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Field Notes from Olympia: Moeties, closed-door caucus meetings and our open government ideal
The Legislature's two political parties -- with their rituals and totemic animals, donkey and elephant -- act in
David Price
David Price is Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Society and Social Justice at Saint Martin’s University. He has conducted archaeological and cultural anthropological fieldwork in the Pac
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Field Notes from Olympia: What if lawmakers were more like the people they serve?
Observing the state legislature, I am struck by how different most lawmakers are from the constituents they represent. Washington’s
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Field Notes from Olympia: Legislating virtual worlds
On February 6th I watched the House Finance Committee consider two bills that would reshape the state tax code governing
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Field Notes from Olympia: The power of language and the "fear grimace"
One of anthropology’s traditional four subfields is linguistic anthropology. (The others are cultural anthropology, archaeology and biological anthropology.) Linguistic
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Field Notes from Olympia: An anthropologist in the state capital
In 2013, Crosscut editor in chief, Mary Bruno approached me about doing some anthropological fieldwork in Olympia. I was intrigued