Saturday, November 25, 2017

Gift Giving Guide: Anthropology Style 8.0

Twice a year every year I dedicate a blog post to something a little different and fun: gift for the anthropologist.  I attempt to highlight handmade and/or fair trade items as these most closely mirror the values of anthropology in cultural understanding and preservation.  If you happen to know an anthropologist, someone with interests in anthropology, or someone who shares these same values feel free to look into one of these amazing gifts this holiday season:

For the Cultural Anthropologist

Earth Market Fair Trade Coffee





A safe, tried and true gift option for any anthropologist (or people in general) is the gift of coffee, which Earth Market offers in the organic and fair trade option.  This company has been in business for almost two decades, and all of their products are based produced with the value of sustainability in mind.  In addition to coffee they offer spices and meal kits, allowing you the opportunity to provide the best gift for the cultural anthropologist or sustainably minded person you know. :)

For the Archaeologist

Hermit Wood Working Hand Made Trowel

A trowel is an archaeologists best and most valued excavation tool.  A good trowel is a necessity, so why  not jazz it up with one of the custom creations from Hermit Wood Working?  Their selection of trowels include natural wood to custom made and engraved pieces (including one Harry Potter themed trowel!), providing you an awesome selection of trowels to meet the desires of the archaeologist you are gifting for.

For the Linguistic Anthropologist

Vintage camera case from This and That Cape Cod

We are actually going back in time with this find from This and That Cape Cod.  As they say "they don't make them like they used to" and this vintage camera case may be just the thing for the Linguistic Anthropologist you know.  They can store recording devices, such as audio or video recorders, note books, and any other materials in this tote.

For the Biological Anthropologist

Soap featuring a gorilla from The Charming Frog

Physical anthropology is the most diverse of the anthropological subdisciplines, but what most often comes to mind when one things of physical anthropology is primatology.  If you happen to know someone who is either a primatologist or just likes monkeys and apes consider this thoughtful find: Gorilla soap by The Charming Frog.  These works of art are also functional, and the shop owners do encourage you to use them, although you are free to also just put them on display.  :)

16 comments:

Kennedy Coats said...

In this blog I learned about Earth trade coffee which is offered in organic or fair trade option. This product is produced with sustainability in the mind and also offers spices and meal kits. Gorilla soap is referred to biological anthropologist.

Unknown said...

I now know that the anthropologist of these different groups find value it widely different things

Taylor Morris said...

I think physical anthropologists is the most interesting because it is so diverse. I have never heard of the gorilla soap by the Charming Frog before so it is interesting to have learned about it.

Unknown said...

Overall this blog made me realize that anthropologists are very interesting. They use creative things in different ways that you wouldn't try doing. Prime example a trowel I never would think to add engraved pieces to make it different

Anonymous said...

Jessica Smith
I have learned a lot in this blog post about the perfect gifts to give anthropologists or people in the field. For example the Vintage camera bag. This is the perfect gift for the linguistic anthropologist because they can use it to protect their camera or recorder for when they go out and study the object or thing they want to learn about.

Anonymous said...

Amber Barnes
This is so cool! I love how you incorporated different anthropology majors and give different for each one. It just shows how even though you are an anthropologist, you are always unique in your study.

Anonymous said...

Who knew that Anthropologist had their own "gift store" its pretty neat I would say. Its neat because not only is it a place that contains coffee and things such as a bag from past years but, you'll find things in there that you won't normally find in a regular gift shop. Its also unique that things are separated in different sub-fields for anthropologist.

-Kaleshia Gibson

Aaron Collins said...

I agree, and with me trying becoming an artist I could use some of the creativity to expand my skills and make better art pieces. Thanks to this blog I now realize anthropology and artist share a few things in common.

Anonymous said...

Wow!This is so nice, these gifts are so simple but it means a lot to anthropologist who study these areas.

Anonymous said...

i learned a lot from reading this blog post. i find it very interesting how people create and customize things in general but i never thought of customizing tools. i also think the gorilla soap is very cool though i don't think i would use it, rather leave it for display. (diamond greenwood)

ashlee holloway said...

Its interesting that these simple things mean so much to the anthropologist that studies in these areas

Unknown said...

I found this very interesting. I really like how they have an gift shop with different little things like when I read about they had gorilla soap from the Charming Frog . I really liked that , I would buy that !
-T’Liyah Townsend

Anonymous said...

I enjoyed this blog it is great how the most littlest artifact . Could mean the most to an anthropologist that has had to have a part take in studies in these areas . - Mykia chaney

Jasmine Busby said...

Physical anthropologists are very diverse.Its pretty cool for you guys to have your own gift shops! It may seem simple to me but you guys have a very important and interesting duty.

Monay P said...

I think this blog post is really cool. I like how we all get to see how cool anthropologist can be. They're very creative when it come to how they make things and collect artifacts.

Anonymous said...

I like the soap it would be great for someone who like decorative soap in there bathrooms.

-Kyla Thomas