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Video April 25 2009, 8:21pm
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News February 25 2009, 12:23am
The anthropology of contemporary culture
The useful anthropology of contemporary culture is a distressingly small library. (I have listed some titles below. This is not an exhaustive list, but neither is it a…
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News January 30 2009, 6:56pm
Ethnography, the internet, and an apprentice anthropologist. Draft.
In his book “Body and Soul”, Loic Wacquant discusses the way he approached his research on boxing and the ‘universe’ around it: “The other virtue of an approach…
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News January 28 2009, 6:45pm
Presentation: From Knowledgeable to Knowledge-able
More good stuff from Professor Mike Wesch - from the Educause Learning Initiatives conference in Orlando. This presentation is part self-critique and part extension of his earlier “Portal…
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Blog post January 18 2009, 8:03pm
Mike Wesch on social media, education and YouTube
They call him "The explainer". Professor Mike Wesch is a cultural anthropologist from Kansas University who is studying the impacts of new media. You should tune…
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News January 3 2009, 12:58pm
Participatory Media Literacy: Why it matters
Those of us striving to integrate participatory media literacy practices into our classes often face resistance. Other faculty might argue that we are turning away from the foundations…
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News December 1 2008, 10:19pm
Louis Theroux is the new Mo Rocca
Thanks to Steve Portigal's comment last week, I now know of someone called Louis Theroux. Thanks to the influence of Leora Kornfeld, this blog has a keen interest in…
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News September 16 2008, 8:54pm
Anthropology: The Business Model
I had the good fortune to participate in a call organized yesterday by Jerry Michalski and Pip Coburn. This is an open discussion, the Yi-Tan, they hold by…
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Bookmark August 31 2008, 9:09pm
Influencers, Promoters, Inviters and Other Social Media User…
Adrian Chan calls for analysis of social media interaction based on the psychology of character typologies
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News June 25 2008, 9:46pm
community, the internet, and anthropology
Through the Media Anthropology Network I’ve been introduced to a wealth of information on social networks, online communities, and the troubles encountered using such terms. I like the…
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Video October 12 2007, 5:38pm
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Video March 8 2007, 2:14pm
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