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Three stories about colonialism: I - Tale of Twas recalls a case of intra-colonialism - one group of Africans attempting to usurp the land of another group with catastrophic consequences. II - Tale of a Belgian Nun or the role of the church in colonial activities. III - Tale of… Read More

Tags: war, anthropology, congo, international-culture, belgian-colonialism

A girl goes to see her idol and finds him to be different than expected. Read More

Tags: disappointment, autism, expectation, anthropology, let-down

A short novella on the anthropology of solitude Read More

Tags: fiction, anthropology, ruralurban

Short Story / Flash Fiction

August 21, 2016

Reads: 316

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Two brothers spend time with their old dog. Read More

Tags: loss, grief, dogs, cats, anthropology

In this essay I try to dismantle the "logic" behind homophobia, from a survivalist point of view (my own deffinition of survivalism, the biological sense, not the paranoid group of people who are constantly preparing for disasters). Its contents may serve as armament for the knight against homophobia, as simple… Read More

Tags: gay, lesbian, bisexual, reason, empathy, logic, biology, homophobia, anthropology, irrationalityofhomophobia, survivalism

How did apes become human? Read More

Tags: anthropology

Egypt is in Africa, but were the ancient Egyptian people and culture really of indigenous African origin? I make the case that they were using evidence from biological and cultural anthropology and archaeology. I wrote this as a paper for my South African History class at UCSD. It earned a… Read More

Tags: africa, archaeology, race, ancient_egypt, anthropology, ancient_history, egyptology, african_history

Organized religion, in its various identities, has bestowed mankind with a set of ethical standards by which to live, and the structure of organized religions has allowed for those paradigms to be passed through generations. Even though religion defies scientific sense, over the years it has become a very large… Read More

Tags: god, social, religion, society, spirituality, survival, evolution, work, wrong, research, morals, interaction, ethics, sociology, solidarity

It is rising within me. Ba-tik-di. The tightening of the stomach, these yawns that shake the body; a slow heat vibrating up the length of the spine. Ah, the shivering, the ecstasy! The gentle acupuncture, these needles that prick the skin into gooseflesh; the cold hot freezing warmth of it… Read More

Tags: god, vision, divine, island, psychedelic, tribe, shaman, anthropology, ayahuasca, moksha, ba_tik_di, cosmic_serpent

The most comprehensive bibliography to date on the phenomenon of shamanism in North America. Read More

Tags: religion, science, psychology, transformation, anthropology, shamans, reference

For those wishing to understand the emerging field of molecular anthropology, and how it applies to the early history of North America, this is a great introductory text. Read More

Tags: native, asia, americans, genetics, tribes, indigenous, pleistocene, anthropology, mtdna, chromosome, genes, alleles

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