Uncritical anthropological observations

A compendium of splendid projections that are quaint, uncanny, whimsical, and/or of some unanticipated adjective. The proper frame of mind for viewing these reposts is with the question, "What does this tell me about what free-thinking beings make of themselves in the world?"

Hawthorne Effect

ingridrichter:

Industrial psychologists call it the Hawthorne Effect. When the lights are turned brighter than normal on a factory floor, worker’s productivity increases. When the lights are turned lower than normal, worker’s productivity… also increases. In time, the effect wears off, but in the short run, breaking a familiar routine enhances performance.

John Paul Newport, Men’s Journal.  From The Tao of Poker by Larry W. Phillips, 2003.

teachersworldwide: Children attend a hygiene education class as part of a UNICEF-supported program unicef: Image from the Horn of Africa: Children attend a hygiene education class that is part of a UNICEF-supported WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) programme, in a primary school in Naros Village, near the town of Lodwar, capital of Turkana District, in Rift Valley Province. In this predominantly pastoralist region, many families are selling their livestock to buy increasingly expensive food. Kenya, July 2011: © UNICEF/NYHQ2011-1118/Kate Holt The Horn of Africa’s children need our help. You can join UNICEF’s effort by visiting: http://bit.ly/o55Nll You can receive more UNICEF photos from the Horn of Africa on your iPhone by visiting: http://bit.ly/nWsSp2 Or…visit us at: http://www.unicef.org/phot​​​ography In mid-July 2011, the crisis in the Horn of Africa – affecting Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Uganda – continues, with a worsening drought, rising food prices and the persistent conflict in Somalia. More than 10 million people are threatened by the worst drought in the region in 60 years. Somalia faces one of the world’s most severe food security crises as it continues to endure an extended humanitarian emergency, with tens of thousands fleeing into Kenya and Ethiopia. More than 10,000 Somalis a week are now arriving in the Dadaab camps in eastern Kenya, where aid partners are struggling to meet the needs of some 360,000 people in facilities meant for 90,000. In drought-affected areas of Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia and Djibouti, up to 500,000 severely malnourished children are at risk of dying, while a further 1.6 million moderately malnourished children and the wider-affected population are at high risk of disease. In northern Kenya, more than 25 per cent of children suffer from global acute malnutrition – in Turkana District the rate is at 37.4 per cent, its highest ever. UNICEF, together with government, UN, NGO and community partners, is supporting a range of interventions and essential services, especially for the displaced and for refugees, including feeding programmes, immunization campaigns, health outreach, and increased access to safe water and improvements to sanitation. UNICEF is seeking US $31.8 million for the next three months to provide humanitarian assistance for children and women in the four most affected countries.

teachersworldwide:

Children attend a hygiene education class as part of a UNICEF-supported program

unicef:

Image from the Horn of Africa:

Children attend a hygiene education class that is part of a UNICEF-supported WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) programme, in a primary school in Naros Village, near the town of Lodwar, capital of Turkana District, in Rift Valley Province. In this predominantly pastoralist region, many families are selling their livestock to buy increasingly expensive food.

Kenya, July 2011: © UNICEF/NYHQ2011-1118/Kate Holt

The Horn of Africa’s children need our help. You can join UNICEF’s effort by visiting: http://bit.ly/o55Nll

You can receive more UNICEF photos from the Horn of Africa on your iPhone by visiting: http://bit.ly/nWsSp2

Or…visit us at: http://www.unicef.org/phot​​​ography

In mid-July 2011, the crisis in the Horn of Africa – affecting Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Uganda – continues, with a worsening drought, rising food prices and the persistent conflict in Somalia. More than 10 million people are threatened by the worst drought in the region in 60 years. Somalia faces one of the world’s most severe food security crises as it continues to endure an extended humanitarian emergency, with tens of thousands fleeing into Kenya and Ethiopia. More than 10,000 Somalis a week are now arriving in the Dadaab camps in eastern Kenya, where aid partners are struggling to meet the needs of some 360,000 people in facilities meant for 90,000. In drought-affected areas of Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia and Djibouti, up to 500,000 severely malnourished children are at risk of dying, while a further 1.6 million moderately malnourished children and the wider-affected population are at high risk of disease. In northern Kenya, more than 25 per cent of children suffer from global acute malnutrition – in Turkana District the rate is at 37.4 per cent, its highest ever. UNICEF, together with government, UN, NGO and community partners, is supporting a range of interventions and essential services, especially for the displaced and for refugees, including feeding programmes, immunization campaigns, health outreach, and increased access to safe water and improvements to sanitation. UNICEF is seeking US $31.8 million for the next three months to provide humanitarian assistance for children and women in the four most affected countries.

(via teachersworldwide)

mediumaevum: This photograph was taken by Mile Aldridge. The model is Lily Cole. Vogue Italia in 2005. The editorial was called ”Like a Portrait”.

mediumaevum:

This photograph was taken by Mile Aldridge. The model is Lily Cole. Vogue Italia in 2005. The editorial was called ”Like a Portrait”.