...your Mom is a cultural construct

a place for anthropological rants, reason, and rapture.

Anthropology is a curious beast. It is essentially the study of people from biological, cultural, linguistic, and archaeological perspectives. Since humanity is incredibly diverse, the field of anthropology is as well. My particular passion is medical anthropology. My research interests include: design, consumerism, disability, reproductive health, medical pluralism, sexuality, and stigma.

I write this blog for two main reasons. One, it helps me figure out my own ideas. I don't pretend to be an expert on everything I discuss here, just trying to promote a little tolerance and understanding from the anthro perspective. And two, I firmly believe that social scientists are obligated to share their research. The findings are important and should be designed for public consumption.

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thedailywhat:

Green Gamification of the Day: In an effort to help consumers reconnect with “where their food comes from,” The National Trust is launching an “IRL FarmVille project” that will allow up to 10,000 individual to control nearly every aspect of a working farm in Cambridgeshire.

Each one of MyFarm’s members will get to vote on “major decisions” affecting the farm — from which bull to buy, to which crop to plant. “I will put in here whatever the online farmers want to grow,” Wimpole Estate farm manager Richard Morris told The Guardian.

“The online farmers will not be able to choose to grow cannabis or bananas, but undoubtedly there will be some strange decisions, some decisions I would not have made.”

Tomacco, anyone?

[guardian / ontd.]