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In Hackney, the London borough where I live, “hipster” is an essential bit of anthropological vocabulary. For they are everywhere, and come in various subclassifications. But where does this term-of-art, associated closely with East London and the trendier bits of many cities, actually come from? The poppy fields of India,…