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People go to stores for more than goods. They go because they need to feel something moving.
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Giving a Cow or Giving Money in Uganda
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Whether or not you actually own livestock, the ritual of giving a cow or a goat is an important aspect of reciprocity and relationship building in Uganda.
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Parents teach their children in a variety of ways in a multitude of contexts. Chips and snack CPG are sometimes appropriated for that reason. Plus, they are tasty.
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What's in a meal, anyway? Meat! Or so we think. Though throughout human history the bulk of what we ate on any given day was vegetable matter (or bugs when we could get them), meat has become the…
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What is it to snack? It’s something most of us do without thinking. A quick munch. A nibble here and there. But little do we realize that behind these small, snack-sized bites are thousands of years…
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Package it, slap a label on it and sell it for $4.99 a pound. It's as simple as that when you're selling groceries, right? Hardly. Food, meat in particular, is tied to cultural sensibilities about…
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Package it, slap a label on it and sell it for $4.99 a pound. It's as simple as that when you're selling groceries, right? Hardly. Food, meat in particular, is tied to cultural sensibilities about…
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Brief moments in bathroom ethnography
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We have rules about bathrooms and toileting. One is that you can never keep it too clean. Especially when friends are involved.
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The cell phone has become more than a means of communication. Perhaps this was always the case. Status, power, and technological access are part of the package, but so are our conceptualizations…
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