Anthropology

Using Forensic Anthropology to Identify the Unknown Dead
Infrastructure
January 29, 2024

Using Forensic Anthropology to Identify the Unknown Dead

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Dimitris Xygalatas on Ritual
Social Science Bites
December 5, 2023

Dimitris Xygalatas on Ritual

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Marc Augé, 1935-2023: Anthropologist Founder Of ‘Non-Places’
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September 6, 2023

Marc Augé, 1935-2023: Anthropologist Founder Of ‘Non-Places’

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Restoring Regina Twala, Southern Africa’s Erased Activist and Anthropologist
Bookshelf
January 20, 2023

Restoring Regina Twala, Southern Africa’s Erased Activist and Anthropologist

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A Conversation with Nasser Fakouhi on the Social Sciences in Iran

A Conversation with Nasser Fakouhi on the Social Sciences in Iran

Nasser Fakouhi is professor of Anthropology at the University of Tehran. In a 2016 interview with Social Science Space, he reflected on the origins and development of social science in Iran and how political repression has impacted academic freedom.

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Indigenous Societies and the True Value of Traditional Ecological Knowledge

Indigenous Societies and the True Value of Traditional Ecological Knowledge

Recent studies have underscored that conservationists can learn a lot from traditional ecological knowledge about successful resource management.

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‘Old Bones in Boxes’: Lessons On Race and Physical Anthropology

‘Old Bones in Boxes’: Lessons On Race and Physical Anthropology

The discipline of physical anthropology has a dark, often fraught past. It was misused to justify slavery and even genocide. In this […]

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Karin Barber on Verbal Arts

Karin Barber on Verbal Arts

In this Social Science Bites podcast, social anthropologist Karin Barber offers a specific case study of the application of the verbal arts by examining in depth some of the genres common in the Yoruba-speaking areas of Western Africa.

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To Study Zika, They Offered Their Kids. Then They Were Forgotten

To Study Zika, They Offered Their Kids. Then They Were Forgotten

“We feel diminished,” says Alessandra Hora dos Santos. “It’s like we were lab rats. They come in nicely, collect information, collect exams on the child, and in the end we don’t know of any results. It’s like we are being used without even knowing why that is being done.”

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Indigenous Anthropologists Call for Doing Land Acknowledgement Better

Indigenous Anthropologists Call for Doing Land Acknowledgement Better

The Association of Indigenous Anthropologists requested that the American Anthropological Association officially pause land acknowledgments and the related practice of the welcoming ritual, in which Indigenous persons open conferences with prayers or blessings.

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Martha Newson on Identity Fusion

Martha Newson on Identity Fusion

Martha Newson, linked to the universities of Oxford and Kent, describes how fans of football often fuse their own identities into a tightly bonded group (even as they retain their individuality).

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Jim Scott on Resistance

Jim Scott on Resistance

When Jim Scott mentions ‘resistance,’ this recovering political scientist isn’t usually talking about grand symbolic statements or large-scale synchronized actions by thousands or more battling an oppressive state. He’s often referring to daily actions by average people, often not acting in concert and perhaps not even seeing themselves as ‘resisting’ at all.

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