valeriasergiychuk.bsky.social
🗿 mythologist, philosopher, anthropologist 🎓 MA student in Philosophy 🪽 study interests: philosophy of myth, comparative mythology, urban anthropology, mythdesign, anthropology of the body
👤 Joined on 29 September 2026
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@valeriasergiychuk.bsky.socialwhy is comparative mythology still a solo gig? witzel, an indologist, wrote on all mythologies. specialists point out errors in their fields—but don't team up. we criticize soloists yet don't build space to fix mistakes together. guess my next roundtable topic that i'm organizing! 🏺#folkyfriday
Show Postwhy not to use ai as a respondent: started new anthropological research, tested my interview questions on ai. big mistake… ai answers are predictable — real people answer completely differently and destroyed all my hypotheses except one. lesson learned…. 🏺
Show Postas an anthropologist, i give people a voice: listen for hours about a broken pipe, then tell the administration to fix it. i help people understand themselves like a psychotherapist. i amplify marginalised voices. that's anthropology to me! 🏺
Show Postthis summer i became a bachelor! my thesis: media strategies of the british monarchy's rebranding. charles's approval was low, then rose 30% after elizabeth's death. i analysed how rites of passage during that liminal moment—funeral to coronation—legitimised him 🏺 read here:
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