2010-04-28

teaching the anthro OF education

via e-list for Council on Education and Anthropology:
texts for EdAnthro courses... I just received a copy of a reader compiled and edited by Prof David Hodges "The Anthropology of Education: Classic Readings," published by University Readers.. It has introductory notes to each section, and excerpts from all of our favourites - Kluckhohn, Spindler, Benedict, Jules Henry, Mead, Illich, Freire, etc. The excerpts are not long, and the introductions are accessible.

2010-04-26

primates mourn lost mates

Chimps May Mourn Lost Ones, Study Suggests

Deciphering what death means to chimpanzees has always been difficult, as they usually die without a human witness. Two new papers in Current Biology offer a glimpse into the minds of chimps as they confront death. In one case, when an older matriarch died, the researcher says the chimps were subdued for several weeks after she passed.
[National Public Radio on 26 April 2010]

2010-04-20

connections of people to their land

from the on-air, online (radio) essay series, "This I Believe"
 
A Reverence for All Life