Came across an interesting report via MindHacks on the different conceptions of happiness between East Asians and European-Americans. I’m always happy to see research that closely and thoughtfully considers the impact of culture on pretty much any behavior or concept often taken as universal. As an anthropology and psychology student I always approached psychological research [...]
Categories: anthropology, psychology
Tagged: anthropology, culture, emotion, psychology, research
1. First of all, know what fois gras is.
2. Take a class on etiquette. And romance.
3. When she asks if she’s fat, say no. Tell her she’s beautiful and that, in fact, she should eat more because she looks too thin.
4. Being French means loving to cook. Really cook. Not what we Americans typically consider [...]
Categories: anthropology, my life
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9rUzLoKpfs
For several years, anthropologist Karen Ho worked at an investment firm on Wall Street. Her experience there resulted in her dissertation Liquefying Corporations and Communities: Wall Street World Views and Socioeconomic Transformations in the Post-Industrial US. Today, Time released a brief interview with Ho, in which she discusses her thoughts on what’s wrong with Wall [...]
Categories: anthropology, politics
Tagged: anthropology, culture, economics, financescape, labor, politics, wall street