Today on the way back from lunch, Marc and I were discussing recycling/sustainability/social awareness/the horrible trash island forming/etc. That conversation reminded me of something that happened recently… About a month back I spent a weekend in Seattle with a few friends – one day while waiting for my friends to get their food, I saw [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘cultural anthropology’
June 17, 2009
connecting the cultural anthropological dots
Awhile back I said I would be conducting an independent study through the j. school / Gabriela Martinez regarding cultural anthropology + intercultural communications. Nowhere near complete, as this is just the beginning of my studies, but here’s the progress thus far: In my four years in the School of Journalism and Communication (SOJC), I [...]
April 19, 2009
bums + sunshine + positive correlations
As the sun continued to shine brightly this weekend, I had a few epiphanies as a result of a few successful afternoons of people watching. Inspired by Megan’s brilliant graph making, I’m illustrated a graph representing the positive correlation between sunshine and bum happiness:
March 20, 2009
twouble with twitter
a year ago twitter was quite confusing. it took alot to figure out the purpose. six months ago, twitter was better, probably at it’s peak. content was generally meaningful and not over-saturated. it seems that the purpose of twitter users was decently genuine and purposeful. six months – current – twitter has exploded. are people [...]
January 15, 2009
an anthropological youtube journey
Dr. Michael Wesch, a cultural anthropologist from Kansas State University, created the following anthropological YouTube journey, exploring digital ethnography and the impact of digital media on society. Smart work – check it out:
January 14, 2009
cultural anthropology: The United States of Mexico
To fulfill my final few credits, I was enrolled in an International Communications course. Exciting yes, because international communications is certainly an avenue of my career path I see myself exploring. However, the structure and focus of this course I knew did not align with my interests. So, I created my own class. I’m really [...]
August 28, 2007
learnings of the Mexican culture
27, 08. 2007 I took the Mexican buses today alone to and from school! It went smoothly and I got to school with a ½ hour to spare. Class went well. My cultural seminar teacher brought us cookies today. I really love that class…we learned about the currency. For example, the people on the currency [...]
