One of the most puzzling aspect of facing for the first time G.H. Mead's (and all other pragmatists') consideration about…

Ethnography, like most (all?) scientific methods, must initially proceed on the postulate that there is, over there, some “it” to…

The first thing to notice is that Lévi-Strauss is embedding two arguments. The first argument starts with a postulate: that…

This is an initial attempt to state simply (I hope) where I am placing my expertise: “Education into matters of…

how to design new methods for needs assessment and service delivery that takes into account the ongoing education people give…

We must investigate carefully how people, in their everyday life, find out about the scientific research that is presented as…

Producing new cultural orders while riding elevators with redesigned operating methods

In my earlier post about some of my experiences at the 2010 meetings of the American Anthropological Association, I talked…

Most of us get most of our scientific education from journalists.

Recently, I happened to watch Martin Scorcese’s documentary on Bob Dylan’s early career.  It is titled “No direction home” and…