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Coronavirus & Academia

Camus The Plague Coronavirus COVID-19

Academia should be at the forefront of imagining more radical possibilities for going beyond our current coronavirus crisis.

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Anthropology on Immigration

Shadow of the Wall - Anthropology on Immigration

Anthropology has studied immigration and stands with immigrants against mass human rights violations.

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Starbucks Enlightenment

Starbucks - Racism - Anthropology

Anthropology condemns the revival of biological race. Some join against racist calls to police black people. But what about race & racism within anthropology?

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hope: the first anthropological emotion

Anthropological Hope

“The first anthropological emotion is hope” (Carole McGranahan) and also via Ingold, Trouillot, Lennon & Ono “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)”

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Categories Moral Optimism Tags empathy, human nature, Michel-Rolph Trouillot, politics, Tim Ingold 2 Comments

Sidney Mintz, Franz Boas, Anthropology – A Celebration

Mintz Three Ancient Colonies Caribbean Themes and Variations

At the 2012 American Anthropological Association, Sidney Mintz received the Franz Boas Award for Exemplary Service to Anthropology and papers in honor.

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Categories Anthropologists Tags agriculture, capitalism, empathy, fieldwork, Michel-Rolph Trouillot, political economy, politics, race, race mixing, racism, Sidney Mintz 4 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

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

War on Terror

Weaponizing Anthropology - War on Terror

With death of Osama bin Laden, how anthropology supports pursuing criminals, not blanket “war on terror,” and anthropology questions xenophobic nationalism.

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Categories Moral Optimism Tags anthropology branding, cultural relativism, culture, empathy, politics, Ruth Benedict 3 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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