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Spatial Turn in Urban Anthropology

Anthropology for Beginners

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Spatial turn in Urban Anthropology Contents Urban Space studies: 1 Contested Urban Space. 2 The methodological and theoretical use of spatiality within anthropology began with ethnographies that examined the relationship of architecture and culture. 1 Racialized Space.

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The Politics and Limits of Aspiration

Anthropology News

Their mission is to “transform the educational aspirations and economic realities” of township communities by preparing youth for first-generation higher education and social mobility. Tricia Niesz is the section contributing editor for the Council on Anthropology and Education.

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OPINION: Is this minority group too small to have a voice on campus?

The Hechinger Report

On the surface, the purpose of higher education is to support all students in their growth academically, socially and economically. in anthropology. Our study documents some of the ways that the historical processes of colonization and displacement are reproduced in the United States, specifically through the education system.

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‘Easy to just write us off’: Rural students’ choices shrink as colleges slash majors

The Hechinger Report

Cloud State University in Minnesota is cutting 42 degree programs , for example, including criminal justice, gerontology, history, electrical and environmental engineering, economics and physics. The University of Nebraska at Kearney is cutting nine degree programs , including geography and recreation management.

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Caste and Environmental Health: The Dom Community of North India

Anthropology News

This local geography of caste is more visible to me because I, too, belong to an allegedly lower caste community. Due to the devaluation of such work, Doms are also severely economically marginalized. No person belonging to a privileged caste ever lives in such places, no matter what their economic circumstances.

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Teaching social studies in a polarized world

The Hechinger Report

About 3,500 people attended the conference, among them K-12 and higher ed educators who teach the subjects that constitute social studies — including history, civics, geography, economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, law and religious studies.

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“Amarrados”: Physical Restraint in Long-Term Care Facilities for Older Adults in Lima, Peru

Anthropology News

What happens, then, when, instead of being spaces of protection, long-term care institutions are geographies where the socially vulnerable feel unsafe, are frequently trespassed, and physically abused? The post Amarrados: Physical Restraint in Long-Term Care Facilities for Older Adults in Lima, Peru appeared first on Anthropology News.