Cultural anthropology
If I were to restart design school, or heck, higher education, from first principles, the first 3-6 months would just be a range of offline observational exercises and descriptive research assignments.
Material reality. You're soaking in it.
Material reality. You're soaking in it.
October 27, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Cultural anthropology
Did you know that pigeons make milk? Lecture 3 of Evolutionary Anthropology Fall 2026 - Speciation and Phylogeny. Processes of speciation, reinforcement, phylogenetic inference, genetic clocks. Next week, tour of primate diversity. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3OI...
October 28, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Did you know that pigeons make milk? Lecture 3 of Evolutionary Anthropology Fall 2026 - Speciation and Phylogeny. Processes of speciation, reinforcement, phylogenetic inference, genetic clocks. Next week, tour of primate diversity. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3OI...
putting the "anthro" in "anthropology"
October 25, 2026 at 11:19 PM
putting the "anthro" in "anthropology"
evangelical anthropology in shambles
October 28, 2026 at 12:33 AM
evangelical anthropology in shambles
The national anthropology museum has so many little guys!
That place has the most incredible collection of little guys!
October 24, 2026 at 5:17 AM
The national anthropology museum has so many little guys!
If you like archaeology, pseudoscience debunking, anthropology and the works, this is your guy. Go check him out
October 28, 2026 at 1:07 PM
If you like archaeology, pseudoscience debunking, anthropology and the works, this is your guy. Go check him out
Women academics, this is how to acknowledge your husband in your magnum opus. Mary Douglas ‘Purity and Danger’ (classic text on the anthropology of dirt), 1966. #academicsky
October 26, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Women academics, this is how to acknowledge your husband in your magnum opus. Mary Douglas ‘Purity and Danger’ (classic text on the anthropology of dirt), 1966. #academicsky
Here is my latest for The Chronicle inspired by the Vanderbilt Report’s sub-report on Anthropology, authored by Joseph Henrich www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
Opinion | How Not to Critique Anthropology
Joseph Henrich’s report on the field isn’t the condemnation it thinks it is.
www.chronicle.com
October 28, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Here is my latest for The Chronicle inspired by the Vanderbilt Report’s sub-report on Anthropology, authored by Joseph Henrich www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
Opinion | How Not to Critique Anthropology
Joseph Henrich’s report on the field isn’t the condemnation it thinks it is.
www.chronicle.com
October 26, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Here is my latest for The Chronicle inspired by the Vanderbilt Report’s sub-report on Anthropology, authored by Joseph Henrich www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
I have a bachelor's in linguistics and a master's in anthropology. My first professional job was working in a lab doing computational linguistics research in the late '10s.
October 26, 2026 at 6:58 PM
I have a bachelor's in linguistics and a master's in anthropology. My first professional job was working in a lab doing computational linguistics research in the late '10s.
yep they use it in anthropology and sociology
October 26, 2026 at 4:09 PM
yep they use it in anthropology and sociology
A special interdisciplinary place to do research, and one of the few places that funds all sorts of anthropology. I hear the food is good too
October 27, 2026 at 10:16 AM
A special interdisciplinary place to do research, and one of the few places that funds all sorts of anthropology. I hear the food is good too
Here is my latest for @chronicle.com inspired by the Vanderbilt Report’s sub-report on Anthropology, authored by Joseph Henrich www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
Opinion | How Not to Critique Anthropology
Joseph Henrich’s report on the field isn’t the condemnation it thinks it is.
www.chronicle.com
October 24, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Here is my latest for @chronicle.com inspired by the Vanderbilt Report’s sub-report on Anthropology, authored by Joseph Henrich www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
Seems to me Anthropology has a lot to say about the present moment, given the urge some people have to essentialize groups again. (3/3)
h/t @livinganthro.bsky.social
www.livinganthropologically.com/purpose-of-a...
h/t @livinganthro.bsky.social
www.livinganthropologically.com/purpose-of-a...
anthropology will only matter if it evokes a purpose outside of itself
Thinking about the purpose of anthropology: "Anthropology will only matter . . . if it evokes a purpose outside of itself" (Trouillot 2003, 5).
www.livinganthropologically.com
October 26, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Seems to me Anthropology has a lot to say about the present moment, given the urge some people have to essentialize groups again. (3/3)
h/t @livinganthro.bsky.social
www.livinganthropologically.com/purpose-of-a...
h/t @livinganthro.bsky.social
www.livinganthropologically.com/purpose-of-a...
The means by which independent/alt artists can support themselves. Kickstarter/Patreon have changed the world.
Cancer treatments and prevention. GLP-1s. Medicine in general.
Women's professional sports. The come-up has been incredible.
Anthropology and paleontology. HUGE leaps in understanding.
Cancer treatments and prevention. GLP-1s. Medicine in general.
Women's professional sports. The come-up has been incredible.
Anthropology and paleontology. HUGE leaps in understanding.
Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?
October 24, 2026 at 6:02 AM
The means by which independent/alt artists can support themselves. Kickstarter/Patreon have changed the world.
Cancer treatments and prevention. GLP-1s. Medicine in general.
Women's professional sports. The come-up has been incredible.
Anthropology and paleontology. HUGE leaps in understanding.
Cancer treatments and prevention. GLP-1s. Medicine in general.
Women's professional sports. The come-up has been incredible.
Anthropology and paleontology. HUGE leaps in understanding.
Researchers at the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) in Mexico have discovered a 2,500-year-old structure that they believe was once a solar observatory. The structure is part of the pre-Hispanic Teteles de Ávila Castillo archaeological site in Sierra Norte de Puebla.
2,500-Year-Old Solar Observatory Discovered in Mexico
Researchers at Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History have discovered a 2,500 year-old solar observatory
www.artforum.com
October 28, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Researchers at the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) in Mexico have discovered a 2,500-year-old structure that they believe was once a solar observatory. The structure is part of the pre-Hispanic Teteles de Ávila Castillo archaeological site in Sierra Norte de Puebla.
The Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona is searching for a new faculty member (open rank) to hold the Emil Haury Endowed Chair in Archaeological Dendrochronology, a joint appointment with the School of Anthropology. Please share widely! arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research and School of Anthropology
Establish and maintain an innovative and robust research program, including grant acquisition and scholarly publication, advancing archaeological dend...
arizona.csod.com
October 26, 2026 at 2:50 PM
The Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona is searching for a new faculty member (open rank) to hold the Emil Haury Endowed Chair in Archaeological Dendrochronology, a joint appointment with the School of Anthropology. Please share widely! arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
my friends (masters of gender anthropology, masters of transgender social work, and PhD of trans biochem) respond intellectually LMAO
October 28, 2026 at 10:55 PM
my friends (masters of gender anthropology, masters of transgender social work, and PhD of trans biochem) respond intellectually LMAO
It’s the best! Please tell me you’ve slotted a whole day for the Anthropology museum.
October 27, 2026 at 1:57 AM
It’s the best! Please tell me you’ve slotted a whole day for the Anthropology museum.
"Cráneo Votivo"
reconstruction with human skull, turquoise & seashells
National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City, 1967
#Art #HalloweenArt
reconstruction with human skull, turquoise & seashells
National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City, 1967
#Art #HalloweenArt
October 28, 2026 at 12:22 AM
"Cráneo Votivo"
reconstruction with human skull, turquoise & seashells
National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City, 1967
#Art #HalloweenArt
reconstruction with human skull, turquoise & seashells
National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City, 1967
#Art #HalloweenArt
I'd been trying to read Agustin Fuentes' response to Heinrich's critique of Anthropology for about 2 days - I finally open it & my daughter decides it's time to chat. I read on & see Fuentes linked to my work 😭 I got to show my daughter 🥹
www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
Opinion | How Not to Critique Anthropology
Joseph Henrich’s report on the field isn’t the condemnation it thinks it is.
www.chronicle.com
October 25, 2026 at 6:33 PM
I'd been trying to read Agustin Fuentes' response to Heinrich's critique of Anthropology for about 2 days - I finally open it & my daughter decides it's time to chat. I read on & see Fuentes linked to my work 😭 I got to show my daughter 🥹
www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
I'm a feminist philosopher. Lots of practical cultural anthropology & sociology in that.
October 26, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I'm a feminist philosopher. Lots of practical cultural anthropology & sociology in that.