Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

We meet to heal, to build, to resist, to govern, to share, to change. 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.

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Civics U

DECEMBER 22, 2021

From an anthropological as well a historical viewpoint, religion- that is, a people’s world view – is at the core of traditional cultures around the world. Religion in this sense includes not only beliefs in supernatural powers or God or gods, and related ceremonies, but is the basis for cultural values, and social systems and relationships.

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Anthropology News

JANUARY 24, 2024

La Toma is an Afro-Colombian community that has long sat at the intersection of extractive industries—especially gold mining—and violence from right-wing paramilitaries, guerillas, and government forces. Joseph Feldman is the Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology section editor. What is solidarity?

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Anthropology News

JULY 17, 2024

First, Sinovuyo described Launch’s distinct approach to life orientation (LO), a compulsory subject added to the national curriculum during the transition from apartheid that focuses on the study of self and society through lessons on personal and social development, civics and human rights, health, and career readiness.

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Anthropology News

APRIL 22, 2024

While the leftists and ethnic nationalists in South Korea wanted to create a united and joint government with North Korea, the conservative politicians backed by the United States insisted on holding a separate election for a separate capitalist government in South Korea. incident because it started on April 3, 1948.

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Sapiens

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Among the many anthropological outreach efforts around the worldwhich are typically led from the top down or by cultural outsidersthis homegrown organization is unique. This underscores the benefits of community involvement in anthropological work for everyone from locals to international publics.

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TCI

OCTOBER 28, 2024

According to the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) , social studies is the integrated study of social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence. This broad field draws upon various disciplines, such as anthropology, archeology, economics, geography, history, law, and philosophy.

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