Accidental Anthropology

Recipes for Recognition: An Anthropological Study of Digital Attribution Ethics

Field notes from the frontlines of digital ownership disputes

May 1 • 

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April 2025

The Invisible Work of Being a Patient: Anthropology and Medical Care

Navigating the taskscape of illness beyond clinical encounters

Apr 4 • 

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February 2025

When Theory Meets Experience: An Anthropological Perspective on Cancer

In June 2020 – amid the COVID-19 pandemic – I received phone call from a doctor as he drove between appointments informing me that I had breast cancer.

Feb 21 • 

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January 2025

From Literature to Lived Experience: Finding Anthropology in Medical Narratives

In previous posts, I explored how Gabriel García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude reveals anthropological insights through its rich narrative.

Jan 16 • 

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The Hidden Life of Books: Classification, Identity, and the Art of Browsing

What used bookstores tell us about knowledge and self-presentation

Jan 13 • 

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The Plague of Digital Forgetfulness

When Saving Everything Means Remembering Nothing

Jan 1 • 

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December 2024

From Macondo to Metadata: Reading Memory Crisis Through Fiction

What Gabriel García Márquez can teach us about digital preservation

Dec 24, 2024 • 

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The Accidental Anthropology Reading List is Live

... and free!

Dec 21, 2024 • 

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The Many Hats of Oliver Sacks

The doctor of man who mistook his wife for a hat

Dec 20, 2024 • 

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Finding Anthropology in Unexpected Places

How anthropological thinking appears naturally in medicine, journalism, and the arts.

Dec 16, 2024 • 

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