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ATG #3: From Blade Runner to Luis Arraez Edition
After a bit of a fall hiatus due to all the stuff that’s happening everywhere, here’s another installment in my Anthropology the Gathering (ATG) roundup: 1) Blade Runner and anthropology: I got to teach my class on culture, film, and media this past fall quarter. We watched Blade Runner 2049 and read a 2021 piece… — 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