“Passing with Pills: Redefining Performance in the Pharmaceuticalized University” is a very thoughtful and thought provoking ethnographic look in the mirror. Tazin Karim of Michigan State University did an excellent job applying a critical, medical anthropological lens to academia and the pressures of the rite of passage in America referred to as college. When discussing the exportation/globalization ofContinue reading “Performance Enhancing Drugs – College Edition”
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Nationalism, Communitas, and Spiderman…
Considering I was in Ireland for the 4th of July, I decided to get a little imaginative in the way I celebrated America’s Independence Day. Greg and I went out to eat, I got a milk shake and we watched the late showing of the new Spiderman movie in 3D. (The 3D is totally worth it onContinue reading “Nationalism, Communitas, and Spiderman…”
Learning Irish
Learning any new language is difficult or at least it is for a someone like me that really didn’t have any exposure to languages other than American English and Southern English prior to 9th grade. In 9th and 10th grade a had a very basic exposure to Spanish and in 12th grade I took FrenchContinue reading “Learning Irish”
Ireland 2012
Preliminary Fieldwork/Pilot Study in Western Ireland As I mentioned in an earlier blog post, this summer I am going to be in Ireland conducting an 8 week preliminary investigation of Irish Folk Medicine (a subject which is far more complex than that description might led you to think). Irish folk healing insects my two academic areas ofContinue reading “Ireland 2012”
Before I Go….
Things to Consider Before I Go… As I finish packing, send last minute emails and meetings with professors, and antagonize over the finer details of the unplannable aspects of my two month long visit to Ireland, I am simultaneously faced with all the complications of anthropological fieldwork and international travel. Even if I’ve managed toContinue reading “Before I Go….”
UpDate on Graduate School Progess
I just completed my 2nd year of graduate school. I passed my comprehensive masters exam and graduated with my Masters of Arts in Cultural Anthropology. This fall I am continuing in the Southern Methodist University’s PhD program for Cultural Anthropology. (I am at the point where I am still having to remind myself I actually have myContinue reading “UpDate on Graduate School Progess”
About Bards Anonymous
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The Future of Education
Highly political and frequently more opinionated than well grounded, the subject of education in America is seen as vital to the future of our nation and ironically at times it seems to be influenced more by public opinion than by academia… Again your response to this statement, maybe more based on opinion (or emotional response) than on empirical data. ButContinue reading “The Future of Education”
Sydney Yeager 