News from the Department of Anthropology
Confession: this account is run by a cultural anthropologist, so I'm no expert. But this massive collection of academic talks on the archaeology of Southeast Asia seems like an incredible resource!
Perennial bomb-thrower Andrew Lattas takes aim at the long-standing stereotype that the Baining have 'the most boring' culture in the world in this #openaccess offering from @OceaniaJournal
Carole McGranahan, a scholar of Tibet and its diaspora, gave a wonderful talk in our department a bit ago and of course @KTeaiwa is a major figure in Pacific Studies. This conversation looks to be good... almost as good as the book it's about!
*Rescheduled* to Tues. Nov. 24th at 12PM (HST)
Link TBA. https://twitter.com/ManoaAnthro/status/1308292697849917443
Here at Mānoa we have 'de-densified', so this #openaccess book from @ProjectMUSE and @JHUPress interests us and maybe you as well. Pity it's only viewable online -- any change of an ePub or PDF? https://buff.ly/3mMCd6b
Here's a good long read on the Marshallese community in Arkansas and their response to #COVID19 Also including a gofundme link if you're inclined to help. h/t Elise Berman . https://buff.ly/3iE0VU4 https://buff.ly/3hXP8yy #micronesia
Mānoa Anthropology prof (and @uhcseas director) Miriam Stark is featured in this discussion of what the collapse of Angkor Was can teach us about #climatechange. https://buff.ly/3hQUfkh
Gratz to faculty member Seth Quintus for his new article in @in_oceania on fishhooks in Manu‘a #samoa ! https://buff.ly/33RsnaH #archaeology #fishhooks
Our anthropology department is co-sponsoring this talk by @nsharma101 -- check it out later on this week.
Bravo to @CivilBeat for this great story. The Nakachi's kuleana is a great example of blending cultural knowledge and imported science, and the interactive and multimedia design of the piece is also awesome. https://buff.ly/3cjcwVW
Good to see the Bishop Museum's large archives are starting to see the light of day!
Congratulations to the Centre for #Samoa n Studies on the latest number of the Journal of Samoan Studies! It's great to see this #openaccess project with articles in English and Samoan. https://buff.ly/3hXBR9u
Like so many people, we spent the weekend remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg. So lucky that she visited Mānoa over the years to share her #RBGWisdom . https://buff.ly/33PxQyC
Congratulations to our colleague -- and alumn! -- Mary Mostafanezed on her new article!
Anthropologists of mining think of Myanmar as a long-time producer of jade and rubies. These days, however, it's amber and (fossilised) sperm. https://buff.ly/3iF0x7K
Next Wednesday is going to be big. First, "The Case for Letting Anthropology Burn? Race, Racism, and Its Reckoning in American Anthropology" sponsored by the UCLA Department of Anthropology Race, Racism, Policing and State Violence Committee http://blog.wennergren.org/2020/08/webinar-the-case-for-letting-anthropology-burn-race-racism-and-its-reckoning-in-american-anthropology/
Stanford has a storied Asian Studies list... and their anthropology books are pretty good too! Looks like a good chance to stock up.
Congrats to our department Chair Chris Bae (aka @paleobae) whose research is featured on the cover of World Prehistory (aka @WorldPrehistory ). It surprising how beautiful Bronze Age bone needles can be! https://buff.ly/3mnWkYp
Amazing work from our colleagues at UH Hilo! Dance is such an important discipline, and it is great to see it being taught at Hilo and Mānoa as well 🙂
Happy Independence Day #PapuaNewGuinea! 45 years and counting. Here's an oldie but a goodie to celebrate the day:
Barike Band - Wan Kantri
Celebrating Papua New Guinea's Independence Day with Bariki's iconic song "Wan Kantri" Stream/Download: https://www.chmsupersound.com/music/wan-kantri...
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Interesting article from @conversationau shows enthusiasm for K-Pop provides a model for making te reo Māori cool. Best part: You can read the article in English or Māori! https://buff.ly/2ZIjTBl or https://buff.ly/3hAVVOs
There's still time to register for this awesome Mānoa-Anthro-Entangled conference on engaged scholarship in Asia-Pacific! https://buff.ly/2FuuUPi
