Boundaries, Borders, Walls
Human history is marked by migration, cooperation, group permeability, & interconnection. Recent efforts to build walls harms human potential.
Latin America
This is an index of blog-posts related to the theme of Latin America and Anthropology. The posts are mostly about teaching Latin America, beginning with this 2012 teaching post. That post became part of a series which includes:
- The most recent Teaching Latin America 2019.
- The 2016 Teaching Latin America and Caribbean Anthropology and the Final Student Projects.
- Anthropologists Studying Immigration in the United States (May 2013).
Teaching Latin America 2019
Resources for teaching Latin America and Caribbean themes anthropologically in a one-month intensive undergraduate-level class. Suggestions welcome!
Anthropology in Brazil
What would be your suggestions for the main subjects to include in an anthropology textbook for teaching introduction to anthropology in Brazil?
Anthropology & US Immigration
There is a lot of great anthropology studying immigration in the United States. Immigration is central to the study of anthropology and to humanity.
Venezuela & Anthropology
With the Venezuela elections, questions of “Will Venezuela recover?” or “Will Venezuela collapse?” arise. Anthropological resources for longer-term perspective.
Volunteer Tourism
Readings and suggestions on Volunteer Tourism for an undergraduate anthropology student doing qualitative research in Costa Rica.
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
Indigenous Allies & Politics of Empire
The indigenous allies in Matthew Restall’s Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest point to contingent histories, not the inevitability of guns, germs & steel.
Teaching: Latin America & Caribbean 2012
Anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean is less about “peoples and cultures” and more about processes at work across the Americas.
Elizabeth Brumfiel, In Memoriam
Dr. Elizabeth Brumfiel, Professor of Anthropology & Archaeology at Northwestern University and an inspiring scholar, will be greatly missed.
Fernando Coronil, In Memoriam
Fernando Coronil worked toward the moral optimism of anthropology, “energizing struggles to build a world made of many worlds.”
Culture Doesn’t Matter
Does culture matter? Anthropology promoted culture, but the book “Culture Matters”–and David Brooks–reveal a perverted idea of culture.