More fun stuff can be found at Neuroanthropology.net (a great blog) where they have a great compilation of the "Best of Anthro 2008" blog posts arranged in...
Pam, I visited your blog and share your perspective about the enduring value of classroom lecturing AS WELL AS all the other methods and techniques that are...
Lloyd Miller
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Jan 2, 2009 11:15 pm
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Thank you, Lloyd. That means a lot, particularly, since that whole exchange was difficult--coming so early in my blogging career (hah!). And I couldn't...
Just a note to let you all know that the annual Physical Anthropology Update for educators is coming to Chicago. The workshop is free and includes registration...
Please send your nominations to kauppa@... and I will forward them to the nominations committee. Ann SACC Student Award for Academic Excellence Description:...
Many of you heard Doug Owsley and Kari Bruwelheide talk about the forthcoming Written in Bone exhibit at our annual meeting last March in Washington, D.C. ...
Hi, Dr. Petto: I couldn't see an attachment and am interested in particpating in this workshop. I need to know the date and time to see if I can make it....
Sorry, I didn't realize that the file attachment would be stripped out. It's a Saturday morning, April 4. However, you get free meeting registration for...
Thanks! Sadly, I'll be in DesMoines, IA at the Midwest Sociological Society's meeting. Sydney ... Sorry, I didn't realize that the file attachment would be...
Now that we've all (more or less) recovered from the holidays, it's time to start writing those papers for the SACC conference! The call for papers is below....
P. Ann Kaupp, Head Anthropology Outreach Office Smithsonian Institution PO Box 37012 NHB MRC 112 Washington, DC 20012-7012 (202) 633-1917 kauppa@... ...
Reviews of 2008 archaeology stories continue, leading to this little bit of a rant. If you aren't interested in archaeology in popular culture, or what I have...
In a message dated 1/14/2009 2:08:54 P.M. Central Standard Time, bmuckle@... writes: I think that as the media itself is increasingly driving...
anthropmor@...
Jan 15, 2009 3:57 am
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Great rant, Bob and really useful for class. Mike, I still show that Nova on the iceman in class. Showing my age, I have both versions on VHS taped off the...
me, too.? ( Why waste money getting the DVD, when there are new things to pick up?) Mike Mike, I still show that Nova on the iceman in class.? Showing my age,...
anthropmor@...
Jan 15, 2009 2:04 pm
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Agreed. I may read this exchange in my upcoming cultural anthro class, as I dash through sketches of the importance of linguistics, physical anthro and...
Bob, You are now an official Guest Ranter. Check it out. Mike, I put your comment on the blog. Was that okay? I can remove it, if you like. I left off...
I love hearing student excuses when they are unusual or creative. I got a new one today. At least it is new to me. A student comes into class about 15 minutes...
I believe the guy you are talking about is Michael Wesch. He has an interesting talk about YouTube. His first online piece was the Machine is US/ing US. We...
Thanks to Kip and others who replied off-list to my query on cell phone research. Michael Wesch, the guy mentioned by Kip, is apparently the guru of digital...
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Lloyd Miller
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Jan 16, 2009 7:40 pm
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FW: [OLN-MULTI] Dr. Michael Wesch to Give Keynote at LLT 2009Everything is coming up Wesch today! Thanks Bob and company, I think I will go to this! Colleen...
Speaking of Wesch… I show "A Vision of Students Today" the first day of Cultural Anthro class, introducing ethnography to students in a format familiar to...
I really love the idea of your using the video as an assignment. I guess I am the only one who has issues with Wesch's work. I don't know of any ethnography...
I like some of Wesch's video work, too, as I posted yesterday, but Pam is right. Vision doesn't describe at least half of my students. Even traditional...
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anthropmor@...
Jan 19, 2009 10:00 pm
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We are resurrecting a course on " belief and value systems". Unfortunately that is the present title of the course. Are any of you using a more attention...
Dorothy Davis DDBRUNER
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Jan 19, 2009 10:27 pm
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Dorothy, I don't know your audience. But over 90 percent of our students are general ed students who have no idea what anthropology is. In the 1970s we went...