19TH JANUARY - Green fingers on the radio
Today I'll be listening again to an episode of anthropologists' favourite 'Thinking Allowed' [ http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/thinkingallowed/thinkingallowed_20071219.shtml] that was broadcast on Channel 4 before Christmas. It featured two anthropologists, Roy Ellen [ http://www.kent.ac.uk/anthropology/department/staff/ellen.html] and Simon Platten [ http://www.kent.ac.uk/anthropology/department/staff/platten.html], who are about to embark on a three year study on the 'ethnobotany of the British garden'. The importance of a finely pruned hedge to the inner workings of British society has, according to them, been long overlooked. It has even been argued, apparently, that the national obsession with gardening is a reason for the calmness of the British temperament! Like all good 'reflexive' anthropology, this programme should begin to make us question an area of our lives that is usually ignored as simply 'normal'...
21ST JANUARY - The catwalk of anthropology
Come Monday I will be looking for new ways to strut my anthropological stuff in the new collection from fashion designer Chayalan. A little random, but the Cypriot fashionista claims inspiration from 'current anthropology', as well as a host of other disciplines including migration and the philosophy of science. He wants his clothes to be seen as a part of culture, and not just an elite artistic world. Which is presumably why he has added signature drop pockets to his jeans... To read more about anthropology and fashion [ http://www.amazon.co.uk/s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Anthropology&rh=n%3A267854%2Ck%3AAnthropology&page=1 ], why not check out this article [http://www.amazon.co.uk/s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Anthropology&rh=n%3A267854%2Ck%3AAnthropology&page=1 ].
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