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Anthropology

Ethical “grounds of being”

Note: This is a very difficult post for me to write. The difficulty doesn’t lie with the subject area but, rather, in what language I will have to use in order to try and communicate my thoughts on the topic. One of the...

Introducing A New Guest Blogger, Emanuel Lusca

Emanuel Lusca recently contacted wishing to guest blog here at Anthropology.net. As a recent graduate of UC Berkeley, double majoring in anthropology and philosophy, I think Emanuel will fill some gaps in my lack of coverage of...

Greek tragedy

Weber State's Greek Festival has seen better days, according to Rosemary Conover, PhD and Chair of the Anthropology Department. After donor and speaker Dr. Mildred Miya retired from teaching at WSU, the Greek Festival...

Assistant Professor of Instructor of Cultural Anthropology

Full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor or Instructor of Cultural Anthropology, starts Fall 2009. Ph.D. in cultural anthropology, advanced ABDs considered. Interdisciplinary Department for the Study of Culture and...

Workshop: "Experimenting the Visual in Art and Anthropology:The Ethics of Research and...

Sep 23, 2008

This workshop explores the intersection between contemporary art and anthropology, and especially the issue of ethics and collaboration in research and representational practices in both disciplines. "Experimenting the...

Army Anthropologist's Controversial Culture Clash

Seven years ago, Montgomery McFate was sitting in a bar in Washington, DC, trying to figure out what to do with her life. Turns out, all it took to get it done was a coup within the American military; near-losses in a...

Neanderthals used to feast on seals and dolphins

Anthropologists have discovered ancient seal bones showing signs of butchery, as well as some dolphin remains, in two caves in Gibraltar, Spain, which suggests that Neanderthals were intelligent and adaptable hunters, who...

Matory To Join Duke Faculty

Anthropology professor J. Lorand Matory ’82, a leading scholar on the African diaspora who is known for his strong criticisms of Israel and his opposition to former University President Lawrence H. Summers, will leave...

Evolution's Ear

By Bower, Bruce Recent changes in hearing-related genes may have influenced language development Imagine, for a moment, that you are smaller than a speck of dust and in the mood for some teeny-tiny sightseeing. It's a...

Everything is connected

Can reading stories and listening to music make people less destructive? Explaining to his disappointed father that he was giving up zoology for the relatively new subject of anthropology, the young Bateson spoke of his...