National Association for the Practice of Anthropology
AnthroCurrents May 24, 2017
- ByJulia Wignall
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Fixing corruption is just one of many results a new development consulting firm in Bangladesh has accomplished. The startup boasts anthropology and design thinking are the keys to sustainable solutions to real-life problems. Pretty cool.
This article is basically saying you can get a degree in anthropology…as long as you work in computer science rather than education. Mostly for the money.
An overview of how prom has become a place to contest sexuality & identity as an American adolescent rite of passage.
Top Chef judge Gail Simmons talks about her anthropology degree and what food ritual speaks to her.
Can you really just create a new language? A linguist and anthropologist are giving it a shot. Fascinating to hear that the default is English when Slavic languages are so similar.
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