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James Staples

@jamesstaples.bsky.social
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Anthropologist at Brunel University of London, co-host of The Migration Menu podcast (www.themigrationmenu.com), co-editor of the journal Medical Anthropology, and author of “Sacred Cows and Chicken Manchurian.”

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James Staples @jamesstaples.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Lucky to be included in a Dana at the London Buddhist Vihara to mark Sanghamitta Day, interview the head monk & alumni from St Paul’s school in Colombo who preparing the feast. Looking forward to making an episode of The Migration Menu podcast with it! #srilanka #buddhism #vihara
Plate of Sri Lankan food as an offering to BuddhaBuddhist lay devotees, dressed in white, queue at a table from which they are served tea or coffee, and butter cakeA kitchen table full of platters of fruit and other offerings that are being prepared for a Dana in the London Buddhist vihara
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James Staples @jamesstaples.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Interviewing (and eating) for season 2 of The Migration Menu podcast. Hot on the heels of a Sikh langar last week was a Maldivian supper club #maldives #migration #anthropology #foodstudies
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