From: Center For A Public Anthropology [mailto:webmaster2@...] Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 5:09 AM To: Dittemore, Maggie Subject: A...
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Ann Bragdon
annbrag...
Feb 17, 2012 4:10 pm
This Saturday! ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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dianne.chidester@...
Feb 17, 2012 4:43 pm
I have only received interest from one person. PLEASE let me know ASAP if you want me to put this session together! We should have 4 or 5 presenters for a...
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Lewine, Mark
mark.lewine@...
Feb 18, 2012 5:20 am
I would prefer others who are active profs to do this, but if you need me to participate, I will do so... ... From: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com on behalf of...
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Gilliland, Mary
sunny_hvar
Feb 18, 2012 5:31 am
Mark -- you would be great! And who is more active? Mary Kay Pima Community College ________________________________________ From: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com...
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alisonanthropology
alisonanthro...
Feb 18, 2012 3:14 pm
I would still be interested. The theme works with a paper I've had in my head for quite some time, but hadn't pursued thus far. -Alison...
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Mark Lewine
krameniwel
Feb 18, 2012 10:12 pm
I have just been given information about a small ethnic minority in Iraq, the Mandaeans (sp?) who are being threatened with genocide...if you want more...
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Mark Lewine
krameniwel
Feb 18, 2012 10:28 pm
For me, the theme calls for a return to the community college movement's mission: to actively remove barriers and provide access to higher education and/or...
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dianne.chidester@...
Feb 21, 2012 4:37 pm
Here are the folks who responded saying they'd like to present at AAA San Fran Alison (last name?-I'm sure it's not anthropology!) Ann Bragdon Mary Kay...
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Lynch, Brian M
bdlqvcc
Feb 21, 2012 5:19 pm
Well, I guess I should have realized there'd come a day.... I'm currently teaching an intro cultural anthropology class, and an intro sociology class, and have...
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dianne.chidester@...
Feb 21, 2012 5:23 pm
Sounds like a topic for "Borders and Boundaries"! Shall I add your name to the list? -- Dianne From: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SACC-L@yahoogroups.com]...
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kent morris
kenthm52
Feb 21, 2012 5:29 pm
an opportunity for students to learn about the difference between ethnocentrism and cultural relativism......
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Lynch, Brian M
bdlqvcc
Feb 21, 2012 5:35 pm
Yes, you would think (I would think). But I would say, the question could equally be translated (from what I have gotten from quite a few students," "What's...
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Andrew Petto
ajpetto
Feb 21, 2012 5:38 pm
Sounds like a job for Flip Wilson! Back in the 60s, he had an album called "Cowboys and Colored People!" In it, there is an imagined conversation between...
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kent morris
kenthm52
Feb 21, 2012 5:40 pm
who says "we're the most developed and advanced"?...
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Andrew Petto
ajpetto
Feb 21, 2012 5:40 pm
Of course, the obvious question in response is "Sez who?" Anj ... -- Andrew J Petto, PhD Senior Lecturer Department of Biological Sciences University of...
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kent morris
kenthm52
Feb 21, 2012 5:40 pm
yeah!...
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Kaupp, Ann
kauppa@...
Feb 21, 2012 5:40 pm
Yes, Role Playing sounds like a great idea. And students would have to be given the opportunity to debate for both sides of the issue. From:...
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Lynch, Brian M
bdlqvcc
Feb 21, 2012 5:41 pm
.... Many of my students. Or more accurately, they aren't saying it, they are deeply assuming it. From: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SACC-L@yahoogroups.com]...
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dianne.chidester@...
Feb 21, 2012 5:44 pm
I can just hear "Geraldine" regarding manifest destiny: "The devil made me conquer those people!" From: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SACC-L@yahoogroups.com]...
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dianne.chidester@...
Feb 21, 2012 5:49 pm
Maybe students could think about colonialism this way: Stephen Hawking: Alien Contact Could Be Risky ...
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kent morris
kenthm52
Feb 21, 2012 5:53 pm
nice......
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Greg Smith
Greg.Smith@...
Feb 21, 2012 5:59 pm
I'm sure this "colonialism=good" sentiment is shared by many of my students but I did want to share a quick story that helps me sleep at night. Last week in...
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Andrew Petto
ajpetto
Feb 21, 2012 6:01 pm
Here's one copy of that Flip Wilson Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcKT2X2eRrc The particular clip is here (starts at about 5:06 into the routine): ...
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frank lagana
frank11217
Feb 21, 2012 6:03 pm
This all reminds me of the scene in Monty Python's "Life of Brian" when one of the radicals asks "what have the british ever done for us?". If you don't...
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Andrew Petto
ajpetto
Feb 21, 2012 6:04 pm
What is worse ... they could decide to ignore us because we are not worth the trouble: http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/TheyMade.shtml Anj ... ...
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Andrew Petto
ajpetto
Feb 21, 2012 6:09 pm
Of course, we recently had presidential candidates making the argument that people of African descent were better off under slavery than they are now! Anj -- ...
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Lynch, Brian M
bdlqvcc
Feb 21, 2012 6:17 pm
It occurs to me however, that we are now dealing with a generation of students for whom, in their life-time, there has been no global competition between...
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kent morris
kenthm52
Feb 21, 2012 6:19 pm
a simple exercise that I give students to help broaden their narrow minds is to ask them in what country or society--besides the U. S.--would they consider...
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Lori Barkley
lbarkley9
Feb 21, 2012 6:22 pm
Ah yes, colonialism is good for the natives, just like globalization. There you go from survival international makes the point about development &...
