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Online Learning For Offline Living, Ryan T. Klataske May 2021

Online Learning For Offline Living, Ryan T. Klataske

Journal of Archaeology and Education

Teaching anthropology online presents a unique opportunity to invite students to explore the world along with us, from wherever they might be. This journey can introduce students to the range of human potential and possibility, while also allowing them to better understand themselves, where they come from, their everyday lives, and the world around them. This article argues that online learning can transform offline living, especially when it engages everyone in their efforts to bring about change in their lives. It presents online teaching as a powerful act of engaged anthropology and an urgently needed experiment to develop online learning …


Tensions And Opportunities Of Anthropology And The Academy Online, Rebecca Robertson May 2021

Tensions And Opportunities Of Anthropology And The Academy Online, Rebecca Robertson

Journal of Archaeology and Education

In March of 2020, the COVID-19 crisis precipitated an abrupt and unplanned shift to online instruction that is unlikely to completely reverse once the pandemic retreats. Thus, the academy and, by extension anthropology, stand at a COVID-19 accelerated crossroads between a corporeal tradition, a “virtual” present, and an unknown but transformed future. This article briefly explores existing tensions of anthropology and the academy online with the aim of informing a reflexive, equity-minded, and viable way forward. I draw from personal experience, empirical inquiry, and extant literature to examine the challenges and opportunities of online education, with a view to the …


John Victor Murra: A Mentor To Women, Heather Lechtman, Freda Yancy Wolf De Romero, Patricia Netherly, Ana Marit Lorandi, Victoria Castro, Rolena Adorno, Inge Maria Harman, Silvia Raquel Palomeque Nov 2009

John Victor Murra: A Mentor To Women, Heather Lechtman, Freda Yancy Wolf De Romero, Patricia Netherly, Ana Marit Lorandi, Victoria Castro, Rolena Adorno, Inge Maria Harman, Silvia Raquel Palomeque

Andean Past

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A Penobscot Assessment Of Frank Siebert, Eunice Baumann-Nelson Dec 1998

A Penobscot Assessment Of Frank Siebert, Eunice Baumann-Nelson

Maine History

Dr. Eunice Baumann-Nelson is the author of The Wabanaki: An Annotated Bibliography. She was bom on Indian Island, and she became the first Penobscot to get a B.A., and later got an M.A. in Child Psychology and a Ph.D. in Human Relations at N. Y. U. Later still she received an honorary doctorate of Humane Letters from the University of Maine. She served in the Peace Corps in Peru and Bolivia, was the head of the Vassar art library and head librarian at The Museum of the American Indian in New York City. She has long been a student …