Heard about this from my mom. Sort of a follow-up to Deb’s last post
Posted by Deana in Animals, Anthropology, Cosmetically Enhanced Vertebrates, Environment, Holiday! Celebrate!, Oddly Enough, Science on March 18th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This makes me happy just by existing. It’s called “A Wicked Deception” and it’s quite fine good.
Posted by Deana in Anthropology, Film, Fun, Language, Oddly Enough on October 19th, 2007 | No Comments »
No, it’s not an Eddie Izzard routine. It’s the U.S. Army assigning social scientists to combat units in Afghanistan, and it’s awesome:
[Tracy] is a member of the first Human Terrain Team, an experimental Pentagon program that assigns anthropologists and other social scientists to American combat units in Afghanistan and Iraq. Her team’s ability to understand [...]
Posted by Chris in Anthropology, Oddly Enough, World on October 4th, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Wired News posted commentary by Regina Lynn called The Uncomfortable Reality of Sex in Space, which asks intriguing questions about the social realities of long space voyages:
I don’t care if you have a same-sex crew of great-grandparents who have never had a flicker of sexual desire in their entire lives. Lock a group of humans [...]
Posted by Chris in Anthropology, Culture, Sexuality, Space on May 19th, 2007 | No Comments »
Nate sent me two links that you might be interested in. First comes Capsters, culturally sensitive sportswear for Muslim women:
Created by young Dutch designer Cindy van den Bremen, Capsters are sleek head coverings made from comfortable, stretchy fabrics… Covering a woman’s head and neck as stipulated by Islamic or cultural tradition, they make it possible [...]
Posted by Chris in Anthropology, Beauty and Fashion, Shopping, Sports on December 29th, 2006 | 4 Comments »
Ghent, Belgium, is apparently considering naming a street after one of the Filipino Igarot tribe members abandoned by my great-grandfather there, circa 1913. Here’s a recent news story from the Philippines about my mother’s father’s father, Richard Schneidewind, and Timicheg, one of the tribespeople he displayed. Oh, great-grandfather Richard. Sigh.
Posted by Deana in Academia, Anthropology, Business, Crime, Culture, History, Oddly Enough, You have got to be kidding on December 12th, 2006 | No Comments »
From the New York Times:
A surprisingly recent instance of human evolution has been detected among the peoples of East Africa. It is the ability to digest milk in adulthood, conferred by genetic changes that occurred as recently as 3,000 years ago, a team of geneticists has found.
The finding is a striking example of a cultural [...]
Posted by Chris in Anthropology, Culture, Science on December 10th, 2006 | 2 Comments »
