Modeste Demers Ethnographic Descriptions of the Tribes, 1839
Modeste Demers was assigned with the Oregon Territory, in 1837, at the same time as Francois Norbert Blanchet and they traveled together …
Blanchet’s Mission to Vancouver, 1841
Reverend Blanchet traveled to Fort Vancouver after his mission to the Clackamas. In Vancouver, there was much more orderly town life, the …
Making #AAACASCA Manageable: The Teaching Culture Top 25
It is that time of year again—November is flying by, and thousands of anthropologists are gathering to share, learn, explore, discuss, and …
SAFN Members will be busy at AAAs in Vancouver!
Jennifer Jo Thompson As always, food serves as an interdisciplinary site for investigating a wide range of urgent social issues. This year’s …
CFP: AAA/CASCA 2019 in Vancouver, BC
ATTN SAFN MEMBERS: Start planning your sessions for AAA/CASCA 2019 in Vancouver, BC! The time has come to start planning sessions for …
In the Journals, October 2018
Map of Downtown Vancouver, taken from Fast, Danya, and David Cunningham. ““We Don’t Belong There”: New Geographies of Homelessness, Addiction, and Social …
Lt. William A. Slacum, United States Spy in the Oregon Territory, & Chief Slacum of the Clowewalla
Lt. William A. Slacum, a Navy purser, was sent by the President, through the Department of State, as a special investigator to …
FreeThink 5: Finding Balance in the Midst of Burnout
Freethink #5: Finding Balance in the midst of Burnout In this week’s free think Ryan and Adam talk burning out and finding …
FreeThink 5: Finding Balance in the Midst of Burnout
Freethink #5: Finding Balance in the midst of Burnout In this week’s free think Ryan and Adam talk burning out and finding …
Teaching about Indigenous Peoples and Cultures
Bob Muckle teaches at Capilano University in British Columbia. Researching, teaching, and writing about Indigenous peoples in North America is one of …
Applied Food Anthropology in Vancouver
Eugene N. Anderson UC Riverside The Society for Applied Anthropology meetings included a very large number of papers on food. Most of …
In the Journals – April 2015
Welcome back to In the Journals, a monthly review of just a fraction of the most recent academic research on security, crime, …
Das Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver – im Gespräch mit Maria Venne
MOA, im Sommer 2014, von Maria Das Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver (MOA) ist eine einzigartige Institution an der Westküste Kanadas, auf …