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iammyownrushmore  ·  3397 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Note I Attached to my Final Exam

Well, I should've taken lil's approach and just read about the damn field first.

It is an odd synthesis that kind of seems counter-intuitive and not really aligned with anything I had in mind when you say the word "anthropology".

    'Man you guys have it so rough I want to help,' then going back home and feeling morally superior to their friends because they went and 'helped those starving bastards over there, look how bad they have it on my instagram.'

Man, I've seen that waaay to many times, in all kinds of settings, from academic, to even religious organizations, and it doesn't gross me out any less.

However, you should still check out that link to that Harvard group, it's pretty interesting.