Anthropologists everywhere! Alternative Anthro Careers
There have been quite a few posts on this blog where we discuss not-so-run-of-the-mill jobs that anthropologists find themselves in (click on our label ‘what can anthro do?’,…
There have been quite a few posts on this blog where we discuss not-so-run-of-the-mill jobs that anthropologists find themselves in (click on our label ‘what can anthro do?’,…
Anthros…tell me if you’ve heard this one before: Question: Oh, you’re an Anthropologist? So, you dig up bones, right? Answer: Well, some anthropologists excavate bones and others work…
To PhD or not to PhD… this is a question that many prospective and current students haven’t thoroughly considered. As Daniel McCormack notes in “Some Lesser-Known Truths About Academe”…
I (Jenn) have recently been reflecting on the ways in which we can bring anthropological knowledge into non-traditional anthropological places – particularly, during conference season. First, I spoke…
If you live in Canada, you will know that the country has just celebrated its sesquicentennial. You might have even learned the word “sesquicentennial” recently to describe what…
In a Harvard Business Review article To Get More Out of Social Media, Think Like an Anthropologist authors Susan Fournier, John Quelch, and Bob Rietveld (August 16, 2016) advocate…
In response to our posts last week about the presence and role of anthropologists and other academics on social media, I stumbled across the Why We Post, Social…
Thao Nelson from Indiana University wrote an article for Maclean’s entitled Dear students, what you post can wreck your life. In this article, Nelson argues that students should think…
2017 on a whole has been a deadly year. This post was spurred by the terrorist attacks that we’ve seen in Western media but on a whole, many…
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…
In line with Monday’s post on alt-ac careers for anthropologists, I wanted to further explore the role of Anthropology (its knowledge, methods, approach, etc.) outside its home discipline.…
I recently read an interview between Smithsonian’s Steven Beschloss and sociologist Matthew Desmond. This article detailed Desmond’s fieldwork in a trailer park and a rooming house in Milwaukee…
Paul Heartly, a Toronto native and anthropologist, gave unique insight into his hiring PhDs for an ‘alternative’ career. In a 2015 interview for Alt-Ac Advisor, Heartly stated: it is interest…
Paul Heartly, a Toronto native and anthropologist, gave unique insight into his hiring PhDs for an ‘alternative’ career. In a 2015 interview for Alt-Ac Advisor, Heartly stated: it is interest…
If you’re familiar with anthro everywhere! you might know that we have a special page addressing where and how people are Applying an anthropological perspective outside of university. …
If you’re familiar with anthro everywhere! you might know that we have a special page addressing where and how people are Applying an anthropological perspective outside of university. …
We recently came across this interesting article about “Teaching medical students to challenge ‘unscientific’ racial categories.” Anthropologists and other critical social scientists have long known t…
We recently came across this interesting article about “Teaching medical students to challenge ‘unscientific’ racial categories.” Anthropologists and other critical social scientists have long known t…
In this post from the AAA’s Anthropology News, Luzilda Carrillo Arciniega offers “Six Ways Anthropologists Can Challenge White Supremacy” (27 March 2017). Create purposeful students Critique identi…
In this post from the AAA’s Anthropology News, Luzilda Carrillo Arciniega offers “Six Ways Anthropologists Can Challenge White Supremacy” (27 March 2017). Create purposeful students Critique identi…
I was recently contacted by a student who had taken my Intercultural Competencies course last Fall. In their email, they asked for clarification on the following topic:Is it…
I was recently contacted by a student who had taken my Intercultural Competencies course last Fall. In their email, they asked for clarification on the following topic:Is it…
There have recently been a spate of news articles discussing the importance of liberal arts degrees and graduates’ chance for success: Liberal arts degrees are here to stay (The…
There have recently been a spate of news articles discussing the importance of liberal arts degrees and graduates’ chance for success: Liberal arts degrees are here to stay (The…