Comments on: Anthropometry, the Game http://savageminds.org/2006/09/24/anthropometry-the-game/ Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog Thu, 24 May 2012 01:47:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kate Gillogly http://savageminds.org/2006/09/24/anthropometry-the-game/comment-page-1/#comment-31445 Kate Gillogly Wed, 27 Sep 2006 01:37:46 +0000 http://savageminds.org/2006/09/24/anthropometry-the-game/#comment-31445 It would have helped a lot if you could distinguish between mainland Chinese, Hong Kong Chinese, Singapore Chinese, etc. etc. There's just so much variety. We had this down to a fine art at the East-West Center (Honolulu, HI). EWC had a fellowship program when I was there in which grantees, 2/3rds of whom were from Asia and the Pacific, lived together in a giant dorm and had shared kitchens. It thus became a parlor game in our common kitchen to figure out what everyone else was. And guess what, lots of Asians couldn't predict well either! Our best bets were going by (1) shoes (and socks or lack thereof); (2) walk; (3) style of eating. My was 6 of 18, so clearly I've lost whatever skills I ever had in distinguishing cultural groups on the basis of facial features! It would have helped a lot if you could distinguish between mainland Chinese, Hong Kong Chinese, Singapore Chinese, etc. etc. There’s just so much variety.

We had this down to a fine art at the East-West Center (Honolulu, HI). EWC had a fellowship program when I was there in which grantees, 2/3rds of whom were from Asia and the Pacific, lived together in a giant dorm and had shared kitchens. It thus became a parlor game in our common kitchen to figure out what everyone else was. And guess what, lots of Asians couldn’t predict well either! Our best bets were going by (1) shoes (and socks or lack thereof); (2) walk; (3) style of eating.

My was 6 of 18, so clearly I’ve lost whatever skills I ever had in distinguishing cultural groups on the basis of facial features!

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]]> By: Fred http://savageminds.org/2006/09/24/anthropometry-the-game/comment-page-1/#comment-31219 Fred Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:48:51 +0000 http://savageminds.org/2006/09/24/anthropometry-the-game/#comment-31219 Kerim, you did 2/3rds. Well, I got 4 of 18 right (about 13% binomial score, average is 19.6%). I probably wouldn't do any better if it was a facial recognition test of Europeans. So much for my visual acuity. Kerim, you did 2/3rds. Well, I got 4 of 18 right (about 13% binomial score, average is 19.6%). I probably wouldn’t do any better if it was a facial recognition test of Europeans. So much for my visual acuity.

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