This week, two shows have used anthropology as plot points. By chance these shows are the only two that I watch regularly. On the season premiere of Community, the students enroll in an anthropology course, taught by a character played by Betty White. You can watch the full episode on… Read more“Anthropology on TV”
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Drink Two Mugs and Call Me in the Morning
Wired has a neat article about the antibacterial properties found in ancient alcohol brewed by the Nubians of Sudan. The Nubians are one of the core case studies in bioarchaeology. All kinds of studies in my field have been done with their remains but, as this article shows, there’s always… Read more“Drink Two Mugs and Call Me in the Morning”
Anthropology in Games: Red Dead Redemption
“Grand Theft Auto with Horses” is a pretty accurate synopsis of Red Dead Redemption. One of the characters the main character runs into is an anthropologist. A cocaine-addicted anthropologist. Here is one of the cutscenes involving this character (warning: swearing):
So How is My Dissertation Going Now?
It’s been a while since one of my updates on my dissertation. Though my blog is mostly about games and fish sauce, in between these diversions is some hardcore writing! My page count actually shrank in the past few weeks. I broke 300 a month ago, but I dropped back… Read more“So How is My Dissertation Going Now?”
Anthropology in Games: Shadow Complex
This is how I imagine my dissertation defense will go (Youtube video via splicd.com) From Shadow Complex, an Xbox LIVE Arcade game :).
Small Joys
One of my favorite part of dissertation writing is going through the articles I’ve collected and finding little tidbits relevant to my own work. In the past twenty minutes I’ve found something interesting from a review of Inca child sacrifice (they sacrificed the children of elites, probably to cement political… Read more“Small Joys”
SAA, Part 4
I late-registered since I wasn’t sure I was even going until a week prior. My ID didn’t have my school information, and I wanted to represent, so during my lunch break on Thursday I used the wifi at the Renaissance to call up some reference pictures and sketched some MU… Read more“SAA, Part 4”
Warranty Void if Seal is Broken
pinktentacle.com had a post about the Kaikidan Ekotoba, a kind of Monsters Manual from 19th century Japan. One of the illustrations is of a seal, which can be quite nasty. The picture shows it is rather menacing. Coincidentally I had been researching Moche watercraft from the 2nd to 6th century… Read more“Warranty Void if Seal is Broken”
SAA, Part 3
Welcome to part 3 of my SAA adventure! As promised, this one is about my St. Louis culinary adventures. I had so much good food during the long weekend! It seems like I’ve eaten in every restaurant in downtown. Since the conference took a fairly pervasive break from noon to… Read more“SAA, Part 3”