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• Animism as Weltanschauung

  

  While rummaging around the anthropology antique closet, I came across a 1915 article by Alexander Goldenweiser. As one of Franz Boas’ students, he shouldn’t hav... Read more

  The 11 December 2012 by   Cris
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• Here Comes Santa Claus?

  

  -Contributed by Michelle Breckon.Michelle Breckon has now completed her internship working with still images at the Center for the History of Psychology. In... Read more

  The 05 December 2012 by   Chp
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• The Trench Talk That Is Entrenched In The English Language

  

  image credit If you're feeling washed out, fed up or downright lousy, World War One is to blame. From cushy to crummy and blind spot to binge drink, a new... Read more

  The 05 December 2012 by   Gerard
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• Ethnofilm: Lakota Dancers

  

  This is a classic and rare 1894 film clip of Lakota dancers performing the Ghost Dance and Buffalo Dance. It was shot (a mere 4 years after the massacre at... Read more

  The 04 December 2012 by   Cris
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• Bomb Sight

  Bomb Sight is makes census available to the public wanting to explore where the bombs fell and to discover photographs from WWII Britain. Read more

  The 03 December 2012 by   Sfalcont
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• Waldorf Spiritualism & Literate Minds

  

  Over at The Atlantic, Emily Chertoff asks whether the Waldorf schools are a “cult.” This kind of question immediately suggests an orthodoxy outside of which... Read more

  The 01 December 2012 by   Cris
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• Ethnohistoric Plagiarism (Wrong)

  

  In a recent post I commented on the classic ethnohistory by George Bird Grinnell, The Cheyenne Indians: History and Society (Vol. 1, 1923) and The Cheyenne... Read more

  The 27 November 2012 by   Cris
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• Why You Should Practice Good Penmanship

  

  -Contributed by Michelle Breckon.Do you remember when you were little, and you were learning how to write? Your teacher taught you how to properly form each... Read more

  The 27 November 2012 by   Chp
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• Pragmatist Arguments for Democracy

  

  Jack Knight and Jim Johnson engage in a particular kind of political theory in their recent The Priority of Democracy: Political Consequences of Pragmatism. Read more

  The 25 November 2012 by   Dlittle30
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• Architectural Remnants Of World's Fairs Passed

  

  image credit World Fairs have been big affairs since the mid-1800s. Technically, it's not an official, traveling event like, say, the Olympics, which has an... Read more

  The 20 November 2012 by   Gerard
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