Lord knows I would welcome much stronger examination of the credentials of people that claim to be social scientists / anthropologists that are working in the military. There is the potential for the development of an excellent sub-discipline of anthropologists doing direct applied work for various forms of the federal government and the military (which for all I know already exists, I am new to this arena). I have no doubt there have been anthropologists working in all levels of Government/Military/Intel worlds for many years, but they may have not been/are called anthropologists in most official job titles I suspect.…
Author: mark
Ordinary People Project – Roger from Yukon Territory
I met Roger, a master carver, while staying at Nugget City, Yukon. Enjoy!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRS2gfXd9MI
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Go Barney Go!
I am a registered independent, I always have been. I have voted all over the political map because I don’t think I should have to vote for a party but the person. With the health care debates its hard NOT to see the republican party as the greed supporting evil empire. There have been death threats of people attending meetings, republican operations to disrupt meetings. Look, my late father.. a die hard conservative republican family practice doctor… spend some time as the medical director of an HMO.…
Ordinary People Project: Kira, New Hazelton, BC
I like celebrities that turn out to be, well… normal.
Jodi Foster is one. She seems normal because she aggressively stays out of the public eye. This is interesting given that Howards Huges self-imposed isolation was seen as anything but normal. On the other hand, that seems to have been borne out. Lately I have been reading the blog WWdN: In Exile. This is the blog of Will Wheaton, most well known to people as the character Wesley Crusher on the television program “Star Trek, The Next Generation” and also, like many, I came to wish the same fate on the character Crusher as many Star Wars fans wished in the character JarJar Binx. …
So long Billy, we walked a bit of the same road
I like pitchmen, well the good ones and Billy Mays was that. He was one of the best known pitchmen of the last decade.
You have to understand, for nearly I decade I performed in the streets, festivals and fairs in the U.S. and Canada, and encountered the pitchmen, talkers, hawkers and shills of all manner. Billy was the logical evolution. Were the things he pitched sometimes crap? Of course. Caveat Emptor has been the motto of all performers, not just the pitchman, since people started to barter. …
Robert Thomas: First Nations Carver and Dancer. Ordinary People Project
I met Robert (and his mother Florence from the previous episode) at the Lil’wat Pow-Wow in Mount Currie, BC. We talk about Carving and Dancing here.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghO_y4Hkgws
…Ordinary People Project – Florence, First nations Singer, Drummer and Dancer
Interview with Florence Thomas, a First Nations singer, drummer and dancer, during the Lil’wat pow-wow in June of 2009.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XmB_VhT9Ps
…Random Hitchhikers, Episode 4 of The Ordinary People Project
People that I picked up in Whistler and Pemberton, BC in June:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2PL9E55EGc
…Call for participation in AAA survey of anthropologist working outside academia
The American Anthropological Association is expanding its resources, services, and professional networks to anthropologists practicing outside academia. A key step toward achieving this goal is to conduct a survey aimed at understanding the careers of MA anthropologists.
Each year there are at least 1,000 anthropology Masters degrees granted in North America . Based on anecdotal information, we know that many MAs pursue careers at the types of companies associated with AnthroDesign(editors note, this is a yahoo newsgroup).…
Episode Three of the Ordinary People Project: Cara from Pemberton
This is Episode Three of the Ordinary people project. You can see the previous episodes here and join the OPP group on Facebook.
Introducing Cara
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qy_a_EaUw0
…Ordinary People Project – Episode Two: Dave in Pemberton
Dave is a fellow I met in a local bar in Pemberton, BC and agreed to be my first interview, its just took some time to get it together!
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