Tag: ritual

Creating and Maintaining Community in UK Medieval Reenactment

A photograph of two people in medieval women’s clothing walking towards two small wooden houses at sunset.

Why do medieval reenactors feel like they’ve “found their people”?Continue readingCreating and Maintaining Community in UK Medieval Reenactment

Post date 11 June 2019
Tags britain and ireland, ritual, subcultures

Anthropology

The Anomalous Pangolin

A man holds a curled-up pangolin. It looks like a scaly ball with a tail.

Pangolins are interesting to anthropologists because they tell us something about how we classify things, and how we react to things that can’t easily be classified.Continue readingThe Anomalous Pangolin

Post date 27 November 2016
Tags africa, animals, religion, ritual