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The Timing Is Right for Anthro-Journo

Anthropology News

Courses in history, psychology, sociology, and political science are often part of the core curricula in journalism programs,” writes Paula Horvath in Journalism & Mass Communication Educator. Petersburg Times , and Deborah Tannen for The New York Times Magazine , The Washington Post , and Vogue to name a few.

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Revisiting the Spiritual Violence of BS Jobs

Sapiens

In 2013, Graeber wrote an article for the obscure left-wing magazine STRIKE! Graeber’s book is conversational in style, drawing on history, literature, sociology, anthropology, and pop culture to support his arguments. titled “ On the Phenomenon of B t Jobs.” He had no inkling it was about to cause something of a minor sensation.

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Flipbook: Testing the Marshmallow Test

ShortCutsTV

For those who prefer their information in a more-colourful magazine-style format than bare-bones blog posts, Ive put the two recent Marshmallow Test posts together in an online flipbook format that adds to the growing collection Ive put together over the years.

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What’s it like to teach psychology?

Jonathan Firth

Most college lecturers in Scotland deliver the HNC or HND in Social Sciences (Higher National Certificate/Diploma – equivalent in level to 1st year or 2nd year of a degree respectively), including elements of Psychology but also of disciplines such as Politics and Sociology. Some have their own degree programmes, too.

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Some colleges and universities are bringing the classroom to the workplace

The Hechinger Report

Among other subjects, the students here take courses in sociology, psychology, English composition, science and math — all at the site of the kind of business where the principles they learn in the classroom and from textbooks can be put into practice.

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Luxury private student housing further divides rich and poor on campuses

The Hechinger Report

In an industry whose size is measured by the number of beds for rent, the top 25 private owners collectively account for more than 800,000 of them, according to Student Housing Business magazine. That number is fast approaching a fifth of the total “purpose-built student housing” at U.S. colleges, the research site iREIT said.

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Situational Action Theory: Online Magazine

ShortCutsTV

I thought that for the 1,000th SCTV blog post Id make an effort to do something a bit different. But then I came to my senses and thought why break the habit of a lifetime?, which is why this Milestone Post is just another of my GoTo favourites the flipbook (although Ive decided to […]