c/david-graeber
Lectures, interviews, and talks by David Graeber — anthropologist, anarchist, author of Debt: The First 5,000 Years, Bullshit Jobs, and The Dawn of Everything.
…was going through the introduction, which struck me as very interesting. It actually begins, and I'd like to thank the Leverhulme Foundation for funding this research. It turns out that Evans Pritchard had basically been got by the British colonial…
…that money originally come from? And I did a little research on that, and I discovered something very interesting. The Leverhulme Foundation funds all sorts of anthropological research in Africa. When I first came to this country, everybody said, oh, you…
…in Africa. When I first came to this country, everybody said, oh, you know, in England they have these amazing five-year grants. Leverhulme, try to apply for that. The most famous single grant. So I looked it up, and it turns out that Lord Leverhulme...…
…grants. Leverhulme, try to apply for that. The most famous single grant. So I looked it up, and it turns out that Lord Leverhulme... was the founder of Unilever Soap. And his big innovation is he got the idea of using palm oil instead of tallow…