Category: Sketchbook

• December 2, 2020

  Anthrodoodles Update #5: Pies, proposals, and prophecies

    Hey friend, happy December from Noel Chomsky here. I took a break from Anthrodoodles this past month to focus more on my grad school plans. I figured from the start that finding a program would not be a linear process, but already I feel I may have my finger in too many pies—a rather…
• June 3, 2020

  My Illustrated Ethnography

  Here is a short animation about my research, in which I share one example from my honors thesis as well as some of the cool theories and concepts that guided my analysis. My research is called, “Ecuadorian Women and Pachamama: Understanding Everyday Life in Cangahua through Narratives,” and it’s all about how women in a…
• April 14, 2020

  Quarantine Doodle #1 : Nattō 納豆

  Even in the apocalypse, my love affair with fermented foods remains imperishable. JP: 外出制限でもう逃げられない納豆苦手の兄が毎回こんな顔になってる。ちょっと可愛そうだけどやっぱり美味しくてやめられない！ ES: Nattō (frijoles de soya fermentados) es un platillo popular en Japón con un olor penetrante y, para algunos, desagradable. Es uno de mis favoritos para el desayuno, pero mi hermano no puede soportarlo. Pues, no tiene adónde escapar debido a…
• July 10, 2019

  Field Note #5 — Lost in Translation (Sketchbook)

  Some Linguistics humor to wrap up my day… (Puta means “whore” in Spanish.  While in English the /b/ sound is more firmly voiced and held longer, in Japanese it’s a softer, more “staccato” consonantal sound that’s very close to the Spanish bilabial stop /p/ —so the two come out sounding dangerously similar.)
• June 28, 2019

  Field Note #2 — Packing for Fieldwork (Sketchbook)

  My flight to Quito is less than a week away what the f … And I have not yet figured out what to bring to the field.  As per usual it looks like I am leaving my packing to the eleventh hour.  I’m convinced I don’t know how to do it any other way. But…