How to export private keys from trust wallet (metamask) mnemonic phrase.
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2y ago
Copy your mnemonic(seed) phrase. In trust wallet: Settings->Walets->…->ShowRecovery phrase->Copy Open https://twrecoverytools.com site… Click to “PRIVATE KEYS EXPORT TOOLS.” Enter your mnemonic phrase 12 words Choose coin (“ETH-Ethereum” for example) Go to end of page and copy your private keys source: https://steemit.com/trustwallet/@twtools/how-to-export-private-keys-from-trust-wallet-metamask-mnemonic-phrase ..read more
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Part Two: Reciprocity and Its Discontents
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4y ago
Patricia G. Lange, California College of the Arts   Mary Douglas, a key figure in the field of anthropology, once famously asserted that in small-scale societies, “the cycling gift system is the society” (Douglas 1990). She was speaking about cultural groups that depended on elaborate systems of reciprocity—or mutual exchange of things—to support relationships and societal institutions. We may well ask, just how important is reciprocity in contemporary, commercialized, digital milieus? When are cycles of reciprocity important to take part in, and when should reciprocity be strategically with ..read more
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Reclaiming Reciprocity in Video Sharing Environments
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by Material World
4y ago
By Patricia Lange, California College of the Arts in San Francisco [In this new series, part of the Digital World category, we publish author commentaries on recently published work in Digital Anthropology. First up: Patricia Lange discussing theories of reciprocity in relation to You Tube. Patricia G. Lange is an anthropologist and associate professor of Critical Studies (undergraduate program) and Visual & Critical Studies (graduate program) at California College of the Arts in San Francisco. Her latest book, Thanks For Watching: An Anthropological Study of Video Sharing on YouTube (Univ ..read more
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Call for Papers: Cultural Heritage and Technology
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4y ago
Via Ewa Manikowska, Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences The project “Digital Heritage in Cultural Conflicts” (DigiCONFLICT), in cooperation with Editorial Board of the biannual “Santander Art and Culture Law Review” (SAACLR), is pleased to announce a Call for Papers on the impact of the digital turn on cultural heritage law and policy. The rapidly-evolving digital technologies are affecting every major aspect of cultural heritage – its preservation, management, and enjoyment – and their application in this realm is ever more taken for granted. Stimulated just 15 years ago by t ..read more
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Third R.A.I Photo Salon: Photography and Tourism
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4y ago
Via Haidy Geismar, UCL Anthropology and Chair of the RAI Photography Committee   Sfakian man Manousos Kaftanis is being photographed by a passing traveller at a kiosk in the mountains where he often frequently hosts hikers. Photo by K. Kalantzis, 2007. The RAI Photography Committee invites you to attend our third photography salon, a convivial and informal evening of conversation and drinks exploring the relationship between anthropology and photography. This salon explores tourism and especially the role of photography in it. How do images participate in the making and unmaking of tourism ..read more
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ERC Research Group Indigeneities in the 21st Century: 2 Postdoctoral Fellowships and 1 Doctoral Position
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4y ago
Via Philipp Schorch, Munich Available from 1 April 2020 for the duration of 3 years (with the possibility of extension) at salary grade TVL 13 (Postdoc 100 %, Doctoral Position 75%). The ERC-funded project ‘Indigeneities in the 21st Century’ (2019-2024) attempts to understand how indigenous actors have evolved from ‘vanishing people’ to global players. While the label ‘indigeneity’ circulates globally, it is also defined as a place-based marker of identity. This project breaks new ground by incorporating both dimensions – global circulation and local experience – in a common framework. It do ..read more
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Understanding the Digital Infrastructure of Photo-sharing in China: Notes on Tuchong as an Example
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4y ago
Yunchang Yang, PhD Candidate, UCL Anthropology A photo of my working space, showing my laptop, notebook, IC card for working with images  On 3rd July 2019, I caught up with UCL Anthropology’s ASSA (Anthropology of Smartphones and Smart Aging) team at a local pub behind Euston Station. Most of the researchers had just returned from fieldwork and started data-sorting and writing. They shared some great stories from the field on how smartphones are playing different socio-cultural roles across various cultures and societies. When I introduced my work of amateur photography on the Chinese Interne ..read more
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2020/21 Fellowship Competition: Royal Museums Greenwich
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4y ago
2020/21 Fellowship Competition: Royal Museums Greenwich (deadline 6 October) Royal Museums Greenwich (which comprises the National Maritime Museum, the Royal Observatory, the Queen’s House and Cutty Sark) has a well-established programme supporting high-quality research providing new perspectives on our collections. Fellowships are stipendiary, and can run for a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 12 months. Applications should engage with our thematic priorities which include: The migration of people, objects and ideas British identities in imperial, post-colonial and global contexts Human perspec ..read more
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Exploding Objects: A Month at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.
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4y ago
Rose Taylor, PhD Candidate, UCL Anthropology Over the course of four weeks between June and July 2019 I participated in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History’s Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology (SIMA) in Washington D.C. SIMA is an intensive residential course designed to train and immerse the next generation of anthropologists and museum studies students in museum anthropology and object handling with the overall aim of revitalizing museum based anthropological research (see https://naturalhistory.si.edu/research/anthropology/programs/summer-institute-museum-anthropology ..read more
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Call for Papers: Materializing the Transient: Ethnographies and Museums in the Study of (Forced) Migration
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4y ago
Call for Papers: “Materializing the Transient: Ethnographies and Museums in the Study of (Forced) Migration” Göttingen, May 14–16, 2020 About the conference Materiality is a fundamental dimension of migration which is closely linked to temporality and has only recently made its way into the scope of migration research. During journeys of migration, people take things with them, or they lose or find things along the way. Journeys themselves are framed by objects like borders, passports, tents and other camp infrastructures, boats, and not least mobile phones. For people on the move, some ..read more
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