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Category: Public Anthropology
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Why is May considered a Catholic month of dedication to Mary? This post investigates that question from an Anthropological perspective. It delves into broader issues of Springtime and the multifarious influences of this seasonal change on humanity. The leitmotif of this post is that Springtime involves a great deal of sexual reproduction and many of…
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Guest blogger Denise Hewitt wants to claim “forensics” all for psychology (we know its all applied anthropology) in the following post: Face to face with our nation’s most reviled citizens, it’s not government officials or law enforcement diving into deep, murky, psychological waters of alleged criminals — it’s a relatively new breed of cognitive analysts.…
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Dear Followers of TheAnthroGeek. Take note that I am blogging on the wildly popular blog Ethnography.com. I was recently deeply honored to have been invited to blog on Ethnography.com, considered by most to be one of the top anthropology blogs in the universe. Here is a link to my inaugural post: THIS WEEK IN ETHNOGRAPHY: SECOND DIGITAL ETHNOGRAPHY WEEK _ TRENTO 17-21 SEPT. 2012 My hope…
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Tomorrow TheAnthroGuys are giving a presentation about our core competency: Analytic Induction that gets practiced in search of opportunities to “add value“. This is a rather clunky way to express what we do but we are still sharpening our ‘laser focus’ so bear with us. Once we reach Gladwell’s 10,000 hours, I’m sure it will sound better. …
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Practicing Anthropology in the Shelves: Designing Academic Libraries via Ethnography Presentation at the 108th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Philadelphia PA Organizer: James Mullooly (CSU-Fresno) Chair : Henry Delcore (CSU-Fresno) Session Date & Time: 12/04/2009, 04:00:00PM – 05:45:00PM Room: Room 408, Session ID #: 5311 Session Title: Practicing Anthropology in the Shelves: Designing Academic…
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If you want to know what successfully achieved the goal of “Public Anthropology” last year (and a good indicator of the best this year), read the following and feed off their feeds (i.e., subscribe to their feeds): The best Anthropology Media of 2008 (judged by Neuroanthropology & Savage Minds respectively): The “Best of Anthro 2008″ Prizes…
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Anthropology supports the value of the Rubenesque form. So much for New Year’s Resolutions! (Ivanhoe Newswire) — Although most women would choose a slender shape over an hourglass figure and believe men would do the same, new research suggests larger waists come with hidden health benefits. SOURCE: Current Anthropology, 2008;49:6 read on at: Ivanhoe’s Medical Breakthroughs – Shapely Bodies…
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I’m happy to be living in Fresno, CA, USA, one of the major bread baskets of the US and a place that is much warmer than the last few places I’ve lived. But the challenges faced in terms of educating members of this community are high. I have been working to educate my students as to the…
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Let me start my tirade by pointing out that I’ve got nothing against the BBC. When I lived in Mali then Egypt, the BBC was all I listened to. I currently record their nightly TV broadcast to keep up on the world news. But look at the wording they chose to publicize this very important…
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Not only was the Ethnography in Industry class designed by Hank Delcore the first Tri-College initiative on the Fresno State campus (combing students and faculty from the Colleges of Social Science, Business and Engineering) but the news story about this initiative was the most read (clicked) news article on fresnostatenews.com Link to article: http://www.fresnostatenews.com/2008/03/TriCollege.htm Link…
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