This episode is the first of a two-episode series on the production of archaeological knowledge in Lebanon produced by Nelly Abboud, contributing editor to the Archaeology Section at American Anthropologist. The series invokes the concept of an “open mic,” or a live show in which members of the audience–no matter their professional stature–take the stage to share their observations, critiques, and analysis. Nelly’s guests are early and mid-career archaeologists working in archaeology and museum worlds that remain elitist and exclusively reserved for members of a privileged and well-established social class. In each episode, she gives the metaphorical floor to a young voice in Lebanese archaeology and asks them to discuss their career within this system and the place of archaeology in contemporary Lebanese public life. The series begins with reflections from Lebanese archaeologist Lorine Mouawad about the nature of the archaeological field in Lebanon and how Ottoman and French colonial mentalities continue to inform how the field is managed. She shares her thoughts on the current state of the field and these sociopolitical entaglements in the context of her own experience as a field archaeologist.  Episode Transcript Closed-Captioning  Credits: Producer: Nelly AbboudExecutive Producer - Anar Parikh Featured Music: "Relative Serenity Houdou’ Nisbi هدوء نسبي,” by Ziad Rahbani.

This episode is the first of a two-episode series on the production of archaeological knowledge in Lebanon produced by Nelly Abboud, contributing editor to the Archaeology Section at American Anthropologist. The series invokes the concept of an “open mic,” or a live show in which members of the audience–no matter their professional stature–take the stage to share their observations, critiques, and analysis. Nelly’s guests are early and mid-career archaeologists working in archaeology and museum worlds that remain elitist and exclusively reserved for members of a privileged and well-established social class. In each episode, she gives the metaphorical floor to a young voice in Lebanese archaeology and asks them to discuss their career within this system and the place of archaeology in contemporary Lebanese public life. The series begins with reflections from Lebanese archaeologist Lorine Mouawad about the nature of the archaeological field in Lebanon and how Ottoman and French colonial mentalities continue to inform how the field is managed. She shares her thoughts on the current state of the field and these sociopolitical entaglements in the context of her own experience as a field archaeologist. <a href="americananthropologist.org/podcast/dismantling-the-lebanese-ivory-tower-part-01" rel="noopener noreferer nofollow" target="_blank">Episode Transcript</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/hChcqJgEWXM" rel="noopener noreferer nofollow" target="_blank">Closed-Captioning</a> Credits: Producer: Nelly Abboud Executive Producer - Anar Parikh Featured Music: "Relative Serenity Houdou’ Nisbi هدوء نسبي,” by Ziad Rahbani.

Season 05 - Episode 03: Dismantling the Ivory Tower (Open Mic Edition) - Part One

This episode features a conversation between Dr. Yannis Hamilakis and Dr. Naor Ben-Yehohada about Moria, once the largest refugee camp in Europe until it was completely destroyed by a fire in September 2020. Dr. Hamilakis had been researching, experiencing, and witnessing the materiality of contemporary migration on Lesvos, the Greek island where Moria was located, since 2016. And, in the aftermath of its destruction, he convened a cohort of archaeologists, social anthropologists, activists, teachers, and authors with direct connections to and experiences of Moria to reflect on what the place meant to them and possible directions for the future. These contributions came together in the form of a multimodal portfolio, “What Was Moria and What Comes Next?” comprising research and photo essays, ethnographic fiction, first-person accounts, lyrical prose, illustration, and more. Dr. Hamilakis’s introduction to the collection, was published in the February 2022 issue of American Anthropologist and the entirety of the collection is available open-access on the journal’s website. To round out the multimodal scope of this project, this episode contributes an oral and aural dimension to the reflections to “What Moria and What Comes Next?”  Episode Transcript Closed-Captioning  What Was Moria and What Comes Next?  Credits: Producer: Anar ParikhExecutive Producer - Anar Parikh Featured Music: "Vertigo feat. Sponty" by Krav Boca

This episode features a conversation between Dr. Yannis Hamilakis and Dr. Naor Ben-Yehohada about Moria, once the largest refugee camp in Europe until it was completely destroyed by a fire in September 2020. Dr. Hamilakis had been researching, experiencing, and witnessing the materiality of contemporary migration on Lesvos, the Greek island where Moria was located, since 2016. And, in the aftermath of its destruction, he convened a cohort of archaeologists, social anthropologists, activists, teachers, and authors with direct connections to and experiences of Moria to reflect on what the place meant to them and possible directions for the future. These contributions came together in the form of a multimodal portfolio, “What Was Moria and What Comes Next?” comprising research and photo essays, ethnographic fiction, first-person accounts, lyrical prose, illustration, and more. Dr. Hamilakis’s introduction to the collection, was published in the February 2022 issue of American Anthropologist and the entirety of the collection is available open-access on the journal’s website. To round out the multimodal scope of this project, this episode contributes an oral and aural dimension to the reflections to “What Moria and What Comes Next?” <a href="https://www.americananthropologist.org/podcasthttps://www.americananthropologist.org/podcast/https://www.americananthropologist.org/podcast/https://www.americananthropologist.org/podcast/season-05-episode-02-what-was-moria-and-what-comes-next" rel="noopener noreferer nofollow" target="_blank">Episode Transcript</a> <a href=" https://youtu.be/R2PkGCg1saY" rel="noopener noreferer nofollow" target="_blank">Closed-Captioning</a> <a href="https://www.americananthropologist.org/online-content/moria?rq=Moria" rel="noopener noreferer nofollow" target="_blank">What Was Moria and What Comes Next?</a> Credits: Producer: Anar Parikh Executive Producer - Anar Parikh Featured Music: "Vertigo feat. Sponty" by Krav Boca

Season 05 - Episode 02: What Was Moria and What Comes Next?

In this episode,  a professor-student pair, Dr. Atreyee Majumder and Manhar Bansal, provide a glimpse into their ongoing conversation on the enduring role of universal categories and their relationship to anthropological knowledge. In light of the discomfort around universals in contemporary social sciences, we offer the provocation: can there be universals beyond those of capitalist modernity? We talk about the dominant time-space compression account of modernity, the possibility of uncovering other, more liberating and revolutionary temporalities, and the fun of doing theory in anthropology. We argue for the need to revisit the question of universal categories to think through our time and politics, albeit on a broader canvas. Tune in to ask, along with us, who’s afraid of universals?   Episode Transcript Closed-Captioning  Further Reading: Bauman, Zygmunt. 2000. Liquid Modernity. Cambridge: Polity Press. “Time/Space” pp 91-129. Li, Darryl. 2020. The Universal Enemy: Jihad, Empire, and the Challenge of Solidarity. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press. “Introduction” pp 1-26. Tsing, Anna L. 2005. Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection. Princeton: Princeton University Press. “Introduction” pp 1-20. Walker, Gavin, and Naoki Sakai. 2019. “The End of Area.” Positions: Asia Critique 27(1): 1–31.  Credits: Writing, Production &amp; Editing: Atreyee Majumder Executive Producer - Anar Parikh Thumbnail Image: "Railroad Sunset" by Edward Hopper (1929) Featured Music: "Air on a G String" by J.S. Bach

In this episode,  a professor-student pair, Dr. Atreyee Majumder and Manhar Bansal, provide a glimpse into their ongoing conversation on the enduring role of universal categories and their relationship to anthropological knowledge. In light of the discomfort around universals in contemporary social sciences, we offer the provocation: can there be universals beyond those of capitalist modernity? We talk about the dominant time-space compression account of modernity, the possibility of uncovering other, more liberating and revolutionary temporalities, and the fun of doing theory in anthropology. We argue for the need to revisit the question of universal categories to think through our time and politics, albeit on a broader canvas. Tune in to ask, along with us, who’s afraid of universals?  <a href="https://www.americananthropologist.org/podcast/season-05-episode-01-whos-afraid-of-universals" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode Transcript</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HSMwujakmo&amp;feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Closed-Captioning</a> Further Reading: Bauman, Zygmunt. 2000. Liquid Modernity. Cambridge: Polity Press. “Time/Space” pp 91-129. Li, Darryl. 2020. The Universal Enemy: Jihad, Empire, and the Challenge of Solidarity. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press. “Introduction” pp 1-26. Tsing, Anna L. 2005. Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection. Princeton: Princeton University Press. “Introduction” pp 1-20. Walker, Gavin, and Naoki Sakai. 2019. “The End of Area.” Positions: Asia Critique 27(1): 1–31. Credits: Writing, Production &amp; Editing: Atreyee Majumder Executive Producer - Anar Parikh Thumbnail Image: "Railroad Sunset" by Edward Hopper (1929) Featured Music: "Air on a G String" by J.S. Bach

Season 05 - Episode 01: Who's Afraid of Universals

This episode is the third (final) installment of a three-part series produced by Eleanor Neil, contributing editor at American Anthropologist and Anthropological Airwaves. From the African American Burial Ground in New York City to the memorialization of violence in Northern Ireland to professional archaeology in the eastern Mediterranean, Eleanor asks archaeologists with different regional and methodological specialties to choose a single object or site, and, in their own words describe how this this site or artefact speaks to the interaction between archaeology and political or social identity across time and place. Here, Eleanor, an archaeologist herself, takes up the very prompt she posed to Dr. Cheryl Janifer LaRoche and Dr. Laura McAtackney in first two episodes of the series: to consider the role archaeology plays in the creation of contemporary political social discourses in the context of her own research on community archaeology on the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus.  Episode Transcript Closed-Captioning  Further Reading:  Counts, Derek B., and Elisabetta Cova, P. Nick Kardulias, Michael K. Toumazou. “Fitting In: Archaeology and Community in Athienou, Cyprus.” Near Eastern Archaeology 76, no. 3 (2013): 166-177.  Counts, D.B. “A History of Archaeological Activity in the Athienou Region.” In Crossroads and Boundaries: The Archaeology of Past and Present in the Malloura Valley, Cyprus, Annual of ASOR 65, edited by M. K. Toumazou, P. N. Kardulias, and D. B. Counts, 45–54. Boston: American Schools of Oriental Research, 2012.   The Kallinikeo Museum   Credits:  Writing, Production &amp; Editing: Eleanor Neil Editorial  Production Support: Anar Parikh  Thumbnail Image: Eleanor Neil  Featured  Music: “Westlin’ Winds” by Eoin O’Donnell  Intro/Outro Music: "Waiting" by Crowander

This episode is the third (final) installment of a three-part series produced by Eleanor Neil, contributing editor at American Anthropologist and Anthropological Airwaves. From the African American Burial Ground in New York City to the memorialization of violence in Northern Ireland to professional archaeology in the eastern Mediterranean, Eleanor asks archaeologists with different regional and methodological specialties to choose a single object or site, and, in their own words describe how this this site or artefact speaks to the interaction between archaeology and political or social identity across time and place. Here, Eleanor, an archaeologist herself, takes up the very prompt she posed to Dr. Cheryl Janifer LaRoche and Dr. Laura McAtackney in first two episodes of the series: to consider the role archaeology plays in the creation of contemporary political social discourses in the context of her own research on community archaeology on the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus.  <a href="https://www.americananthropologist.org/podcast/archaeological-identities-part-03" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode Transcript</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/5wkOD6hfhtM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Closed-Captioning</a> Further Reading:  Counts, Derek B., and Elisabetta Cova, P. Nick Kardulias, Michael K. Toumazou. “Fitting In: Archaeology and Community in Athienou, Cyprus.” Near Eastern Archaeology 76, no. 3 (2013): 166-177.  Counts, D.B. “A History of Archaeological Activity in the Athienou Region.” In Crossroads and Boundaries: The Archaeology of Past and Present in the Malloura Valley, Cyprus, Annual of ASOR 65, edited by M. K. Toumazou, P. N. Kardulias, and D. B. Counts, 45–54. Boston: American Schools of Oriental Research, 2012.   <a href="https://www.athienou.org.cy/en/episkeftheite/kallinikeio-dimotiko-mouseio/ " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Kallinikeo Museum </a> Credits:  Writing, Production &amp; Editing: Eleanor Neil Editorial  Production Support: Anar Parikh  Thumbnail Image: Eleanor Neil  Featured  Music: “Westlin’ Winds” by Eoin O’Donnell  Intro/Outro Music: "Waiting" by Crowander

Season 04 - Episode 05: Archaeological Identities, Part 3

This episode is the second of a three-part series produced by Eleanor Neil, contributing editor at American Anthropologist and Anthropological Airwaves. From the African American Burial Ground in New York City to the memorialization of violence in Northern Ireland to professional archaeology in the eastern Mediterranean, Eleanor asks archaeologists with different regional and methodological specialties to choose a single object or site, and, in their own words describe how this this site or artefact speaks to the interaction between archaeology and political or social identity across time and place. In this episode, Dr. Laura McAtackney, discusses the materiality of violence and partition, the nature of commemoration and how archaeology of the recent past has an integral role in our understandings of politics, society and conflict. Dr. McAtackney is an associate professor at Aarhus University and her research centres on the historical and contemporary archaeologies of institutions and colonialism in Ireland.  Episode Transcript Closed-Captioning  Further Reading:  Flanagan, Eimear. “McGurk’s Bar Bombing: I just want justice for my grandparents.” BBC News: Northern Ireland, 12 December 2021.  McAtackney, Laura. “Materials and Memory: Archaeology and Heritage as Tools of Transitional Justice at a Former Magdalen Laundry.” Éire-Ireland 55, nos. 1 &amp; 2, (Spring/Summer 2020): 223-246.  MacAirt, Ciarán. "Corporate memory and the McGurk's Bar Massacre: CQ&amp;A automatically added to new episodes on Spotifiarán MacAirt writes about the murder of his grandmother and 14 other civilians in a Belfast bar 43 years ago, and the families’ on-going campaign for truth." Criminal Justice Matters 98, no. 1 (2014): 6-7.  Justice for Magdalenes Research - an online resource associated with the NGO, Justice for Magdalenes.   Credits:  Writing, Production &amp; Editing: Eleanor Neil  Production Support: Anar Parikh  Executive Producer - Anar Parikh Thumbnail Image: Photo by Freya McClements for the Irish Times  Featured Music: “Westlin’ Winds” by Eoin O’Donnell  Intro/Outro: "Waiting" by Crowander

This episode is the second of a three-part series produced by Eleanor Neil, contributing editor at American Anthropologist and Anthropological Airwaves. From the African American Burial Ground in New York City to the memorialization of violence in Northern Ireland to professional archaeology in the eastern Mediterranean, Eleanor asks archaeologists with different regional and methodological specialties to choose a single object or site, and, in their own words describe how this this site or artefact speaks to the interaction between archaeology and political or social identity across time and place. In this episode, Dr. Laura McAtackney, discusses the materiality of violence and partition, the nature of commemoration and how archaeology of the recent past has an integral role in our understandings of politics, society and conflict. Dr. McAtackney is an associate professor at Aarhus University and her research centres on the historical and contemporary archaeologies of institutions and colonialism in Ireland.  <a href="https://www.americananthropologist.org/podcast/archaeological-identities-part-02" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode Transcript</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/Ca8TmrXZ2jw " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Closed-Captioning</a> Further Reading:  <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-59569348/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Flanagan, Eimear. “McGurk’s Bar Bombing: I just want justice for my grandparents.” BBC News: Northern Ireland, 12 December 2021. </a> McAtackney, Laura. “Materials and Memory: Archaeology and Heritage as Tools of Transitional Justice at a Former Magdalen Laundry.” Éire-Ireland 55, nos. 1 &amp; 2, (Spring/Summer 2020): 223-246.  MacAirt, Ciarán. "Corporate memory and the McGurk's Bar Massacre: CQ&amp;A automatically added to new episodes on Spotifiarán MacAirt writes about the murder of his grandmother and 14 other civilians in a Belfast bar 43 years ago, and the families’ on-going campaign for truth." Criminal Justice Matters 98, no. 1 (2014): 6-7.  <a href="http://jfmresearch.com/aboutjfmr/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Justice for Magdalenes Research</a> - an online resource associated with the NGO, Justice for Magdalenes.  Credits:  Writing, Production &amp; Editing: Eleanor Neil  Production Support: Anar Parikh  Executive Producer - Anar Parikh Thumbnail Image: Photo by Freya McClements for the Irish Times  Featured Music: “Westlin’ Winds” by Eoin O’Donnell  Intro/Outro: "Waiting" by Crowander

Season 04 - Episode 04: Archaeological Identities, Part 2

This episode is the first of a three-part series produced by Eleanor Neil, contributing editor at American Anthropologist and Anthropological Airwaves. From the African American Burial Ground in New York City to the memorialization of violence in Northern Ireland to professional archaeology in the eastern Mediterranean, Eleanor asks archaeologists with different regional and methodological specialties to choose a single object or site, and, in their own words describe how this this site or artefact speaks to the interaction between archaeology and political or social identity across time and place. Here, Dr. Cheryl Janifer LaRoche discusses the African American Burial Ground in lower Manhattan and the influence it has had on public engagement, perceptions of slavery in the northern United States, and the empowerment inherent in recognizing one’s own past in the archaeological record. Dr. LaRoche’s is Associate Research Professor at the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. Her research on 18th and 19th-century free Black communities, institutions, and spaces combines law, history, oral history, archaeology, geography and material culture to define Black cultural landscapes, often navigating the convergences of public, private, political and social interests.  Episode Transcript Closed-Captioning  Further Reading: LaRoche, Cheryl J. and Michael L. Blakey, ‘Seizing Intellectual Power: The Dialogue at the New York African Burial Ground’, Historical Archaeology, Vol. 31, No. 3 (1997), pp. 84-106.  Leone, Mark P. and Cheryl J. LaRoche, Jennifer J. Babiarz, ‘Archaeology of Black Americans in Recent Times’, Annual Review of Anthropology, Vol. 35 (2005), pp. 575-598. Transcript:   Credits:  Writing, Production &amp; Editing: Eleanor Neil  Production Support: Anar Parikh  Executive Producer - Anar Parikh Thumbnail Image: Wally Gobetz, “NYC - Civic Center: African American Burial Ground National Monument” (2008) African American Burial Ground Memorial  Featured Music: “Spirit Blossom” by Roman Belov   Intro/Outro: "Waiting" by Crowander

This episode is the first of a three-part series produced by Eleanor Neil, contributing editor at American Anthropologist and Anthropological Airwaves. From the African American Burial Ground in New York City to the memorialization of violence in Northern Ireland to professional archaeology in the eastern Mediterranean, Eleanor asks archaeologists with different regional and methodological specialties to choose a single object or site, and, in their own words describe how this this site or artefact speaks to the interaction between archaeology and political or social identity across time and place. Here, Dr. Cheryl Janifer LaRoche discusses the African American Burial Ground in lower Manhattan and the influence it has had on public engagement, perceptions of slavery in the northern United States, and the empowerment inherent in recognizing one’s own past in the archaeological record. Dr. LaRoche’s is Associate Research Professor at the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. Her research on 18th and 19th-century free Black communities, institutions, and spaces combines law, history, oral history, archaeology, geography and material culture to define Black cultural landscapes, often navigating the convergences of public, private, political and social interests.  <a href="// Season 04 Episode 03: Archaeological Identities - Part One" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode Transcript</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/XVlc4t1ZH8A " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Closed-Captioning</a> Further Reading: LaRoche, Cheryl J. and Michael L. Blakey, ‘Seizing Intellectual Power: The Dialogue at the New York African Burial Ground’, Historical Archaeology, Vol. 31, No. 3 (1997), pp. 84-106.  Leone, Mark P. and Cheryl J. LaRoche, Jennifer J. Babiarz, ‘Archaeology of Black Americans in Recent Times’, Annual Review of Anthropology, Vol. 35 (2005), pp. 575-598. Transcript:  Credits:  Writing, Production &amp; Editing: Eleanor Neil  Production Support: Anar Parikh  Executive Producer - Anar Parikh Thumbnail Image: Wally Gobetz, “NYC - Civic Center: African American Burial Ground National Monument” (2008) African American Burial Ground Memorial  Featured Music: “Spirit Blossom” by Roman Belov   Intro/Outro: "Waiting" by Crowander

Season 04 - Episode 03: Archaeological Identities - Part 1

In this episode, guest producer Laura Cirilo examines how the idea of closure configures into international applications of forensic anthropological practice in conversation with Dr. Sarah Wagner, Professor of Anthropology at the George Washington University, and Dr. Mercedes Salado, a member of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team. The episode was produced as a part of the Vital Topics Forum, "How Academic Diversity is Transforming Scientific Knowledge in Biological Anthropology" in Volume 121, Issue 2 of American Anthropologist.   Episode Transcript Closed-Captioning  Credits: Production &amp; Editing: Laura Cirilo  Writing: Jaymelee Kim, Cate Bird, and Davette Gadison  Thumbnail Image: Jaymelee Kim  Additional Editorial Support - Elaine Chu and Matt Go  Executive Producer - Anar Parikh  Intro/Outro Music: "Waiting" by Crowander"

In this episode, guest producer Laura Cirilo examines how the idea of closure configures into international applications of forensic anthropological practice in conversation with Dr. Sarah Wagner, Professor of Anthropology at the George Washington University, and Dr. Mercedes Salado, a member of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team. The episode was produced as a part of the Vital Topics Forum,<a href="https://www.americananthropologist.org/online-content/vital-topics-forum-how-academic-diversity-is-transforming-scientific-knowledge-in-biological-anthropology" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> "How Academic Diversity is Transforming Scientific Knowledge in Biological Anthropology"</a> in Volume 121, Issue 2 of American Anthropologist.  <a href="https://www.americananthropologist.org/podcast/the-myth-of-closure" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode Transcript</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/BEasaVg5BcQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Closed-Captioning</a> Credits: Production &amp; Editing: Laura Cirilo  Writing: Jaymelee Kim, Cate Bird, and Davette Gadison  Thumbnail Image: Jaymelee Kim  Additional Editorial Support - Elaine Chu and Matt Go  Executive Producer - Anar Parikh  Intro/Outro Music: "Waiting" by Crowander"

Season 04 - Episode 02: The Myth of Closure

In this three-part series, Brown University PhD Students Benjamin Salinas and Adelaida Tamayo examine questions of art, activism, and identity in conversation with Jaguar Arreoloa, an Indigenous-Chicano rapper based in Los Angeles, California. In Part Three (The Debrief), Ben and Adelaida reflect on the interview with Jaguar, what they found inspiring, and each of their key takeaways from the process of creating the episode.  Episode Transcript Close-Captioning  Credits:  Production &amp; Editing: Adelaida Tamayo and Benjamin Salinas Executive Producer: Anar Parikh  Background Music: Benjamin Salinas  Intro/Outro: "Waiting" by Crowander"

In this three-part series, Brown University PhD Students Benjamin Salinas and Adelaida Tamayo examine questions of art, activism, and identity in conversation with Jaguar Arreoloa, an Indigenous-Chicano rapper based in Los Angeles, California. In Part Three (The Debrief), Ben and Adelaida reflect on the interview with Jaguar, what they found inspiring, and each of their key takeaways from the process of creating the episode.  <a href="https://www.americananthropologist.org/podcast/indigenous-not-mestizo-part-03" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode Transcript</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsnx5AeBnio&amp;feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Close-Captioning</a> Credits:  Production &amp; Editing: Adelaida Tamayo and Benjamin Salinas Executive Producer: Anar Parikh  Background Music: Benjamin Salinas  Intro/Outro: "Waiting" by Crowander"

Season 04 - Epiosde 01: "I'm Indigenous, Not Mestizo:" The Art & Activism of Rapper Jaguar Arreola - Part 3

In this three-part series, Brown University PhD Students Benjamin Salinas and Adelaida Tamayo examine questions of art, activism, and identity in conversation with Jaguar Arreoloa, an Indigenous-Chicano rapper based in Los Angeles, California. In Part Two (The Interview), Adelaida and Ben interview Jaguar Arreola about his music and his activism.  Episode Transcript Close-Captioning  Credits:  Production &amp; Editing: Adelaida Tamayo and Benjamin Salinas  Executive Producer - Anar Parikh   Featured Music:  "Easy Does" It - Ez E "Fuerza Guerrera II" - Jaguar Arreola, produced by Accosta the Man Another Day by Kozmik Force feat. Azomali, produced by Acosta the Man. Background Music: Benjamin Salinas Intro/Outro Music: "Waiting" by Crowander"

In this three-part series, Brown University PhD Students Benjamin Salinas and Adelaida Tamayo examine questions of art, activism, and identity in conversation with Jaguar Arreoloa, an Indigenous-Chicano rapper based in Los Angeles, California. In Part Two (The Interview), Adelaida and Ben interview Jaguar Arreola about his music and his activism.  <a href="https://www.americananthropologist.org/podcast/indigenous-not-mestizo-part-02" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode Transcript</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/nh9j9VgVX7w " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Close-Captioning</a> Credits:  Production &amp; Editing: Adelaida Tamayo and Benjamin Salinas  Executive Producer - Anar Parikh  Featured Music:  "Easy Does" It - Ez E "Fuerza Guerrera II" - Jaguar Arreola, produced by Accosta the Man Another Day by Kozmik Force feat. Azomali, produced by Acosta the Man. Background Music: Benjamin Salinas Intro/Outro Music: "Waiting" by Crowander"

Season 04 - Epiosde 01: "I'm Indigenous, Not Mestizo:" The Art & Activism of Rapper Jaguar Arreola - Part 2

In this three-part series, Brown University PhD Students Benjamin Salinas and Adelaida Tamayo examine questions of art, activism, and identity in conversation with Jaguar Arreoloa, an Indigenous-Chicano rapper based in Los Angeles, California. In Part One (The Planning), the series begins with a conversation between Adelaida and Ben as they prepare for their interview with Jaguar.  Episode Transcript Close-Captioning  Credits: Production &amp; Editing: Adelaida Tamayo and Benjamin Salinas  Executive Producer: Anar Parikh  Background Music: Benjamin Salinas  Intro/Outro Music "Waiting" by Crowander"

In this three-part series, Brown University PhD Students Benjamin Salinas and Adelaida Tamayo examine questions of art, activism, and identity in conversation with Jaguar Arreoloa, an Indigenous-Chicano rapper based in Los Angeles, California. In Part One (The Planning), the series begins with a conversation between Adelaida and Ben as they prepare for their interview with Jaguar.  <a href="https://www.americananthropologist.org/podcast/indigenous-not-mestizo-part-01" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode Transcript</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/tfQR7rpvjHU " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Close-Captioning</a> Credits: Production &amp; Editing: Adelaida Tamayo and Benjamin Salinas  Executive Producer: Anar Parikh  Background Music: Benjamin Salinas  Intro/Outro Music "Waiting" by Crowander"

Season 04 - Epiosde 01: "I'm Indigenous, Not Mestizo:" The Art & Activism of Rapper Jaguar Arreola - Part 1

Anthropological Airwaves is the official podcast of American Anthropologist, the flagship journal of the American Anthropological Association. It is a venue for highlighting the polyphony of voices across the discipline’s four fields and the infinite—and often overlapping—subfields within them. Through conversations, experiments in sonic ethnography, ethnographic journalism, and other (primarily but not exclusively) aural formats, Anthropological Airwaves endeavors to explore the conceptual, methodological, and pedagogical issues that shape anthropology’s past, present, and future; experiment with new ways of conversing, listening, and asking questions; and collaboratively and collectively push the boundaries of what constitutes anthropological knowledge production. Anthropological Airwaves shares the journal’s commitment to advancing research on the archaeological, biological, linguistic, and sociocultural aspects of the human experience by featuring the work of those who study and practice anthropology within and beyond the academy.

Anthropological Airwaves will be back soon for Season 4! Transcript Closed-Captioning  Credits: Associate Editor / Executive Producer: Anar Parikh Intro/Outro Music: "Waiting" by Crowander

Anthropological Airwaves will be back soon for Season 4! <a href="https://www.americananthropologist.org/podcast/season-04-teaser" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Transcript</a> <a href=" https://youtu.be/VOn6GuzL2-g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Closed-Captioning</a> Credits: Associate Editor / Executive Producer: Anar Parikh Intro/Outro Music: "Waiting" by Crowander

S04 E00 - New Year, New Season

This is the second of two episodes based on interviews recorded at the 2019 African Critical Inquiry Workshop: African Ethnographies conference that was held at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town, South Africa by Sara Rendell and Dina Asfaha from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. In the the first part of this episode, you will hear a conversation between Dina Asfaha and Kharnita Mohamed – a lecturer at the University of Cape Town. Her research focuses on issues of race, gender, disability, and identity in post-Apartheid South Africa. She is also a novelist, publishing her debut “Called to Song” in 2018 with Kwela Books. In the second half, Sara Rendell returns for an interview with Dominique Santos – a Lecturer at Rhodes University, whose work explores the nexus of music, play, dreaming and heritage practices as they intersect with intimate experiences of the self, space and social change, as well as on dreams and the role of dreaming in refusing the conditions of oppression.   NB: Due to circumstances out of our control, there are parts of this recording with less than ideal sound quality. The episode transcript and close-captioned versions of the episode (linked below) may be a useful resource for following along with the conversation should you have a hard time making out any part of the recording.   Episode Transcript Close-Captioning  Credits:  Producer &amp; Editor: Kyle Olson Executive Producer - Anar Parikh   Thumbnail Image: Madison Paulk Transition Music: Huku by Sho Madjozi Intro/Outro Music: "Waiting" by Crowander"  Sound Effects: Mike Koenig Episode 

This is the second of two episodes based on interviews recorded at the 2019 African Critical Inquiry Workshop: African Ethnographies conference that was held at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town, South Africa by Sara Rendell and Dina Asfaha from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. In the the first part of this episode, you will hear a conversation between Dina Asfaha and Kharnita Mohamed – a lecturer at the University of Cape Town. Her research focuses on issues of race, gender, disability, and identity in post-Apartheid South Africa. She is also a novelist, publishing her debut “Called to Song” in 2018 with Kwela Books. In the second half, Sara Rendell returns for an interview with Dominique Santos – a Lecturer at Rhodes University, whose work explores the nexus of music, play, dreaming and heritage practices as they intersect with intimate experiences of the self, space and social change, as well as on dreams and the role of dreaming in refusing the conditions of oppression.  NB: Due to circumstances out of our control, there are parts of this recording with less than ideal sound quality. The episode transcript and close-captioned versions of the episode (linked below) may be a useful resource for following along with the conversation should you have a hard time making out any part of the recording.  <a href="https://www.americananthropologist.org/podcast/south-africa-special-feature-part-02" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode Transcript</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/hZaoUxCs1U4 " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Close-Captioning</a> Credits:  Producer &amp; Editor: Kyle Olson Executive Producer - Anar Parikh   Thumbnail Image: Madison Paulk Transition Music: Huku by Sho Madjozi Intro/Outro Music: "Waiting" by Crowander"  Sound Effects: Mike Koenig Episode

Season 03-ish - Epiosde 07: South Africa Special Feature - Part 2

This is the first of two episodes based on interviews recorded at the 2019 African Critical Inquiry Workshop: African Ethnographies conference that was held at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town, South Africa by Sara Rendell and Dina Asfaha from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. In this installment, Sara Rendell interviews Nosipho Mngomezulu, a lecturer at University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg whose research focuses on national and transnational youth cultures, nation-building projects in post-colonial societies, and community engaged learning and teaching.  Episode Transcript Closed-Captioning  Credits:  Producer &amp; Editor: Kyle Olson Executive Producer: Anar Parikh  Episode Thumbnail: Madison Paulk Transition Music: Huku by Sho Madjozi  Intro/Outro Music: "Waiting" by Crowander" Sound Effects: Mike Koenig 

This is the first of two episodes based on interviews recorded at the 2019 African Critical Inquiry Workshop: African Ethnographies conference that was held at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town, South Africa by Sara Rendell and Dina Asfaha from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. In this installment, Sara Rendell interviews Nosipho Mngomezulu, a lecturer at University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg whose research focuses on national and transnational youth cultures, nation-building projects in post-colonial societies, and community engaged learning and teaching.  <a href="https://www.americananthropologist.org/podcast/south-africa-special-feature-part-01" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode Transcript</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/hZaoUxCs1U4 " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Closed-Captioning</a> Credits:  Producer &amp; Editor: Kyle Olson Executive Producer: Anar Parikh  Episode Thumbnail: Madison Paulk Transition Music: Huku by Sho Madjozi  Intro/Outro Music: "Waiting" by Crowander" Sound Effects: Mike Koenig

Season 03-ish - Epiosde 07: South Africa Special Feature - Part 1

Anthropological Airwaves is pleased to present “Voices to Remember: Conversation on the Digital Archive of Indigenous America” a conversation between Massimo Squillacciotti - Emeritus Professor of Anthropology and the founder of the first Italian course of Cognitive Anthropology at the University of Siena; Luciano Giannelli - Professor of Glottology and South American Indigenous Languages at the University of Siena, and Paola Tine - PhD Candidate in Social Anthropology and Development Studies at the University of Adelaide, South Australia. This episode was originally recorded in Italian, and we are excited to be able to make both the Italian version and in English. For the original conversation in Italian, please look for the title "S03-ish E05: Voci da Ricordare" in your Anthro Airwaves podcast feed.  Transcript:  Closed Caption Supplemental Dossier  Credits:  Producer/Editor/Engineer: Paola Tine  Executive Producer: Anar Parikh  Intro/Outro: "Waiting" by Crowander"  Sound Effects: Mike Koenig

Anthropological Airwaves is pleased to present “Voices to Remember: Conversation on the Digital Archive of Indigenous America” a conversation between Massimo Squillacciotti - Emeritus Professor of Anthropology and the founder of the first Italian course of Cognitive Anthropology at the University of Siena; Luciano Giannelli - Professor of Glottology and South American Indigenous Languages at the University of Siena, and Paola Tine - PhD Candidate in Social Anthropology and Development Studies at the University of Adelaide, South Australia. This episode was originally recorded in Italian, and we are excited to be able to make both <a href="https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/q9Saf19uvwb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the Italian</a> version and in English. For the original conversation in Italian, please look for the title "S03-ish E05: Voci da Ricordare" in your Anthro Airwaves podcast feed.  <a href="https://www.americananthropologist.org/voices-to-remember/dossier/transcript-english" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Transcript</a>:  <a href="https://youtu.be/MuhrGH4JoGk " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Closed Caption</a> <a href="https://www.americananthropologist.org/voices-to-remember/dossier/dossier-english" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Supplemental Dossier</a> Credits:  Producer/Editor/Engineer: Paola Tine  Executive Producer: Anar Parikh  Intro/Outro: "Waiting" by Crowander"  Sound Effects: Mike Koenig

Season 03-ish - Episode 05: Voices To Remember // Voci da Ricordare (English)

Anthropological Airwaves is pleased to present “Voices to Remember: Conversation on the Digital Archive of Indigenous America” a conversation between Massimo Squillacciotti - Emeritus Professor of Anthropology and the founder of the first Italian course of Cognitive Anthropology at the University of Siena; Luciano Giannelli - Professor of Glottology and South American Indigenous Languages at the University of Siena, and Paola Tine - PhD Candidate in Social Anthropology and Development Studies at the University of Adelaide, South Australia. This episode was originally recorded in Italian, and we are excited to be able to make both the Italian version and in English. For the dubbed version in English, please look for the title "S03-ish E05: Voices to Remember" in your Anthro Airwaves podcast feed.   Trascrizione Sottotitoli Dossier Supplementare  Credits:  Producer/Editor/Engineer: Paola Tine  Executive Producer: Anar Parikh  Intro/Outro: "Waiting" by Crowander"  Sound Effects: Mike Koenig

Anthropological Airwaves is pleased to present “Voices to Remember: Conversation on the Digital Archive of Indigenous America” a conversation between Massimo Squillacciotti - Emeritus Professor of Anthropology and the founder of the first Italian course of Cognitive Anthropology at the University of Siena; Luciano Giannelli - Professor of Glottology and South American Indigenous Languages at the University of Siena, and Paola Tine - PhD Candidate in Social Anthropology and Development Studies at the University of Adelaide, South Australia. This episode was originally recorded in Italian, and we are excited to be able to make both the Italian version and <a href="https://soundcloud.com/anthro-airwaves/s03-ish-e05-voci-da-ricordare-voices-to-remember/s-BhcUqeyqTx5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">in English</a>. For the dubbed version in English, please look for the title "S03-ish E05: Voices to Remember" in your Anthro Airwaves podcast feed.  <a href="https://www.americananthropologist.org/voices-to-remember/dossier/transcript-italian" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Trascrizione</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DFH38kIF3o&amp;t=17s " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sottotitoli</a> <a href="https://www.americananthropologist.org/voices-to-remember/dossier/italian" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dossier Supplementare</a> Credits:  Producer/Editor/Engineer: Paola Tine  Executive Producer: Anar Parikh  Intro/Outro: "Waiting" by Crowander"  Sound Effects: Mike Koenig

Season 03-ish - Episode 05: Voci da Ricordare // Voices to Remember (Italian)

In the fourth episode of this mini-season, "Crossover," Anar Parikh chats with Daniel Chiu Castillo, Meghan McGill, and Alejandra Melian-Morse, the trio behind Talking Culture--an anthropology podcast that looks at issues in the world through the lens of anthropology as well as issues within the discipline of anthropology itself.  Transcript Closed-Captioning  What We Talked About:  Barbash, Ilisa &amp; Lucien Castaing-Taylor. 2009. Sweetgrass. Castaing-Taylor, Lucien. Véréna Paravel. 2012. Levianthan.  Credits:  Associate Editor / Executive Producer: Anar Parikh  Intro/Outro: "Waiting" by Crowander"  Sound Effects: Mike Koenig

In the fourth episode of this mini-season, "Crossover," Anar Parikh chats with Daniel Chiu Castillo, Meghan McGill, and Alejandra Melian-Morse, the trio behind <a href="https://www.talkingculture.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Talking Culture</a>--an anthropology podcast that looks at issues in the world through the lens of anthropology as well as issues within the discipline of anthropology itself.  <a href="https://www.americananthropologist.org/podcast/crossover-talking-culture" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Transcript</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/Iuz8YLI3aOQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Closed-Captioning</a> What We Talked About:  <a href="https://grasshopperfilm.com/film/sweetgrass/ " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barbash, Ilisa &amp; Lucien Castaing-Taylor. 2009. Sweetgrass.</a> <a href="https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/lucien-castaing-taylor-verena-paravel-leviathan-2012/ " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Castaing-Taylor, Lucien. Véréna Paravel. 2012. Levianthan.</a> Credits:  Associate Editor / Executive Producer: Anar Parikh  Intro/Outro: "Waiting" by Crowander"  Sound Effects: Mike Koenig

Season 03ish - Episode 04 (Crossover): Talking Culture

In the third episode of this mini-season, "Crossover," Anar Parikh chats with Sarah Duignan, of Anthro Dish--a weekly show about the intersections between our foods, cultures, and identities. Transcript Closed-Captioning   What we talked about:  AnthroDish Episode 10 AnthroDish Episode 86: Seedkeeping and Land Back with Tiffany Traverse of 4th Sister Farm  Credits:  Associate Editor / Executive Producer: Anar Parikh  Intro/Outro: "Waiting" by Crowander"  Sound Effects: Mike Koenig

In the third episode of this mini-season, "Crossover," Anar Parikh chats with Sarah Duignan, of <a href="https://www.anthrodish.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anthro Dish</a>--a weekly show about the intersections between our foods, cultures, and identities. <a href="https://www.americananthropologist.org/podcast/crossover-anthrodish" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Transcript</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/ZnVkUfQ8zm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Closed-Captioning</a>  What we talked about:  <a href="https://www.anthrodish.com/episodes/trinamoyles?rq=trina%20moyles " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AnthroDish Episode 10</a> <a href="https://www.anthrodish.com/episodes/tiffanytraverse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AnthroDish Episode 86: Seedkeeping and Land Back with Tiffany Traverse of 4th Sister Farm</a> Credits:  Associate Editor / Executive Producer: Anar Parikh  Intro/Outro: "Waiting" by Crowander"  Sound Effects: Mike Koenig

Season 03ish - Episode 03 (Crossover): AnthroDish

In the second episode of this mini-season, "Crossover," Anar Parikh chats with Alyssa James and Brendane Tynes, the creators of Zora's Daughters--a society and culture podcast that uses Black feminist anthropology to think about race, politics, and popular culture.  Episode Transcript Closed-Caption   What We Talked About: Tynes, Brendane. 2020. "How Do We Listen to the Living." Anthropology News, August 31.  Zora's Daughters' Reaction to How Not To Travel Like a Basic B*tch - Zora's Daughters Semester 2 Episode 16 - "The Empire Claps Back"  Credits:  Associate Editor / Executive Producer - Anar Parikh Intro/Outro: "Waiting" by Crowander" Sound Effects: Mike Koenig

In the second episode of this mini-season, "Crossover," Anar Parikh chats with Alyssa James and Brendane Tynes, the creators of <a href="https://zorasdaughters.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zora's Daughters</a>--a society and culture podcast that uses Black feminist anthropology to think about race, politics, and popular culture.  <a href="https://www.americananthropologist.org/podcast/crossover-zoras-daughters" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode Transcript</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/_pryRC0oBDM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Closed-Caption</a> What We Talked About: <a href="https://anthropology-news.org/index.php/2020/08/31/how-do-we-listen-to-the-living/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tynes, Brendane. 2020. "How Do We Listen to the Living." Anthropology News, August 31.</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LwlaoKFLKI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zora's Daughters' Reaction to How Not To Travel Like a Basic B*tch</a> - <a href=" https://zorasdaughters.com/episodes/the-empire-claps-back/ " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zora's Daughters Semester 2 Episode 16 - "The Empire Claps Back"</a> Credits:  Associate Editor / Executive Producer - Anar Parikh Intro/Outro: "Waiting" by Crowander" Sound Effects: Mike Koenig

Season 03ish - Episode 02 (Crossover): Zora's Daughters

In the latest episode of Anthropological Airwaves, Anar Parikh talks to Anuli Akanegbu, a PhD student at NYU and a transdisciplinary scholar, about her project BLK IRL -- a podcast that explores the business of "influencing" and the power dynamics at play in the act of cultural exchange.  Episode Transcript Closed-Captioning  What We Talked About:  Akanegbu, Anuli. 2021. "Podcasts As A Form of Scholarship."  American Anthropologist website.  Briggs, Charles. 1986. Learning How to Ask. Cambridge: Cambrige University Press.   Credits:  Associate Editor / Executive Producer: Anar Parikh  Intro/Outro: "Waiting" by Crowander"  Sound Effects: Mike Koenig

In the latest episode of Anthropological Airwaves, Anar Parikh talks to Anuli Akanegbu, a PhD student at NYU and a transdisciplinary scholar, about her project <a href="//www.blkirl.com " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BLK IRL </a>-- a podcast that explores the business of "influencing" and the power dynamics at play in the act of cultural exchange. <a href="https://www.americananthropologist.org/podcast/crossover-blk-irl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode Transcript</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/IQwOFzPjy2I " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Closed-Captioning</a> What We Talked About:  <a href=" http://www.americananthropologist.org/2021/04/29/podcasts-as-a-form-of-scholarship/ " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Akanegbu, Anuli. 2021. "Podcasts As A Form of Scholarship."  American Anthropologist website. </a> Briggs, Charles. 1986. Learning How to Ask. Cambridge: Cambrige University Press.  Credits:  Associate Editor / Executive Producer: Anar Parikh  Intro/Outro: "Waiting" by Crowander"  Sound Effects: Mike Koenig

Season 03ish - Episode 01 (Crossover): BLK IRL

Anthropological Airwaves will be back soon for Season 3-ish with the theme "Crossover."  Transcript: Closed-Captioning  Credits:  Associate Editor / Executive Producer: Anar Parikh  Intro/Outro: "Waiting" by Crowander"  Sound Effects: "Dialing Phone Number" by Mike Koenig

Anthropological Airwaves will be back soon for Season 3-ish with the theme "Crossover."  <a href="https://www.americananthropologist.org/podcast/season-03-teaser" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Transcript</a>: <a href="https://youtu.be/hlT2OkdJNGI " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Closed-Captioning</a> Credits:  Associate Editor / Executive Producer: Anar Parikh  Intro/Outro: "Waiting" by Crowander"  Sound Effects: "Dialing Phone Number" by Mike Koenig

Coming Soon: Season 3ish - "Crossover"

This is a one of a kind podcast in the anthropology space. It features a diverse array of themes with scholars who are at the forefront of current trends in how we should think anthropologically. I especially found the attention to publics beyonds the academy very stimulating - a lot of times anthropologists can be quite insular and boring, but these folks are really helping us to understand the relevance of the concepts and ideas antrhopologists use.

Great New Podcast

Great pacing, great content. Ideal for anyone interested in anthropology.

Great new podcast!

Anthropological Airwaves

This episode features two interviews, with Dr. Nazia Kazi of Stockton University and Dr. Mariam Durrani of Hamilton College. In their remarks, they interrogate anti-Muslim racism in today's America and trace its continuities with other forms of oppression in society.  Full episode transcript.  Interviewers: Fatima Tassadiq &amp; Michelle Munyikwa  Producer: Nooshin Sadeghsamimi  Featured Music: "T-5" by the Swet Shop Boys. 

This episode features two interviews, with Dr. Nazia Kazi of Stockton University and Dr. Mariam Durrani of Hamilton College. In their remarks, they interrogate anti-Muslim racism in today's America and trace its continuities with other forms of oppression in society.  <a href="https://www.americananthropologist.org/podcast/islamophobia-in-american-politics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Full episode transcript.</a> Interviewers: Fatima Tassadiq &amp; Michelle Munyikwa  Producer: Nooshin Sadeghsamimi  Featured Music: "T-5" by the Swet Shop Boys.

Season 01 - Episode 02: "Islamophobia in American Politics"

In Episode 7 of Anthropological Airwaves, we sat down with Ralph Holloway (Columbia) and Shara Bailey (NYU) to talk about the different methods biological anthropologists use to study human evolution through comparative anatomy and more! Full episode transcript.  Credits: Interviewer -  Volney Friedrich  Producers - Diego Arispe-Bazán and Kyle Olson  Featured Audio:  Pearl Jam - "Do the Evolution"  Michio Kaku on Bigthink.com  Lauren Sallan @ TED2017   Featured Quotes:  "Anthropology is basically the study of cultural and biological variability, and how that variability interfaces with actual environments and changes in environment. I'm not just talking about the weather, I'm talking about things like colonialism and what kinds of effects they might have had." (Ralph Holloway)  "...the question really should be what don't teeth tell us about human evolution, because there is so much that we can figure out about the behavior, diet, and biological relationships of early humans. All of the questions paleoanthropologists might ask, you can ask and answer, or at least get data for, from dentition" (Shara Bailey)

In Episode 7 of Anthropological Airwaves, we sat down with Ralph Holloway (Columbia) and Shara Bailey (NYU) to talk about the different methods biological anthropologists use to study human evolution through comparative anatomy and more! <a href="https://www.americananthropologist.org/podcast/methods-of-studying-human-evolution" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Full episode transcript</a>.  Credits: Interviewer -  Volney Friedrich  Producers - Diego Arispe-Bazán and Kyle Olson  Featured Audio:  Pearl Jam - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDaOgu2CQtI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Do the Evolution"</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkuCtIko798" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michio Kaku on Bigthink.com</a> <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/lauren_sallan_how_to_win_at_evolution_and_survive_a_mass_extinction/up-next" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lauren Sallan @ TED2017</a> Featured Quotes:  "Anthropology is basically the study of cultural and biological variability, and how that variability interfaces with actual environments and changes in environment. I'm not just talking about the weather, I'm talking about things like colonialism and what kinds of effects they might have had." (Ralph Holloway)  "...the question really should be what don't teeth tell us about human evolution, because there is so much that we can figure out about the behavior, diet, and biological relationships of early humans. All of the questions paleoanthropologists might ask, you can ask and answer, or at least get data for, from dentition" (Shara Bailey)

Season 01 - Episode 07: "Methods of Studying Human Evolution"

On this episode of Anthropological Airwaves, we sat down with Stephanie Mach of the Penn Museum for two conversations, the first with Monique Scott of Bryn Mawr College and the second with Salam Al Kuntar of the Penn Cultural Heritage Center. Both of our interviewees discuss their museum work, whether ethnographic research or exhibition design &amp; curation and the role of the museum in today's society, both as it currently exists and as it should be going forward. Full episode transcript.

On this episode of Anthropological Airwaves, we sat down with Stephanie Mach of the Penn Museum for two conversations, the first with Monique Scott of Bryn Mawr College and the second with Salam Al Kuntar of the Penn Cultural Heritage Center. Both of our interviewees discuss their museum work, whether ethnographic research or exhibition design &amp; curation and the role of the museum in today's society, both as it currently exists and as it should be going forward. <a href="https://www.americananthropologist.org/podcast/museum-anthropology-research-design-and-the-public" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Full episode transcript</a>.

Season 01 - Episode 04: "Museum Anthropology: Research, Design, and the Public"

In this epsiode of Anthropological Airwaves, we interview Carolyn Rouse and Brent Luvaas about their multi-modal research into various projects of self-making and becoming in religious and fashion media. Full episode transcript.  Credits:  Interviewers - Tali Ziv and Kyle Olson Featured Audio:  Mark Ronson - "How Sampling Transformed Music"  King Crimson - "Matte Kudesai"  "Representation &amp; the Media: Featuring Stuart Hall" Claudio - "How to Translate the Feeling into Sound" "Tbilisi Fashion Week"  "Photo Blogger Yvan Rodic on Fashion" 

In this epsiode of Anthropological Airwaves, we interview Carolyn Rouse and Brent Luvaas about their multi-modal research into various projects of self-making and becoming in religious and fashion media. <a href="https://www.americananthropologist.org/podcast/media-projects-of-becoming-in-religion-and-fashion" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Full episode transcript</a>.  Credits:  Interviewers - Tali Ziv and Kyle Olson Featured Audio:  Mark Ronson - "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3TF-hI7zKc&amp;t=765s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How Sampling Transformed Music</a>"  King Crimson - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLarI5H1E5g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Matte Kudesai"</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTzMsPqssOY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> "Representation &amp; the Media: Featuring Stuart Hall"</a> Claudio - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5yxIzs5Wug" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"How to Translate the Feeling into Sound"</a> <a>"Tbilisi Fashion Week"</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMNawMHWRfo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Photo Blogger Yvan Rodic on Fashion" </a>

Season 01 - Episode 06: "Media Projects of Becoming in Religion and Fashion"

Joe Masco

This four-part series titled, "The Military Present," explores various aspects of how the present is shaped by war. To do so, we've invited anthropologists to help us make  sense of the current political moment. In this first episode, structured around the concept of newness and trying to understand the political work it does, Touhouliotis and Sogn present us with an anthropologically informed view of the militarized logics operating in our public discourse and speak with Dr. Joseph P. Masco (Chicago) to help historicize these logics and discourses to understand the work that they do in creating our “military present." Full episode transcript.   Featured Audio:  P.J. Harvey - "The Glorious Land"

This four-part series titled, "The Military Present," explores various aspects of how the present is shaped by war. To do so, we've invited anthropologists to help us make  sense of the current political moment. In this first episode, structured around the concept of newness and trying to understand the political work it does, Touhouliotis and Sogn present us with an anthropologically informed view of the militarized logics operating in our public discourse and speak with Dr. Joseph P. Masco (Chicago) to help historicize these logics and discourses to understand the work that they do in creating our “military present." <a href="https://www.americananthropologist.org/podcast/military-present-episode-01" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Full episode transcript</a>.  Featured Audio:  P.J. Harvey - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1lFM1K8R1s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"The Glorious Land"</a>

Special Feature: "The Military Present" - Episode 1 (Feat. Joe Masco)

In Season 2, Episode 1 of Anthropological Airwaves, we talk with Adrienne Lo (Waterloo) and Jonathan Rosa (Stanford) about race and language in Korea and the United States. In conversation with Kristina Nielsen and Diego Arispe-Bazán, Lo and Rosa identify and critique the ways that different kinds of English, and by extension the speakers of these different kinds of English, are understood through racialized lenses in varying contexts. These racialized stereotypes of groups of people based on how they are perceived to speak spill over into many social domains, affecting everything from educational policy in the US to economic advancement in Korea. Full episode transcript.   Credits:  Interviewer: Kristina Nielsen &amp; Diego Arispe-Bazán Producer: Diego Arispe-Bazán Editors: Diego Arispe-Bazán and Kyle Olson  Featured Audio:  Son Dambi - "Michosso "What’s it like being a foreigner in Korea?" DJ Raff - "Latino and Proud"  "Education gap: the root of inequality" "30 million word gap" President Barack Obama "#Close The Word Gap"

In Season 2, Episode 1 of Anthropological Airwaves, we talk with <a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/anthropology/people-profiles/adrienne-lo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Adrienne Lo (Waterloo)</a> and <a href=" https://ed.stanford.edu/faculty/jdrosa" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jonathan Rosa (Stanford)</a> about race and language in Korea and the United States. In conversation with Kristina Nielsen and Diego Arispe-Bazán, Lo and Rosa identify and critique the ways that different kinds of English, and by extension the speakers of these different kinds of English, are understood through racialized lenses in varying contexts. These racialized stereotypes of groups of people based on how they are perceived to speak spill over into many social domains, affecting everything from educational policy in the US to economic advancement in Korea. <a href="https://www.americananthropologist.org/podcast/race-and-language" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Full episode transcript</a>.  Credits:  Interviewer: Kristina Nielsen &amp; Diego Arispe-Bazán Producer: Diego Arispe-Bazán Editors: Diego Arispe-Bazán and Kyle Olson Featured Audio:  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEjO9ZjIJcM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Son Dambi - "Michosso</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdndJslNLgs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"What’s it like being a foreigner in Korea?"</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfvKDj4c4Cs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DJ Raff - "Latino and Proud" </a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lsDJnlJqoY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Education gap: the root of inequality"</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=779aFxFqrq4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"30 million word gap"</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu5P5NbGxEY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">President Barack Obama "#Close The Word Gap"</a>

Season 02 - Episode 01: "Race and Language"

In this two-part special feature we think with the Museum Ethnographer's Group conference "Decolonizing the Museum in Practice", held in April of this year. The first part focuses on the legacies and futures of ethnographic museums and features interviews with Faye Belsey, Laura Van Broekhoven, and Rachael Minott. Together, these conversations ask us: what does decolonization look like in practice, how can injustices past and present be addressed by museum professionals, and by what means might we better balance power and access between museum staff and diverse stakeholders? Hosted by Deborah Thomas and with interviews conducted by Chris and Cassandra Green, this two-part series on “decolonizing museums” examines the past, present, and future(s) of museum practice. Given often sordid collection histories and the strained at best or non-existent at worst relations that museums have had with communities of origin, these interviews address how we might face head-on the legacies of colonialism and empire. Full episode transcript.  Image Caption: The central gallery of the Pitt Rivers Museum at Oxford University, UK. View from the upper mezzanine showing the gallery length-wise. The many glass cases containing artifacts from all over the world on and around the ground floor are clearly visible, while two people look on in the lower foreground. Credits:  Introduction/Conclusion: Deborah Thomas  Interviewers: Chris Green Recorder: Cassandra Green  Producers: Kyle Olson and Nooshin Sadegh-Samimi  Assistant Producer: Chris Green   Featured Audio: Gingee - "Decolonize your Mind"  "Brooklyn Museum Hires White Curator of African Art, Horace Cooper Responds to Backlash" Now This Video - "Why We Need to Decolonize the Brooklyn Museum" Decolonize This Place - "Anti-Columbus Day: Decolonize This Museum"

In this two-part special feature we think with the <a href="(http://www.museumethnographersgroup.org.uk/en/conference/422-2018-conference-decolonising-the-museum-in-practice.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Museum Ethnographer's Group conference "Decolonizing the Museum in Practice"</a>, held in April of this year. The first part focuses on the legacies and futures of ethnographic museums and features interviews with Faye Belsey, Laura Van Broekhoven, and Rachael Minott. Together, these conversations ask us: what does decolonization look like in practice, how can injustices past and present be addressed by museum professionals, and by what means might we better balance power and access between museum staff and diverse stakeholders? Hosted by Deborah Thomas and with interviews conducted by Chris and Cassandra Green, this two-part series on “decolonizing museums” examines the past, present, and future(s) of museum practice. Given often sordid collection histories and the strained at best or non-existent at worst relations that museums have had with communities of origin, these interviews address how we might face head-on the legacies of colonialism and empire. <a href="https://www.americananthropologist.org/podcast/decolonizing-museums-in-practice-part-01" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Full episode transcript</a>.  Image Caption: The central gallery of the Pitt Rivers Museum at Oxford University, UK. View from the upper mezzanine showing the gallery length-wise. The many glass cases containing artifacts from all over the world on and around the ground floor are clearly visible, while two people look on in the lower foreground. Credits:  Introduction/Conclusion: Deborah Thomas  Interviewers: Chris Green Recorder: Cassandra Green  Producers: Kyle Olson and Nooshin Sadegh-Samimi  Assistant Producer: Chris Green  Featured Audio: <a href="(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYQJkgZNzdk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gingee - "Decolonize your Mind" </a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yq0q5jspNY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Brooklyn Museum Hires White Curator of African Art, Horace Cooper Responds to Backlash</a>" <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8giaN7fg7h8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Now This Video - "Why We Need to Decolonize the Brooklyn Museum"</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY0mQUWO9_Q" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Decolonize This Place - "Anti-Columbus Day: Decolonize This Museum"</a>

Special Feature: "Decolonizing Museums in Practice - Part 1 (Legacies & Futures)

This four-part series titled, "The Military Present," explores various aspects of how the present is shaped by war. To do so, we've invited anthropologists to help us make sense of the current political moment. Each of these episodes asks anthropologists (or scholars in related disciplines/trained as anthropologists) to engage with pressing issues of our present. Our hope is that the episodes would be of interest to anyone concerned with US militarized violence, domestically and internationally, and that they will contribute to public scholarship. Episode 2 features an interview with Madiha Tahir, focusing on drones and remote warfare in Afghanistan, Pakistan and around the world. In the episode image, Madiha Tahir is pictured with Usman Khan whose father was killed in a drone attack on March 17, 2011. Khan asked that the photo be taken to show the world that they are not a "terrorists." Full episode transcript. Featured Audio:  Credits:  P.J. Harvey - "The Glorious Land"

This four-part series titled, "The Military Present," explores various aspects of how the present is shaped by war. To do so, we've invited anthropologists to help us make sense of the current political moment. Each of these episodes asks anthropologists (or scholars in related disciplines/trained as anthropologists) to engage with pressing issues of our present. Our hope is that the episodes would be of interest to anyone concerned with US militarized violence, domestically and internationally, and that they will contribute to public scholarship. Episode 2 features an interview with Madiha Tahir, focusing on drones and remote warfare in Afghanistan, Pakistan and around the world. In the episode image, Madiha Tahir is pictured with Usman Khan whose father was killed in a drone attack on March 17, 2011. Khan asked that the photo be taken to show the world that they are not a "terrorists." <a href="https://www.americananthropologist.org/podcast/military-present-episode-02" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Full episode transcript</a>. Featured Audio:  Credits:  P.J. Harvey - <a href="//www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1lFM1K8R1s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"The Glorious Land"</a>

Special Feature: "The Military Present" - Episode 2 (Feat. Madiha Tahir)

Wazhmah Osman

This four-part series on “The Military Present” features interviews with scholars of war and militarism that explore how our present is shaped by the technologies, logics, histories, and economy of war. Episode 3 features an interview with Wazhmah Osman, filmmaker and professor of Media Studies and Production. Building on discussions with scholars Joe Masco (Episode 1) and Madiha Tahir (Episode 2) about the uneven distributions of war’s material effects and visibility, the interview with Wazhmah Osman in Episode 3 focuses on the United States’ dropping of the Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) in Afghanistan in April of 2017. The MOAB is the largest and most powerful non-nuclear weapon ever used. The final episode of this special series will feature an interview with physician and anthropologist Omar Dewachi in which he discusses war, wounding, and the production of ungovernable life in Iraq. Each of the episodes in this special series ask anthropologists (or scholars in related disciplines/trained as anthropologists) to engage with pressing issues of our present. Our hope is that the episodes will be of interest to anyone concerned with US militarized violence, domestically and internationally, and that they will contribute to public scholarship. Full episode transcript. Image Caption: A picture of Wazhmah as part of a US diplomatic mission in Afghanistan. Wazhmah Osman spoke on Democracy Now about the MOAB immediately after it was dropped by the United States, which . For a full transcript of this episode, please follow this link: http://www.americananthropologist.org/the-military-present-episode-3-transcript/   Featured Audio:  P.J. Harvey - "The Glorious Land"

This four-part series on “The Military Present” features interviews with scholars of war and militarism that explore how our present is shaped by the technologies, logics, histories, and economy of war. Episode 3 features an interview with Wazhmah Osman, filmmaker and professor of Media Studies and Production. Building on discussions with scholars Joe Masco (Episode 1) and Madiha Tahir (Episode 2) about the uneven distributions of war’s material effects and visibility, the interview with Wazhmah Osman in Episode 3 focuses on the United States’ dropping of the Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) in Afghanistan in April of 2017. The MOAB is the largest and most powerful non-nuclear weapon ever used. The final episode of this special series will feature an interview with physician and anthropologist Omar Dewachi in which he discusses war, wounding, and the production of ungovernable life in Iraq. Each of the episodes in this special series ask anthropologists (or scholars in related disciplines/trained as anthropologists) to engage with pressing issues of our present. Our hope is that the episodes will be of interest to anyone concerned with US militarized violence, domestically and internationally, and that they will contribute to public scholarship. <a href="https://www.americananthropologist.org/podcast/military-present-episode-03" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Full episode transcript.</a> Image Caption: A picture of Wazhmah as part of a US diplomatic mission in Afghanistan. Wazhmah Osman spoke on <a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2017/4/14/us_drops_its_biggest_non_nuclear" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Democracy Now about the MOAB</a> immediately after it was dropped by the United States, which . For a full transcript of this episode, please follow this link: <a href="http://www.americananthropologist.org/the-military-present-episode-3-transcript/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.americananthropologist.org/the-military-present-episode-3-transcript/</a> Featured Audio:  P.J. Harvey - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1lFM1K8R1s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"The Glorious Land"</a>

Special Feature: "The Military Present" - Episode 3 (Feat. Wazhmah Osman)

Omar Dewachi

In the fourth and final episode of the series, "The Military Present," anthropologist and physician Omar Dewachi (American University of Beirut) discusses war as a form of governance, drawing on years of ethnographic research on the breakdown of health care in Iraq as well as the travelling wounds of injured Iraqi patients forced to seek medical treatment in other Middle Eastern countries. Dewachi traces the historical formation and effects of global discourses casting Iraq as ungovernable and connects the construction of Iraq as ungovernable to the emergence of the multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. Dewachi offers fascinating insights into how war is fueling antimicrobial resistance and generative suggestions about the kinds of ethnographic objects that can help anthropologists talk about war without reproducing the distinction between the direct and indirect effects of war. Hosted by Vasiliki Touhouliotis and Emily Sogn, this four-part series on the “military present” features interviews with scholars of war and militarism that explore how our present is shaped by the technologies, logics, histories, and economy of war. Full episode transcript.   Image Caption: Berm remains at Fao, Iraq, the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the Iran Iraq-war (1980-1988). Photograph taken by Omar Dewachi (2015).  Featured Audio: P.J. Harvey - "The Glorious Land" 

In the fourth and final episode of the series, "The Military Present," anthropologist and physician Omar Dewachi (American University of Beirut) discusses war as a form of governance, drawing on years of ethnographic research on the breakdown of health care in Iraq as well as the travelling wounds of injured Iraqi patients forced to seek medical treatment in other Middle Eastern countries. Dewachi traces the historical formation and effects of global discourses casting Iraq as ungovernable and connects the construction of Iraq as ungovernable to the emergence of the multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. Dewachi offers fascinating insights into how war is fueling antimicrobial resistance and generative suggestions about the kinds of ethnographic objects that can help anthropologists talk about war without reproducing the distinction between the direct and indirect effects of war. Hosted by Vasiliki Touhouliotis and Emily Sogn, this four-part series on the “military present” features interviews with scholars of war and militarism that explore how our present is shaped by the technologies, logics, histories, and economy of war. <a href="https://www.americananthropologist.org/podcast/military-present-episode-04" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Full episode transcript</a>.  Image Caption: Berm remains at Fao, Iraq, the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the Iran Iraq-war (1980-1988). Photograph taken by Omar Dewachi (2015). Featured Audio: <a href="//www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1lFM1K8R1s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">P.J. Harvey - "The Glorious Land"</a>

Special Feature "The Military Present" - Episode 4 (Feat. Omar Dewachi)

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