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From essay on rural terminologies for measurement:
“The contrast between measurement as opinion and measurement as
knowledge is not simply a surface characteristic of rural discourse, but I
think characterizes an important set of implicit epistemological assump-
tions about the limits on the knowability of certain phenomena”
— Jan 01, 2026 04:49PM
“The contrast between measurement as opinion and measurement as
knowledge is not simply a surface characteristic of rural discourse, but I
think characterizes an important set of implicit epistemological assump-
tions about the limits on the knowability of certain phenomena”
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Ch 4 … Applying Bourdieu’s concept of habitus and regulated improvisation to sketch out the way dietary decision of food provision are made in households and how they are contextually embedded in a wide array of factors - excellent excellent anthropological essay about decision-making
— Feb 23, 2026 07:53AM
Laya
is on page 35 of 158
From essay on rural terminologies for measurement:
“The contrast between measurement as opinion and measurement as
knowledge is not simply a surface characteristic of rural discourse, but I
think characterizes an important set of implicit epistemological assump-
tions about the limits on the knowability of certain phenomena”
— Jan 01, 2026 04:49PM
“The contrast between measurement as opinion and measurement as
knowledge is not simply a surface characteristic of rural discourse, but I
think characterizes an important set of implicit epistemological assump-
tions about the limits on the knowability of certain phenomena”
Laya
is on page 15 of 158
Oh this book is such a cool project. Right when I was looking for Appadurai’s older and forgotten agriculture ethnographies, I came across this book that was collated basically just last year with a contemporary introduction. Divine intervention fr
— Dec 30, 2025 03:02PM
