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barefoot
You're Walking Wrong--how and why shoes are bad for our feet. Interesting research, and good art too. -
Women hold up half the sky, given half a chance
Humanitarian aid is most effective when directed to women and girls. Detailed article on how and why, and just how cheap a life-saving intervention can be. Inspiring, and also saddening, given that little of this kind of intervention is being done. But some is, and more can be! Thanks, meowse!
His cautionary note:
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Piraha
The Amazonian Pirahã people not only don't have any counting numbers, and have an extremely simple language that may not include recursion, thus greatly interesting (and/or upsetting) linguists and anthropologists, they also seem to have converted their missionary from Christianity to some sort of vaguely defined animist atheism. atheism, anthropology, math, language, linguistics, religionShakespeare in the Bush, and bonus Lego figure
Surprisingly recognizable Lego portrait
Shakespeare in the Bush--my favorite piece of anthropological writing ever. I first ran into it in college, and am happy to have stumbled on it again.Shakespeare in the Bush
ursulav just posted a link to one of my favorite pieces of anthropological writing, in which is demonstrated the utter lack of universality of literature.
