Anthropology for a Safer World
Open Anthropology highlights anthropological research for understanding and teaching about gun violence & the #MarchForOurLives for gun reform
What is Anthropology?
To the question of “What is Anthropology?”: Anthropology is a generous comparative inquiry into the conditions & potentials of human life.
Anthropology Matters
The October 2017 issue of Open Anthropology promotes material linked to the #AmAnth17 meetings, Anthropology Matters (November 29-December 3).
Teaching Trouillot
Contemporary Anthropological Theory is a course meant to change how we think. Teaching Trouillot as “Burning Questions” provides relevance for anthropology.
Hartwick Anthropology
A survey marking the 30 year anniversary of Hartwick Anthropology as an independent department and the retirement of acclaimed archaeologist David Anthony.
Music of Anthropology
Articles on “Music – Anthropology – Life” were free to read from June 2017 to June 2018 on Open Anthropology.
Hackonomy
Bonin Bough’s lecture at Hartwick College on “Hackonomy” paralleled themes in Introduction to Anthropology and Cultural Ecology.
CIA & Anthropology
Sponsored by the Hardy Chair Lecture Series, a public lecture by Dr. David H. Price: “Tracing Funding, Tracing Impacts: The CIA and Anthropology.”
Anthropology: Unfinished Revolution
What Would Sid Do? Reflections on the Sidney Mintz legacy in anthropology. Teaching Introduction to Anthropology as Global History & Interconnection.
Blocking Trump
In 2016, the Electoral College should have stopped Trump from becoming president. In 2019, blocking Trump depends on impeachment.
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.
Anthropology Boycott: Supporting BDS, Voting Against AAA proposal
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.
Relevant Teaching for the 21st Century
4-5 February 2016 at University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill: “Defending Anthropology 101 and the Mega-Class: Relevant Teaching for the 21st Century.”
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.
Latin America 2016
A 2016 book list for teaching Latin America & Caribbean Anthropology attempting to understand common themes in processes occurring across the Americas
Bring Sanity to Gun Violence
As gun violence continues in the United States, this gun control podcast reflects on how anthropology can bring sanity and contribute to political debate.
Hartwick Anthropology 2016 Courses
Designed for students who will make the world a better place – Hartwick Anthropology 2016 course offerings for spring & J Term.
Culture, Culture, Everywhere
With anthropologists saying many things about culture, is it any wonder the students and the public are confused?
How Did Anthropology Begin?
Early episodes of European colonialism, plantation slavery in the Caribbean, and Darwin in Tierra del Fuego: missing parts of “How Did Anthropology Begin?”
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.
Hartwick Anthropology 2015 Fall Courses
Hartwick Anthropology course offerings for fall 2015. Teaching anthropology is transformative anthropology!
Anthropology’s Brief Reign (2015)
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.
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.
Introduction to Anthropology Course 2015
Preview of a 2015 Introduction to Anthropology course using a new 3rd-edition textbook, Anthropology:What Does It Mean to Be Human?
hope: the first anthropological emotion
“The first anthropological emotion is hope” (Carole McGranahan, #AAA2014) and also via Ingold, Trouillot, Lennon & Ono “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)”