Russell Pinkston

Russell Pinkston

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Author: Russell Pinkston

Russell Pinkston is a photographer, brewer, author, and screenwriter. He is a Raleigh, NC native who has recently returned home after a decade of writing (and drinking) in NY and LA.
Wabi-Sabi and the Temple of the Peaceful Dragon

Wabi-Sabi and the Temple of the Peaceful Dragon

May 24, 2021
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 |  Essays

Gardening is one of Japan’s most treasured ancient cultural art forms, having been meticulously developed over a period of […]

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Film: a Common Language

Film: a Common Language

August 24, 2018
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To study a culture through film is a unique experience. It gives the viewer a qualitative insight into the […]

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Rationality among the Azande

Rationality among the Azande

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E.E. Evans-Pritchard, in “Witchcraft, Oracles, and Magic among the Azande,” draws a compelling example of the rational structuring of […]

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Cultural Fetishism

Cultural Fetishism

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In the face of colonial suppression, the Anthropologist has a duty to record and, if necessary, preserve that cultural […]

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The Problem of True Identity

The Problem of True Identity

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INTRODUCTION Imagine, for a moment, that you are the new night guard in some very secretive government facility. One […]

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DCP Warehouse Blues Series

DCP Warehouse Blues Series

June 22, 2016
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 |  Downtowner

The Blues is a musical art form almost ancient in its roots and yet timeless in its burden. A […]

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Tribucha Kombucha

Tribucha Kombucha

January 25, 2016
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 |  Boom!, Downtowner

By Russell Pinkston & Anne Barrington In the last several years, kombucha has become one of the most trendy […]

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Bull Durham Beer Co.

Bull Durham Beer Co.

September 15, 2015
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 |  Beer, Downtowner

Baseball is a pastime so heavily steeped in spectacle and legend that it can become, at times, cloying with […]

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Gizmo Brew Works

Gizmo Brew Works

February 20, 2015
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 |  Beer, Downtowner

In the winter of 2012, there was trouble brewing. In the back corner of a nondescript industrial park on […]

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