#tumblr anthropology study

[tranxendance]

One of the best things about tumblr was waking up to a post that’s like ‘This town’s full of monsters! How can you sit there eatin’ a burger with no honey mustard’ and thinking oho Silent Hill reference and honey mustard is in fact good on a burger

Then ten posts later seeing patient zero that this post was based on.

[todayontumblr]

Monday, September 18.

History.

Ahh, history. There's been a lot of it. Enough to go around, you might say. There's been a fair few billions of years of this most elusive metaphysical substance, and a few things of note have happened within that time: dinosaurs roamed the Earth, then didn't. Cities emerged. The Greeks ate very well and sh*gged each other senseless, then didn't. The wheel was invented somewhere down the line, as was sliced bread. Dogs were domesticated (as were cats, sort of). Some smart folk put the alphabet together. The printing press was invented. The Industrial Revolution happened and sent us on a violent forward and backward trajectory simultaneously. Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at The Oscars (2022). It's been a busy old time, that's for sure, but the clock keeps-a-tickin', and the wheel keeps-a-turnin'. Come tick along with us as we celebrate all that is strictly past tense: #history. 

[fisherrprince]

miskellaneous

[milfjagger]

the number of people who vote "I never want to have sex" on polls seems really high vs the estimated number of people who are asexual globally so as always.. what is going on on this website

[greektragedybitch]

you know life is getting shit when a dedicated pen to paper person like me pulls out a laptop to study

[thingswtiy]

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[black-rabbit-razumikhin]

five assignments in a week and a half can't actually be possible can it?

[gillianthecat]

What are other words besides "western" that better capture what people mean when they use that term?

sometimes I think people just mean "white" but often it is broader than that

"Europe and European diaspora" but diaspora is far too neutral a word for what actually happened

"whiteness dominated countries/cultures." probably accurate but clumsy

"European imperialist descended countries/cultures." also probably accurate but clumsy.

Idk, "western" has always felt like a euphemism to me. At the very least it flattens out what’s really going on. But I can’t at the moment think of common alternatives that capture the population/group of cultures that western is supposed to.

(Also when I was a kid and saw references to people in "western clothes" I pictured them in like. Cowboy hats, denim and spurs.)

[native-academia]

𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕔𝕙 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕛𝕖𝕔𝕥: 𝕓𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕦 𝕠𝕗 𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕗𝕗𝕒𝕚𝕣𝕤

When the factory fur trade of North America was abolished in 1822, the US Government was left searching for a way to maintain control in Indian territories. John C. Calhoun, then Secretary of War, created the “Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)” on March 11, 1824. He did so without authorization from Congress, which is against the general practice although not expressly forbidden by the Constitution. John Calhoun would go on to become the Vice President of the United States the following year. 

1825 was an interesting year in US history, representing the end of the Era of Good Feelings that followed the War of 1812. The presidential election would split the previous first party system into the Democrat and Republican system we now know today. The country was taking its first steps to limit the expansion of slavery into its newly aquired territories. As Jacksonian Democracy extended the privilege of voting to most white men aged 21 or older, removing the previous requirement to own land, racist and colonial mentalities spread in the form of “manifest destiny”. The US needed to remove Indian peoples from their homelands and they needed a way to do it. 

The Bureau of Indian Affairs would go on to forcibly remove native peoples from their nations under the direction of Senator and then Secretary of State, John C. Calhoun. In the late 1800’s, after succeeding in removing many tribal nations from their homelands, the Bureau of Indian Affairs created the Residential Schooling system to assimilate Indian children into American culture. Missionaries had already established the practice, but the Bureau of Indian affairs built their schools specifically off-reservation and incorporated “students” from a variety of different tribes to aid in their goal of assimilation. Their model was the infamous Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania.

The 1960’s and 1970’s saw a rise in activism for and among American Indians. The Bureau faced a number of displays of public opposition by Indian people and those who supported them, like the 1972 Occupation of BIA Headquarters. Today, the Bureau of Indian Affairs is responsible for quite a few different things, all concerning the affairs of American Indian people on Tribal lands.

The Bureau as a whole is responsible for the federal recognition of tribes, most recently the Little Shell Tribe of Montana. The Office of Field Operations is responsible for regional operations, working with tribal governments on the management of natural resources, agriculture, fish and wildlife, and parks. The Office of Justice Services operates several programs and also provides funding for law enforcement, tribal courts, and detention facilities on federal lands. Their jurisdiction is surprisingly expansive, holding authority over all crimes committed on reservations and all federal crimes, as well as all crimes committed within “dependent Indian communities” or on trust lands. It is also the responsibility of the OJS to enforce tribal criminal codes and assist tribes in maintaining their courts and justice systems. They also operate the Indian Police Academy, where agents are trained to work specifically in Indian Country. The Office of Trust Services is responsible for overseeing land and resources that are recognized as tribal but owned in trust by the US federal government. Finally, the Office of Indian Services comprises a wide range of different programs, including social services and child welfare, transportation infrastructure, awarding federal funds to tribes, and providing resources to tribal governments. It is generally in their mission statement and enumerated responsibilities to uphold tribal sovereignty under the Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act.

Sources: x.x.x.

[mearchy]

Am I the only one who habitually uses that feature where you can click on the bubbles and see the reblog web that depicts the reach of a particular post? That is my favorite thing about tumblr probably. I love to observe the ecosystem it is so beautiful

[analogwriting]

HI JUST A HEADS UP I saw you posted a new chapter but I’ll have to wait a bit to read because life’s been crazy (call me nico robin because I got into university to study Antropology) BUT I BET IT’S AS PERFECT AS USUAL KEEP IT GOING KING

- number 1 kese hater

GJSKDK LMFAO OMFG YOU'RE SO FINE WHAT ✋✋ THE CHAPTER WILL BE HERE WHENEVER YOURE READY NO PRESSURE JDFKSKCK

also that's so fuckin cool!!! that was my first option before i ended up with forensic pathology (n before i dropped out)bc i thought anthropology was so cool (I still do) we got our very own nico robin on our hands frfr 😤😤

FJDKFKD YOURE TOO KIND!! ALSO GOOD LUCK AND REMEMBER TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF 🗣️🗣️ DONT PUSH YOURSELF TOO HARD 🗣️🗣️

[milk-lover]

DBD is my bitch!

Just kidding, I’m still really bad. But I have played roughly 25 hours now and finally feel like I somewhat understand how to properly play the game, and am getting to the point where I am actually having fun!

I’m not a Gamer, video games come very very not easily to me, and multiplayer games make me incredibly anxious (like quivering in my seat lmao) so I’m really proud of myself for getting out of my comfort zone with this one.

[bits-and-pieces-of]

Context: I realized earlier today that I’ve got multiple boards more than 10 years old and went: “Huh. Hellsite longevity achieved.”

[strange-aeons]

strange, we watched your: "The Ghosts of Aesthetic Tumblr" video in my anthropology class as a study for how cultures change. you are now recognized as an official academic source

What the FUCK

[freemake]

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[breelandwalker]

You seem like you're more familiar with the broader occult community than my scholarly shut in ass. I'm curious. If there were a few lessons you wish you could drill into the head of every prominent social media occultist, what would they be?

Ohhh the number one thing I wish I could drill into the head of every aspiring occultist and magical practitioner is that CRITICAL THINKING IS YOUR FRIEND.

Study magic but keep fact-checking! If there's a claim in a book on witchcraft that should be able to be backed up by mundane sources, look for those sources. If they're not cited in the book, that's a red flag. If the sources you do find don't support the claim, that's another, bigger red flag. This is especially true with claims about history, science, medicine, psychology, anthropology, and religion.

Also, be wary of anything New Age. There's a pipeline to anti-science, eugenics, and racism there that runs directly through portions of the modern pagan and witchcraft communities and it's brightly painted with New Age buzzwords.

If something seems too good to be true, it probably is. If something seems geared to appeal to your emotions, especially that which seems formulated to make you feel special or "chosen" or to fire up some kind of righteous anger or feelings of superiority, you should immediately be suspicious of it.

If a source tells you to disregard science, modern medicine, or recorded history, or tries to tell you that some people are inherently more special or magical or deserving of power than others, discard it immediately. That is a bad source.

Don't believe everything you see or hear online. Too many witches roll their eyes at their parents and grandparents believing everything they read on Facebook, then turn around and insist that everything they've seen on TikTok or Tumblr or YouTube is Absolute Truth.

Believing in and studying magic does not mean that common sense goes out the window. You should be supplementing your magical studies with parallel practical topics (i.e. botany, geology, chemistry, mythology, etc) and ALWAYS keep one foot squarely planted on the ground.