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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. Why teach syndemics?

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Meet DFP Fall Fellow, Josiah Jacobs, Johns Hopkins University

Political Science Now

Currently, he is a second-year Predoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins University, assisting Dr. Vesla Weaver with archival research on Black police organizations during the Black Power Era and their influence on local politics at the height of their prominence. He plans to pursue a Ph.D.

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Building virtual monuments to Black historical figures

The Hechinger Report

The group, headed by CEO Glenn Cantave, was originally founded as an artist/activist collective that used immersive technology to host teach-ins and demonstrations about “problematic monuments” across New York City, such as the statue of Christopher Columbus at the center of Manhattan’s Columbus Circle.

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