Mental Health

Anthropology roundup: “Affect, Attention, and Ethnographic Research

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Affect, Attention, and Ethnographic Research: Thoughts on Mental Health in the Field  Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog by Alix Johnson This year has seen some encouraging openings in a much-needed conversation on academia and mental health (for example: The Guardian, Chronicle Vitae, The Professor is In). Many of these interventions … Read more

Roundup: Alain de Botton’s Week at the Airport; LSD art; Useful YouTube Channels for Teachers;

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Alain de Botton: A Week at the Airport from Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder For one week, writer Alain de Botton worked from his desk in the middle of Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport, and wrote a book about it, called A Week at the Airport. LIFE magazine on “LSD Art,” 1966 from Boing Boing … Read more