Articles related to "Anthropology"
Why Choose Anthropology?
Whether you are a graduate or you are simply curious there has never been a better time to think of doing an undergraduate degree in anthropology!
cultural anthropology • linguistics • archaeology • medical anthropology • physical anthropology
Whether you are a graduate or you are simply curious there has never been a better time to think of doing an undergraduate degree in anthropology!
cultural anthropology • linguistics • archaeology • medical anthropology • physical anthropology
Anthropology of Landscape
Landscape exists by virtue of the perceiving beholder. An avid runner myself, I will explore the interaction between landscape and the runner.
running • running and landscape • running philosophy • plato • running and plato
Landscape exists by virtue of the perceiving beholder. An avid runner myself, I will explore the interaction between landscape and the runner.
running • running and landscape • running philosophy • plato • running and plato
Feminism and Classic Anthropology
This article explores the roots of cultural feminism and its links to classical anthropology, and the New Utopia.
utopia • feminism • cultural feminism • anthropology • ideology
This article explores the roots of cultural feminism and its links to classical anthropology, and the New Utopia.
utopia • feminism • cultural feminism • anthropology • ideology
The Anthropology of Belonging
In this article, I will explore the evolutionary roots of our universal desire to belong to a group.
social inclsuion • social banishment • social outcast • anthropology • inclusion
In this article, I will explore the evolutionary roots of our universal desire to belong to a group.
social inclsuion • social banishment • social outcast • anthropology • inclusion
"Culture" or "How I Spotted Cannibals"
I sometimes hesitate to talk about culture, as everyone seems to have a different idea of what it is. “Oh, you study culture?” people say, imagining me and a group of wildly decorated cannibals standing around the pot as if it were the local water-cooler. Actually, even those with fairly sophisticated ideas of the concept often don’t realize that culture can fit into a split second, cracking open the world into a rich spectrum of practices and beliefs. If there is one message you take away from this, it is that culture is everything, defining every moment of human existence from conception to the afterlife.
culture • cannibals • sarawak • iban • concept of culture
I sometimes hesitate to talk about culture, as everyone seems to have a different idea of what it is. “Oh, you study culture?” people say, imagining me and a group of wildly decorated cannibals standing around the pot as if it were the local water-cooler. Actually, even those with fairly sophisticated ideas of the concept often don’t realize that culture can fit into a split second, cracking open the world into a rich spectrum of practices and beliefs. If there is one message you take away from this, it is that culture is everything, defining every moment of human existence from conception to the afterlife.
culture • cannibals • sarawak • iban • concept of culture
East vs. West: Brutality in the Western church
This article explores the role of positive and negative anthropology in the actions of the Eastern Orthodox and Western Catholic churches through time.
eastern orthodox • inquisition • anthropology • augustine
This article explores the role of positive and negative anthropology in the actions of the Eastern Orthodox and Western Catholic churches through time.
eastern orthodox • inquisition • anthropology • augustine
Ethnomathematics (Part II of II)
According to ethnomathematician Alan Bishop (1988), there are six major functions of mathematics use in human life, whether formal or informal, applied or abstract. Mathematical thought is used in counting, in play, in measurement and identifying location, in design, and in the clarification of phenomena.
ethnomathematics • counting • multicultural mathematics • cultural mathematics • historical mathematics
According to ethnomathematician Alan Bishop (1988), there are six major functions of mathematics use in human life, whether formal or informal, applied or abstract. Mathematical thought is used in counting, in play, in measurement and identifying location, in design, and in the clarification of phenomena.
ethnomathematics • counting • multicultural mathematics • cultural mathematics • historical mathematics
Graduate School Applications
This is the fourth and final article in a series exploring graduate schools applications to museum studies programs.
graduate • graduate school • museum • museums • museum studies
This is the fourth and final article in a series exploring graduate schools applications to museum studies programs.
graduate • graduate school • museum • museums • museum studies
Is NAGPRA Emptying Museums?
A recent article argued that Native American tribes are reclaiming a large percentage of museum collections in the US. Is NAGPRA really emptying U.S. museums out?
nagpra • native american • indian • american indian • repatriation
A recent article argued that Native American tribes are reclaiming a large percentage of museum collections in the US. Is NAGPRA really emptying U.S. museums out?
nagpra • native american • indian • american indian • repatriation
Media and Marginal Communities- Folklore II
This is the Fourth article in the series of articles devoted to use of various media for development. It give the readers a chance to surf the net on this topic so that they can ponder upon the role of folklore and its study for effective communication and for the development of the community..
folklore • cultural anthropology • linguistics • orality • folklorist
This is the Fourth article in the series of articles devoted to use of various media for development. It give the readers a chance to surf the net on this topic so that they can ponder upon the role of folklore and its study for effective communication and for the development of the community..
folklore • cultural anthropology • linguistics • orality • folklorist
Teotiuhuacan: City of the Gods
Popular Mayan and Aztec ruins fuel the imagination and are well known to most people. But there is an ancient, little-known city-created before the Aztecs, before the Maya, before the Olmecs, that archarologists and anthropologists believe provides a key to unlocking more distant and yet,more complex answers to life in Mesoamerica. Teotihuacan plays a starring role in Mesoamerican anthopology. Why?
teotihuacan • teotihuacan • anthropology • mesoamerica • civilization
Popular Mayan and Aztec ruins fuel the imagination and are well known to most people. But there is an ancient, little-known city-created before the Aztecs, before the Maya, before the Olmecs, that archarologists and anthropologists believe provides a key to unlocking more distant and yet,more complex answers to life in Mesoamerica. Teotihuacan plays a starring role in Mesoamerican anthopology. Why?
teotihuacan • teotihuacan • anthropology • mesoamerica • civilization
The Development of Hand Spindles
Hand spindles developed from an ancient technique which used the spinner's thigh to roll grasses in to cord and rope. This article talks briefly about how spindles most likely developed from cord production.
spinning • cord • basketry • hand spinning • fiber
Hand spindles developed from an ancient technique which used the spinner's thigh to roll grasses in to cord and rope. This article talks briefly about how spindles most likely developed from cord production.
spinning • cord • basketry • hand spinning • fiber
Visible Storage
Visible storage is a relatively new method of displaying the objects in museum collections.
exhibit • visible storage • display method • museum • museums
Visible storage is a relatively new method of displaying the objects in museum collections.
exhibit • visible storage • display method • museum • museums
Yanomami III
Third of three articles on the Yanomami. This articles discusses some of the ethical questions facing Anthropologists and western cultures on the preservation of Yanomami culture.
yanomami • consumerism • kopenawa • funai • culture
Third of three articles on the Yanomami. This articles discusses some of the ethical questions facing Anthropologists and western cultures on the preservation of Yanomami culture.
yanomami • consumerism • kopenawa • funai • culture
Yanomami Part II
Contact with the twentieth century has resulted in some dramatic social and cultural changes for the Yanomami that has resulted in a breakdown of their traditional values and struggling for their identity and survival. Some of those changes are detailed here.
yanomami • anthropology • culture • amazon • dependency
Contact with the twentieth century has resulted in some dramatic social and cultural changes for the Yanomami that has resulted in a breakdown of their traditional values and struggling for their identity and survival. Some of those changes are detailed here.
yanomami • anthropology • culture • amazon • dependency
Yes -- You CAN weave complex patterns on simple looms!
Wonderful cloth is produced by many native peoples using very simple techniques and equipment. Here are some wonderful photos of native women at work and the intricate cloth they produce.
weaving • fiber • textiles • cloth • clothing
Wonderful cloth is produced by many native peoples using very simple techniques and equipment. Here are some wonderful photos of native women at work and the intricate cloth they produce.
weaving • fiber • textiles • cloth • clothing
Witches
Be it witches, demons, sorcerors, or the occult, strange and unexplained happenings have been told of throughout history, and here is a collection of their stories.
witches • demons • sorcerors • occult • strange
Be it witches, demons, sorcerors, or the occult, strange and unexplained happenings have been told of throughout history, and here is a collection of their stories.
witches • demons • sorcerors • occult • strange
Outlaws
Call them outlaws, gangsters, crooks, gunslingers, desperados, or any other name, they are still famous for the deeds they did that changed the course of history.
outlaws • bandits • bad guys • fugitives • gangsters
Call them outlaws, gangsters, crooks, gunslingers, desperados, or any other name, they are still famous for the deeds they did that changed the course of history.
outlaws • bandits • bad guys • fugitives • gangsters
Who Believes in Witches?
Where does our fondness for and persistent believe in invisible entities come from?
witches • psychology of belief • irrational beliefs • god • jesus
Where does our fondness for and persistent believe in invisible entities come from?
witches • psychology of belief • irrational beliefs • god • jesus
Which Graduate Program Is For You?
This is the third article in a series about applying to graduate programs in museum studies or related field.
museum • museums • museum studies • museum studies programs • graduate
This is the third article in a series about applying to graduate programs in museum studies or related field.
museum • museums • museum studies • museum studies programs • graduate
Ainu Who?
The Ainu are forgotten aborigines of the Land of the Rising Sun? Find them in their folklore and folklife.
japan • folklore • myths • legends • ainu
The Ainu are forgotten aborigines of the Land of the Rising Sun? Find them in their folklore and folklife.
japan • folklore • myths • legends • ainu
Blackberry Winter
When I first fastened onto the idea that I was going to study anthropology, I was sixteen years old and eager to learn what I could of the discipline, from whatever source. One of the first books I bought was <I>Blackberry Winter</I>, Margaret Mead’s memoir of her earlier years. The used paperback ended up at the bottom of a growing stack of texts on the anthropological life, theory, and practice. Despite my best intentions, the well-worn book drifted from the bottom of one stack to the bottom of another, and over the years lost its place in the rotation that had became a rather intensive reading schedule.
margaret mead • autobiography • anthropologist • memoir • human unit of time
When I first fastened onto the idea that I was going to study anthropology, I was sixteen years old and eager to learn what I could of the discipline, from whatever source. One of the first books I bought was <I>Blackberry Winter</I>, Margaret Mead’s memoir of her earlier years. The used paperback ended up at the bottom of a growing stack of texts on the anthropological life, theory, and practice. Despite my best intentions, the well-worn book drifted from the bottom of one stack to the bottom of another, and over the years lost its place in the rotation that had became a rather intensive reading schedule.
margaret mead • autobiography • anthropologist • memoir • human unit of time
Intellectual Property Rights
Fourth World peoples are fighting to protect their cultural knowledge and intellectual heritage from intellectual theft and exploitation.
intellectual • rights • property • patents • copyright
Fourth World peoples are fighting to protect their cultural knowledge and intellectual heritage from intellectual theft and exploitation.
intellectual • rights • property • patents • copyright
Kathy Reichs has a new book
Kathy Reichs has a new book called <I>Fatal Voyage</I>. And it’s darn good.
fatal • voyage • reichs • fiction • mystery
Kathy Reichs has a new book called <I>Fatal Voyage</I>. And it’s darn good.
fatal • voyage • reichs • fiction • mystery
Makishi: Mask Characters of Zambia
Masks have an important role in initiations and public ceremonies in Zambian tribal cultures
zambia culture • african masks • angola • mask characters • makishi
Masks have an important role in initiations and public ceremonies in Zambian tribal cultures
zambia culture • african masks • angola • mask characters • makishi
Museum Studies
In this article I address the types of employment opportunities at museums, programs in museum studies, and where to look for museum jobs.
museums • studies • museum • history • anthropology
In this article I address the types of employment opportunities at museums, programs in museum studies, and where to look for museum jobs.
museums • studies • museum • history • anthropology
Rus: Customs, Habits and Superstitions
Customs, cultural habits & superstitions are indicative of every culture & society. Here is a small guide to those of the Rus. There are a more than afew that are certainly not common or even close to those in the Western nations.
rus • russia • belorus • ukraine • habits
Customs, cultural habits & superstitions are indicative of every culture & society. Here is a small guide to those of the Rus. There are a more than afew that are certainly not common or even close to those in the Western nations.
rus • russia • belorus • ukraine • habits
Sheri S. Tepper's Shadow's End (a review)
Review of the Science Fiction novel Shadow’s End, a novel by Sheri S. Tepper.
science fiction • genre • novel • author • sheri s. tepper
Review of the Science Fiction novel Shadow’s End, a novel by Sheri S. Tepper.
science fiction • genre • novel • author • sheri s. tepper
The Kiss Throughout History: A Look at the Contexts and Origins of Kissing
From ancient mothers and their babies to Romans, lords and vassals, discover the origins of the kiss.
history of kissing • kiss history • kiss origins • kiss anthropology • roman kiss
From ancient mothers and their babies to Romans, lords and vassals, discover the origins of the kiss.
history of kissing • kiss history • kiss origins • kiss anthropology • roman kiss
Who Is The Social Outcast?
Do social outcasts have shared features or dispositions that cause them to become a social outcast? Or do social circumstances cause people to become outcasts?
exclusion • group norm violation • hostilty • withdrawnness • aggression
Do social outcasts have shared features or dispositions that cause them to become a social outcast? Or do social circumstances cause people to become outcasts?
exclusion • group norm violation • hostilty • withdrawnness • aggression
Digging In Your Own Backyard
Backyard archaeology - what to expect, who to call and what not to do when you find something in your shovel.
archaeology • amateur • backyard • dig • excavate
Backyard archaeology - what to expect, who to call and what not to do when you find something in your shovel.
archaeology • amateur • backyard • dig • excavate
Food and Culture
In what ways are food and culture connected?
prairie oysters • forth macleod • food and culture • classification of food • culture and universal
In what ways are food and culture connected?
prairie oysters • forth macleod • food and culture • classification of food • culture and universal
Origin Of Aboriginal Occupation
How long have Aboriginal people lived in Australia And America? Well, that depends on your cultural and political point of view.
bering strait • bering land bridge • indigneous date of occupation • 40 000 years • aboriginal occupation
How long have Aboriginal people lived in Australia And America? Well, that depends on your cultural and political point of view.
bering strait • bering land bridge • indigneous date of occupation • 40 000 years • aboriginal occupation
Landscape and Deportation
How does mass deportation of people with connections to the land and its markers, impact that landscape?
world war ii • forced expulsion • german expelllees • landscape alienation • landscape connection
How does mass deportation of people with connections to the land and its markers, impact that landscape?
world war ii • forced expulsion • german expelllees • landscape alienation • landscape connection
Çatalhöyük: The Origin of Wicca?
Can the ancient site of Çatalhöyükthe tell us anything about the origins of Wicca?
çatalhöyük • goddess movement • wicca • mother goddess • james mellaart
Can the ancient site of Çatalhöyükthe tell us anything about the origins of Wicca?
çatalhöyük • goddess movement • wicca • mother goddess • james mellaart
Iceland's Mystical Beings
With Iceland's contrasting and extreme landscapes even a skeptic will wonder about the possibilities of another world's existence
iceland's hidden people • elves • trolls • odin • ymir and the middle earth
With Iceland's contrasting and extreme landscapes even a skeptic will wonder about the possibilities of another world's existence
iceland's hidden people • elves • trolls • odin • ymir and the middle earth
North Iceland's Maritime Marvels
Journeying to the North of Iceland this summer? Be sure to tack these attractions featuring whales, herring and seals into your itinerary. They will astound!
iceland • arctic circle • husavik • siglufjördur • down the vatnsnes peninsula
Journeying to the North of Iceland this summer? Be sure to tack these attractions featuring whales, herring and seals into your itinerary. They will astound!
iceland • arctic circle • husavik • siglufjördur • down the vatnsnes peninsula
Career Women Find Balancing Hard
A trend in women's change in attitude to work and home life roles has launched as more and more women begin to feel the stress and exhaustion playing multiple roles.
women's roles • superwoman • feminism • working mothers • women at work
A trend in women's change in attitude to work and home life roles has launched as more and more women begin to feel the stress and exhaustion playing multiple roles.
women's roles • superwoman • feminism • working mothers • women at work
College Majors
Students, are you trying to choose a major? Here's a helpful guide to college majors, including possible career choices available to graduates.
guide to college majors • college majors • choosing a major • students • confusing
Students, are you trying to choose a major? Here's a helpful guide to college majors, including possible career choices available to graduates.
guide to college majors • college majors • choosing a major • students • confusing
Iceland Insider
For a small country Iceland overflows with natural beauty and history. Often overwhelmed visitors miss many of the nuances surrounding them. Now a guided tour helps all.
iceland • icelandair • kronar • laugavegur • así art museum
For a small country Iceland overflows with natural beauty and history. Often overwhelmed visitors miss many of the nuances surrounding them. Now a guided tour helps all.
iceland • icelandair • kronar • laugavegur • así art museum
Roy Chapman Andrews
Roy Chapman Andrews is often called "the real life Indiana Jones," find out more about this adventurous paleontologist.
roy chapman andrews • henry fairfield osborn • protoceratops • oviraptor • gobi desert
Roy Chapman Andrews is often called "the real life Indiana Jones," find out more about this adventurous paleontologist.
roy chapman andrews • henry fairfield osborn • protoceratops • oviraptor • gobi desert
The Morris K. Udall Foundation Scholarhip
The description and procedures for the Morris K. Udall Scholarship Foundation and fund.
scholarship • college money • college aid • aid for students • student aid
The description and procedures for the Morris K. Udall Scholarship Foundation and fund.
scholarship • college money • college aid • aid for students • student aid
Archaeology for the Masses
A short introductory article about archaeology featuring the views of Dr. Anna Roosevelt.
archaeology • archaeologist • natural science • dig • discover
A short introductory article about archaeology featuring the views of Dr. Anna Roosevelt.
archaeology • archaeologist • natural science • dig • discover
Medieval Bulgaria, Serbia, Russia
This is the first in a series of articles that reviews the book "Sex and Society in the World of the Orthodox Slavs, 900-1700" by Eve Levin.
sex • slavs • orthodox • orthodoxy • bulgarians
This is the first in a series of articles that reviews the book "Sex and Society in the World of the Orthodox Slavs, 900-1700" by Eve Levin.
sex • slavs • orthodox • orthodoxy • bulgarians
Ecclesiastical Slavic View of Sex
Chapter 1 of "Sex and Society in the World of the Orthodox Slavs" describes the ecclesiastical view of sexuality.
sex • sexuality • slavs • slavic • orthodox
Chapter 1 of "Sex and Society in the World of the Orthodox Slavs" describes the ecclesiastical view of sexuality.
sex • sexuality • slavs • slavic • orthodox
Malcolm Gladwell: A Review
Malcolm Gladwell questions everything, no matter how big or small. A gifted storyteller, Gladwell examines social epidemics and rapid cognition in compelling narratives.
malcolm gladwell • tipping point • blink • rapid cognition • social epidemic
Malcolm Gladwell questions everything, no matter how big or small. A gifted storyteller, Gladwell examines social epidemics and rapid cognition in compelling narratives.
malcolm gladwell • tipping point • blink • rapid cognition • social epidemic
Spooky movies on the net
Spooky movie websites in review
blair witch end of days scary spooky movies online
Spooky movie websites in review
blair witch end of days scary spooky movies online
The Church, a Witch, Sex and Satan
The Christian concept of "evil" has for long been synonymous with sexual desire and the rejection of women in general and women's sexuality in particular.
witches • wicca • pagan • sex • satan
The Christian concept of "evil" has for long been synonymous with sexual desire and the rejection of women in general and women's sexuality in particular.
witches • wicca • pagan • sex • satan
The Great Nettle Experiment
An experiment using nettles as a fiber source which didn't quite turn out right, but will give you a good idea what retting bast fibers is all about.
nettles • fiber preparation • textiles • fiber • spinning
An experiment using nettles as a fiber source which didn't quite turn out right, but will give you a good idea what retting bast fibers is all about.
nettles • fiber preparation • textiles • fiber • spinning
The National Geographic Magazine
I’m sure everyone these days are aware of The National Geographic Company. They are the guys who risk their life to bring to the public miraculous pictures from around the world.
national • geographic • magazine • national geographic • scientific wonders
I’m sure everyone these days are aware of The National Geographic Company. They are the guys who risk their life to bring to the public miraculous pictures from around the world.
national • geographic • magazine • national geographic • scientific wonders
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