“Of Crickets and Gourds: Pokemon as Ancient Chinese Folk Game”
BY JARED MIRACLE Full disclosure: I love Pokemon. For some people, being passionate about a topic invalidates research by destroying…
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Deep Multiplayer: Pokemon’s 2000-Year History and Social Impact
Just a brief introduction here: this is a lecture given by Jared Miracle on the cultural history behind Pokemon. Tomorrow…
The Weekly Geekout: Reflections from #AAA2014
By Emma Louise Backe They are an unusual tribe: gathering in small, clandestine clusters, hugging or kissing over common cohorts…
A Geek’s Guide to #AAA2014
One of the most important things that you can do at a conference, and maybe just in general, is to…
The Weekly Geekout: American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting
Tis the season for the annual gathering of anthropologists. This week, hundreds of anthropologists will converge on our capital, Washington…
The Geek Anthropologist 