Anthropology: Innovation by Another Name
By Astrid Countee Everyone is talking about innovation. Big business wants it, startups want it. Even my grandma wants it….
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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…
Game of Spoilers: A Spoiler-Free Investigation into the Role of Experience in Fandom
Fans maintain a careful balance between individually-experienced and community-accumulated information that is important for both the fan’s independent enjoyment and their fandom membership. Spoilers disrupt this balance, and by investigating spoilers we can understand it better.
(Video) Games as Motivation for Japanese High School Students
By Andrew Ross Sushi served on conveyor belts. Robot restaurants and robot theater. Toilets that automatically open themselves upon room…
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