sNAPAshots: Mohini Mehta & Chad Morris

We have two exciting episodes in store for viewers this month, as we begin Season Two of sNAPAshots and NAPA’s 40th year! Hear from Mohini Mehta a PhD Candidate working in Food Anthropology & Social Work from Upsala University, as well as Chad Morris, Professor of Anthropology at Roanoke College.

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[On Screen Text – Flickering] Meet Mohini Mehta in Season Two of sNAPAshots. Conversations with Practicing, Professional, and Applied Anthropologists. PracticingAnthropology.org

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Mohini Mehta 0:06
An anthropological perspective and as I would like to call like, you know the ontological attitudes towards things. I feel it’s very important because, I mean you need to really understand the different entrenched realities understand points if you have to work with people.

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Mohini Mehta 0:26
The idea is to understand that there are human connections and even if you are not, you need to treat fellow humans as human beings that you know, whom you would like to talk to who might want to offer you food while you’re talking. You want to understand that understand all of these things in terms of human interactions.

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[On Screen Text] Meet Mohini Mehta in Season Two of sNAPAshots. Conversations with Practicing, Professional, and Applied Anthropologists. PracticingAnthropology.org

Transcribed by https://otter.ai

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Chad Morris 0:06
Anthropologists thrive in a moment where there are lots of different ideas coming together, sometimes at odds with each other, but lots of different ideas and opportunities coming together. I think our training uniquely allows us to thrive in that sort of environment.

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Chad Morris 0:26
The other thing it does though, is it is it makes us less than satisfied with dichotomy. We live in a pretty dichotomous world, you feel that way or you feel the other way. Anthropologists tend to break that dichotomy down in some really impressive ways. And, and as we look inwardly I’m a little bit of an example of that, I think. We speak so much about a difference between practicing and academic anthropologists. I work in an academic setting, right? My paycheck comes from there. But I do that as part of a smaller board setting because I am able then to move into communities such as community in Palau, where we’re doing health work, to help create community change.

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[On Screen Text] Meet Chad Morris in Season Two of sNAPAshots! Conversations with Practicing, Professional, and Applied Anthropologists. PracticingAnthropology.org

Transcribed by https://otter.ai