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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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.
Das Alte Rathaus
Our first visit to the inside of the Alte Rathaus turned out to be much more impressive and comprehensive than I could've anticipated. I don't know what my expectations were, but they were definitely exceeded.
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
The World’s Oldest Instruments Are Probably Older Than You Think.
A short discussion of the Geißenklösterle flutes, and just how amazing they are.
Meet Cousin Rudolf.
In this post we meet Homo rudolfensis, a contested relative at the base of our genus.
A Little Bit o’ Barstow, All Night Long
Cast iron isn't the majority of my existence as it was about a year ago, but I'm still at it, only I'm more concerned with contribution over collection.
Istanbul was Constantinople Now it’s…
In this post I unpack the deep lyrical analogy that is the song Istanbul.
The State of Rhode Island
In this post I talk about the ways my research has impacted my views on some local political topics
Everyday Anthropology 