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  • 90s Heroes, Old Legends and Today

    One of the best things about social and cultural anthropology is that it can literally touch any topic. For me, that means I get to write about (and research) literally whatever I want when not working on a client specific question. This also means that, whatever you look at, technically is anthropology. (Hence the name…

  • Syncretism

    Today’s theme will be syncretism. Syncretism is something many have never even heard of, but the irony is it exists around us everywhere. The simplest explanation of syncretism is that it is the adoption of others’ beliefs into your own as your own. This is true of myth, tale and religion – they are all…