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In brief- Language: Adopt a Word to Save it From ExtinctionTags: language Posted by: Jovan Maud
- TPM Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Stimulus in the House: A Brief Anthropological StudyTalking points memo characterises its review of the different positions taken within the Democrat Party regarding the financial stimulus package as "an anthropological study".Tags: economics Posted by: Jovan Maud
- Conference announcement:: Religion and GlobalizationInteresting upcoming conference in San Fransisco. One might also ask why a Buddhist monk taking a photo is used as indicative of the intersection of religion and globalisation.Tags: religion globalisation Posted by: Jovan Maud
- Making cents of the gift of givingGiving produces more happiness than receiving. Economists are starting to cotton on to something that anthropologists have long known: gift giving puts the giver at an advantage over the receiver. Of course it's going to make you happy!Tags: economy gift giving Posted by: Jovan Maud
- Algorithmic publishing and indigenous languagesDoes using computer programs to generate thesauruses and crossword books for indigenous languages violate cultural property?Tags: indigenous peoples Posted by: Jovan Maud
- Language: Adopt a Word to Save it From Extinction
