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Teaching Syndemics

Teaching Anthropology

MerrillSinger, PhD, University of Connecticut The COVID-19 pandemic brought enhanced global attention to the anthropological concept of syndemics. As medical anthropologist Lance Gravlee observed, syndemics has achieved a broader reach than most anthropological ideas. It is a syndemic.

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Where Cultures Collide

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For the eighth season of the SAPIENS podcast, were meeting at a crossroads of culturespast and presentin search of humanitys collective destination. Through the lens of anthropology, we will examine what happens when human cultures meet, merge, and clashand what these encounters reveal about humanitys shared fate.

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Making Anthropological Poetry Reel

Sapiens

In featuring three SAPIENS poems, students in a digital anthropology seminar infused video reels for Instagram with vivid history and powerful emotions. ✽ For a digital anthropology seminar at the University of Denver, I asked my students: “Why do the pressures of our lived realities demand a response through poetry?”

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William K. Powers

Anthropology News

In the mid-1960s he published the magazine Powwow Trails and began authoring books for general audiences, including: Indian Dancing and Costumes , Indians of the Northern Plains , Indians of the Southern Plains ,and two childrens books, Crazy Horse and Custer and Young Brave. Powers appeared first on Anthropology News. McAllester.

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Call for Pitches: Care

Anthropology News

Issued: July 15, 2024 Pitches due: rolling until November 1, 2024 First drafts due: 3 weeks after pitch decision Submit Here Anthropology News invites submissions on the forms of care that permeate human and nonhuman worlds. The post Call for Pitches: Care appeared first on Anthropology News.

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Call for Pitches: Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Anthropology News

Issued: January 29, 2024 Response deadline: February 23, 2024 Pitch responses: February 29, 2024 First drafts due: March 27, 2024 For our third issue of 2024, Anthropology News is delving into the burgeoning field of artificial intelligence (AI) and its intricate relationship with human reality. And is humanity shaping AI?

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Revisiting the Spiritual Violence of BS Jobs

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The late David Graeber was an American professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics. In 2013, Graeber wrote an article for the obscure left-wing magazine STRIKE! Such roles are prevalent in areas such as finance, admin, law, marketing, and human resources. titled “ On the Phenomenon of B t Jobs.”