Anthropology News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Issued: January 19, 2024 Response deadline: February 2, 2024 Pitch responses: February 7, 2024 First drafts due: February 21, 2024 For our second issue of 2024, Anthropology News invites you to explore the anatomy of deception and dissect the truths and untruths that form our understanding of reality. What forms do these deceptions take?

Anthropology 97

Anthropology Humanities Archaeology Cultures 97

Anthropology News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

It is “an approach to research and writing that seeks to describe and systematically analyze personal experience in order to understand cultural experience ”. In autoethnographic work, the researcher conducts anthropological fieldwork on himself/herself/themselves and their experiences. We must thrive.”

Oral History 52

Oral History Anthropology Tradition Cultures 52

Anthropology News

JANUARY 18, 2024

(1928–2023) Oswald Werner, who was with the Department of Anthropology at Northwestern University for over 30 years, died at the age of 95 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on March 26, 2023. Werner was born in 1928 in Rimavska Sobota in what was then Czechoslovakia and is now the Slovak Republic.

Anthropology 52

Anthropology Library Cultures High School 52

Anthropology News

JUNE 27, 2024

1935-2023 David C. Grove, 1935-2023 David C. Grove, Jubilee Professor of Anthropology Emeritus at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and Courtesy Professor of Anthropology at the University of Florida, passed away on May 24, 2023, at the age of 87 after a long illness.

Archaeology 52

Archaeology Anthropology Archiving Artifacts 52

Anthropology News

OCTOBER 1, 2024

In this essay, I reflect on the experience of curating Alexa Vasquez: Undocumented Times/Queer Yearnings as an undocumented immigrant anthropologist and lessons regarding the potential for curatorial anthropology as a praxis of care. The post Curating Immigrant Life: A Praxis of Care appeared first on Anthropology News.

Museum 71

Museum Anthropology Humanities Economics 71

Anthropology News

JANUARY 16, 2024

1947–2023 Dr. Karen Ito was a dedicated anthropologist, committed to promoting the understanding of the diversity of human cultural experience, with significant and wide-ranging contributions to the field of anthropology. She studied anthropology at UCLA, earning her BA in 1969, MA in 1973, and PhD in 1978.

Anthropology 52

Anthropology Artifacts Psychology Cultures 52

Anthropology 365

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

I was invited to speak in a Pardee Keynote Symposium on “Encouraging Positive Mental Health in the Geosciences” at the 2023 Geological Society of America meeting in Pittsburgh, PA. The project invited students to consider how scientific knowledge develops and is situated in the historical and cultural dimensions of the times.

Anthropology 40

Anthropology Pedagogy Cultures Psychology 40

ASHP CML

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

He is a noted scholar of visual culture in U.S. He is currently working on a study of Civil War visual culture for which he received a Guggenheim Fellowship. Bogart is professor emeritus of art history and visual culture at Stony Brook University. Halls Professor of the History of Art (emerita) at Indiana University.

Museum 40

Museum American History History Library 40

Anthropology News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Motivated to address the localized effects of climate change, we formed a collective called Yāmāl in the summer of 2023. The collective aims to explore the intersection of craft, anthropological collaboration, and speculative futures in the Persian Gulf region. Credit: Mohsen Mehdipour A mountainous landscape near Laft, Qeshm Island.

Anthropology 103

Anthropology Heritage Tradition Cultures 103

Anthropology News

JANUARY 31, 2024

At the time, the Ministry of Industries and the government of Bangladesh were seeking to reform the country’s shipbreaking industry so that Bangladesh would be in a position to ratify the 2009 “Hong Kong Convention for Safe and Environmentally Sound Ship Recycling” (HKC) by 2023.

Anthropology 133

Anthropology Economics Government Research 133

Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Anthropology has been quite slow to embrace Helen Schwartzman’s insight in The Meeting: Gatherings in Organizations and Communities (1989) that meetings offer a vital window into collective human projects and organizations. Josh Meyer is the section contributing editor for the Association for the Anthropology of Policy.

Anthropology 83

Anthropology Civics Humanities Advocacy 83

Anthropology News

JANUARY 12, 2024

The research program started in the spring of 2022 with an anthropological study in one large Kent Sikh community, examining health beliefs and experiences of migration and racism across different generations of Sikhs. This audio documentary was created with recordings made during ethnographic fieldwork in 2022–2023.

Anthropology 78

Anthropology Research Cultures Education 78

Anthropology News

JUNE 18, 2024

What does the stereotype tell us about educational culture and structure more broadly? The Spider in the Room Questions about teaching and learning are not new, especially in anthropology. 6791 ( Artificial Intelligence Literacy Act of 2023 ) has been introduced in the US House of Representatives. Is it right? For example, H.R.

Anthropology 85

Anthropology Humanities Teaching Cultures 85

Anthropology News

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Standing with one hand tucked into a front pants pocket and her other hand holding an iPhone, Salva poses and smiles in front of a bathroom mirror in a selfie she posted to her Instagram story during July 2023. Credit: Breanna Escamilla To preserve the anonymity of Salva the July 2023 Instagram story is recreated here by the author.

Heritage 52

Heritage Anthropology History Cultures 52

Anthropology News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

While Tzu Chi promotes Buddhist veganism, Taiwan indigenous groups were hunting cultures that still love eating meat. What could Chinese Buddhism and indigenous cultures possibly share in terms of environmental outlooks? The government wants to protect wildlife populations in the mountains.

Anthropology 52

Anthropology Cultures Tradition Government 52

Sapiens

JANUARY 31, 2024

The morning of my 26th birthday, I woke up to incredible news for my field of evolutionary anthropology: For the first time, the study of human evolution won a Nobel Prize. JURASSIC PRESSURES The influence of pop culture on aDNA fluoresced with Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park in 1990. It seems Berger believes H.

Research 110

Research Anthropology Museum Humanities 110

Anthropology News

APRIL 4, 2024

He personally knew the time and labor involved in harvesting wild rice as well as the cultural significance of it, so the thought of letting any go to waste was saddening as well as disrespectful to the rice and ricers. The ribeye was served on Owamni by the Sioux Chef’s Fall 2023 menu.

Anthropology 95

Anthropology Tradition Cultures 95

TCI

OCTOBER 28, 2024

This broad field draws upon various disciplines, such as anthropology, archeology, economics, geography, history, law, and philosophy. This investment represented a tripling of funds dedicated to these subjects in 2023, with continued allocation in the 2024 federal budget. million to $23 million as grants available to states.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Civics K-12 Geography 52

Anthropology News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Credit: Murtaja Lateef Souk al-Shorja, Baghdad’s oldest market, summer 2023. During a brief visit to Iraq in the heat of summer 2023, Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, declared , “The era of global boiling has indeed begun.” Credit: Murtaja Lateef Al-Sinak Street, summer 2023.

Government 112

Government Anthropology Human Rights Humanities 112

Anthropology News

AUGUST 11, 2024

Through an audio essay, inspired by John Akomfrah’s documentary “The Last Angel of History,” attention is drawn to South Africa’s evolving visual scene and its engagement with cultural nuances within the NFT AI space. The post Vocabularies Unknown: The Future Is Personal appeared first on Anthropology News.

Cultures 80

Cultures History Anthropology Tradition 80

Anthropology News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In April 2023, the patient had a surgical biopsy of the area and was diagnosed with “high-grade adenoid cystic carcinoma”—a parotid gland malignancy with a high propensity for invading nerves. Credit: Ash Marinaccio Hair Loss: Week Two, August 13, 2023 I am also warned that my hair will get “patchy” in the region receiving treatment.

Anthropology 98

Anthropology Cultures 98

Anthropology News

APRIL 30, 2024

They were also rehearsing for a performance of The Semi-Conductor Radio Made in Shanghai, a show designed to showcase Mongolian culture to tourists from across the country. The post The Semi-Conductor Radio Made in Shanghai appeared first on Anthropology News. Credit: Fieldwork sketch by Skylar Hou.

Heritage 52

Heritage Anthropology History Tradition 52

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2019

I hadn’t had many interactions with white people,” said Carter, now a senior majoring in anthropology and cell biology. “I But as admissions officers judge the means and merits of applicants for the Class of 2023, what should they look for? I wanted to work on that: How do I code switch?

Anthropology 110

Anthropology Private School Cultures Economics 110

Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

By Erin-Lee Halstad McGuire, Associate Teaching Professor at the University of Victoria, BC, Canada My Introduction to Anthropology course concludes with a unit on sustainability, which covers topics like globalisation, food security, and diet. 27 Feb 2023) Fast and Pluribus: Impacts of a Globalizing McDonald’s. References Han, D. (27

Anthropology 246

Anthropology Archaeology Cultures Economics 246

Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

By Erin-Lee Halstad McGuire, Associate Teaching Professor at the University of Victoria, BC, Canada My Introduction to Anthropology course concludes with a unit on sustainability, which covers topics like globalisation, food security, and diet. 27 Feb 2023) Fast and Pluribus: Impacts of a Globalizing McDonald’s. References Han, D. (27

Anthropology 130

Anthropology Archaeology Cultures Economics 130

Anthropology News

JUNE 27, 2024

In 2023, we witnessed a tragic surge in migrant deaths along migratory routes worldwide, marking it as one of the deadliest years on record according to the statistics from the Missing Migrant Project , with an estimated more than 8,000 cases.

Humanities 88

Humanities Anthropology Tradition Social Science 88

Anthropology News

JANUARY 24, 2024

​​​ “Å falle mellom to stoler”: Africans in Norway In February 2023, I joined a Zoom call organized by my friend, Jelsen Lee Innocent. Credit: ‘å falle mellom to stoler’ (2023) Jelsen Lee Innocent. How do you write about Blackness while trying to resist the insidious pull of cultural and racial assimilation?

Heritage 52

Heritage Cultures History Archiving 52

Sapiens

APRIL 16, 2024

In January 2023, Hancock and I agreed to sit down together on Rogan’s podcast. Some universities are defunding and dismantling programs in archaeology , history , anthropology , art history , ancient languages , and classical studies. Hancock invited a direct debate. The very next day I got a phone call: My cancer had returned.

Archaeology 145

Archaeology Heritage Anthropology K-12 145

Sapiens

JANUARY 29, 2024

Anthropological poems from around the globe speak to people’s creative will, resistance, and resilience—and the significance of our shared humanity. ✽ In July 2023, SAPIENS put out a call for poems from within “ zones of conflict.” Many authors are anthropologists or students in anthropology. Indigenous anthropologist Jenny L.

Anthropology 79

Anthropology History Humanities World History 79

Anthropology News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

An estimated 410 megatons of carbon were released into the atmosphere in 2023 by Canadian wildfires alone; record-breaking wildfires sweeping boreal forests in recent years exposed those residing within 50 km of the fires to carcinogen soot, as well as contributed to greenhouse gas emissions globally.

Anthropology 75

Anthropology Humanities Cultures Research 75

Anthropology News

JUNE 27, 2024

AI is shaping our everyday lives, but as anthropology teaching faculty, most of our recent AI-related conversations have had a singular focus: how to deal with generative AI tools like ChatGPT in the classroom. Below, we present case studies from three anthropology courses using three different sets of AI tools.

Anthropology 92

Anthropology Archaeology Pedagogy Archiving 92

Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Kirsten Lindbloom, University of Wisconsin – River Falls Professor Kirsten Lindbloom (she/her/hers) is a faculty member in the sociology, criminology and anthropology department at the University of Wisconsin – River Falls. Research interests include social movements, social justice and cultural genocide.

Sociology 52

Sociology Museum Political Science Anthropology 52

Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

With over 1,300 ethnic groups, 700 local languages, and various religious and cultural practices spread across more than 17,000 islands, Indonesia’s cultural diversity is an invaluable treasure. President Jokowi seeks to embody and represent this rich cultural diversity.

Cultures 84

Cultures Heritage Tradition Government 84

Anthropology News

JANUARY 23, 2024

In August 2023, during the first Republican primary debate, nominee Chris Christie unleashed an insult directed at rival Vivek Ramaswamy: “Hold on, I’ve had enough already tonight of a guy who sounds like ChatGPT!” Artificial intelligence scientist Geoffrey Hinton speaks at a conference in June 2023. The crowd laughed and jeered.

Research 90

Research Anthropology Humanities Cultures 90

Sapiens

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The project investigates how communities accommodate differences in culturally resonant ways and asks what everyday practices and justifications they draw on to maintain civil relations and avoid conflict and violence. In Israel, attacks on educators and students critical of the state have intensified since October 7, 2023.

Anthropology 119

Anthropology Human Rights Humanities Cultures 119

Sapiens

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

In some circles, the use of capitalization for “Deaf” and “Disabled” indicates a cultural identity rather than a medical diagnosis. At the time, they did not know the whereabouts of the children and staff. ( In this essay, I do not capitalize these terms unless the people and organizations I am referring to self-identify as such. )

Archiving 119

Archiving Anthropology Psychology Government 119

Anthropology News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

I had dinner with a friend, Claudia Mendes—a former colleague in Munich—and her family around New Year’s Eve 2023, and she told me, “This city is crisscrossed by wind corridors [ Frischluftschneisen ], channeling fresh air from green spaces on higher ground to the literal down town, the lower and the hotter parts of the city.”

Archaeology 64

Archaeology Sociology Anthropology Humanities 64