Avoid ATM and Credit Card Charges during International Field Work

March 10, 2011

If you are like me, you dread dealing with your finances while abroad.  The ATM fees (from your bank and the owner of the ATM), credit card fees, and unfavorable foreign exchange rates feel like usury (in Bolivia they even add fees directly to your bill before a credit card is charged).  Combined with the […]

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Call for Good Ideas

October 10, 2010

AnthroHacker is looking for good ideas for post topics.  We’re also interested in any suggestions on what you would like to see in our site design and services. Finally, we’d like to hear from you if you think you should be the next great contributor on AnthroHacker. To get things started, a couple of us […]

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How Best to Clean Your Water in the Field

October 9, 2010

I recently wrote up my notes (to share with a fellow graduate student) on how I chose between various personal water filtering options for a field school and fieldwork this summer. Please find them below. I hope this is helpful to others as well. After spending a few hours comparing prices and reviews on the […]

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