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The baggage we carry
An analysis of the etiquette of air travel - especially around cabin baggage - focusing on both human cooperation and the standards and infrastructures…
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Wired Autocomplete Interview
An interview inspired by Google autocomplete suggestions for 'Kirsten Bell' based on people who have misspelt the name of the actress.
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How do I love thee? A letter to Google
A satiric overview of Google's most annoying qualities.
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Imitation really IS the sincerest form of flattery: A letter to Gillian Tett
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Hygiene, swimming pools and the French obsession with budgie smugglers
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Til death do us fart: Farting and social relationships
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Barbie and me: A love story
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Cultural differences in complaining: 'moaning' vs 'whingeing'
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Til death do us fart: Farting and social relationships
Anthropological reflections on the relationship between farting and intimacy and farting as a map of social relationships.
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Polite Canadians: digging into the stereotype
An anthropological analysis of the stereotype of the polite Canadian that explores the origins of the stereotype and its relationship with both British…
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Imitation really IS the sincerest form of flattery: A letter to Gillian Tett
A satiric letter to Gillian Tett thanking her for her FT piece on washing machines in kitchens, which shares many similarities with my own Sapiens…
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I'm friendly, you're polite: cultural differences in conceptions of politeness
An anthropological discussion of politeness, focusing on the concepts of negative and positive politeness, and the cultures that are seen to represent…
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Stories from the video store trenches: Part II
Child's Play - an account of the dynamics of children's video rentals, focusing on beleaguered mothers, tyrannical toddlers and Disney's uncanny…
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Stories from the video store trenches: Part I
Nightmare on Porn Street - an anthropological account of the social dynamics of porn purchasing, back in the days when it was done in person, from the…
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A meditation on eyebrows
Anthropological reflections on the cultural and evolutionary significance of eyebrows.
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Silent but Deadly
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