Category: culture
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halloween cat
Tattoo by Whitney Lockner at Depottown Tattoo
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on hating subcultures
Why do we feel the need to “hate” subcultures?
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on the problem of email
How I think we should use email so it can be less terrible.
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on the art of letter writing
Exploring the philosophy and art of writing a letter.
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a beard-thropology
A brief introduction into the resurgence of the beard and the culture surrounding the beard.
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is it possible to save a “vanishing” culture?
So, not too long ago I came across this article from NPR. The title of the article poses a particularly interesting question, at least to anthropologists, “Can Photos Save A Vanishing Culture?” The idea of “vanishing” cultures has been plaguing anthropologists since the field came into existence in the 19th century. The goal of anthropology…