Sapiens

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

“I’m studying archaeology, specifically zooarchaeology,” I say. “Oh, Archaeology is the study of our human ancestors. Oh cool, what interests you in archaeology?” But I still feel a kinship to all Native people, and the conflating of our cultures makes everything feel personal, for better or worse. Oh, I love dinosaurs!”

Archaeology 116

Archaeology Anthropology Controversial Topics Museum 116

Teaching Anthropology

MAY 8, 2023

Marilou Polymeropoulou, University of Oxford, School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography Active learning is a well-established pedagogical strategy in secondary and tertiary education where independent learning and critical thinking are nurtured. Incorporating active learning into your educational repertoire. Bierema, L.

Anthropology 130

Anthropology Sociology Archaeology Museum 130

Sapiens

JUNE 25, 2024

The mission of the Teaching Circle, envisioned by Lac Seul First Nation co-author George Kenny, is to articulate a worldview held by Indigenous cultural Insiders. For knowledge of the area’s history, O utsider researchers naturally draw on ethnographic, historic, and archaeological data—but their knowledge of the details is patchy.

History 137

History Cultures Archaeology Tradition 137

Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Treasure hunting often defaces or even destroys archaeological and environmental heritage. Striving to preserve material cultural heritage, experts disapprove of treasure hunting, which they view as a financially motivated and rather vulgar search for material riches.

Artifacts 95

Artifacts Heritage Archaeology Cultures 95

Society for Classical Studies

MARCH 7, 2025

We invite proposals for individual papers, panels, and workshops/roundtables on any aspect of the Greco-Roman world, including but not limited to poetry (from epic, lyric, and pastoral to elegy, satire, and the epigram), drama, history, philosophy, archaeology, religion, and social life (from family and gender roles to slavery and prostitution).

Pedagogy 52

Pedagogy K-12 Archaeology Teaching 52

Sapiens

OCTOBER 7, 2024

So, if I was going to make, develop an op-ed around Native American history and culture I’ve written books, received grants and so on, I’m well prepared to make that argument. year career in the field as an archaeological field technician in CRM and academic settings. south west.

Anthropology 121

Anthropology Archaeology Artifacts Heritage 121

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2017

Understanding that cost is an issue that won’t be solved immediately, we asked educators to identify the other biggest obstacles to a timely graduation. Students who are worried about debt sometimes work more and then reduce their course load,” said Robert Kelchen, a professor of higher education at Seton Hall who studies student debt.

Archaeology 87

Archaeology Tutoring History Advocacy 87

Sapiens

MARCH 4, 2025

Through this work, drawing on knowledge from human skeletal biology, anatomy, and archaeology, we often confront the immense social and racial inequalities that can play a role in the circumstances of ones death. ADVOCATING FOR THE DEADAND THE LIVING Advocacy and activism are nothing new to anthropology.

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Advocacy Anthropology Ancestry Human Rights 106

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Eulalia Guzman, Wiki Commons Eulalia Guzmn Archaeologist and educator Eulalia Guzmn fought for womens rights during and after the Mexican Revolution. Later in life, she was one of the first women to work in Mexican archaeology and the first person to study the pre-Columbian site of Chalcatzingo.

World History 98

World History History Social Studies Archaeology 98

Anthropology News

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Branstrator, H. Franois Dengah II, Robin G. Nelson, Alissa Ruth, Seth I.

Anthropology 118

Anthropology Museum Archaeology Cultures 118

ED Surge

JANUARY 6, 2025

And its creation is a sign of how professors and others in higher education want to make the case that, in spite of perennial laments about the crisis in the humanities, theyre very much alive, especially if you look beyond dismal stats about funding cuts, threatened departments and declining majors. and elsewhere. and elsewhere.

Humanities 145

Humanities Archiving Oral History Pedagogy 145