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Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Steve Toutonghi's Join and Notes on a Networked Anthropology of the Future

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There are many interesting formations that might be called networked phenomena.  Homophily and the tendency towards triad closure.  Scott...
Monday, June 20, 2016

Summer Reading: "Superman Now" (초인은 지금) from 김이환

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I've been following Kim's work for some time now, and, at some point, will post up my impressions of his novel, "Neighborhoo...
Saturday, May 21, 2016

Zombie in the Armchair: Anthropologists as Connective Agents

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One of the community groups we work with has a book out.  Another has just won a major victory for environmental justice.  A third is ...
Friday, March 25, 2016

Ursula K. Le Guin: Anthropological, But Not an Anthropologist

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An essay I wrote a few years ago that has emerged from behind its paywall . . .Let's hear it for Science Fiction Studies ! http://www...
Friday, March 18, 2016

Twitter's New Anti-Timeline

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Twitter's new, non-chronological timeline ranks tweets by their (algorithmically) perceived importance to your network.  As they say in...
Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Twitter's Time Effects: Why Twitter Needs to Become a Time Lord Social Media

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As Twitter continues to flounder as a business, many have tendered their advice for the struggling company.  On the other hand, people at T...
Saturday, January 23, 2016

Right to the City in Baltimore and Design Anthropology

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Note: the narrative for my Design Anthropology class for Spring 2016. People in Baltimore demand a “right to the city,” i.e., to live in ...