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May the 4th: Honoring the Stormtroopers
In honor of the wonderful day that is May the 4th, I thought I would revisit a series of three interviews I had conducted with photographers who use Stormtroopers figurines in their projects. At the...
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Scholarly Hipsters, Scholarly Geeks, Part 1: Definitions
Over at the Savage Minds blog, Alex Posecznick has been writing a thought-provoking series on “Anthroplogists as Scholarly Hipsters.” You should go read it (I’ll wait), but at the core of the series is...
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Your Bedroom and The Grand Canyon: Spot Check 21
I’ll be back with more on the Geek Scholars series next week, but this week it’s Spot Check! Filed under: Anthropology, Anthropology of geek culture, Games and gaming Tagged: anthropology, D&D,...
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We Can Rebuild It. We Have the Technology.
Welcome to the new and improved TGA! Besides our shiny new layout, there are a few exciting changes to point out. First, we are making the full transition to a group blog. Over the next few days we’ll...
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Where to find The Geek Anthropologist
We have been making some major upgrades here at The Geek Anthropologist and you can now find us on the platform of your choice! We publish on The Geek Anthropologist (TGA) home on WordPress. Our work...
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Introducing The Editors
As a part of the recent changes which have been occurring here at The Geek Anthropologist, this blog is now community-run. This means that instead of being managed by one person, it is now overseen by...
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Why We May Unfollow You
In the last few months, Nicholas Mizer, Emma Louise Backe and myself have been working relentlessly to transform The Geek Anthropologist into a community blog that will serve as a hub for all geek...
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Scholarly Hipsters, Scholarly Geeks, Part 2: Getting Over Being Over It
This is part two of a series on what it might look like to think of “geek” as a mode in which scholarly work can be done, and in particular a mode that anthropologists might benefit from adopting as...
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Bones, Betazoids and Battleaxes: Life and Times of an Anthrogeek
My mother was (and is) a fan of all things science fiction and fantasy. She named me Rayna after an android from the Star Trek TOS episode “Requiem for Methuselah.” My first introduction to gaming was...
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