Category: Category: Essays
Wabi-Sabi and the Temple of the Peaceful Dragon
Gardening is one of Japan’s most treasured ancient cultural art forms, having been meticulously developed over a period of […]
Read More →Film: a Common Language
To study a culture through film is a unique experience. It gives the viewer a qualitative insight into the […]
Read More →Rationality among the Azande
E.E. Evans-Pritchard, in “Witchcraft, Oracles, and Magic among the Azande,” draws a compelling example of the rational structuring of […]
Read More →Cultural Fetishism
In the face of colonial suppression, the Anthropologist has a duty to record and, if necessary, preserve that cultural […]
Read More →The Problem of True Identity
INTRODUCTION Imagine, for a moment, that you are the new night guard in some very secretive government facility. One […]
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