Writing - Microethnographies
“The one-cent stamps fly off our shelves…”
In the central Post Office of Athens, Georgia recently, I needed to add thirteen cents to my letter’s postage. I asked if they still carry one-cent stamps. “Oh, yes. They are our best sellers,” said the grey-haired man behind the counter. …
Listen to an excerpt of Ei Posinho’s life story
Recorded in Jesudi, Paraguay 2011. Posted here with her permission. …
Pocket ecology
Research project (inspired by a mom who took photos of the contents of her preschooler’s “treasures” in his pocket every day):
Carry around a stack of info forms/ permission to ask opportunistically when out and about: Would you like to participate in an art anthropology project? …