gillogly_dissertation.pdfThis is about strategies and tactics in a Lisu village in the face of radical changes in their agricultural economy, particularly the end of...
View ArticlePartnering Qualitatitive and Quantitative Methods in Environmental Anthropology
This is from a presentation I gave at the 2008 SfAA meetings for a session entitled "Methods Madness."Partnering Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Environmental ResearchUrban Environmentalism in...
View ArticleDiscussion of AAVE "Savage Minds"
On May 20th, 2008, Kerim wrote about AAVE on the anthro group blog "Savage Minds."African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) is something I teach frequently in anthropology classes, both Intro to...
View ArticleA wordle based on my dissertation abstract
Creating clouds on wordle is a hoot. I did a couple on a recent paper I wrote on opium control and participatory development (think of the oxymoron!), but can't find them. C'est la vie.
View ArticleThe Nietsche Family Circus
A randomly generated pairing of a Family Circus cartoon and a quote from Neitsche. Strangely and absurdly amusing, especially if you grew up wondering why this inane cartoon has such a long run!
View ArticleDo Lefties Blame Soldiers?
I started to respond to today's post on DeathPower, but it was too long to post on someone else's blog.DeathPower presents the heartrending statistics on the rates of suicide among Iraqi war vets....
View ArticleChristmas: Palestine and The Other
I'll never forget when my dream of Israel died. I grew up in a family in which we were proud of Israel. We watched "Exodus" with joy. I could not understand Vanessa Redgrave claiming that Zionism was...
View ArticleAssociation for Asian Studies 2009
I can't begin to say how wonderful it was to attend the AAS for the first time in many years. My duties to the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology kept me away from the AAS -- NAPA...
View ArticleThailand and the discourse of being a "real" Thai
I'm becoming increasingly frightened by the violence in Thailand. It's not just that I'm losing my attachment to the image of "Siam Mueang Yim" (Thailand, land of smiles). Those of us who love and have...
View ArticleRipple In Stillwater: Matt Dean calls Neil Gaiman a thief but turns a blind...
http://www.rippleinstillwater.com/2011/05/matt-dean-calls-neil-gaiman-thief-but.htmlSent from my iPhone
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Disappointing Scifi
I really enjoy my summer reading. It's time for entertainment, for scifi and mysteries and YA fiction. But I have to admit I like well-written entertainment. This book was a major disappointment.Reader...
View ArticleAn Anthropological Perspective on the Gaian Perspective
I have been working on a review of two books written from the perspective of the Gaia hypothesis: one was a collection of the most recent Gaian science ("Gaia in Turmoil," Eileen Crist & Bruce...
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More than one Google+ profile required?
I am currently confused by the joining together of blogspot and google, wherein I was obligated to make a whole new Google+ profile using the email I previously associated with the blog - although I...
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