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Claude Levi Strauss by his field kitchen, 1938, attempting to wash with Nambikwara women and children poised and ready to steal his soap, and driving carefully across a river in the Brazilian forest. Despite his anthropological insights, after nearly

This is Claude Levi Strauss with his monkey, Lucinda, who travelled through the Mato Grosso of Brazil hanging off CLS's ankle and dreamed condensed-milk and whiskey soaked dreams at night. #anthropology #lovebooks #history @aitkenalexander @atlanticb

In other news, IN SEARCH OF US has been spotted by an eager fan in @whsmithofficial... perfect #holidayreading, @gardenintheclouds, wouldn't you say?

Audrey Richards was the least generally known of my #anthropologists but ended up being my favourite- who couldn't love a woman who travelled round Zambia doing field work on a bicycle, preferred sleeping in a tent because it was better for eavesdrop

Zora Neale Hurston with her coupe, nicknamed Sassy Susie. She drove all over the US South in 1927/8 (with a pistol for safety when she couldn't find a 'coloured' hotel and had to sleep alone in the car) collecting ethnographic data from her fellow Af

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. - Margaret Mead

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