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• How not to deal with separatist movements: The Catalan Example.
  on Nov 18, 2014 in Catalonia Catalunya Independence Minority Nationalism
  Stateless nations in Europe according to eurominority.eu. Catalonia is in the northeast of Spain.An article I recently wrote for the online media platform One-Europe. Reprinted here on my personal blog.Following the recent unexpected shift in momentu...
• Guide to the 2014 Catalan Independence Referendum
  on Nov 18, 2014 in 9N Catalonia Catalunya Minority Nationalism Political Anthropology
  A mural in Granollers (Vallès Oriental) in Catalonia supporting the independence referendum and the yes vote. From murals9n.blogspot.com.esThis was an article written for One-Europe and posted in the week preceding the Catalan Independence Referendu...
• Getting Organized: Notes
  on Sep 17, 2014 in Notes Reading Workshop
  I find that part of being a successful academic is the skill with which you organize your thoughts, your work and your time. Much of this comes from experience. However, you can easily learn how to better structure your reading and note-taking. Here...
• Writing academically, part 2
  on Feb 27, 2012 in Writing Workshop
  2. The butler did itYou're not writing a crime novel. We don't want suspense. We want a clear, well-formulated argument beginning from the first sentence of your text. Think of it as game of backwards Cluedo, the board game where you have to guess an...
• Writing Academically, Part 2: The Butler Did It
  on Feb 27, 2012 in Workshop Writing
  You're not writing a crime novel. We don't want suspense. We want a clear, well-formulated argument beginning from the first sentence of your text. Think of it as game of backwards Cluedo, the board game where you have to guess an assassin, a murder...
• Writing academically, part 1
  on Feb 23, 2012 in Writing Workshop
  Since this is supposed to be a blog for budding young anthropologists, I thought it wouldn't be enough to just have resumes and analyses of texts. We need to know how to get started on our writing as well. How do you write an anthropological essay?.
• Writing Academically, Part 1
  on Feb 23, 2012 in Workshop Writing
  Since this is supposed to be a blog for budding young anthropologists, I thought it wouldn't be enough to just have resumes and analyses of texts. We need to know how to get started on our writing as well. How do you write an anthropological essay?.
• Producing Culture: A Reading of Marshall Sahlins’ Culture and Practical Reason
  on Feb 21, 2012 in Structural Anthropology Theory Sahlins Totemism Symbolism Materialism Marxism
  I've just finished reading Culture and Practical Reason by Marshall Sahlins, a cozy 400 pages of a theoretical debate between materialism and symbolism in Anthropology. It was a highly actual book when it was written, but I must admit it seems a litt...
• Visca la Sardana? Catalan Folk Dancing as Failed Rituals
  on Feb 21, 2012 in Catalunya Ritual Geertz Sardana
  A sardana perfomance in Plaça Catedral, Barcelona.Author's photoAs you may or may not know, I'm currently doing fieldwork on Catalan national identity and separatist politics in Barcelona. In this vein, I did a short, non-empirical analysis of the t...
• On the Introduction to Europe and the People Without History (1983)
  on Feb 21, 2012 in Wolf Theory Orientalism Foucault Marxism
  Having just read Europe and the People Without History by Eric Wolf, I wanted to frame his main argument and academic point of view. Treat this as a light discussion, as its primarily an outline of Wolf's own points; an Anthropological cheat sheet, i...

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