Iqra’i

Apparently anthropologically irresponsible stories are like bullies: you can ignore them out of smugness, but they won’t go away.

Check out Culture Matters for a thorough and just-snarky-enough takedown of what’s wrong with this particular iteration of the “undiscovered tribe” myth. I’ll post more on what’s wrong with the myth as a whole early next week (since I also saw Indiana Jones tonight and was pleasantly surprised–as an anthropology student, that is, not as a movie viewer).

_{In the meantime, I’ll be getting settled into my summer digs in Minneapolis, where I hope to do my part to keep giving you the Iqra’i you crave while splitting what remains of my time between campaign work, senior essay research and freelancing. In case you were wondering what I was doing with my summer while Nicola does the right-footed Beltway shuffle.}