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05
Dec

The Perception of Wine

by Jamie Goode, author of I Taste Red: The Science of Tasting Wine I remember when I first became really interested in the perception of wine. I’d finished my PhD and had …

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30
Nov

Killing Your Neighbors

by Jon Holtzman, author of Killing Your Neighbors: Friendship and Violence in Northern Kenya and Beyond How do we make sense of the horrific things people do to one another? And how …

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23
Nov

Thanksgiving Pumpkin Cake

by Joyce Goldstein, author of The New Mediterranean Jewish Table: Old World Recipes for the Modern Home Happy Thanksgiving! Looking for a last minute dessert recipe? Try this pumpkin cake recipe from Joyce Goldstein. Pumpkin …

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20
Nov

Praying and Preying

by Aparecida Vilaça, author of Praying and Preying: Christianity in Indigenous Amazonia This guest post is published in conjunction with the American Anthropological Association conference in Minneapolis. Check back regularly for new …

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20
Nov

The Problem with Magic Potions

by Keith Guzik, author of Making Things Stick: Surveillance Technologies and Mexico’s War on Crime This post is published after the American Society of Criminology conference in New Orleans from November 16–19. #ASC2016  From the creation …

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20
Nov

On Shopping Malls and the Politics of Access

by Arlene Davila, author of El Mall: The Spatial and Class Politics of Shopping Malls in Latin America This guest post is published in conjunction with the American Anthropological Association conference in …

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19
Nov

Plastic Reason

by Tobias Rees, author of Plastic Reason: An Anthropology of Brain Science in Embryogenetic Terms This guest post is published in conjunction with the American Anthropological Association conference in Minneapolis. Check back …

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