[This article was first published in 2012.] In the 1920s, there were 80,000 geisha in Japan.* Today, there are approximately 1,000 left, and under 200 live in the city of Kyoto (where they are called geiko). Although they are still…
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Popular culture has appropriated the words zombie and voodoo. They are used light-heartedly to conjure up images of the undead walking with their arms outstretched and extra skin dripping from their faces, and witch doctors sticking pins malevolently into “voodoo”…
When I got the acceptance letter to do my Masters in London, I was ecstatic. The programme is one I hadn’t found anywhere else in the world and the school has a top notch reputation in the field (Dance Anthropology).…
Taking an expedition cruise with Adventure Canada in search of wildlife like polar bears, bowhead whales and walruses. [A version of this article was first published in 2008] It is a bright morning with chilly wind when the captain announces…
There was a time when many Europeans believed they occupied the highest evolutionary status. Indigenous cultures were seen as primitive and industrial societies as advanced. In fact, as we steam forward with technological and scientific advances, it seems like some…
In the spirit of my post last week on eco fashion, I want to mention a website that contacted me recently: Novica. Their mission is “to give artists and artisans around the world a global platform to express their true…
