Sapiens

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Archaeological evidence and Oral Histories show people in what is today Ghana lived sustainably for millennia—until European colonial powers and the widespread trade of enslaved people changed everything. These scholars are using their research on the precolonial past to sow sustainable futures—like the worlds inhabited by Abena and Akaina.

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TeachThought

JULY 20, 2024

Understanding AI Concepts Start by helping students grasp core AI ideas like algorithms, data analysis, and pattern recognition through traditional teaching methods Analogies and Stories: Compare an algorithm to a recipe a chef follows, highlighting the step-by-step process.

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Sapiens

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

A postcard from early to mid-20th century shows Hopi dancers in traditional regalia in front of Hopi House, a building in honor of Hopi connections to the Grand Canyon. CC What is the traditional origin history of the Hopi people? We don’t see these places as recreational areas to visit.

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

A Window Into Humanity’s Past Hunter-gatherer societies represent the foundation of human history, defining how humans lived for 99% of our existence. Expanding the Scope of Cultural Transmission The research identifies nine modes of cultural transmission, examining how and from whom children in hunter-gatherer societies learn.

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 5, 2024

Citation from the Award Committee: In “The Spirit of Caste: Recasting the History of Civil Rights,” Lucien Ferguson writes a compelling account of the civil rights movement and the constitutional protections on which it depends through the lens of caste. Rebecca Ann Reid of the University of Texas at El Paso, and Dr. Salmon A.

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HistoryRewriter

OCTOBER 2, 2023

I want the books to be different from a traditional History or ELA class reading so that students understand the purpose of Ethnic studies is supposed to bring students and communities together. This year I have been reading a variety of new titles for my Intro to Ethnic Studies course. In the afterword, Ms.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Research shows that their expected future earnings and public subsidy savings more than offset the cost of these expensive small high schools. New research suggests that these schools might actually pay for themselves in long-term benefits to both students and the public as a whole. Photo: Kayleigh Skinner. Are they worth it?

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HistoryRewriter

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

This post features examples of a 10th-grade World History class practicing interpreting literary criticism. This was a part of a large, interdisciplinary project that required the collaboration of an ELA teacher, a History teacher, and a Spanish teacher. When Azuela released his novel, Mexican literature was changed as we know it.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 8, 2024

While right-wing legislatures restrict the teaching of Black history, we are pleased to support teachers who work to teach truthfully about U.S. In a class with teachers , Delmont explained the relevance of learning this history. We’ll add more once teachers use the new paperback edition.

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Anthropology.net

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

However, the researchers caution that this type of skeletal change is not exclusive to riding; other activities, such as prolonged sitting or riding in carts, can also produce similar alterations. The new research casts doubt on the skeletal evidence used to support the Kurgan hypothesis. ” Can Hips Tell the Full Story?

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

However, the scale of ochre extraction and the evident skill involved at Lion Cavern marks this site as a unique focal point in the history of human creativity and ritual. This extensive ochre extraction reveals not a simple, one-time usage, but a complex tradition of quarrying, refining, and transporting the mineral across great distances.

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HistoryRewriter

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Story File is ideal for helping students practice asking interview questions and conducting oral history projects. Based on research that shows students can be encouraged to make multiple attempts in safe environments, Class Companion shows how student writers can motivated by fast feedback and the opportunity to improve upon their mistakes.

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Anthropology.net

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The research, conducted by Kenji Itao and Kunihiko Kaneko from the University of Tokyo, Copenhagen University, and the RIKEN Center for Brain Science, delves into how competitive gift-giving practices contribute to the emergence of economic and social disparities within human societies.

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Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

and, in the context of international research, has United States citizenship. This work entangles power structures with disciplinary histories that work to enforce and reinforce particular narratives about whose bodies are to be studied , whose bodies are to be cared for , and what care looks like for community members.

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

For this study, researchers examined skeletal positioning, potential grave goods, and signs of deliberate excavation. This gap suggests that burial practices may not have had an unbroken tradition across time and species. Been et al., 1 Been, E., & Barzilai, O.

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Society for Classical Studies

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Call for Applications: Kingdon and Solmsen Fellowships at IRH kskordal Fri, 09/20/2024 - 08:43 Image The Institute for Research in the Humanities Robert M. Kingdon and Friedrich and Lieselotte Solmsen, the Institute for Research in the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin– Madison is pleased to announce competitions for two Robert M.

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Sapiens

MARCH 19, 2024

To uncover this past, a team launched the country’s first archaeological research. Edsiley Encarnação leads researchers through dense growth to the ruins of São Tomé’s oldest sugar mill. Our research at Praia Melão is of global importance, as it explores the origins of plantation slavery in the 16th century.

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HistoryRewriter

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This post will describe the importance of having secondary students engage in oral history projects and describe a new Artificial Intelligence technology StoryFile that can help students practice posing questions to pre-recorded conversational video without the heightened anxiety that comes with actually talking to a real person.

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Sapiens

OCTOBER 30, 2024

As our team of researchers drove southeast through Utah toward Bears Ears National Monument , changes in the landscape unfolded around us. The co-management plan recognizes the deep cultural legacies of Indigenous peoples and establishes a legal basis for ceremonial and traditional practices such as gathering medicines, food, and firewood.

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Anthropology.net

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The site also contained “Scythian-style” artifacts, including horse-riding equipment, linking it to the early horse-centered traditions of the Scythians—a nomadic people renowned for their horsemanship and animal-style art. 1 Sadykov, T., Blochin, J., Fomicheva, D., Kasparov, A., Khavrin, S., Malyutina, A.,

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 9, 2022

Cierra Kaler-Jones wasn’t your traditional dance teacher. Her classes involved lessons on Black history and women’s history, as well as wide-ranging conversations about was happening in the world. history classes, “it’s kind of just as slaves really,” she added. Subscribe today!

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

However, researchers at Georgetown University project that by 2031, 72 percent of jobs will require some type of education or training after high school. Unfortunately, many college alternatives, especially career and technical education programs, have a complicated history. Traditional higher education has reached an inflection point.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

A groundbreaking study 1 led by researchers at the Nagoya University Museum in Japan offers fresh insights into the cultural evolution of Homo sapiens during their dispersal across Eurasia roughly 50,000 to 40,000 years ago. However, the recent study challenges this notion by examining stone tool technology over a 50,000-year span.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 27, 2024

The unearthing of starch grains on obsidian blades from Rapa Nui's Anakena site represents a pivotal discovery in understanding the intricate web of cultural interactions and culinary traditions among the island's earliest inhabitants. The 20 obsidian blades found at the archaeological site of Anakena on Rapa Nui.

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Anthropology News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Thankfully, we have records of past Afro-descendant entrepreneurs through both written and oral histories. As an anthropologist, I understand that reflection upon one’s positionality is an important part of the research and writing process. Turning one’s gaze south, the works of historian Michael L.

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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. Together, we developed a research program that braids archaeological science and Wajãpi knowledge. Now I view both Wajãpi researchers and myself as archaeologists. FIRST TRIP TO WAJÃPI TERRITORY In Brazil, 1.7

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Anthropology.net

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

A new study conducted by an international research team, including scientists from the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has revealed that humans have dramatically increased their capacity to digest starches, marking a significant moment in human evolution.

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Anthropology.net

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Collaborating with the team behind First Weapons , a television series aired by ABC, researchers employed state-of-the-art biomechanical tools to measure the energy, speed, and overall efficiency of these tools in combat. Historical records suggest that while some conflicts led to injury, death was not always the intended result.

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Anthropology.net

OCTOBER 14, 2024

[Image Courtesy: Jamie Kidston, ANU] The Laili Rock Shelter Discovery The Laili rock shelter, located in northern East Timor (also known as Timor-Leste), has been the focus of extensive research conducted by archaeologists from Australian and UK universities, including the Australian National University (ANU) and Flinders University.

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Anthropology for Beginners

AUGUST 17, 2023

The most embedded interviews in this sense take place within the context of long-term participant observation, after researchers have made efforts to establish a place within the nets of social relations of the people they will be interviewing. Roughly the ethnographic approaches can be divided into the following traditions.

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Anthropology.net

JUNE 13, 2024

Indigenous Knowledge and Science Unite Recent research has reshaped our understanding of when horses were reintroduced to North America. The Broader Implications Some Indigenous oral histories suggest interactions with horses date back thousands of years to Ice Age equines. 1 Taylor, W. Librado, P., Hunska Tašunke Icu, M.,

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Anthropology.net

MAY 28, 2024

Recent research from the University of Zurich reveals extensive cultural and linguistic networks among Central African hunter–gath 1 erer groups dating back millennia, challenging previous assumptions about the region's prehistoric cultural evolution. BaYaka hunter-gatherers playing music instruments and dancing. 1 Padilla-Iglesias, C.,

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Ancient Mud Unlocks 130,000 Years of Australia’s Fire Management History Australia’s relationship with fire extends back thousands of years, with Indigenous land management practices deeply shaping the continent’s ecology.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Johnson feels about Friday,” she told the students as she paced around the cafeteria in an “I am black history” shirt. “If In Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas, dozens of taxpayer-funded public charters enroll far more white students than any of the traditional public schools in their areas. You know how Ms.

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Anthropology.net

AUGUST 22, 2024

However, recent research underscores the limitations of this approach, highlighting the potential biases introduced by relying on such geographically limited data. ” This recognition is crucial for refining interpretations of early human history, ensuring that conclusions drawn from fossil evidence are more accurately contextualized.

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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. The report calls for more investment in training Native educators to teach computer science and related fields, and integrating Indigenous culture, traditions and languages into those classes.

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Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Anna Apostolidou PhD, Assistant Professor of Social Anthropology, Ionian University Given the history of our discipline, it seems rather peculiar that anthropologists are not more “naturally inclined” to employ multimodality in their research and teaching.

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