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Mentorship in motion: Student perceptions of experiential learning in forensic anthropology

Teaching Anthropology

From September 2023 to April 2024, I mentored two students, Brendan Newton and Ellie Wan, as they completed their professional opportunities as Research Assistants in my lab (Complex Trait and Forensic Genomics Laboratory). The course culminated in conference-style poster presentations at Forensic Science Day (April 9, 2024).

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Bringing Anthropological Concepts to Life in a Virtual Peer Exchange

Teaching Anthropology

In this instance, the online platform Flip enabled cross-institutional, cross-border student interactions to discuss cultural similarities and differences— core subject matter of anthropology. Seventy undergraduate Anthropology students at The University of the West Indies (UWI) St.

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Call for Papers: Teaching and Learning with Generative AI and Emergent Technologies (Special Issue)

Teaching Anthropology

Deadline for abstract submission 16 th Sept 2024 Editors: Dr Natalie Djohari and Dr Gavin Weston, Bournemouth University. But as our teaching practices continue to change, a bigger question is emerging: how are these changes reconfiguring what anthropological knowledge is and how it is produced? Acceptance decision made by 23 rd Sept.

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Climate Change and Prehistoric Populations: Insights from Europe's Final Paleolithic

Anthropology.net

​ Furthermore, a study in Current Anthropology 3 utilized climate niche modeling to investigate the Late Upper Paleolithic Hamburgian settlement of northern Europe. Current Anthropology , 64(5). Vizzari, M. Human population dynamics in Upper Paleolithic Europe inferred from fossil dental phenotypes. link] ​ 3 Pedersen, J.

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Call For Papers: Trauma Informed Anthropology

Teaching Anthropology

How might we recognise and engage with understandings of trauma, and what implications might this have for anthropological research and teaching? This Teaching Anthropology Special Issue will explore approaches to trauma-informed anthropology and to consider key emerging discussions around trauma-informed approaches more broadly.

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McGlobalisation with a side of Sustainability

Teaching Anthropology

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. Can I take your order, please? Taylor & Francis.

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Call for Papers: Anthropological Knowledge Production in the era of AIs and fast evolving technologies.

Teaching Anthropology

RAI MAJOR CONFERENCE: ANTHROPOLOGY AND EDUCATION, 25 June – 28 June 2024, Senate House, University of London (in person conference). Call for papers – extended to 26th January 2024. What is the ‘anthropological text’ in light of AI assistance? How are these technologies changing our relationships with students?