News from the Department of Anthropology
This THURSDAY 21 Oct 2021 -- come listen to UHM Anthro alumn Stephanie Sang as she grapples with life writing! https://t.co/4Zp5NakIXG
@ManoaAnthro https://t.co/z6VRLBoq7h
Forensic anthropology has exploded in debate over “ancestry estimation,” or the practice, basically, of predicting someone’s race based on their skull. Is it ethical? Is it accurate? And might there be a better way? My story for @NewsfromScience https://t.co/gaG4CTxP0z
Debuting (En)Gendering Pacific Stories next week with inspiring artists @artbysaumolia and Joy Enomoto. See you online!
Register for this event at:
https://t.co/0v3Ls4kKYX
#engenderingstories #pidp #ourstoriesmatter #eastwestcenter #queerartists #pridemonth
October is #DomesticViolenceAwarenessMonth, and the Mānoa Advocate, PAU Violence program, UH Mānoa Women’s Center and Domestic Violence Action Center have partnered to hold events throughout the month ➡️ https://t.co/Z3kkd8s2qp #PauViolence #DVAM #UHWeAllKnow1
UN resolution on Climate Change rapporteur a boost for Pacific https://t.co/Stdc4w5oM8 "It's a historic moment for Pacific leadership on climate, & 4 small islands developing states everywhere - in particular 4 Republic of Marshall Islands, Fiji & Vanuatu who have led since 2019"
In honor of Filipino American History Month, Caretakers looks at the history of Filipinos in care work and profiles Filipino Americans on the front lines today. 😍
Caretakers: Filipino Nurses and Care Workers in the United States – Chasing the Dream
Caretakers looks at the history of Filipinos in care work and profiles Filipino Americans on the front lines today.
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🎥If you missed this event, you can watch the recording on our YouTube channel: https://t.co/M3tvtiTHh1 https://t.co/R5KYsjZrz1
HAPPENING TODAY! 10 AM HST: Colloquium and Exhibit on Afghanistan - https://t.co/QnNDfb0YYv
disaster........so sad this is just so terrible https://t.co/KAsAKMuzt5
Kyoto University plans to disband its celebrated Primate Research Institute because of the misuse of government funds under former Director Tetsuro Matsuzawa. https://t.co/PO6XAxhHH5
Happy #AlohaFriday!
@ManoaAnthro https://t.co/u7lFaPogR2
Hey @HumBioAssoc & @BiologicalAnth folks: @PSU_Anthro is hiring a Tenure line Assist/Assoc. Prof. who studies human #health cofund w/ @huckinstitutes! Esp. interested in health related consequences of inequalities. Amazing Dept. Happy to answer Q's.
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@ManoaAnthro https://t.co/wqO0kkFms6
https://t.co/flJwnd5ZHr Show the History and Travels of Indigenous Peoples via @sciam Brilliant piece by @KeoluFox asks and answers the question "how can our knowledge of the genomic past allow us to walk toward this better future?"
Our good friends over at @CPISUH are hiring a new outreach director! Go be part of their great team! https://t.co/EhzjDvqmj0
Also happening this Friday, October 15th, 1-2 pm ET (7-8am HST), our Director Miriam Stark will speak on "The Political Economy of Angkorian Urbanism". A lecture in the 2021-2022 Yale Archaeology Brown Bag Lecture Series. Join us on Zoom here: https://t.co/lc89Nuu6Ig
📢Happening TODAY 📢 Tune in to this talk by Reese Jones, Professor of Geography and Environment and CSAS affiliated faculty member @uhmanoa, about his new book White Borders. https://t.co/AuN2nINKcX
UH Geography and Environment Professor Reece Jones (@ReeceJonesUH) will be speaking at the Stanford University @RumseyMapCenter at 3 PM PDT today about his new book White Borders. Register to attend here: https://t.co/1rYP8JgC3q
@ManoaAnthro https://t.co/yViZJs1Kb4
In to Asia by Christopher J. Bae @paleobae at @aeonmag
New evidence about the ancient humans who occupied Asia is cascading in: the story of our species needs rewriting again
#HumanEvolution
#Genetics
#Archaeology
https://t.co/PqdJ0zt7Nv
https://t.co/8925T3CfN0
We're hiring an Assistant Professor of Biological Anthropology @UofSC_Anthro ! If you study living populations and focus on the developmental origins of health and disease, and/or health disparities in and across living populations, please apply!
📅 Mark your calendars!
Join us for a conversation on Afghanistan on October 13th at 10 AM HST. This event is free and open to the public. You can register at this link: https://t.co/pDddvYzanY
This Nobel couldn’t have gone to a more deserving person. Her connection to Manoa is a tremendous honor for us.
Congratulations to EWC media alum @mariaressa on being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 🙌! In 2020, she was the EWC George Chaplin Fellowship in Distinguished Journalism honoree, & received the EWC Journalist of Impact and Courage award in 2018.
https://t.co/pgMkF0XE8U
Walking from Goroka Hospital Pathology to PNGIMR I pass coffins lined up outside the COVID-19 ward. Across from the ward is the temporary morgue, a refrigerated shipping container. Body bags come out, more wait to go in. Despite this our town centre is packed with people today.
Ever wonder how Fijian mats embody and mediate female qualities? Look bo further -- this new article from the Journal of Material Culture has got you covered!
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We retweeted this earlier but it deserves a full tweet in it's own right. It's great to see UHM Anthro prof Jim Bayman get this recognition -- well done Jim!
Drone’s eye view of ancient Micronesia with $150K grant - The two-year project will produce new knowledge about patterns of migration in ancient Micronesia ➡️ https://t.co/ABZ7ZFKhPl #UHMResearch @ManoaAnthro
Drone’s eye view of ancient Micronesia with $150K grant - The two-year project will produce new knowledge about patterns of migration in ancient Micronesia ➡️ https://t.co/ABZ7ZFKhPl #UHMResearch @ManoaAnthro