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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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]