anthropology Archives • Linda JW https://lindajw.com/tag/anthropology/ Travel blog Sat, 07 Sep 2024 10:58:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 28238292 Dubai: world’s least cosmopolitan city https://lindajw.com/dubai-cosmopolitanism/ https://lindajw.com/dubai-cosmopolitanism/#respond Sun, 20 Oct 2019 11:25:06 +0000 https://lindajw.com/?p=4790 Dubai is possibly the most international place in the world, with less than 10% of its inhabitants holding the local passport. But calling Dubai 'cosmopolitan' would be a mistake, based on a wrong understanding of the term and of reality of life in the Arab Gulf. In fact, Dubai is maybe the least cosmopolitan city there is.

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]]> https://lindajw.com/dubai-cosmopolitanism/feed/ 0 4790 Field notes https://lindajw.com/field-notes/ https://lindajw.com/field-notes/#respond Thu, 01 Dec 2016 11:31:08 +0000 https://lindajw.com/?p=2138 What happens when academics go on a 'field trip'? "Describing any impressions of such a brief moment is per definition more about our own experience than it can be an accurate account of the reality we were asked to report about. ‘Field notes’ as a description of what it is like to experience an unfamiliar environment for someone living in a university. A depiction of a glimpse of someone else’s everyday. In the name of knowledge."

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