I’d brought him up from Trinidad, a likable, clean-cut boy of British parents, extremely sensitive and filled with the ideals that youth picks up, God knows where and that middle age spends years in discarding.” Continue reading Exploring Tom Gill’s “Carmelita”
Anthropology is the human science. Primarily, it is the study of the diversity in human experience. Culture, language, ritual and … Continue reading Best Books for Anthropologists
“Why the hell did I eat that?” I thought aloud, while my stomach vibrated and my elbows laid squeezed between … Continue reading Yunnan Dreams, Part 2: Dali
The Kingdom of Kerry The Dingle Peninsula, reaching out of the northwest side of County Kerry in the southwest of … Continue reading Dingle, Ireland; The Last Port of Call…
I arrived in Lijiang with fatigue and an upset stomach. After spending the previous week, battling a horrendous stomach that … Continue reading Meandering Through Lijiang
“There are many things more horrible than bloodshed, and slavery is one of them”- Padraig Pearse What would it take … Continue reading Padraig Pearse and The Fanatic’s Heart
At the hostel in Kunming, while laying on a bunk in a cramped dorm room full of Frenchman, I closed … Continue reading The Lights of Luang Prabang
“Time and experience have taught me that everyone, especially cancer patients, can benefit from the world of sorcery.” -Paul Stoller, … Continue reading Exploring “Stranger in The Village of The Sick”
Mesopotamia is a region centered around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Southwest Asia. It is an area renowned for … Continue reading Exploring Mesopotamia, The Cradle of Civilization
An old essay that is worth a read Continue reading Insights by An Amateur Anthropologist in China