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At the time, ideas of race in America were quite literally black and white. But a few meters of cloth changed the way some people of color were treated. 
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IN 1693 the philosopher John Locke warned that children should not be given too much “unwholesome fruit” to eat. Three centuries later, misguided ideas about...
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“ The dead are honored in many cultures, out of respect or a fear of ghostly retribution. Here are ten festivals for honoring the dead from around the world.”
Via Missy Mott
Missy Mott's curator insight,
July 7, 2014 3:49 PM
An introduction to 10 different cultures who venerate their dead with celebrations and religious ceremonies.
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“Our brains are changing size and we are getting stupider? It’s enough to give you a brain-ache. Do any search on the human brain today and there is a lot of contradictory information about w...”
Via Andrea Naranjo
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Discovery Institute
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Wall Street Journal (blog) Video: On Staten Island, a Once-in-a-Lifetime Dance Performance Wall Street Journal (blog) When it was her turn to perform on a recent Sunday, Kasuni Navinna took center stage in the dance studio at the Snug Harbor...
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Sri Lanka women ritual dance.
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What can American parents learn from how other cultures think about parenting? A look at attitudes in Norway, Japan and Spain on the pressure to "parent" kids (as a verb). Via Mr. David Burton
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Saris are elegant, beautiful and confusing as hell. While this rectangular piece of fabric may look simple enough, there's an art to skillfully placing each corner, border and pattern. Don't let your tangled textiles get you down follow these simple steps and you'll be wrapping yourself up in no time.
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Well I’m in the working world again. I’ve found myself a well-paying gig in the engineering industry, and life finally feels like it’s returning to normal after my nine months of...
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Through her work, Esther Honig hopes to discover if a global beauty standard actually exists. Via Seth Dixon
Seth Dixon's curator insight,
June 26, 2014 2:05 PM
Is there a 'universal' beauty? How is beauty constructed within societies? Why are their differences between societies on what is beautiful?
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Fast Company Why You Should Do More Than Just Talk About Workplace Diversity Fast Company To make sure diverse talent sticks around, organizations must foster a culture of inclusion that prioritizes acceptance, makes room for varied backgrounds and...
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Seven Days Vermont Folklife Center and Brewer Link Past and Present Seven Days "We're essentially doing a kind of cultural anthropology of Vermont in the present, and the past is inevitably a factor in that." To that end, the nonprofit recently...
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INDIA’S general election will take place before May. The front-runner to be the next prime minister is Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party, currently chief minister of Gujarat. A former tea-seller, he has previously attacked leaders of the ruling Congress party as elitist, corrupt and out of touch. Now he is emphasising his humble caste origins. In a speech in January he said 'high caste' Congress leaders were scared of taking on a rival from 'a backward caste'. If Mr Modi does win, he would be the first prime minister drawn from the 'other backward classes', or OBC, group. He is not the only politician to see electoral advantage in bringing up the subject: caste still matters enormously to most Indians."
Chris Costa's curator insight,
November 15, 2015 2:51 PM
It was interesting to read about Modi's run for prime minister- I recently read a TIME magazine article about him, his original platform, and his subsequent work in office- and to see so much of Obama's run for office in Modi's struggle. Modi's support among his own caste, traditionally one that has been discriminated against in Indian society, is not at all different from Obama's support among the African American community. It goes to show that, for all our differences, people are a lot more alike then we'd care to think. Beyond that, it was interesting to see how much power the old caste system continues to hold in Indian society, much like the issues with race that Americans continue to struggle with within our own society. Appeals to different castes have been employed successfully by politicians and other forms of media; I once read that the most popular Indian films are often love stories revolving around "forbidden love" between two members of different, opposite castes. In a society that is so rich and complex, with hundreds of different languages and beliefs, it is so easy for lines to be drawn and for differences to be focused upon in a negative light. Happily for India, it has come a long way to address these problems and to move forward. While not perfect, India's future looks bright. 
Martin Kemp's curator insight,
December 17, 2015 3:34 PM
i dont understand how a country like india that is mostly modern and on the world scale can still have such an ancient system of labeling people be such a prominent practice in their society, i hope modi gets elected so he can start to eliminate this 
Stevie-Rae Wood's curator insight,
December 9, 2018 4:58 PM
The caste system in India still takes place today because it is slow to change. Even though Gandhi went to extreme measures to end the caste system. A caste system is a hierarchy of beings based on heredity. So if your not one of the lucky ones who is born into a top caste there is virtually no way of climbing the social ladder. In elections in particular voters all across the nation are swayed by the caste of the candidates. Caste is also very prominent in rural areas. If someone were to marry someone of a lower caste in rural areas they could face death because that is disrespectful to the norms of these particular areas. Even though many caste laws have been eradicated to benefit the people its still the people that are practicing this tragic system. Its tradition to them, some cannot see past the social injustices that this type of system permits.
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Missy Mott's curator insight,
July 7, 2014 6:22 PM
Anthropology is the study of culture - past, present and even future. I read another student's curated project. He included content that reference smartphone apps for download on his topic. I thought it might be a nice addition to my own curated content. So, I Googled "anthropology smartphone apps." While I didn't get the response I was looking for, I did get this article. It's relevant not only from an anthropological side, but also from the technology side.
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Editor's note: This story is one in a series on a crisis in America's Breadbasket –the depletion of the Ogallala Aquifer and its effects on a region that hel...
Cory Erlandson's curator insight,
July 24, 2014 9:44 AM
I used to teach students about the surprising water crises in central and SE Wisconsin, one of the most water-rich states in the US. They were always blown away. Now, teaching in CO, everyone seems to have an awareness (anxiety?) about local water scarcity. This story, though, has more of a national, even global scope. 
Jamie Strickland's curator insight,
July 25, 2014 10:46 AM
Thanks to my good friend, Seth Dixon for the original scoop. There had been quite a bit of news reporting on the drought in central California this year, but this midwestern region has been experiencing water stress for years with little national attention. I plan to use this article in both an upcoming presentation as well as an example when I teach "Tragedy of the Commons" in my Environmental Dilemma class. 
Kate Buckland's curator insight,
July 26, 2014 10:32 PM
Good to compare to how we use water resources in Australia
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Great teaching tool "@culanth: Resources from Cultural Anthropology that can be used in the classroom. http://t.co/S6tRTLvi8Y" #anthropology
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Many indexed articles.
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**Please note this video has a combination of bhangra and bollywood dance steps** Produced By: Sima Thakkar Cinematography/ Editing By: Dan Carlson Dance Ins...
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The earliest recorded tattoo was found on a Peruvian mummy in 6,000 BC. That’s some old ink! And considering humans lose roughly 40,000 skin cells per hour, how do these markings last? Claudia Aguirre details the different methods, machines and macrophages (you’ll see) that go into making tattoos stand the test of time.
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" Twenty-five years ago this Saturday, Seinfeld debuted on NBC. It didn’t do particularly well at first, but it slowly began gathering viewers and then — yada yada yada — it permanently changed the way that we, as New Yorkers, talk. In honor of those 25 years, here are 25 things that Seinfeld added to the popular vernacular over the course of its nine seasons on the air (1989-98)." Via Seth Dixon
Seth Dixon's curator insight,
July 3, 2014 7:27 PM
The cultural geographies of New York and the United States are heavily influenced by pop culture...and Seinfeld certainly changed the way people talked.
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National Geographic photographer Chris Rainier spent seven years traveling across six continents and much of the Pacific Ocean documenting what it means to mark the body in ritual and initiation. Rainier and filmmaker Ethan Boehme team up to bring Rainier's beautiful photographs of exquisite tattoos and sacred scarring rituals around the world poetically to film. With music by Anoushka Shankar.
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