http://www.anthropreneur.com German Dziebel on Culture, Business and Advertising Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:45:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wings of the Rockies Air and Space Museum in eastern Denver is a hangar full of military airplanes and their 24-cylinder engines. Run by volonteers, who fight for every dollar they can make off of entrance fees and merchandise and for every second of your time, the museum nevertheless is ... http://www.anthropreneur.com/?p=32 I've come across an interesting page from an Indiana University Anthropology professor, Richard Wilk. Wilk collects instances of Western consumer goods in tribal contexts, tawdry replicas of indigenous art, idiotic products catering to silly human desires and preposterous ads. As a person who has experience working in both museums ... http://www.anthropreneur.com/?p=31 A cup of civet cat coffee costs some $100 at the Peter Jones department store in London. These mislabeled Southeast Asian felines (in reality a species close to the mangoose) serve as wild connoisseurs. They sniff those rare berries out, eat them and then discharge unprocessed beans for human coffee-lovers ... http://www.anthropreneur.com/?p=30 Through Cubemate's guiding hand, I came across Watson Phillips Norman's Todd Norman's thoughts on planning and creativity. The gist of the article is that people like one double first from Oxford in physics and mathematics are bad planners because they're too smart, while humble and empathetic enthusiasts of pop ... http://www.anthropreneur.com/?p=29 My book entitled "The Genius of Kinship: The Phenomenon of Human Kinship and the Global Diversity of Kinship Terminologies" is finally out from Cambria Press. Cambria Press has been professional and fast, and I am glad I could talk to them not only as an anthropologist but also as a ... http://www.anthropreneur.com/?p=28 Just picked it from Datamancer. Previous sightings include Newsweek's article (from October 31, 2007) on Richard Nagy and steampunk technology. Features: mahogany-stained pine, leather wrist rests, clock-winding key, brass claw feet. Style: steampunk, DIY, user-generated innovation. And this is a "old-time photo" booth from the ongoing National Western Stock Show in ... http://www.anthropreneur.com/?p=27 There're posts that are written because several independent things have pointed the thought in the same direction. This is one of those posts. First, Reuters via Nursing Magazine reported on a study out of the University of Sheffield stating that children don't like clowns. The team of scholars interviewed 250 ... http://www.anthropreneur.com/?p=26 A new cool video game from AtomFilms, Jason Oda and the Martin Agency entitled "Kung-Fu Elections": I've always stayed away from politics and videogames but I do follow Mixed Martial Arts closely. Now I feel like these three things can easily go together. I am tempted to conclude that American ... http://www.anthropreneur.com/?p=25 Blaine Harden of Washington Post Foreign Service writes on Japan's use of robots as a cure against a demographic crisis. A rapidly aging society with an intolerance for immigrants adopts robots as a labor force in order to avoid an economic collapse (the number of citizens using pensions and healthcare ... http://www.anthropreneur.com/?p=24 What pen would the late Jacques Derrida endorse? Maybe this one, from www.go-pen.com. The fountain pen has been around for a hundred years at least with little to no changes. Now, a group of smart people invented a biometric pen that works on any surface, doesn't leave any marks but remembers ... http://www.anthropreneur.com/?p=23