Sapiens

MARCH 4, 2025

Pure objectivity is a fallacy: Lived experience, cultural contexts, and the particularities of each case all impact and inform the work of forensic scientists. Cultural anthropologists , archaeologists , and biological anthropologists have included these actions in their scholarship for decades.

Advocacy 96

Advocacy Anthropology Ancestry Human Rights 96

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. Unfortunately, Hage’s experience is far from unique right now. We can and must do more.

Anthropology 140

Anthropology Human Rights Humanities Cultures 140

Geogramblings

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Our world has shrunk due to the spread and influence of popular culture and branding; we are more connected whether physically through higher speed extensive transportation or digitally through the internet. Not just between cultures and groups but also harmony within. The keyword for me is ‘harmony’. The keyword for me is ‘harmony’.

Human Rights 40

Human Rights Geography Humanities Controversial Topics 40

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 145

Archiving Anthropology Psychology Government 145

Sapiens

MARCH 26, 2024

CAMERAS ON CARCERAL VIOLENCE In December 2023, as Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza entered its third month, the Israeli occupying forces (IOF) released photos and videos of military trucks crammed with Palestinian captives: stripped to their underwear, kneeling, blindfolded, and with hands bound behind their backs. This is not far from reality.

Anthropology 133

Anthropology Human Rights Government Humanities 133

Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

7, 2023, Hamas attacks — but the unfolding genocide, including the destruction of Gaza’s public health infrastructure and the intentional creation of famine, must be condemned. context and shared cultural history. Swift, hosted by Black Women Radicals on Oct 22, 2023. Mona Chalabi’s Data Visualizations.

Teaching 52

Teaching K-12 Human Rights Social Justice 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

over Labor Day weekend, a sign shows the group’s concern about the culture of American public schools. This year’s summit lacked the hundreds of protesters who were a constant presence at the 2023 event in Philadelphia, spurring a large and visible security detail and barricades at the hotel entrance. Gabbard called to the crowd. “We

Heritage 130

Heritage Archiving Public School Advocacy 130