Mitigating risk in ethnographic research

In the Hands of God: Mitigating Risk core77.com By Jan Chipchase, Mark Rolston and Cara SilverRisk is an issue in every country where we run research (mostly in the form of vehicle accidents), but is elevated in Afghanistan, where there are occasional attacks, suicide bombings, and… RT @core77: Strategies for Mitigating #Risk in the Field … Continue reading Mitigating risk in ethnographic research

A Shocking Death, a Financial Lesson

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Death and Dying, the Animal Way

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The circadian rhythms of death

Maggie Koerth-Baker, boingboing.net This is pos­si­bly one of the weird­est things I have read this year. You (yes, you) are more like­ly to die around 11:00 am than any other time. That is, pro­vid­ed your death is the sort that hap­pens in old age, as opposed to, say, being hit … RT @BoingBoing: The circadian … Continue reading The circadian rhythms of death

Why seeing death helps you to value life

America’s next top mortician: “It really improves your life to be around corpses” By J. B. Staniforth, salon.com “Ask a Mortician,” Caitlin Doughty’s popular, droll web series, has an agenda: to get us to embrace our mortality When we think of mor­ti­cians, we cer­tain­ly don’t imag­ine a bub­bly, self-effacing 28-year-old woman like Caitlin Doughty. But… … Continue reading Why seeing death helps you to value life

The phone call is dead

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