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  • Christmas is…

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    We got to talking today about different Christmas and winter festivals we know, and how they differ, not only from era to era but also from place to place. Being quite well travelled means we have a personal familiarity with  a host of traditions, new and old (because yes, you CAN have a new tradition……

  • Food and anthropology

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    Food is a complicated theme, to say the least (note to self – when isn’t it, and what isn’t? 😉 ). Many of us think very little about food apart from what it means to us on a daily basis. Anthropology, however, thinks about food all the time, because food creates a large part of…