In Harmonium

So, who am I? If Socrates was right, then that is a question that all of us either are or should be asking. For myself, I am an Anthropologist who teaches in the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies at Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada). I am also a classically trained singer in the Ottawa Bach Choir, and “Anthropologists in [virtual] Residence” with Insignia Research.  I am currently affiliated with two research units at Carleton: the Centre for Indigenous Research on Culture, Language and Education (CIRCLE) and the Canadian Centre of Intelligence and Security Studies.

As with many Anthropologists, I have a lot of different interests. A friend of mine once said that, in order to be an Anthropologist, you had to want to change the specifics of what you studied every couple of years while maintaining your “core”. I’m not sure if he was right or not, but it is certainly a pattern that I have fallen into.