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Anthropology roundup: Malinowski’s Legacy in the Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea… Tristes Tropiques by Claude Lévi-Strauss…

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Tristes Tropiques by Claude Lévi-Strauss – melancholyanthropology The Guardian (blog) Perhaps you are a lover of travellers’ tales. If the voice of this French anthropologist conveys to you nothing more than academic curmudgeonliness, let’s leave it there. But isn’t it a kind of fastidiousness that seems to belong to a vanished .   Malinowski’s Legacy: One … Read more

Anthropology roundup: 19 February is the “National Anthropology Day”… “Turkic language family time depth…

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A Global Celebration of Anthropology  American Anthropological Association by Joslyn O. On Thursday, February 19, 2015 anthropologists worldwide will celebrate the inaugural National Anthropology Day. This inaugural event, created by the American Anthropological Association, calls public attention to the important work that anthropologists contribute to our daily lives.   The Anthropology of the Middle Class Huffington … Read more