Jim Weil
October 26, 2023
This exercise in eliciting early memories describes childhood experiences that led me to become a Latin Americanist anthropologist. This post appeared first as an ASA Anthropology News column.
Jim Weil
October 26, 2023
This exercise in eliciting early memories describes childhood experiences that led me to become a Latin Americanist anthropologist. This post appeared first as an ASA Anthropology News column.
Yohko Tsuji
December 9, 2022
https://www.anthropology-news.org/articles/studying-old-age-and-practicing-it/
Navigating the frontier of aging in Japan and the United States. This post appeared first as an ASA Anthropology News column.
Susan M. Kenyon
November 7, 2022
https://www.anthropology-news.org/articles/the-bryn-mawr-connection/
Reflections on a graduate training for life. This post appeared first as an ASA Anthropology News column.
Richard Feinberg
July 1, 2022
https://www.anthropology-news.org/articles/on-lifes-complexities-and-contradictions
An anthropologist reflects on a half century of research in the Western Pacific. The post On Life’s Complexities and Contradictions appeared first on Anthropology News.
Maureen Matthews and Roger Roulette March 25, 2022
https://www.anthropology-news.org/articles/giigidootamishin-speak-on-my-behalf/
How establishing new relationships with historic pipes and an Elders Council allowed a museum to cocurate exhibits about Treaty making with First Nations people. The post “Giigidootamishin, Speak on My Behalf!” appeared first on Anthropology News.
William P. Mitchell
November 22, 2021
https://www.anthropology-news.org/articles/why-are-american-elders-more-accepting-of-the-covid-19-vaccine/
How do we combat vaccine hesitancy? We might look to the personal stories of those who have experienced the role of vaccines in overcoming infectious disease. The post Why Are American Elders More Accepting of the COVID-19 Vaccine? appeared first on Anthropology News.
Ulf Hannerz
September 21, 2021
https://www.anthropology-news.org/articles/writing-nigeria-past-and-present/
One anthropologist’s journey through his bookshelf leads him to a new project in literary anthropology. The post Writing Nigeria, Past and Present appeared first on Anthropology News.
September 2, 2021
Sharon B. Gmelch
Dr. Sharon Gmelch, University of San Francisco and Union College, gives an illustrated talk about her return to Ireland to interview Irish Travellers, an indigenous nomadic minority group, and about the changes that have occurred in their culture since her first field work among them in 1971-72. The use of fieldwork photographs taken by George Gmelch proved to be an effective way to get Travellers to reflect on their changed lives. The results of this research were published in 2014 as Irish Travellers: An Unsettled Life. A documentary film was also made about Sharon and George’s return research.
Sharon Bohn Gmelch earned a PhD in cultural anthropology at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Her interests include visual anthropology, gender, ethnicity, and tourism. She is the author of ten books, including Nan: The Life of an Irish Travelling Woman (1986/91), which was a finalist for anthropology’s Margaret Mead award, and The Tlingit Encounter with Photography (2008). She also co-produced an ethnographic film on the Tlingit. She has conducted research in Ireland, Barbados, Alaska, and the Napa Valley, and published Tasting the Good Life: Wine Tourism in the Napa Valley (2011, with George Gmelch). Her most recent book is In the Field: Life and Work in Cultural Anthropology (2018, with George Gmelch).
William Fairbanks II
August 2, 2021
https://www.anthropology-news.org/articles/crazy-or-awesome/
One retired anthropologist walks across the United States and shares his reflections on the journey. The post Crazy or Awesome? appeared first on Anthropology News.