@MattWalshBlog I liked the Africa part too! However, I had hoped you would also travel to India, where there is a centuries-old tradition of the Hijra, which would make the comparison between traditional vs. hyper-neoliberal US society less stark and a bit more complex.
@Fernanda_Pirie Wow, what a treat, yes! His "Les lances du crépuscule. Relations Jivaros, Haute Amazonie" was my first contact with social anthropology. It still resonates with me today
@zhngxngjin6 yeah, I feel you! I used to read Walther Benjamin's text in English translation instead of German, my native language, because I understood it better that way
@sakyaresearch This used to be online for like 6 months and I found it incredibly useful! Would you know what happened to the website/project? Did they move to another url maybe?
Tibetan friend of mine signs off our conversation with "I'll see you whenever, wherever," and I started humming and dancing. I ask him whether he knows what I'm singing there to which he replies, "Com'on Daniel, everybody knows Shakira" #checkmate#globalphenomenon