Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The SWP field school offers UTM students the opportunity to be trained in archaeological excavation within their campus grounds. Teaching prompted us to reassess our skills and rediscover the motivations that led us to pursue archaeology originally.

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Sapiens

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The Wajãpi had invited me to map archaeological sites in their territory. The Wajãpi already knew of my “archaeological finds”—the footsteps of Creator Hero from the beginning of time. What could my archaeological knowledge possibly offer to such a vast cosmological wisdom? I was excited. We just draw from different backgrounds.

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Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Editor Stacey is Lecturer in Biological Anthropology at the Australian National University, specialising in the analysis of archaeological human remains. She was recently appointed Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Follow Stacey on X (Twitter): @wardstaceym The post Stacey Ward first appeared on Teaching Anthropology.

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Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Editor Stacey is Lecturer in Biological Anthropology at the Australian National University, specialising in the analysis of archaeological human remains. She was recently appointed Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Follow Stacey on X (Twitter): @wardstaceym The post Stacey Ward first appeared on Teaching Anthropology.

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Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

I call this a “confession” because “ (bio)archaeologists ” like me—scholars who identify with archaeology, biological anthropology, or both—are not necessarily known for centering social theories like Intersectionality in our subdisciplines. Bio)archaeology is no stranger to its colonial baggage. Intersectional Anthropology.

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Geography Education

MARCH 15, 2024

SOURCE– National Geographic: Lost New England revealed by high-tech archaeology Lidar can also be used quickly assess damage and change after a geologically violent incident, such as a the Oso landslide in Washington state. Today we can use lidar to see remnants of this historical landscape by mapping stone walls and other features.

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This Is Not a Sociology Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2017

In his book The Birth of the Clinic Michel Foucault suggested that there was a “great break in Western medicine” in the 18th century when for the first time anatomy began to play a central role in medical education. 2003) The birth of the clinic : an archaeology of medical perception. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Foucault, M.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2021

I first decided to explore the world of scuba diving after reading about a Black man who had done an archaeological dive on a slave ship. DWP has a youth component, which seeks to teach youth to be marine archaeology advocates. I was stunned. While scouring the DWP website, I stumbled upon something amazing. Credit: VaLeta Wylie.

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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?” After class, I walk to a warehouse where the university keeps archaeological remains: boxes full of pottery sherds, dirt, animal bones, and stones.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2021

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Subscribe today! But a program offered through a museum in Utah sought to offer a different kind of virtual science field trip.

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Women's History Network

OCTOBER 7, 2024

I quickly became a little obsessed with this dynamic and innovative woman, who made an important contribution to twentieth century British archaeology, […]

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Anthropology News

JANUARY 29, 2024

AI is a complex field that appears poised to impact nearly every aspect of human life, from work to interpersonal relationships, education, mental health, and beyond. We invite submissions that probe the anthropological dimensions of AI: how it affects and is affected by human behavior, social norms, and cultural practices.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

It’s one of a small but growing number of places where experts are testing new ideas that will shape the future of a college education, using everything from blockchain networks to computer simulations to artificial intelligence, or AI. One of these would transform even the way that students pay for higher education.

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Sapiens

OCTOBER 7, 2024

year career in the field as an archaeological field technician in CRM and academic settings. And has all different kinds of implications for diversity and creating safe work environments within archaeology and then its implications, right, for how it is that we understand the past and how it is that heritage is managed.

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Anthropology News

MARCH 19, 2024

Kaddee attended the College of Wooster in Ohio and spent her junior year at the study abroad program, College Year in Athens, where she would get firsthand experience in the classics and archaeology. In the summer of 1969, she rejoined the Franchthi Cave project and did a stint in Turkey at the archaeological site of Gordion.

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Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Treasure hunting often defaces or even destroys archaeological and environmental heritage. Such mythical evocations of treasures, however, often end in disappointment or disaster—both for those involved and the social environment they operate in.

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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).

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Sapiens

JUNE 25, 2024

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. This increased tensions with Outsiders. Typically, they rely on King George III’s Royal Proclamation of 1763 as evidence of British occupation.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 30, 2015

Exploring Iowa Archaeology ). Iowa’s STEM Teaching Endorsement Partnership – Higher Education Plan , Jeff Weld & Kris Kilibarda. Lunch and STEM Education Awards for Inspired Teaching , Gov. STEM education is sweeping the nation but Iowa’s enthusiasm is hard to match. Kim Reynolds & Mary Andringa.

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NCHE

MAY 1, 2023

Army Heritage and Education Center (4 times) in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the Musicians Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee, the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, and the Museum of History and Innovation in Seattle, Washington have made these colloquia special. Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, Virginia (3 times), the U.S.

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Society for Classical Studies

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

This refereed on-line journal publishes original research projects carried out by undergraduate students in any area of Classics: linguistics, literature, art history, archaeology, classical tradition, philosophy, etc.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Unprecedented Discoveries Among the treasures unearthed is a remarkably intact tuyere, a rare find in European archaeology. Through public engagement and educational initiatives, these relics will continue to inspire curiosity and appreciation for our rich archaeological legacy.

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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.

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Studies Weekly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Parker wasn’t satisfied with what she considered “women’s work,” so Harrington taught her archaeological methods in the field. Even without a formal education, Parker made some of the most important discoveries in archeology. Parker learned quickly on the job and was willing to go where other scientists feared.

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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.

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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. Some are employed in governmental organizations or in jurisdictions that may limit their political engagement.

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Anthropology News

DECEMBER 19, 2024

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

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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.

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