No One’s Laughing: The Killing Joke Still Doesn’t Do Justice to Barbara Gordon
*Trigger Warning: This piece discusses rape and sexual violence. Alan Moore’s 1988 graphic novel Batman: The Killing Joke is perhaps…
Posts Tagged 'anthropology of geek culture'
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….
How is Pokemon Go Changing Our Relationship with People and Places?
By Nick Mizer and Jared Miracle Pokemon Go, the blockbuster new augmented reality game developed by Niantic, hit the US…
Magical Maladies and Injuries: Cultural Appropriation in J. K. Rowling’s Ilvermorny
Although the final book in the Harry Potter saga, The Deathly Hallows, was published almost a decade ago, J. K….
Anthro Blogging 101: Allegra Lab
In this edition of Anthropology Blogging 101, we welcome Miia Halme-Tuomisaari and Julie Billaud, Editors in Chief at Allegra Lab. Tell us…
The Geek Anthropologist 