By Aislinn Sanders Currency, in all its various forms, has been utilized by civilizations throughout history to put value on goods and services, trade these goods and services, and display wealth in all types of physical manners. Early in human… Read More
By Aislinn Sanders Last week, on July 20th, the UWM Anthropology Department co-sponsored an event at the Milwaukee Public Museum for Museum Studies current and future students, alumni, and faculty. The program, which is a graduate certificate program under the… Read More
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Anthropology field school teaches students how to unearth the past For more information about this summer’s field school follow the link to the school’s blog! https://uwm.edu/archaeology-laboratory/research/archaeology-field-school/
Honors House
As part of the Honors College’s efforts to make the HC a more radically welcoming and equitable space, the Equity Team and the Digital Cultures Collaboratory are hosting a game night designed to foster deeper conversations about the nature and practice of leadership and the exercise of power.
Rather than simply reproducing traditional conceptions of leadership that often involve hierarchical, top-down power structures, we seek to question those old models in order to reimagine something new and more just. We will experiment with these ideas in practice by playing a tabletop, role-playing game (The Quiet Year) designed to foster these important discussions and build these skills.
The face-to-face version of this event will take place on the evening of Nov. 11 in Honors House (beginning at 6:30 p.m.) The online version will take place on the evening of Nov. 12. There are a limited number of seats available and only open to students in the Honors College. Priority registration for BIPOC and first-gen students through Oct. 23rd. Future events will be open for non-honors students, so stay tuned!
Check out the Zoom info session for more information!
Or register here: https://forms.office.com/r/TSXhsG8n66
Ask a Professor! Ep. 3: The Political Crisis and Coup in Myanmar, with Professor Ingrid Jordt is now available to stream on our new videos page www.uwm.edu/anthropology/videos or simply click on the video link below! Hello everyone, welcome to Ask… Read More
Online via Zoom - See details above for more information or email Paul Brodwin at brodwin@uwm.edu
Join us for our first Anthropology Colloquium this year!
On the Immediacy of Home(land): Heimat politics in Germany by Nitzan Shoshen
Nitzan Shoshen is a political anthropologist who studies nationhood, governance and the political uses of affect and emotion. He is the author of the award-winning The Management of Hate: Nation, Affect and the and the Governance of Right-Wing Extremism in Germany (Princeton University Press 2016). He received his PhD in Anthropology from the University of Chicago in 2008. He a faculty member at the Colegio de México, a leading research institute in social sciences and the humanities.
See below for the link to view the Colloquium!
Time: Apr 9, 2021 03:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
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