Of late I’ve been saying that the constraints that come with applied work are useful for doing good theoretical and empirical work. Just as experimental models bring demands to the research process that can clarify

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Of late I’ve been saying that the constraints that come with applied work are useful for doing good theoretical and empirical work. Just as experimental models bring demands to the research process that can clarify
By Steven Folmar, Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Anthropology, Wake Forest University On September 15 of this year, I learned from my Program Officer at the National Science Foundation (NSF) that the House of
Anthropologists can suffer from Jared Diamond envy. Here in the United States we bemoan when Diamond’s latest book rises on the bestseller list. While he might deliver anthropology-lite to the masses, he’s not even an
Oxford Bibliographies has just published my entry Biocultural Anthropology into their excellent series on Anthropology. The bibliographies are expert guides to the literature, with introductions to each section of the bibliography as well as short
“Neuroanthropology and Its Applications,” the summer issue of the journal Annals of Anthropological Practice, is now out. The full issue includes ten articles – a comprehensive introduction, and then nine articles split into three sections.
-This interview is cross-posted with the Foundation for Psychocultural Research blog, which focuses on “exploring issues at the intersection of brain, mind, culture, and mental health” Dr. Carol D. Ryff, Professor of Psychology and Director
At least 81 boys died. Their remains lie in unmarked graves spread over the shuttered campus of the Florida Reform School for Boys. Located in Marianna, Florida, this brutal reform school – also known as
I am about to get the final version of a special issue on “Neuroanthropology and Its Applications” to the publisher. That special issue, as well new things I have read over the past few weeks,
The March 2012 issue of Anthropologies is out, and editor Ryan Anderson has put together an important collection on anthropology, the open access movement inside the field, and how anthropologists are engaging with the Occupy
By Kimberly Christen, Joshua Bell, and Mark Turin On January 19, 2012, twenty-eight participants convened at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC for the “After the Return: Digital Repatriation and the Circulation