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factolvictor

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Social Anthropologist, PhD. Edgerunner. A-Wing Fighter Pilot. Keeper of the Old Holocron. Servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor.

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I’m reading Star Wars Ahsoka (trying to finish my books TBR this month) and I must say I really like her. It’s an interesting character and a nice addition to SW stellar crew. But I think it’s so upsetting all this discourse of “not being a Jedi” just because she doesn’t belong to the Jedi Temple Studio 54. So, to be a Jedi you must be a member of a country club and that’s it? @bookstodon

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That’s so uncannon and go so against the very core of Star Wars. We all have learn that Luke is a Jedi. “Return of the Jedi” means something to anyone? Luke even restored the Jedi Order in EU (what they call Legends now). I know it’s an identity issue for her, but it really is… boring. #starwars #ahsoka #books #reading @bookstodon

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I don't know if I agree with this list (which I don't), but here we go, I'd like to hear your impressions.

"THE 10 BEST STAR TREK SEASONS, RANKED"
https://nerdist.com/article/10-best-star-trek-seasons-ranked/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=user%2FOfficialNerdist

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@simonzerafa @allstartrek Agreed, agreed!

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@allstartrek @MirrorAyako Have you already chosen your favorite seasons? I think it's quite problematic because those seasons have so many episodes and there is always a bad apple...

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@lxskllr @allstartrek I totally agree! And we should consider that these “Top 10” lists are always subjective.

factolvictor, to anthropology
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I've just finished teaching a class on Anthropology of Food in Japan. How I like this topic, wow... it's really, really cool, being able to think about culture through the meals we eat, food production and consumption systems. As the anthropological motto says, food is good not only for eating, but also for thinking. @anthropology

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@taichara @anubis2814 Sure! There are some classic anthropological articles on this topic. One of them is “Why do we overeat?”, by Margaret Mead. In this text she talks about the American Thanksgiving and the pattern of overeating (and developing guilt later) at the end of the year as something cultural. I also like “Toward a Psychosociology of contemporary food consumption”, by Roland Barthes. > @anthropology

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@taichara @anubis2814 @anthropology But my favorites are Pierre Bourdieu’s “Distinction: a social critique of the judgement of taste”and Claude Lévi-Strauss’s structural analysis. I also recommend Claude Fischer books and articles (mostly in French, but he has some stuff in English as well). >

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@taichara @anubis2814 @anthropology Regarding some Anthropology of Food in Japan, there are several interesting works. I strongly suggest T.J.M Holden’s “The overcooked and underdone: masculinities in Japanese food programming”. I also like Jordan Sand’s “A short history of MSG” and Nancy Stalker’s “Gourmet Samurai: changing food gender norms in Japan TV”. >

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@taichara @anubis2814 @anthropology If I can also recommend an au concours article, definitely is Anne Allison’s “Japanese Mothers and Obentos: the Lunch-Box as Ideological State Apparatus”.

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I think my fellow anthropologists already know this, but it’s worth to read this. @anthropology #anthropology #brazil #indigenouspeople #indigenousrights

From: @IainMac9
https://aus.social/@IainMac9/111187338417916955

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Does anyone here already bought Patrick Stewart's memoir? Any thoughts? @quarks @startrek

factolvictor, to bookstodon
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This is one of my favorite Star Wars books. I’ve always liked the way Michael Stackpole writes. In this book we can also see how the next generation of Skywalker is equally powerful, but not invincible. It’s worth it. @bookstodon

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/ec97630f-402d-470a-982e-9a407d15ca58

factolvictor, to anthropology
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Today was an intense class day about the Ainu's never-ending struggle for recognition as an original people. It is a very sensitive topic and it is impossible not to draw parallels with what is happening here in Brazil in relation to the gigantic setback that is being done to indigenous peoples. #ainu #hokkaido #japan #anthropology @anthropology

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I‘ve just read the book Dark Ages: Nosferatu, the first in a series of novels set in the famous RPG Vampire: The Dark Ages. It was a very interesting journey through Anatolia in the land of the Cappadocians. @bookstodon

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It was a very interesting journey. For fans of Vampire: The Masquerade and Vampire: The Dark Ages, this is a novel that brings some very cool things, such as the crusade of Latins and Franks who invade Constantinople in the 13th century and end up putting several wheels of fate in motion (This is Medieval History, not spoilers). @bookstodon

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@bookstodon I can’t say it’s a great work of fiction and fantasy, but it’s engaging. I feel that those who do not know the aforementioned RPGs will not be able to fully understand everything that is happening in this novel (which is a flaw, in my opinion).

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It is worth saying that, despite being a small book, a lot happens! Several scenes and several adventures and all equally important. Stackpole has always known how to balance and tell the narrative in an agile way. I’m already getting ready to reread the sequel, Dark Tide II: Ruin.

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@GoblinQuester @bookstodon And a huge second floor with all the RPG books I want to GM.

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