The Games! They’re Alive!
Living Games, which started in 2014 at the NYU Game Center, is “a conference devoted to discussing all aspects of live action role-playing (larp) theory and practice.”
Anthropology
Vernacular and Vulgar Humor on Chilean Tumblrs: Negotiating National and Local Belonging
By Nell Haynes Social media is no longer the geek domain it once was, with the Americas and Europe approaching…
May The Fourth Be with You!
How do anthropologists celebrate May the 4th? By reading anthropological articles of course! Head over to Anthropology News to read May…
Meet Your Makers: First Contact Scenarios in Ridley Scott’s Prometheus
By Emma Louise Backe Ridley Scott’s Prometheus (2012) was an epic, existential prologue to Alien (1979) over twenty years in…
Looking Back and Looking Ahead
What’s in store for The Geek Anthropologist in 2016? And where have I been?
The Geek Anthropologist 