Anthropology News

OCTOBER 7, 2024

As requested by the local Tibetan community, a linguistic anthropologist (Ward) and graduate student (Moli) adapted the Buddhist-inspired framework of SEE Learning to facilitate reflections on best practices in Tibetan heritage language education.

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Anthropology.net

JANUARY 18, 2025

In the 8th century CE, the Avars—an enigmatic group with roots in the East Asian steppes—settled in Central Europe, weaving a tapestry of cultural cohesion amid genetic diversity. Their findings reveal an intriguing story of cultural integration despite distinct genetic divides.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Black students would finally be able to learn of African Americans’ historical and cultural contributions and develop an appreciation for our rich heritage and culture. In his apparent attempt to cancel African American culture, Gov. A few schools in Alabama began offering courses in Black history too.

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Their findings underscore the importance of Central Asia not only as a geographical way point but as a cultural and technological nexus where different human populations may have encountered each other over millennia. Artifacts suggest that the Zeravshan Valley was not only a migration route but potentially a place of cultural exchange.

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Anthropology News

MARCH 4, 2025

Among French Jews of Tunisian descent, there has been a recent resurgence of interest in their ancestors lifestyle before migration and with their cultural and linguistic heritage. In other words, their Arabic heritage is part and parcel of their Judaism. At first, the association offered standard Arabic lessons.

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Sapiens

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The authors acknowledge the contribution of Abdul Razak Macap, a social anthropologist at the Regional Cultural Heritage Center in Manokwari.) We focused our excavations at Mololo Cave, a colossal limestone chamber surrounded by tropical rainforest.

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Sapiens

OCTOBER 31, 2024

This leads to negative outcomes for communities, including the loss of unique cultural knowledge. In addition, scientists use language statistics to understand why languages and cultures are distributed the way they are across the globe. I also gained even more appreciation for the potentially impossible task of counting languages.

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Sapiens

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

A multidisciplinary team of researchers explains historical, cultural, and ethical issues they considered while developing a 3D scan of a South African site to be shared with the world online. This has led to numerous archaeological and heritage sites appearing online in interactive 3D platforms, such as Sketchfab.

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Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

With over 1,300 ethnic groups, 700 local languages, and various religious and cultural practices spread across more than 17,000 islands, Indonesia’s cultural diversity is an invaluable treasure. President Jokowi seeks to embody and represent this rich cultural diversity.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

He lives a two-and-a-half hour drive from the tribe’s reservation, which makes it hard for him to help his two young kids learn about their Native heritage. To help better preserve and share the teachings of his Native culture, he decided to try the latest in high tech tools — virtual reality. he wondered.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

The only thing though is that this day was just like any other typical day at my school as digital learning has become an embedded component of our school''s culture. Works of art and architecture, not unlike historical documents, biographies, or works of fiction, are a testament to particular cultures and historical events.

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Anthropology News

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

This feeling drives her to continue sharing these memories, turning what could be mere nostalgia into an active practice of care that connects her children to their heritage. Its about maintaining connectionto her culture and to those who gather for her dessert. Her care isnt about perfectly replicating tradition.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 18, 2024

As an English language learner in southern New England, she navigated linguistic and cultural barriers to build a life that nurtured her family and sustained her Portuguese heritage. Grace and Fernanda Fernanda, born on Faial, a small island in the Azores archipelago , emigrated to the United States in the 1970s with her family.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 8, 2025

During Hispanic Heritage Month, our colleagues came together to support two of our affinity groups. They canceled gym classes, changed classroom schedules and most of our 700 students joined us in the gym for a community celebration of identity, culture and affinity.

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Anthropology News

MARCH 27, 2025

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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Geography Education

MAY 1, 2024

’ This article highlights great, everyday examples that shows how cultural patterns and processes change and why they matter. Places and cultures are proud of what they see as their accomplishments that are foundational to their heritage. But perhaps we should reconsider our ideas about so-called ‘national dishes.’

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Anthropology.net

MAY 24, 2024

These discoveries paint a vivid picture of recurrent human occupation during the early Middle Paleolithic period, suggesting sophisticated cultural connections with contemporaneous societies in the Caucasus and the Levant. 1 Vahdati Nasab, H., Berillon, G., Hashemi, S.M.

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Sapiens

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary, along California’s Central Coast, would be the first of its kind in the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released this map—which depicts the final boundaries of the proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary—in September 2024.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

Once the site of an Indian boarding school, where the federal government attempted to strip children of their tribal identity, the Native American Community Academy now offers the opposite: a public education designed to affirm and draw from each student’s traditional culture and language. The charter school, NACA, opened its doors in 2006.

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Anthropology.net

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Previous discoveries in Sulawesi include a 44,000-year-old painting depicting half-human hunters pursuing wild animals with spears and ropes, further emphasizing the region’s ancient cultural richness. Archaeological evidence in Australia dates back at least 60,000 years, highlighting the ancient roots of Aboriginal cultures.

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Sapiens

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Like conspiracy theories about aliens building ancient monuments , Hancock’s views carry racist implications— explicitly championed by white supremacists—that Indigenous peoples were not the source of their own cultures, technologies, and monuments. CC These ancient practices in Chaco Canyon are a bridge to Hopi culture today?

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O-Level Geography

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

A joint effort by businesses, such as Rolex, with local communities in the preservation of our natural and cultural heritage. What are the efforts made to preserve the natural and cultural heritage in Bali, Indonesia?

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Anthropology News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

But, these tropical foods like banana and pineapple are not part of my heritage or my culture, so I don’t feel like I’m losing that identity by not consuming those foods. There’s no one best diet for every person, and you have to consider your access, your means, culture, and your preferences.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Even when the instruction is available, courses often lack cultural relevance that would allow Native students to authentically engage with the material, the report says. In addition, many Native students attend schools that may lack the hardware, software and high-speed internet needed for these classes.

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Society for Classical Studies

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

NEH Grantees: January 2024 kskordal Mon, 02/05/2024 - 09:06 Image The Society for Classical Studies congratulates the following individuals and organizations announced as National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Grantees in January 2024, for their projects in classical studies and adjacent fields: Mark Algee-Hewitt, Eric Harvey (Leland Stanford (..)

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Anthropology 365

APRIL 7, 2025

Such animals may superficially resemble dire wolves in appearance or size, but they do not possess the complete genomic architecture, evolutionary heritage, or ecological identity of true dire wolves.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2024

They want to see themselves and their cultures reflected in the books we read, and they don’t want token representation. They nod along as we cover topics that connect to stories their grandparents shared with them, like tales of migration and cultural celebrations. They want more diverse classroom experiences. “I

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ACRE

JUNE 27, 2023

The Delta Cultural Center is a museum and educational complex that tells the story of a land and its people, capturing what makes the Arkansas Delta region unique. It is the mission of the Delta Cultural Center to preserve, interpret and present the cultural heritage of this legendary 27-county area.

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Anthropology.net

OCTOBER 8, 2024

These findings offer a new perspective on human population stability and cultural evolution in southern Africa. The Oakhurst site, which dates back over 12,000 years, provides a unique opportunity to explore southern Africa's genetic and cultural history. Oakhurst rock shelter, original excavation by Goodwin 1932-1935.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 16, 2021

That year, 2019, the district changed its policies to allow Indigenous students to wear cultural items along with their caps and gowns. They argue that the practice of policing Indigenous students’ graduation attire is symptomatic of an education system woefully ignorant of, and insensitive to, Native culture.

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C3 Teachers

MARCH 30, 2022

Image of New York State Archives and Museum in Albany, New York Making connections with cultural centers offers educators a measure of expertise outside their own content knowledge and pedagogical skill. These advantages suggest why connections with cultural centers should matter to educators, students and the local community.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2022

I didn’t explore my Korean heritage until college and only learned about LGBTQ+ historical leaders in my late twenties. This is particularly concerning because engagement and cultural relevance have both been proven to have a positive impact on student outcomes. Cultural and social relevance.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 11, 2023

As a teacher in Hawaiʻi, I am keenly aware and reminded of my identity as a "local" teacher, one whose family heritage traces back generations in the same community. For Indigenous and Native peoples, who have a deep sense of place that is woven into their cultures, practices and genealogy, this can be seen as disrespectful.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 5, 2019

One could say that a classroom of “heritage learners” is full of swans mistaken for ugly ducklings. The term “heritage learners” is defined as people whose proficiency or knowledge of a language (and culture) comes from their community or family. They understand what you say in Spanish from Day One!

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Dating back to the late Holocene epoch, approximately 8,200 years ago, these ancient paintings provide insights into the cultural heritage of South America's early inhabitants. Archaeologists discovered certain motifs in Patagonia, Argentina, dating back more than 8,000 years ago. 1 Romero Villanueva, G., Sepúlveda, M.,

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 13, 2023

To help Native communities heal from that trauma, the report recommends an explicit federal policy of cultural revitalization, one that supports the work of Indigenous peoples and tribes to preserve and strengthen their languages and cultures. In America, you’re seen as less than, as lower if you don’t know English.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Her watchwords are “cultural humility, cultural relevance and the cultural landscape.” As a [white] teacher coming in 30 years ago, I was not prepared for working with Native American students and their culture. Making sure the kids know their culture — it’s not easy,” she said. “ or name another tribe.

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