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“Some may go so far as to label these pleasures vices, but I would not, for what is a vice after all, but a pleasure with a bad reputation?”

Food Philosophical Vices Philosophy Of Life Cuisine Culture Quotes Culinary Tourism Cultural Anthropology Culinary Anthropology

Book:Cuisine is a Dialect, A Leisurely Stroll Through the Edible History of Provincetown

Source: Cuisine is a Dialect, A Leisurely Stroll Through the Edible History of Provincetown

“Nowhere else in the whole range of life on earth, is this degradation found--the female capering and prancing before the male. It is absolutely and essentially his function, not hers.”

Feminism Evolution Sociology Radical Feminism Gender Critical Feminism Women S Literature Social Anthropology Cultural Anthropology Gender Criticism

Book:The Man-Made World

Source: The Man-Made World

“Melancholy pervades me every time I enter a souvenir shop. I have been to many of them around the world. I try not to buy anything for multiple reasons. One of them is because I find the way souvenir shops represent a country or a culture problematic, to say the least. The items you find there are almost always either much better or much worse than the way locals do things. Each item is glorified or trivialized – depending on the taste of the manufacturer and the demand of the buyers. They are always designed to give you a presumed idyllic and warm feeling about the country from which you buy them. In reality, many locals strive to get close to owning some of the items displayed in souvenir shops. Moreover, even if locals use items like those displayed, their daily lives are never as romantic and as smooth as the feeling you get in these shops. In a sense, then, souvenir shops are places where people and their cultures are objectified and romanticized par excellence. Their human joys are amplified. Their grand sorrows are downplayed or buried altogether. Their real histories are either erased or diluted at best. Nevertheless, I confess to you, I always end up buying honey. Perhaps because bees represent life to me. Perhaps because I find that healthy bees and wildlife speak volumes about the overall health of a place and its people?”

Culture Colonialism Consumerism Representation Sociology Understanding Others Souvenirs Commercialism Reductionism Cultural Anthropology

Author:Louis Yako

“In a real sense, the important question is never one of validity or truth. Truth exists in the realm of mathematics and in the philosophy of logic, not in perceptions of reality. For those who would understand the world about them, the question is not one of truth, but of utility. Do our investigations deepen our understanding, further our ability to ask more refined questions, and lead to better predictions of events? If so, then the research is justified. If not, it remains but sophistry.”

Culture Anthropology Fieldwork Cultural Anthropology

Book:Mad Dogs, Englishmen, and the Errant Anthropologist: Fieldwork in Malaysia

Source: Mad Dogs, Englishmen, and the Errant Anthropologist: Fieldwork in Malaysia

“By almost any definition, Homo naledi is not human. But if the present archaeological record reflects the complexity of Homo sapiens accurately, it means that naledi was significantly more complex than sapiens at the time.”

Fossils Anthropology Paleontology Cultural Anthropology Homo Naledi African Fossils Naledi

Book:Cave of Bones: A True Story of Discovery, Adventure, and Human Origins

Source: Cave of Bones: A True Story of Discovery, Adventure, and Human Origins