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The Final Roll Call - Patheos (blog)

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The Final Roll Call
Patheos (blog)
Ritual is a cornerstone of anthropological thought, says Kevin Carrico in Cultural Anthropology.
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What's the Economic Value of an Arts Education? - Pacific Standard

What's the Economic Value of an Arts Education? - Pacific Standard | SoRo anthropology | Scoop.it
What's the Economic Value of an Arts Education?
Pacific Standard
I don't think so," while arguing that funding should shift away from departments like psychology and anthropology in favor of STEM programs.
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'Why newsrooms need anthropologists' - Journalism.co.uk

'Why newsrooms need anthropologists' - Journalism.co.uk | SoRo anthropology | Scoop.it
'Why newsrooms need anthropologists' Journalism.co.uk Social anthropologist Pierre Bourdieu termed this the "social silence" back in the 1970s, and was a theory Tett had drawn on in the 1980s when contrasting the cultural symbolism she observed in...
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October 17, 2013 8:32 PM
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Macro or Micro? Test Your Sense of Scale

Macro or Micro? Test Your Sense of Scale | SoRo anthropology | Scoop.it
A geographer and a biologist at Salem State University team up to curate a new exhibition, featuring confounding views from both satellites and microscopes
Dean Haakenson's curator insight, October 17, 2013 6:15 PM

So cool!

Siri Anderson's curator insight, October 18, 2013 12:46 PM

Gives a whole new meaning to the sense of scale.

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Computer Programming Used To Be Women’s Work

Computer Programming Used To Be Women’s Work | SoRo anthropology | Scoop.it
“Today, computer programmers are expected to be male, nerdy and antisocial - an odd, and self fulfilling prophesy that forgets the women that the entire field was built upon”
Via Seth Dixon
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How does my brain work? | TED Playlists | TED

How does my brain work? | TED Playlists | TED | SoRo anthropology | Scoop.it
How exactly does the brain -- a 3-pound snarl of nervous tissue -- create inspired inventions, the feeling of hunger, the experience of beauty, the sense of self?
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The Nature of Kinship: Glossary of Terms

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Stunning Portraits Of The World’s Remotest Tribes Before They Pass Away (46 pics)

Stunning Portraits Of The World’s Remotest Tribes Before They Pass Away (46 pics) | SoRo anthropology | Scoop.it
“ Living in a concrete box with hot water pouring from the tap, a refrigerator cooling our food and wi-fi connecting us to the rest of the world, we can barely imagine a day in a life of, say, Tsaatan people.”
Via Mr. David Burton
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Got Silk? Vikings' Refined Tastes Show Vast Reach Of Ancient Trade Routes - Huffington Post

Got Silk? Vikings' Refined Tastes Show Vast Reach Of Ancient Trade Routes - Huffington Post | SoRo anthropology | Scoop.it
Got Silk? Vikings' Refined Tastes Show Vast Reach Of Ancient Trade Routes Huffington Post Marianne Vedeler, an associate archaeology professor at the University of Oslo's Museum of Cultural History in Norway has for four years been investigating...
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October 22, 2013 9:30 AM
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Alison Gopnik: What do babies think? | Video on TED.com

"Babies and young children are like the R&D division of the human species," says psychologist Alison Gopnik. Her research explores the sophisticated intelligence-gathering and decision-making that babies are really doing when they play.
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Turkey is set to end a ban on several letters of the alphabet - Public Radio International

Turkey is set to end a ban on several letters of the alphabet - Public Radio International | SoRo anthropology | Scoop.it
“ Public Radio International Turkey is set to end a ban on several letters of the alphabet Public Radio International A news conference of Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is screened on televisions at an electronics shop in Istanbul.”
Via Joy Kinley
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Picturing the Common Core- On Seeing Education

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“ This week we spoke with D.C. photographer Jared Soares about covering a four-part-series on how the common-core standards are affecting teaching and learning.”
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October 6, 2013 7:18 PM
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4 Saudi men accused of dancing naked sentenced to prison, lashes

Four Saudi men accused of dancing naked on the roof of a car and posting a video of the incident online have been sentenced to as many as 2,000 lashes


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RSA - RSA Animate - The Divided Brain

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Smithsonian Institution, Anthropology Outreach Office Teacher Packet: Ethical Dilemmas

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