[This four-part series on storytelling and historical narratives is based on a talk given at Vanderbilt University in February 2011.]
Half a century ago, the novelist and physicist C.P. Snow wrote about how these days we live in two cultures, where scientists and humanists seem to have lost the ability to talk to each other. I [...]
Tag Archives: Jared Diamond
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, part 1
March 24, 2011 – 10:27 pm
Jared Diamond, The New Yorker and the awkwardness of anecdotes
December 3, 2009 – 3:59 pm
A few weeks ago, I wrote about Chimamanda Adichie’s TED talk, in which she described how stereotypes develop when one community has only a single narrative about another. The post also referenced National Geographic writer Tom O’Neill, who sometimes resists centering a narrative on a single subject when he is reporting from abroad.
Last week in Anthropology [...]
