AAA in San Jose – Anthropological Concepts for Non-Anthropologists
As blogger Rhiannon and I slog through the end of the semester, we’re striving to post at least 1 blog post per week. Despite our want to continue…
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AAA in San Jose – Anthropological Concepts for Non-Anthropologists
As blogger Rhiannon and I slog through the end of the semester, we’re striving to post at least 1 blog post per week. Despite our want to continue…
A look back at anthropology everywhere in 2017!
As 2017 comes rapidly to a close, here’s our annual round-up of some of our favourite posts and content published this year. Thanks to everyone who has read…
A look back at anthropology everywhere in 2017!
As 2017 comes rapidly to a close, here’s our annual round-up of some of our favourite posts and content published this year. Thanks to everyone who has read…
Preventing Academic Dishonesty…
On the heels of our experiences in the Grading Inferno, we are reminded of this very interesting article from UA about The importance of ethics education from October. Author…
Preventing Academic Dishonesty…
On the heels of our experiences in the Grading Inferno, we are reminded of this very interesting article from UA about The importance of ethics education from October. Author…
Inside the Grading Inferno
Like many teachers at this time of year, we are currently in the depths of what feels like ‘the Grading Inferno’ where there are many levels of punishment…
Inside the Grading Inferno
Like many teachers at this time of year, we are currently in the depths of what feels like ‘the Grading Inferno’ where there are many levels of punishment…
One Size Does Not Fit All – Preliminary Findings
On November 13th, anthro everywhere! blogger Jennifer Long continued her One Size Does Not Fit All series where she provides readers with an overview of her new pedagogical…
One Size Does Not Fit All – Preliminary Findings
On November 13th, anthro everywhere! blogger Jennifer Long continued her One Size Does Not Fit All series where she provides readers with an overview of her new pedagogical…
One Size Does Not Fit All – Encouraging Participation without Coercing Participation
We take up from where we left off on November 8th when anthro everywhere! blogger Jennifer Long continued her overview of her new pedagogical research project in collaboration…
One Size Does Not Fit All – Encouraging Participation without Coercing Participation
We take up from where we left off on November 8th when anthro everywhere! blogger Jennifer Long continued her overview of her new pedagogical research project in collaboration…
One Size Does Not Fit All – Research on Mature Students’ Educational Experiences
In a follow up from our post on November 2nd, anthro everywhere! blogger Jennifer Long continues to discuss her new pedagogical research project in collaboration with Ms. Silvie Tanu Halim…
One Size Does Not Fit All – Research on Mature Students’ Educational Experiences
In a follow up from our post on November 2nd, anthro everywhere! blogger Jennifer Long continues to discuss her new pedagogical research project in collaboration with Ms. Silvie Tanu Halim…
One Size Does Not Fit All – Anthropological & Pedagogical Research on Mature Students
In a follow up from our post on Monday, anthro everywhere! blogger Jennifer Long continues to discuss her new pedagogical research project in collaboration with Ms. Silvie Tanu…
The Event! Designing Human Futures
Dr. Paul Hartley came to McMaster last night to give us a talk about Reassessing our (i.e. Humans’) Relationship with Technology. The talk was extremely useful in that…
The Anthropology of Humor – Responding to Everyday Racist Comments and Jokes
In the face of so much bigotry flying around on social media and in our daily lives, it’s good practice to remind ourselves of the best practices out…
Resources for Anti-Racist Pedagogy
As a scholar who “grew up” in anthropology decades after the crisis of representation debates emerged, I am well aware of the colonizing power dynamics in our discipline’s…
Fake News: Questions and Resources for Back to Class and All Year Round
Ah, fake news. As a phenomenon, its truthiness is both fascinating (from an epistemological perspective, at least) and highly troubling (from the perspective of anyone who cares about…
Jediism as Religion: Anthropology for a Changing World
Last Thursday, anthroeverywhere! wrote about Gillian Parrish’s post on Jedi-training in the classroom, which they use as a means to teach implicit skills such as empathy to students. Today, w…
Syllabi resources for challenging systemic racism, colonization, and more
In the wake of the horrific, racist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia this past weekend, it is important for anthropologists to think about our voice in university classrooms as…
Perspectives: checking out the new #OpenAccess textbook
In a recent post, Anthrodendum (formerly Savage Minds) highlights the new open-access teaching resource Perspectives: An Open Invitation to Cultural Anthropology. This new, open-access textbook is a pr…
An Anthropologist In Situ: Canadian Engineering Education Association 2017 Conference
As mentioned in our previous blog post, I recently spoke about the potential of bringing anthropological ethics into Engineering classrooms (as per my current teaching role). I was…
Teaching Resource: Social Inequality and Teaching in the Academy
As anthropologists, we frequently teach about power dynamics and social inequality in our classrooms. Especially in the context of efforts to decolonize anthropology, many of us reflect on…