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Learning From Snapshots of Lost Fossils

Sapiens

In museum archives, researchers found photos of remains from Paleolithic children who had belonged to a group of early Homo sapiens in Eurasia. Knowing this cusp marker may aid future research on folks some 40,000 years ago—as populations migrated out of Africa, into Africa, or across Eurasia. 998-27-40/14628.1.30

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Teaching Syndemics

Teaching Anthropology

As syndemics can be traced back in time through bioarcheology and archival research, described in contemporary disease crises through ethnography and epidemiology, and projected into the further as a result of the ongoing cascade of emergent infectious diseases, teaching syndemics allows a wide historic perspective on human health.

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OPINION: Studying humanities can prepare the next generation of social justice leaders

The Hechinger Report

These include everything from interviewing and archival research to textual interpretation, discourse analysis and ethnographic inquiry.

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Learn more about: “Why Autonomy? Extraction, Resistance, and Historical Origins of Indigenous Demands in Latin America”

Political Science Now

All of his work employs a multi-method approach, using experimental and natural experimental data as well as extensive interviewing and archival research. He also has published or has forthcoming work on local governance in Latin America, methods for causal inference, and the regulation of gig economy labor in the United States.

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Underwater Caves Provide New Insights Into Sicily's Earliest Human Inhabitants

Anthropology.net

This initiative has relied heavily on archival research, including the review of local records dating back to the 19th century and collaborations with local archaeologists, divers, and fishermen.

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Building virtual monuments to Black historical figures

The Hechinger Report

Buddington’s team wrote the curriculum and helped with the archive research that accompanies the Kinfolk app. Early on in the design process, Movers & Shakers NYC partnered with the Langston League to get educators and students involved.

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Call for Applications: Penn State Special Collections Library Research Grants

Society for Classical Studies

We especially invite applicants interested in exploring research topics drawing on materials from two recent notable archival acquisitions: the V.P. Petska Eighth Air Force Archives Research Award This award supports researchers utilizing the Eighth Air Force archive, 1939-2009 at the Eberly Family Special Collections Library.

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