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Teaching Syndemics

Teaching Anthropology

Moreover, with regard to syndemics Horton tweeted , The anthropology community is ahead of medicine and public health.Once labeled a little-known buzzword that nonetheless describes our troubled times in Smithsonian Magazine , syndemic theory now informs a rich body of health research and interventions. and Bulled, N. New York: Routledge.

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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. Before Egbert went missing, scientists cast a copy of the child’s skull, allowing future researchers to study it. Archival research can be more accessible—and just as illuminating.

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Learn more about: Micro-Nations: Constructing Boundaries of Inclusion in Latin America

Political Science Now

He is also a Research Associate at the Center on the Politics of Development at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Fellow at the Governance and Local Development Institute. His primary research agenda focuses on the historical evolution of Indigenous-state relations in Latin America, spanning from independence to the present.

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Meet DFP Fall Fellow, Josiah Jacobs, Johns Hopkins University

Political Science Now

While at Howard, he worked as a research assistant under Dr. Elsie Scott, studying the representation of Black politicians at the state level. in political science to teach and produce research that advances Black communities nationwide. He plans to pursue a Ph.D.

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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. She researches ethical issues related to collections of ancestral remains for the GRASSI Museum in Leipzig, Germany.

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

Anthropology.net

This research offers fresh perspectives on the expansion routes and adaptive behaviors of early human communities. Photo: Ilaria Patania) Ilaria Patania, an assistant professor of archaeology, emphasized that this research aims not just to identify the first individual settlers but to understand the formation of early communities on Sicily.

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

Political Science Now

He is also a Research Associate at the Center on the Politics of Development at the University of California, Berkeley. The research for this project won the 2020 APSA Best Fieldwork Award and the 2021 Juan Linz Prize for Best Dissertation in the Comparative Study of Democracy. Read about the funded projects.