anthropological fragments

 Due to difficulties handling subscriptions on blogger.com, I've moved this blog to Substack; find me at https://anthrofragments.substac...

I found this article behind a paywall, but think it should get more circulation, so I’m copying into my blog. Business Group Plans to Offe...

Many of my friends and I are still struggling to understand how Trump was able to win the 2024 election. The anthropologist, Alex Hinton, ha...

I again served as an “election judge” (AKA poll worker) on Tuesday. We serve in pairs, one Republican and one Democrat, each needing to init...

I write one week before the 2024 general election. This election seems the most consequential of my life, and makes my feeling that earlier ...

The French have a reputation among English-speakers for being prickly about people speaking French. Forty years ago, I myself was once upbra...

Today I learned that The China Project  is shutting down. A post entitled "Some sad news" on their website explains why, as does ...