Viljami Kankaanpää-Kukkonen

PhD Researcher in Anthropology, University of Helsinki. Beekeeping in Spain - bureaucracy, borders, location & disease. Former evolutionary ecologist.

[Viljami Kankaanpää-Kukkonen @KViljami]

@jessesmithsoc In anthropology, which would presumably be the most natural home for autoethnography, I've mostly encountered it in methodological papers were people were reflecting on their own field work, which can be very useful for improving ethnography as research method.

[Viljami Kankaanpää-Kukkonen @KViljami]

@phl43 This was written in 1974 by Marshall Sahlins to argue against the various stupid ways the hunter-gatherer societies were theorized at the time. It's seems quite clear you haven't read the book and think it's some culture war bullshit? The point made was not trivial at the time.

[Viljami Kankaanpää-Kukkonen @KViljami]

@peligrietzer I read The Nurture Assumption years ago, which seemed broadly correct but the data in the book itself seemed shaky. I assume there has been some kind of better research since?

[Andy Ryan @ItsAndyRyan]

Nick Drake is one of my favourite people named after a type of bird theft. Others include Russell Crowe, Rob Fowler, Peregrin Took and Jack Sparrow.

[Viljami Kankaanpää-Kukkonen @KViljami]

@JonezinWidJonez @PosterInternet Following your metaphor, you think anthropology as a field is valuable but this particular article is bad? What particular scholars or articles then exemplify good anthropology in your view?

[Viljami Kankaanpää-Kukkonen @KViljami]

@neoconpapi @PosterInternet again: disregarding the daddy issues, nothing wrong with this article in context of anthropology, in fact 166 citations is more than decent. OP should argue for nuking the entire field of anthropology instead.

[Viljami Kankaanpää-Kukkonen @KViljami]

@neoconpapi @PosterInternet Almost by definition the job of anthropology is to study marginal people and phenomena (or: low-impact) not studied by other disciplines. If people wish that all these margins of human culture and experience should remain unstudied, they are welcome to argue so.

[Viljami Kankaanpää-Kukkonen @KViljami]

@PosterInternet Ghosts seem to have profound material/emotional effect on these Vietnamese people described in the article and there seems to be wider significance on studying significance of ghosts. There is a lot of bad anthropological research, but this doesn't qualify.

[Viljami Kankaanpää-Kukkonen @KViljami]

@PosterInternet Took a peek at the ghost article. There seems to be nothing wrong with it? Quite strong ethnographic/historical material, interesting subject and possibly novel theoretical work? Unless of course you think the whole field of anthropology is worthless.

[Viljami Kankaanpää-Kukkonen @KViljami]

@JacobAShell It shouldn't be something that careers are built on (that would be long-term, in-depth ethnographic research)

[Viljami Kankaanpää-Kukkonen @KViljami]

@JacobAShell At least in anthropology, I think most autoethnographies are either established academics self-indulging in some navel-gazing (which can can be fun to read sometimes) or someone making a methodological argument about ethnographic method (which can be very useful). 1/2

[afcstuff @afcstuff]

🚨 Arsenal are attempting to get a deal for Julian Alvarez done before pre-season, as the options for the player appear to have lessened due to politics. Alvarez is open to an Arsenal move, but his preference had been to stay in Spain, with either Barcelona or Real Madrid.

Alvarez has long been Mikel Arteta’s main attacking target, but Arsenal naturally looked at other targets as the deal seemed complicated. A prior issue has been that they don’t want to go above £90m, whereas Atletico want north of £100m. 🕵️‍♂️🇦🇷 [@MiguelDelaney]

[Viljami Kankaanpää-Kukkonen @KViljami]

@_nathanf38 There is a former pro basketball player playing in our football team and he is quite good for our level! Which is Finnish 6th division. And he has trained for years in his adulthood. 6 months trained Westbrook wouldn't even make the bench in Finnish 3th division.

[Viljami Kankaanpää-Kukkonen @KViljami]

@_Zeets Nobody who has the balls to take a penalty in a CL final deserves this hate. Not to mention we wouldn't have been in this final without Gabriel in the first place.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Technological progress — valuable in itself — requires careful discernment of the anthropological vision that guides it and the ends it pursues. If technological development advances without a corresponding ethical and social progress, the result may be an increase in means without a growth in humanity: “having more” without “being more.” There is a risk that individuals will be evaluated principally according to the outcomes they produce. #MagnificaHumanitas
https://t.co/6i9MWs7jyT

[Viljami Kankaanpää-Kukkonen @KViljami]

@PhoebanFicino @OttokarHochman Finnish has two with slightly different connotations that are good translations. "terve järki" (healthy sense) and "maalaisjärki" (rural sense)

[Viljami Kankaanpää-Kukkonen @KViljami]

@SinoLithography @OttokarHochman Finnish has two with slightly different connotations that are good translations. "terve järki" (healthy sense) and "maalaisjärki" (rural sense)

[Viljami Kankaanpää-Kukkonen @KViljami]

@AlexRohanmtg @Mengu09 Looks great! May I ask what are the Petrified Hamlets for specifically?

[Viljami Kankaanpää-Kukkonen @KViljami]

@thearmi @danbarker All Intercity trains have these play areas at the carriage number 4, while Pendolino trains don't have them. Take this into account when booking the train with kids!

[Viljami Kankaanpää-Kukkonen @KViljami]

@fernm8 Fjällräven backpacks here are truly hilarious from Nordic perspective. My mother would carry one to university in the early 80s, and I would use one three decades later, and my children are carrying one as well. A truly timeless item, the 501 Levis of backpacks.