I've been steadily involved in the cast iron community for several years now. I've focused primarily on the 19th century cookware, and within that primarily griddles, with skillets being a fairly close second. That culminated in the publication of the project I cooked up more or less immediately after becoming enthralled with cast iron--The Cast … Continue reading Calling All Cast Iron Kooks
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2023 Is Already Feeling Refreshing
Over the course of 2022, or really, from the end of 2019 until the beginning of 2023, everything changed here at Anthrospin. It's been talked about at length and Anthrospin is far from the only entity impacted by it, but it's also far from the first entity to sort things out and move forward. In … Continue reading 2023 Is Already Feeling Refreshing
The State of the ‘Spin, January 2023
I have to start this post with a sincere apology for the radio silence over the last few months. If you've kept up with social media, you know that we ran into a big snare with our immigration status in Germany and chose to head back rather than allow our savings to dry up completely … Continue reading The State of the ‘Spin, January 2023
Settling in, I think.
At a bit of a jumping off point, this post gets into the more official and professional direction of Pedal Powered Anthropology now that we’ve started to set up our base here in Germany.
Leipzig’s Many Castles, part 1: Schloss Schönfeld.
In this post we meet the first of 20 Saxon castles, and the first of many here in Germany
Weird Wild World
Pedal Powered Anthropology occupies a strange niche within the broad spectrum of what can be considered academia. My focus during my undergrad was biological anthropology, and I had spent over a decade studying it before even starting school for it. And then within that umbrella, my focus, such as there can be one at that … Continue reading Weird Wild World
Winding Down State Side.
As things come to a close for us here in the US, I share some of what's going on, what's to come, and what's to wait until we're settled in the Old World.
The World’s Oldest Instruments Are Probably Older Than You Think.
A short discussion of the Geißenklösterle flutes, and just how amazing they are.
The Dawn of a New Era
One of many updates, this one covers the very many projects that are full steam ahead with the decision to make Anthrospin my full-time occupation.
Anthrospinning into the Future.
In this post I discuss coming back with a new approach to Anthrospin and what it can accomplish, as well as the decision to make this my full time endeavor.
Everyday Anthropology 