I believe the time of the electric vehicle is drawing near. It makes a lot of sense: we already have the ubiquitous infrastructure for “fueling” – any electric socket -, can be recharged with renewable energy, and does not have the fear factor some people have about driving around with a tank of hydrogen in back of them. (BTW, hydrogen as fuel is as safe as standard gasoline using modern storage methods).…
Category: Blogs by Mark
The growing work of anthropologists with the military parallels the evolution of design anthropology – 15 years later…
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.…
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
…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. …
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
…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!
…The Ordinary People Project – Episode One: Gord in Pemberton
This is the first episode of the Ordinary People Project, Gord from Pemberton, BC. Thanks Good!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx9pxLw4xJo
…The Ordinary People Project
I am taking a few months off to drive to Alaska and have conversations with the random people that I meet along the way. I’m calling it The Ordinary People Project because the primary part of the fun is turning the idea of celebrity on its head. After doing a short conversation with someone, I take a celebrity headshot style photo of that person and they autograph it to send them to the celebrity of their choice.…