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Nov 12, 2019

Turning Brand Managers into Anthropologists

Words matter. The words that we use either humanize our interactions or distance our rapport. They create gaps and have the power to…

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Oct 15, 2025

Who Will Take Care of Us? Kinship in the Age of Longevity

The Question We Avoid

e are products of late modernity: autonomous, connected, and quietly alone.

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Apr 3, 2025

From Trend to Tension: Rethinking How We Read Culture

I’ve never been entirely convinced by the concept of a “trend.” It promises clarity, but usually by smoothing over contradiction. What we…

From Trend to Tension: Rethinking How We Read Culture

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Oct 4, 2024

Depth of Attention: How We Meaningfully Engage in Social Media Reels

It is common to hear that attention spans are shrinking, now said to be around eight seconds. But is that the whole story? The reality is…

Depth of Attention: How We Meaningfully Engage in Social Media Reels

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Sep 23, 2024

The Paradox of Reintegration: Prolonged Liminality, Remote Work, and the Future of the Office

Recently, Amazon announced its plan to have all corporate employees return to the office full-time by January, and a recent KPMG survey…

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Nov 30, 2020

The madness and mindfulness of remote working

In May, I wrote an article on the liminality of the pandemic. For better or worse, it had a more uplifting tone than how I’ve felt about…

The madness and mindfulness of remote working

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Nov 3, 2020

Understanding why Turkish-Americans are voting for Trump

Written by: Dr. Aybil Goker, Dr. Şölen Şanlı Vasquez, Kerem İnal, M.A.

Understanding why Turkish-Americans are voting for Trump

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Apr 9, 2020

Pandemic life is a liminal period

We are living in the in-between. The coronavirus pandemic is creating what’s known as a liminal phase in our lives — a time where we’re…

Pandemic life is a liminal period

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Apr 5, 2020

Quarantine Branding: Now is the Time to Show You Really Care

This period of pandemic is demonstrating one striking sociobiological fact: We are tangled.

Quarantine Branding: Now is the Time to Show You Really Care

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Nov 25, 2019

A Novice’s Thanksgiving: Sensory Anthropology Gone Wrong

Last year, for my first Thanksgiving in the USA, I cooked Thanksgiving dinner without ever having eaten it before. As an anthropologist, I…

A Novice’s Thanksgiving: Sensory Anthropology Gone Wrong

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Anthropologist studying how materials, emotions, and culture shape who we become - and why meaning and being human still matter.

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