Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

It is also a point at which I want to remind students of core course concepts like cultural relativism and ethnocentrism. This is why evidence for diet was a big part of my archaeology flipped class activity , for example. The best example I have found so far comes from the CDA blog in the UK (link: [link] ).

Anthropology 246

Anthropology Archaeology Cultures Economics 246

Sapiens

APRIL 16, 2024

ENTERING THE FRAY I agreed to discuss archaeology with pseudoarchaeologist Graham Hancock on the mega-popular but controversial podcast the Joe Rogan Experience. But reaching those outside my echo chamber demands more than my archaeological expertise. I’m distinguishing archaeology from mythology. Many people buy it.

Archaeology 145

Archaeology Heritage K-12 History 145

Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

It is also a point at which I want to remind students of core course concepts like cultural relativism and ethnocentrism. This is why evidence for diet was a big part of my archaeology flipped class activity , for example. The best example I have found so far comes from the CDA blog in the UK (link: [link] ).

Anthropology 130

Anthropology Archaeology Cultures Economics 130

World History Teachers Blog

JUNE 14, 2022

Another project looks at the connection between East Africa, Asia, and Mediterranean Europe and includes an interview with Chapurukha Kusimba, an Archaeology Journal Article on Early Swahili Towns and a 3D Reconstruction of the Songo Mnara site, which is a UNESCO site.

Archaeology 100

Archaeology Museum Tradition Cultures 100

Teaching Anthropology

MAY 8, 2023

Anthropology modules appear in programs in three programs I have taught: Archaeology and Anthropology, Human Sciences, and Music. I first trialed active learning strategies while teaching at the University of Oxford, where one of the challenges of teaching anthropology is the diverse background of the students (Bastide, 2012).

Anthropology 130

Anthropology Sociology Archaeology Museum 130

Anthropology 365

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

It also includes our relationships to our past (archaeology), our biology, our evolutionary history, and other beings (e.g., Dr. Sherwood Washburn argues that by studying the behavior of primates, anthropologists can gain insights into the evolution of human behavior, social structure, and culture.

Humanities 40

Humanities Anthropology Archaeology Cultures 40

Life and Landscapes

MARCH 7, 2024

In these less advanced cultures, armies fought on foot with weapons developed for hand-to-hand combat. They thrust Greece into 400 years of cultural darkness. Archaeology has shown that they had a wonderfully advanced and cultured society. The coming cataclysm would change that. The barbaric lands.

Archaeology 52

Archaeology Cultures 52