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The ASA publishes Anthropology News columns on the work, past and present, of its members, as well as thought pieces and commentaries. (See the ASA Community page or listserv for other announcements, comments, and exchanges.)

Proposals for columns are welcome. For further information please contact Maria Cattell (mgcattel@aol.com)

Links to recent columns can be found below. See the Archive page for links to earlier columns.

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Perils of Subsistence on a South Sea Island

Posted on January 24, 2024 by Jim Weil

Richard Feinberg

January 23, 2024

Perils of Subsistence on a South Sea Island 

 

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The La Brea Tar Pits, Cognitive Dissonance, and Anthropological Memoirs

Posted on January 18, 2024 by AAA Web Admin

Jim Weil

October 26, 2023

https://www.anthropology-news.org/articles/the-la-brea-tar-pits-cognitive-dissonance-and-anthropological-memoirs/

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.

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Studying Old Age and Practicing It

Posted on January 17, 2024 by AAA Web Admin

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.

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The Bryn Mawr Connection

Posted on January 16, 2024 by AAA Web Admin

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.

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On Life’s Complexities and Contradictions

Posted on January 1, 2024 by AAA Web Admin

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.

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“Giigidootamishin, Speak on My Behalf!”

Posted on March 25, 2022 by AAA Web Admin

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