This past summer started (and nearly finished) an anthology called “Tribal and Peasant Economies: Reading in Economic Anthropology” (Edited by George Dalton). It’s from the late 60′s, the examples all seemed very male-centric, and there is a clear anthropological misstep in perspective. “Primitive” seems to be the term used most to describe these other economies [...]
Here is what my lived experience is of the social norms around networking and connections online: Share often Reference and give credit to others Participate in conversation Use consistent themes I started to realize that this was a way of thinking that was very isolating and individually centric. Strategies, if you will, that seem less [...]
Sitting on my fridge is a post-it that says, “It is the New Year.” This is to remind me that the magic of the new year can be recreated every day. Is there anything special about this day, the celebration, and the festivities? The new year historically has been changed on us before, so is [...]
I just got the iPhone, is this going to change my life?