Sat.Nov 25, 2023

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American Anthropological Association 2023 Talk: Making Pigs Dirty: Conflicting Perspectives on Javelinas and Hogs in Texas

Anthropology 365

I co-chaired a panel at the 2023 meeting of the American Anthropological Association titled “The America Animal.” Abstract: Other-than-human animals comprise a large part of the social and ecological fabric of our lives in ways that are often unexpected or unnoticed. Humans encounter other-than-human animals as pets, pests, food, medical devices, entertainment, bastions of “wild” nature, and more.

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Defining Ourselves and Our Community

All Things Pedagogical

The topic of this post came from meeting a really interesting group of students this week who worked on a project for their class that created tools to support independence for disabled folk when doing household tasks. They had prototyped a few tools and the whole project was really great and we need more of these kinds tactile outcomes from course pedagogies that highlight disabled lived experience.