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The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human
differences. -- Ruth Benedict

[s/cultural anthro definition] ...the study of common sense... turns out
to be extraordinarily diverse, maddeningly inconsistent and highly
resistant to skepticism of any kind. It is embedded in both sensory
experience and practical politics - powerful realities that constrain and
shape access to knowledge." -- Michael Herzfeld (2001) Theoretical
Practice in Culture and Society.