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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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 16, 2021

It was a moment she’d been waiting for since her freshman year — not just to graduate from high school, but also to wear her traditional Yup’ik headdress and mukluks. That year, 2019, the district changed its policies to allow Indigenous students to wear cultural items along with their caps and gowns.

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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. But he wasn’t having much success using traditional streaming video. he wondered. How do you put somebody in that space?” Other tribal leaders thought it was worth a try, though.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This perception undermines my efforts and sends a troubling message to my students—that learning Arabic, or any subject outside traditional school disciplines, is less meaningful to their learning experience. I've seen how it can enhance cognitive skills, boost cultural awareness, and improve critical thinking.

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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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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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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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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. There was nothing like this.

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Sapiens

MARCH 19, 2024

Other objects, including fragments of African ceramics and a cowrie shell, show the perseverance of cultural traditions among the enslaved workers. While most African countries have defined guidelines for obtaining research permits and heritage is closely legislated, São Tomé lacks pertinent regulations.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Using skills they’d learned in their computer science lessons, the students designed a traditional button blanket on a laser cutting machine. 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.

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 14, 2024

Acquired in 1885, this artifact offers insights into Indigenous communication methods and cultural symbolism. Unlocking the Mysteries of Message Sticks Dr. Kelly's work challenges traditional perceptions of message sticks as mere memory aids. 1 Kelly, P., Bibiko, H.-J., J., & Barker, L. AMSD: The Australian Message Stick Database.

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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

DECEMBER 1, 2023

What’s also becoming well-known is the essential role of traditional and Indigenous ecological knowledge in the effort to cope with the climate crisis. Her watchwords are “cultural humility, cultural relevance and the cultural landscape.” Making sure the kids know their culture — it’s not easy,” she said. “

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Anthropology News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Fifteen students specializing in traditional handicrafts collaborated with local artisans to illustrate a children’s book. This equipped them to choose and closely work with local female artisans, experts in the traditional handicraft art of embroidery. Credit: Yāmāl Collective Fatima’s skillful depiction of the ancient windcatchers.

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Anthropology for Beginners

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The scheme aims at planning their socio-economic development in a comprehensive manner while retaining the culture and heritage of the community by adopting habitat development approach and intervening in all spheres of their social and economic life, so that a visible impact is made in improvement of the quality of life of PVTGs.

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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.net

MARCH 5, 2024

The tomb, belonging to an elite chief from the Coclé culture, reveals not only a trove of gold treasures but also a haunting glimpse into sacrificial rituals and burial customs of the past. 1 Martínez, E. DESCUBREN IMPORTANTE TUMBA CON SUNTUOSO AJUAR DE ORO EN PARQUE ARQUEOLÓGICO EL CAÑO.

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 23, 2024

Mithen elucidates, encapsulating the transformative impact of language on the trajectory of our species, "Humanity's development of the ability to speak was without doubt the key which made much of subsequent human physical and cultural evolution possible.”

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The engraving, using Latin characters, includes words reminiscent of modern Basque, suggesting cultural continuity over millennia. Further analysis reveals at least five words adorning the hand's palm, enhancing our understanding of pre-Roman traditions. 1 Aiestaran, M., Gorrochategui, J., Usúa, C., Iriarte, E., Narbarte, J.,

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Sapiens

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

It turns out my skillset helps map places and histories that are significant in Wajãpi Oral Traditions. But the work also produces knowledge relevant for the Wajãpi people: I share with them information about federal laws related to cultural heritage and environmental protection.

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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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Anthropology News

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

I mean, you are just someone who has Chinese heritage, right?” For her, it seems like being a “real Chinese” is not simply about having Chinese “heritage,” sharing a Chinese blood tie and celebrating Chinese culture. Does using WeChat qualify someone to be “Chinese”? “So, So, you are not like a real Chinese.

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Sapiens

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A scholar of Sikkimese religions and cultures, Kalzang saw plastic khatak and lungta when visiting his relatives’ newborns. Through annual ritual traditions, local people communicate with and care for Mount Everest, or Jomolangma as she is called in the local Sherpa language. However, white is actually the traditional color for flags.

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ED Surge

MAY 20, 2024

But for Fiske, of Mysa, the popularity of alternatives to public school actually raises a concern: She fears that her approach to microschooling could be eclipsed by politics and cultural war clashes. That’s partly why he’s interested in classical learning, a form of education that often emphasizes the “classics” of Western heritage.

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ED Surge

MAY 20, 2024

Creativity, learning and innovation flourished in African communities, and that heritage lives in African descendants, especially apparent in the way we teach and radically care for our students. Researchers have connected the knowledge and values of Black feminism with culturally congruent mental health resources for Black women.

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ED Surge

JULY 19, 2023

public schools raise questions about whether curricula and edtech are staying culturally relevant. It’s not enough for a school to simply offer these students computer science classes — teachers like Noriega are working to tear down the invisible mental and cultural barriers that keep Latino students from considering the field altogether.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2024

Caldera was sitting in the reservation’s new call center, a converted classroom decorated with a giant mural depicting three young Native people in traditional garb on one wall and a mural featuring several Pacific Northwest animals in front of Mt. “I get to help people and pass on my vibes to them,” she said.

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NCHE

APRIL 3, 2023

In addition to this Lincoln investigation, my students wanted to explore our community’s sundown town heritage, an episode of Native American protests, unresolved episodes of violence and murder, postindustrial decline, and even a local witch trial that occurred in our region before the Civil War.

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Anthropology News

APRIL 30, 2024

Bonded by their shared experiences of never having had the opportunity to learn their heritage language, they come together every day to take beginner-level Mongolian classes and sing Mongolian songs. To enhance immersive experience, the performers wore beautiful traditional Mongolian robes, which they rented from an online costume shop.

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Digital Promise

JULY 10, 2019

While parts of the education system have incorporated tailored methods to keep students engaged, mathematics is often still taught in traditional, non-differentiated ways. It’s also important that they are presented with content that speaks to their identities and cultural contexts and makes them feel like they belong in the math classroom.

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Strange Maps

AUGUST 24, 2023

Credit : Fine Art Images / Heritage Images / Getty Images) One of the more intriguing mentions in the Book of Roger is of Irlandah-al-Kabirah (“Great Ireland”), one day’s sailing from Iceland. 2, Book 1: Cartography in the Traditional Islamic and South Asian Societies. The correct version is oriented toward the south.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

Despite their rich history and Hall’s documentation of her heritage, Hall and her ancestors are not acknowledged by the United States government as a tribal nation. Hall’s status meant that when she was earning her degrees, she didn’t qualify for financial assistance designed for Native students.

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Pedagogy and Formation

JUNE 26, 2023

He concluded that the "weight" of language and emphasis of many Christian schools is "lifelong learning, citizenship, tradition, academic performance, community, curriculum, standards, quality, self esteem, heritage, culture, sport, well-being, justice and innovation" (Cowling, "The Context of Anglican Education", pp 25-40; Cairney et al., 'New

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Strange Maps

JUNE 26, 2023

The massive complex, rebuilt in the 1950s in the traditional Mongol style, houses genuine relics and is an important sanctuary for the shamanic worship of the legendary Mongol leader. Perhaps this is because illness and death were great taboos in Mongol culture. As such, we are left mainly with legends and speculation.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

The idea behind the Muñiz Academy, named for the longtime principal of Boston’s first dual-language elementary school (the Rafael Hernandez K-8 school), was that many Hispanic students would do better in schools that support their cultural background and, with it, the Spanish language. Tommy Chang, Boston Public Schools superintendent. “It

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Traditional language learning in the U.S. For many, the case for language learning is simply about being able to interact with people from other cultures. At the first section meeting in early September, 16 students — heritage speakers and language learners — chattered in Chinese and English as they crowded into a seminar room.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Pulling students from Coahoma County and its county seat of Clarksdale, the school serves an area of the Mississippi Delta known for its rich blues heritage, low incomes and abysmal educational outcomes. She liked the people and the culture and the history. It would, first and last, be better than the schools the area already had.

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