On the day when the lotus bloomed alas, my mind was straying, and I knew it not. My basket was empty and the flower remained unheeded.
Only now and again a sadness fell upon me, and I started up from my dream and felt a sweet trace of a strange fragrance in the south wind.
That vague [...]
Entries from November 2008
November 16, 2008
Ruminations
November 15, 2008
Notes on the NT Intervention Part 1
First an explanation.
Just over a year ago, the former Australian government (the conservative Howard government) launched an ‘intervention’ into Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory in apparent response to the damning report, Little Children are Sacred. Although the Intervention has so far failed to address the 90-something recommendations in this report, in other aspects it has [...]
November 14, 2008
Eccentricity is me
Being somewhat pathetic, I keep a list of the books I read every year. I know, I know: this is sad and of no interest to anyone else but myself, however, I just thought I’d share my eccentricity with you.
November 13, 2008
A Day in the Life
Applied anthropology is anthropology at the coal face, with all that’s good and bad. For those of you who might have no idea what a typical day in the field is like for an applied anthropologist, or who even might be considering a career in applied anthropology, the following post is a snapshot of life [...]
November 10, 2008
Flat
No, this isn’t a post about the latest tyre puncture* I got whilst doing fieldwork last week.
This is a post about how I’ve been feeling for the past few weeks: flat.
I am shortly going on a yoga intensive -which I have been looking forward to all year – and I’m not excited in the slightest. [...]
November 8, 2008
AnthroYogini: Addicted to Downloads
I love podcasts, audiobooks and world music. I could not survive the long drives and bushwork I do without something. Ok, I do frequently drop off into a meditative state whilst I’m driving along, but more often than not, I’ve got something on my MP3, usually an audiobook, as I’m going along. Currently, I’m listening to [...]
November 2, 2008
Thesis Notes & Motivation
“One of the best defenses against failing to notice is to surround ourselves with people who think differently than we do, know different things than we do, and therefore notice different things as they travel through life — and to listen to them. And when they don’t speak-up, we need to stop and ask them what [...]
