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When will the United States collapse?

Third World War - When will the United States Collapse

In historical perspective, what seem like lived events become identifiable as processes. However, recent rumblings indicate a US collapse could be swift.

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Volunteer Tourism

Stocker - Tourism and Cultural Change in Costa Rica - Volunteer Tourism

Readings and suggestions on Volunteer Tourism for an undergraduate anthropology student doing qualitative research in Costa Rica.

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Society for Economic Anthropology at #AmAnth2018

Money from Nothing - Society for Economic Anthropology

The Society for Economic Anthropology invited #AmAnth2018 sessions. Topics included: global adaptation finance, energy economics, moral economies, labor & care work, cycles of economic boom and bust, migration, …the list goes on!

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Anthropology for a Safer World

March for our Lives #ParklandStudentsSpeak Against Guns

Open Anthropology highlights anthropological research for understanding and teaching about gun violence & the #MarchForOurLives for gun reform

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What is Anthropology?

Ingold - Anthropology Education - What is Anthropology - Human Life

To the question of “What is Anthropology?”: Anthropology is a generous comparative inquiry into the conditions & potentials of human life.

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Categories What is Anthropology? Tags anthropology branding, cultural relativism, culture, education, human nature, introduction to anthropology, Tim Ingold 15 Comments

Anthropology Matters

Open Anthropology Matters

The October 2017 issue of Open Anthropology promotes material linked to the #AmAnth17 meetings, Anthropology Matters (November 29-December 3).

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Teaching Trouillot

Ferry - Minerals Collecting Value - Teaching Trouillot Contemporary Anthropological Theory

Contemporary Anthropological Theory is a course meant to change how we think. Teaching Trouillot as “Burning Questions” provides relevance for anthropology.

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Hartwick Anthropology

David Anthony - Horse Wheel Language - Hartwick Anthropology

A survey marking the 30 year anniversary of Hartwick Anthropology as an independent department and the retirement of acclaimed archaeologist David Anthony.

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Music of Anthropology

Merriam - The Anthropology of Music

Articles on “Music – Anthropology – Life” were free to read from June 2017 to June 2018 on Open Anthropology.

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Hackonomy

Bough - Hackonomy

Bonin Bough’s lecture at Hartwick College on “Hackonomy” paralleled themes in Introduction to Anthropology and Cultural Ecology.

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CIA & Anthropology

Cold War Anthropology - CIA and Anthropology

Sponsored by the Hardy Chair Lecture Series, a public lecture by Dr. David H. Price: “Tracing Funding, Tracing Impacts: The CIA and Anthropology.”

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Anthropology: Unfinished Revolution

Sidney Mintz - Sweetness and Power

What Would Sid Do? Reflections on the Sidney Mintz legacy in anthropology. Teaching Introduction to Anthropology as Global History & Interconnection.

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Blocking Trump

Federalist Papers - Electoral College Blocking Trump

In 2016, the Electoral College should have stopped Trump from becoming president. In 2019, blocking Trump depends on impeachment.

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Coalition of the Diverse

November Rain - Racially Mixed Crowd as Coalition of the Diverse

In November 2018, we can assemble the “coalition of the diverse” that almost came together in 2016: A racially mixed crowd in the November Rain.

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Anthropology Boycott

BDS Movement Anthropology Boycott

The BDS Movement merits support, but an anthropology boycott of Israeli academic institutions by the AAA is a too easy “take a stand” moment from academe.

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Relevant Teaching for the 21st Century

Defending Anthropology Social Media Workshop

4-5 February 2016 at University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill: “Defending Anthropology 101 and the Mega-Class: Relevant Teaching for the 21st Century.”

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Student Projects 2016

In the Hartwick College J Term 2016 course, “Peoples & Cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean,” students emerged with a rich array of final projects.

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Latin America 2016

Latin America 2016

A 2016 book list for teaching Latin America & Caribbean Anthropology attempting to understand common themes in processes occurring across the Americas

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Bring Sanity to Gun Violence

War, Peace, and Human Nature - Gun Control Podcast

As gun violence continues in the United States, this gun control podcast reflects on how anthropology can bring sanity and contribute to political debate.

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Culture, Culture, Everywhere

culture

With anthropologists saying many things about culture, is it any wonder the students and the public are confused?

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How Did Anthropology Begin?

How did anthropology begin?

Early episodes of European colonialism, plantation slavery in the Caribbean, and Darwin in Tierra del Fuego are crucial to “How Did Anthropology Begin?”

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Anthropology Major Jobs

Strang - What Anthropologists Do - Anthropology Jobs and Anthropology Major Jobs

Please help a recent high school graduate who desperately wants to be an anthropology major but worries about the anthropology major jobs after graduation.

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Anthropology’s Brief Reign (2015)

Articulating Hidden Histories - Anthropology is Taking Over the World Bank

With President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan, President Barack Obama of the US, and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, Anthropology is taking over the world.

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Against Experiential Learning

While “experiential learning” is the rage in Higher Education, worth remembering that one of the best parts about learning is not having to experience it.

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Introduction to Anthropology Course 2015

introduction to anthropology course description

Preview of a 2015 Introduction to Anthropology course using a new 3rd-edition textbook, Anthropology:What Does It Mean to Be Human?

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