Anthropology roundup: Ethnographers as Writers… “Ebola Teams Need Better Cultural Understanding…

Zora Neale Hurston, The Making of an Anthropologist  Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog by Irma McClaurin Little did Zora know that moving to New York from Washington, DC, where she was a student at Howard University, would forever change the trajectory of her life. When Zora landed in Harlem, she … Read more

“AAA Statement on Police Practices… Anthropology roundup…

AAA Statement on Police Practices  American Anthropological Association by Joslyn O. AAA President Monica Heller releases public statement on police practices in the United States and calls upon anthropologists to help create equitable policing: In the United States, too many black Americans are killed by officers of the law. As anthropologists, we must speak out whenever … Read more