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The Curious Case of the Curiosity Center
Author(s) -
Shankar Arjun
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
anthropology and humanism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.153
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1548-1409
pISSN - 1559-9167
DOI - 10.1111/anhu.12137
Subject(s) - curiosity , center (category theory) , biography , field (mathematics) , aesthetics , psychoanalysis , art , sociology , art history , psychology , social psychology , chemistry , mathematics , pure mathematics , crystallography
SUMMARY This piece narrates the first meeting between an anthropologist and a man dedicated to developing a curiosity center in New York City. As the encounter unfolds, the complexities of the Indian diasporic experience, the emotions of field research, the paradoxes of a man's autobiography, and the concept of curiosity together animate the tale.