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Painting Through Change: How Aboriginal Artists Reimagined Animal Life in a Shifting Holocene Landscape

Anthropology.net

A Living Archive The recognition of the LNF style expands not just the art historical timeline but also challenges archaeological assumptions about simplicity in form implying antiquity. In Aboriginal cosmologies, animals are kin, law-givers, and totems. Related Research David, B., McNiven, I. Delannoy, J. J., & Watchman, A. Westaway, M.,

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The Geometry of Memory: How Knots Carry the Weight of Human History

Anthropology.net

By analyzing 338 distinct knots from archaeological archives and museum collections, they discovered a surprisingly stable repertoire. In a new study published in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal 1 , researchers from institutions across Europe compiled the most comprehensive cross-cultural knot database to date. PLOS ONE , 8(11), e78871.

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An Ode to Jonathan Marks, or How I Became a Marksist

Anthropology 365

He has been a visible public intellectual, never content to let anthropological insights stay confined to the classroom or the archive. Beyond his books, Jon has written a litany of articles, ranging from tightly argued academic pieces to public-facing essays that cut through scientific jargon and disciplinary posturing.

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OPINION: Studying humanities can prepare the next generation of social justice leaders

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These include everything from interviewing and archival research to textual interpretation, discourse analysis and ethnographic inquiry. Caroline Condren, a 2013 English BA recipient from Colorado College, works as a senior development and communications manager at a documentary film company that melds content production and social advocacy.

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Words in the Snow: What 616 Languages Reveal About the Human Mind

Anthropology.net

Using machine analysis of over 1,500 bilingual dictionaries spanning more than 600 languages, researchers report that vocabulary is not just a passive catalog of the world, but a cultural archive shaped by what humans find urgent, beautiful, or sacred. Cognitive Science , 39(6), 1111–1137. link] Majid, A., & Levinson, S.

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Today’s #ETCoaches Twitter chat

Dangerously Irrelevant

Here are the questions I asked… ( and here’s the archive ). webinar archive]. Learn about robust, technology-infused learning at the 2013 Iowa 1:1 Institute. I had the pleasure of moderating the #ETCoaches Twitter chat today. Welcome to our #ETCoaches Twitter discussion. Connected Educator Month launches today.

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My keynote for the 2015 K12 Online Conference

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webinar archive]. – Leadership Day 2013. The four conference strands this year are Maker Ed , Stories of Connection , Overcoming Obstacles , and Beyond The Core: Art and More. Did I mention the conference is FREE?! Happy viewing! Related Posts. Calling all bloggers! Calling all bloggers! – Leadership Day 2014.