The Familiar Strange

A blog. A podcast. A social fact.

Skip to content
Search

collective mourning

Compassionate Cannibalism

February 11, 2019February 11, 2019 / The Familiar Strange / Leave a comment

Returning again to the ethnography by Conklin that started my thinking on this issue, the experience of compassionate cannibalism of the Wari spoke to the collective experiences of saying goodbye in a way that is supported culturally and emotionally. This exemplified a place of grief where both individual and collective experience were privileged equally.

academia activism ai anthropology anthropology community Australia colonialism COVID-19 culture education ethics ethnography family fieldwork fieldwork relationships food gender health higher education history identity India Indigenous Australia Indonesia Iran knowledge Mary Douglas medical anthropology mental health neoliberalism podcast policy politics reciprocity religion representation research rituals STS teaching anthropology technology transcript USA visual anthropology why anthropology matters

  • Email
  • RSS Feed
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Patreon
You are welcome to write for us !

Get a little more familiar...

Enter your email address to subscribe to our blog and receive new posts straight to your inbox.

Recent Posts

  • Ep#106: MeTooAnthro and the Witch Hunt trope
  • “Esteemed, Albeit Slightly Unhinged:” the Portrayal of Anthropology Professor June Bauer in US Sitcom Community

Find us on Facebook

Find us on Facebook

Follow us on Twitter

My Tweets
Create a website or blog at WordPress.com
 

Loading Comments...