Pensaments of an Anthropological Patzer

Archive for 20 August 2005

Wikipedia Needs You!

Saturday, 20 August 2005, 19:13

Dustin Wax recently posted to Savage Minds musing ‘What do they want from us?’ They, of course, are the hoi polloi, and us are the anthropological cognoscenti. He lists a number of good points, and then ends in a joke: ‘They want to know about the dinosaurs.’
I’ve got to say, I think that highlights a [...]

Fieldwork, Exchange, Debt

Saturday, 20 August 2005, 18:06

I get up, and we shake hands. I say ‘I’ll be back in a couple hours.’ ‘It don’t matter.’ ‘Yeah,’ I say, ‘but I’m bringing something.’ ‘Now that do matter!’