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Anthropology in an age of ‘Dangerous Nonsense’ (Part 1)
This post was first published on Savage Minds in 2017. It’s hard to believe this was written that long ago! I have been teaching Neil Postman’s book ‘Amusing Ourselves to Death’ as part of a course on culture, media, and society since around 2014. This one ends with a ‘To be continued’ and promise of — read more
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Revisiting Gould on the death of .400 hitting
This post was originally published in summer 2024 on my website. Last summer I wrote a series on Anthrodendum about beaches and baseball. I plan to do a bit more of the same this summer. Considering everything that’s going on in the world these days, this may be a retreat into escapism, and I’ll own — read more
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Leslie White goes to a baseball game (Part 3)
This series was originally posted on Anthrodendum in 2023. I am republishing it here as a part of a renewed effort to look at the intersection of sports, power, and culture (via baseball mostly). Here is Part 3: In the last post of this installment of the summer anthropologies series, I ended with the point that — read more
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Leslie White goes to a baseball game (Part 2)
This series was originally posted on Anthrodendum in 2023. I am republishing it here as a part of a renewed effort to look at the intersection of sports, power, and culture (via baseball mostly). Here is Part 2: In part one of this installment, I mentioned Leslie White’s call to expand the purview of anthropology and take — read more
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Leslie White goes to a baseball game (Part 1)
This series was originally posted on Anthrodendum in 2023. I am republishing it here as a part of a renewed effort to look at the intersection of sports, power, and culture (via baseball mostly). Here is Part 1: A couple months ago, just after the 2023 baseball season started, I was sitting in the upper — read more
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