When designing a research project, a researcher’s initial plans are often interrupted by what data we actually can access. Whethe…
Mate (pronounced mah-tay), or more commonly known as yerba mate for English speakers, is an herbal tea drink native to parts of S…
Join TAL as they explore the meaning and movements behind the buzz words that shape anthropology when it reaches beyond the class…
Join TAL’s Aneil Tripathy and Ryan Collins as they interview Ana Mariella Bacigalupo of SUNY Buffalo. Ana’s discussion of her res…
Whether exploring a ruined tomb by torchlight, submerging to great depths in search of lost ships, or sending lone robot emissari…
Start your week off by tuning in to the TAL crew, the entire TAL crew, back from fieldwork (albeit briefly) as we talk about our …
Holly Walter’s joins TAL in the studio to share her experiences and insights into Shaligram stones! Her fieldwork took her from …
Welcome back listeners new and old to the new and exciting season of This Anthropological Life! This season we at TAL have a lot …
Sometimes ethnographic investigations are pretty straight forward. Sometimes, its like getting submerged in a ball pit with the t…
Ever wanted to know what its like to be an archaeologist? Can you really dig a whole and interpret the past with the materials yo…
Join us for our 50th episode! Return guest host Ben Gebo joins Adam, Aneil, and Ryan as we uncover the human quest to endure, and…
It’s winter time here in the northern hemisphere, and in New England that means snow… a lot it. What can we learn from it? Join A…
Today we dive into the world of food! Come hungry as we introduce the world of food studies and explore the changing roles and me…
How do humans cope in the face of uncertainty, challenges, and trauma. Join your friendly neighborhood co-hosts Adam and Ryan as …
Ryan and Adam explore genderless gingerbread cookies in Australia – do these cookies reveal something about shifting gender parad…
Join us for part two in our series on Ebola. This episode we discuss recent moves and displays by journalists and media outlets t…
Smile! What is the relationship of happiness to place? What is the where of happiness? In part one of our series on happiness, we…
With the yearly release of new mobile phones, companies like Apple and Samsung have to sell the idea that we need a new device. W…