How gender changes our jobs
One of the things I love about teaching anthropology is thinking about and showing how — through everyday experiences — broad processes shape local lives. I think that…
One of the things I love about teaching anthropology is thinking about and showing how — through everyday experiences — broad processes shape local lives. I think that…
The legal case of Abigail N. Fisher may be an interesting case study to get students thinking about the role of “race” (in quotations here in order to problematize…
Anthropoliteia (@anthropoliteia) is another great anthropology resource publishing in blog form, offering “critical perspectives on police, security, crime, law and punishment around the world.” One of…
Since Franz Boas, anthropologists have argued that race is not a biological but a social fact that varies across time and place. Using the US Census, Vox underscores…
I met with someone from the Diversity and Equity Office at the University where I teach part-time yesterday. We’ve agreed to collaborate on a few classes for my…
Cultural appropriation has been almost a buzzword lately, giving us anthropologists a lot of popular culture fodder on the topic — and perhaps more importantly, spurring critical discussion…
If you are working in academia, this post is for you. Ellie Adekur has created this important resource on How To Support Blacademics: For Non-Black Faculty and Grad…
This past weekend, Orlando, Florida witnessed the worst mass shooting in America’s recent history. This violent, planned attack in a public place is tragic, and our hearts go out…
In “The Dos and Don’ts of Cultural Appropriation” (2015, The Atlantic), author Jeni Avins argues that cultural appropriation can actually be a positive thing. Heavily focused on the…
The globalized movement of things, money, ideas, images and people has become more frequent and normal than any time in history. This is especially the case for those…
Vilissa Thompson, Disability Rights Consultant & Advocate, has created the Black Disabled Woman Syllabus in response to the lack of intersectionality she has seen in disability studies. …
In this Vulture.com (2016), George Takei talks about Hollywood’s systematic whitewashing of Asian characters. These comments follow on the casting of white actresses Scarlett Johansson as “Major Motok…
In The Pain Gap: Why Doctors Offer Less Relief to Black Patients (2016, The Daily Beast), Keith Wailoo (Princeton professor in History and Public Affairs) discusses how the treatment of…
I went to a training last week put on by facilitators from Challenge and Change Consulting entitled “Why can’t we say Black?” The point of this session was…
Alongside all of the excitement and fanfare that accompanied the recent start to the 2016 MLB season (go Jays!), seeing sportscasters (and twitter users) discuss the team in…