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2013 Introduction to Anthropology – Four Fields

Introduction to Anthropology

Introduction to Anthropology with “What Does it Mean to be Human?”; “Labor and Legality”; and “Applying Anthropology.” Biological, Archaeology, Culture.

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Categories Anthropology Courses Tags anthropology branding, education, human nature, immigration, introduction to anthropology, textbooks 9 Comments

Race IQ – Game Over: It was always all about wealth

Black Wealth White Wealth - Race IQ

The publication of “Race, IQ, and Wealth” by Ron Unz effectively is game over for Race IQ peddlers–it was always about wealth & inequality.

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Categories Scathing Anthropology Tags capitalism, culture, education, genetics, Jared Diamond, political economy, politics, race, racism 48 Comments

Jared Diamond won’t beat Mitt Romney

The really scary part of the Diamond Romney dustup is how Romney recaps Diamond: European imperialism is accidental but societies choose to fail.

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Categories Moral Optimism Tags agriculture, ambushing anthropology, anthropology branding, capitalism, education, Eric Wolf, evolution, genetics, human nature, Jared Diamond, politics, primates, race, racism, textbooks 15 Comments

DNA Battles

Earliest Americans Arrived in Waves, DNA Study Finds - Nicholas Wade

Research on earliest Americans reveals multiple migrations and complexity. But Nicholas Wade botches the coverage–and the anthropology.

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Categories Archaeology Tags education, empathy, evolution, genetics, Nicholas Wade, race mixing, textbooks 12 Comments

Review: What Does It Mean to Be Human? (2nd edition)

For a four-field introductory course, I reviewed the Anthropology Second Edition: Lavenda & Schultz, What Does It Mean to Be Human?

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Assessing Anthropology (2012)

Hartwick Anthropology - Student Learning Outcomes Assessment

Anthropology excels at student learning outcomes assessment, but with awareness of the gap between assessment ideals and reality.

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Liberal Arts Anthropology

Liberal Arts Anthropology - Growing, Useful, World-Changing

Anthropology is a growing field with many useful contributions. Anthropology’s world-changing approach is well connected to the liberal arts.

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Categories What is Anthropology? Tags ambushing anthropology, anthropology branding, education 3 Comments

Ain’t it a little late in the game to throw your hand in?

A post from 2012 describing the options.to closing a neighborhood school. As Little Steven says: “Ain’t it a little late in the game to throw your hand in?”

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fellow passengers in this world of ours

empathy and science

On the sorely-felt need for humility, empathy, and sympathy. On science, intelligence, Adam Smith, economics, Wealth of Nations, Theory of Moral Sentiments.

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Categories Scathing Anthropology Tags education, empathy, human nature, political economy, politics, race, Tim Ingold 4 Comments

The Cost of Savings

Fighting the planned closing of a neighborhood school based on a false economy of market-based choices and political expediency. The cost of saving schools.

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Elizabeth Brumfiel, In Memoriam

Elizabeth Brumfiel

Dr. Elizabeth Brumfiel, Professor of Anthropology & Archaeology at Northwestern University and an inspiring scholar, will be greatly missed.

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Categories Anthropologists Tags culture, education, gender, human nature, Latin America, political economy, politics 8 Comments

Metaphors & Evolution

Zimmer - Tangled Bank

How can we stop trellises from turning into trees? Emphasizing non-directionality and complexity in evolutionary understandings.

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Categories Biological Anthropology Tags anthropology branding, Denisovans, education, evolution, genetics, natural selection, Neandertals, textbooks 2 Comments

Capitalism, Denisovans, Anthropology in Media

Anthropology Unbound: A Field Guide to the 21st Century

Free PowerPoint for “Anthropology and Moral Optimism”; Denisovan admixture update; AAA news and the 2011 Anthropology in Media Award.

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Categories Anthropology Blogs Tags ambushing anthropology, anthropology branding, capitalism, education, evolution, genetics, political economy, politics, Sidney Mintz, textbooks 6 Comments

Anthropology in Florida

Weber - The Vocation Lectures - Undergraduate Anthropology

The undergraduate anthropology major is a hidden strength: it is where the anthropological message is potentially the most world-changing.

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Columbus Day: Everybody’s Working Through the Weekend

Anthropology on Columbus Day

Anthropology on Columbus Day: As painful as it is to re-examine Loverboy’s “Working for the Weekend” (even in ironic mode), something seems awry in academia

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Admixture All the Way Down

Malinowski - Sexual Life - Admixture

Despite Nicholas Wade’s emphasis on splits among human groups, the research is clear that it’s admixture all the way down. Plus some Malinowski!

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Categories Biological Anthropology Tags Denisovans, education, Eric Wolf, evolution, genetics, human nature, Nicholas Wade, race, race mixing, sex, sexuality, Sidney Mintz 9 Comments

Oh no I’ve said too much

Re-listening to R.E.M.’s “Losing My Religion” as a professor teaching evolution in front of a classroom: Oh no I’ve said too much / I haven’t said enough.

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Anthropology 101 in 2011

This post on Anthropology 101 in 2011 was a call to action for introductory courses to address the big themes of Human Nature, Race, & Evolution.

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Categories Anthropology Courses Tags ambushing anthropology, anthropology branding, culture, David Brooks, education, evolution, genetics, human nature, Jared Diamond, race, racism, textbooks 4 Comments

Loving Anthropology

Power and Protest in the Countryside - Loving Anthropology

Loving anthropology for the questions it asks, the way anthropologists search for answers, and the importance of the answers to our world.

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Categories Moral Optimism Tags anthropology branding, education, empathy, Michel-Rolph Trouillot, politics, Sidney Mintz 8 Comments

Anthropology Textbooks: Doubling down on culture?

Doubling Down on Culture in Anthropology

Kottak and Gezon’s Culture uses a magazine-style textbook to double down on culture in anthropology. That’s problematic–culture is already everywhere.

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Categories Cultural Anthropology Tags anthropology branding, cultural relativism, culture, education, Michel-Rolph Trouillot, politics, race, Ruth Benedict, Sidney Mintz, textbooks 6 Comments
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