Welcome to the official home page of the Anthropologist in the Attic. I'm a socio-cultural anthropologist. It's always "on" and there's nothing I can do about it. But thanks to all those who unwittingly contribute to my on-going research. Without you, I'd be bored. I am fortunate that I can explore other areas of anthropology and practice these areas in real time. Areas of Research: As a socio-cultural anthropologist I am interested in the area of marginalization, and immigrant communities. Research topics of interest: Self marginalization and the Salafi Immigrants and the AIMS Model My interest in linguistic anthropology: Languages
Most people
collect stamps, I collect languages. To date I have about 13 or so. I'm
no linguist, but I use language as the window unto the cultures of
people. So far I've studied/learned; American Sign Language, Signing Exact English (SEE2), Arabic, Cree, French, German, Hawaiian, Hungarian, Japanese, Latin, Malay, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish. I've peeked at Aztec, Italian, Swahili and some even claim that I have been able to handle English ;-) Current research project: Rock writing in Central Afghanistan. My interest in forensic anthropology: Field bone identification in search and rescue. |