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A Poetics of Liberation: An Imagined Archive

Sapiens

A Tanzanian historian and poet conjures alternative engagements with Black African women who were marginalized by violent colonial histories and imprisoned in the archives. My Imagined Archive was where I could envision what conversations with those who do not appear in official records could sound like. The archive was a burial site.

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The Role of a Leader in Building Capacity

A Principal's Reflections

While it is understood that management is a necessity associated with the position, it should not be something that comes at the expense of improving the learning culture. To complement traditional means of professional learning, work to create or further develop a Personal Learning Network (PLN).

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Tracing Roti’s Pasts, Presents, and Futures

Sapiens

I (Mariam) grew up in a Pakistani diaspora family, where I observed roti-making as an organizing tradition of my home culture, but one that remained a gender-exclusive space for girls, mothers, and aunties. We both started our lifelong studies of roti at a young ageboth as a frequent eater and observer of the food. where I teach.

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Bits and Bytes Don’t Leave Bones

Anthropology News

Cultural artifacts, traditions, and knowledge do not simply move; they shift, adapt, and sometimes disappear in the process. When MySpace lost 50 million songs during a server migration , it wasnt just a glitchit was a reshaping of independent music history, determined by infrastructure choices rather than cultural value.

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10 Strategies to Improve Instructional Leadership

A Principal's Reflections

Instructional leaders understand that management is a necessary evil associated with the position, but not something that should come at the expense of improving the learning culture in order to increase achievement. To compliment traditional means of professional learning, work to create or further develop a Personal Learning Network (PLN).

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Application of Archaeological Anthropology and Cultural Resources Management

Anthropology for Beginners

archaeologists study past humans and societies primarily through their material remains – the buildings, tools, and other artifacts that constitute what is known as the material culture left over from former societies. Application of Archaeology Archaeology is the study of human past through material remains. How were those pots used?

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What is the True Value of Technology?

A Principal's Reflections

A few days later my grandmother’s other sister watched the archived recording of the service. I have shared both of these stories to demonstrate the potential that technology has in re-shaping school cultures and how we learn. None of this would have been possible without technology.

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