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Revisiting the Spiritual Violence of BS Jobs

Sapiens

The late David Graeber was an American professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics. The response from readers was unlike any he had experienced, prompting him to expand his ideas into a book, B t Jobs: A Theory , first published in 2018. Read more from the archives: “ The Anthropology Professor in an Amazon Warehouse.”

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Enrollment and financial crises threaten growing list of academic disciplines

The Hechinger Report

These have included anthropology, philosophy, languages, art, theater, music and women’s and African American studies. Edinboro University, a public institution in Pennsylvania, cut 31 degree programs and concentrations in 2018, including music.

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From inner space to outer space, schools try new ways to help students explore

The Hechinger Report

Purvis Thompson poses for a portrait at the Brooklyn Public Library after taking an anthropology class offered by Bard College on October 16, 2018. Inside the grand, art deco-influenced building, students study rhetoric and sociology, Antigone and anthropology. Classes run from 9 a.m.

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Ivy League degree: Now what?

The Hechinger Report

Chantel Brown, a Brown University graduate, works at The Parthenon Group on March 14, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. After interning at Goldman Sachs, Cemaloglu took a job with ReD Associates, a consulting firm with an anthropological research spin that he could morally get behind. Photo by Ann Hermes/The Christian Science Monitor.

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As Humanities Fight for Support, New Journal Aims to Celebrate Their Role in Public Life

ED Surge

That includes, the editors note, anthropology, archaeology, classics, cultural studies, disability studies, ethnic studies, gender studies, history, law, linguistics, literary studies, performing arts, religious studies, philosophy, postcolonial studies, queer studies, psychology, sociology, visual arts, and women's studies.