According to Wikipedia, the American Dialect Society voted flexitarian as 2003’s most useful word. It is certainly a good catch-all to describe my current dietary habits, but if I really think about what I eat everyday it starts to become less and less straightforward. When I was 11 years old I started reading books about animal rights. I grew […]
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Pai: Hippies and Hammocks
So we’ve spent the last ten days in Pai, which is essentially a hippy haven; full of shops selling tie-dyed clothes, chilled out cafes with hammocks in abundance, and the occasional bar. There’s live music pretty much every night, usually in the form of open mic nights and jam sessions, so in that way it’s […]
Cultural Sensitivity and Gender Equality: How do they match up in Ghana?
After three months researching food sovereignty and food systems in Vea, a village in Northern Ghana, I discovered that global projects such as food sovereignty issuing generalised values or principles can be problematic, especially to specific sociopolitical contexts such as a rural African village, with its own cultural ideals and ‘rules’. In this case, the values […]
Cats and Coffee: One Week in Chiang Mai
I’ll be the first to admit that my previous experience of SE Asia is limited – before this trip I had spent six weeks in India, and only the North-West corner, at that! However, that being said, I don’t think I’m alone when I say that Chiang Mai is an incredibly easy city to be […]
Happy List from our first week in Chiang Mai
Here is a list of things that have made me happy so far in our first week in Thailand: The temperature – though it’s been a little overcast some days, it hasn’t really dropped below 21° C, which of course makes me very happy! The café culture: great coffee, cheap eats, and lovely lazy […]
How to be an anthropologist in everyday life
How to be an anthropologist in everyday life This is a reflection on what I have learned from four years of studying at two different institutions, in two different countries, in the field of social and cultural anthropology. However, its main points are not supposed to be particularly academic. Instead, I am using my own […]
Happy List – Roma Edition
So I just spent a long weekend in Rome. It was quite a last minute thing – I heard about a conference via the AAA’s environmental anthropology listserv and although I was a little apprehensive, I was so glad I went for it. I went alone – Dave didn’t have the holiday days – and it […]
Staying happy when the temperature drops: 5 hacks to help SAD sufferers stay positive during the winter months
Staying happy when the temperature drops: 5 hacks to help SAD sufferers stay positive during the winter months Give thanks This doesn’t necessarily mean an All-American Thanksgiving. Deliberately thinking positively throughout the year, especially when it gets colder, could actually change your thought patterns. It’s time to take stock, reflect on the past year and give […]
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Throwback Thursday/Summer photos mega-post
I’ve been getting really into writing the last couple of days so I figured I would publish a throwback Thursday post of some of my favourite summer memories/reasons to be grateful. That way I can look back in a couple of months when I’m cold and miserable and remember it’s not all bad… Just kidding! […]
Early-Autumn Happy List
Soo I love autumn. I love the word autumnal as well and at this time of year I get to say it allll the time. (sound familiar?) I never update this blog in the summer, I’ve noticed. I think that’s because I’m usually too busy and not spending a lot of time on my computer, […]