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Protecting Ancestral Waters Through Collaborative Stewardship

Sapiens

The proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary, along California’s Central Coast, would be the first of its kind in the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released this map—which depicts the final boundaries of the proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary—in September 2024.

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Treasuring Indonesian Culture; From Local Practice to State Political Ritual

Anthropology News

President Jokowi Widodo, more commonly known as ”Jokowi,” and Vice President Jusuf Kalla surprised the public when attending Indonesia’s 2017 State of the Union Address (SOTU) by wearing traditional attire. Consequently, any traditional ethnic attire he wears inherently signifies Indonesian identity.

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Heatcraft: Handmade Story of an Iceshelf in the Persian Gulf

Anthropology News

Motivated to address the localized effects of climate change, we formed a collective called Yāmāl in the summer of 2023. Fifteen students specializing in traditional handicrafts collaborated with local artisans to illustrate a children’s book. Credit: Mohsen Mehdipour A mountainous landscape near Laft, Qeshm Island.

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Arizona gave families public money for private schools. Then private schools raised tuition

The Hechinger Report

Already, Arizona has registered more than 4,000 vendors for ESAs — including retailers, tutors and even traditional school districts — a jump of 35 percent over last year. There’s obviously more risk with experimentation, but the only way to improve quality is to allow people to experiment,” Snell said.

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Do Alternatives to Public School Have to Be Political?

ED Surge

That’s partly why he’s interested in classical learning, a form of education that often emphasizes the “classics” of Western heritage. McCoy published a survey of classical learning schools in 2021 for Manhattan Institute, which painted it as an “attractive option for parents.”

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The Semi-Conductor Radio Made in Shanghai

Anthropology News

Bonded by their shared experiences of never having had the opportunity to learn their heritage language, they come together every day to take beginner-level Mongolian classes and sing Mongolian songs. To enhance immersive experience, the performers wore beautiful traditional Mongolian robes, which they rented from an online costume shop.

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How Virtual Reality Is Restoring Liberia’s Culture

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Traveling Treasures is a new project led by a team of anthropologists that puts Liberians directly in touch with their dispersed cultural heritage through immersive technologies designed to bridge continents and histories. WHEN STUDENTS DONNED virtual reality headsets for the first time last year at William V.S.