8 min read
What the Vai Script Reveals About the Evolution of Writing
This handwritten example of Vai script dates to around 1850. British Library/Wikimedia Commons In a small West African village, a man named Momolu
Tag : Methods
8 min read
4 min read
Here’s How to Make Olive Oil Like an Ancient Egyptian
“Hand Clutching an Olive Branch,” 1353–1323 B.C., New Kingdom, Amarna Period. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Norbert Schimmel,
3 min read
Behavioral Jurisprudence: Law Needs a Behavioral Revolution
Laws are supposed to protect us. At work, they should eliminate unsafe working conditions and harassment. On our streets, they should curb speeding,
6 min read
How to choose an online language tutor
One-to-one sessions with an online tutor play a large role in my language learning. I’ve clocked up over seven hundred one-to-one live sessions on
Collaborative Digital Projects in the Undergraduate Humanities Classroom: Case Studies with Timeline JS
https://openmethods.dariah.eu/2022/05/11/open-source-tool-allows-users-to-create-interactive-timelines-digital-humanities-at-a-state/ OpenMethods
5 min read
Indigenous Research Methods: Another Reading List
I thought it was time to share more of the books from my shelves. As with my previous post on this topic, this post is a reflection of my personal
5 min read
Indigenous Research Methods: Another Reading List
I thought it was time to share more of the books from my shelves. As with my previous post on this topic, this post is a reflection of my personal
3 min read
What Is SAPIENS Magazine?
SAPIENS magazine is an online portal for readers to better understand the world and what it means to be human. AerialPerspective Images/Getty
7 min read
The Five Vital Signs of a Scalable Idea and How to Avoid a Voltage Drop
As an academic, I give a lot of lectures around the world. From Rome to Beijing to Sydney to L.A. and back home to Chicago. Even though the venues
1 min read
“There are various ways of getting at secrets. The most approved methods, as recommended both theoretically and practically in philosophical novels, are eavesdropping at key-holes, picking the locks of chests and desks, peeping into letters, steaming wafers, and insinuating hot wire under sealing wax; none of which methods I hold it lawful to practise.”
There are various ways of getting at secrets. The most approved methods, as recommended both theoretically and practically in philosophical novels,
5 min read
What Do Anthropologists Do?
A person documents a centuries-old Basque carnival in Alsasua, Spain. Many anthropologists investigate cultural phenomena, such as rituals and
3 min read
When Ancestors Changed Names
In genealogy, we deal with a lot of names. It can be confusing when our ancestors changed their names or used a name we aren’t expecting. Here’s
3 min read
Actively Conducting an Analysis to Construct an Interpretation
It is not uncommon for researchers who are reporting the results of their quantitative studies to go beyond describing their numerical data and
5 min read
Opening up Science—to Skeptics
My (Rohan’s) dad claims that “you guys can find anything you want in your research studies.” This claim echoes a steadily increasing
1 min read
Ethnography & the Observation Method: 15 Articles on Design, Implementation, & Uses
“Ethnography & the Observation Method” is a new compilation that includes a selection of 15 articles appearing in Research Design Review from