Illustrated story about lives now gone but not forgotten:
(https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/san-francisco-mission-city-cemetery-forgotten-oldest-graves-buried)
The past sleeps but sometimes tosses and turns.
2024-09-11
2024-08-29
Language play in 7 spaces - banned vanity license plates in Michigan
Under a FOIA (Freedom of Information request) by the Detroit Free Press, the currently banned combinations of letters, numbers, and spaces that have been requested on personal (vanity) license plates is appended to their news article, "Michigan has banned more than 26,000 vehicle license plates" and this discussion shows the many ways language can be played with to evade the 25 reviewers watching for disrespect and other verbal abuses on public motorways. Such things are the natural field of study by linguistic anthropologists.
2024-08-11
children. summer documentary (FREE) viewing
Presented by D.E.R. (Documentary Education Resource.org)
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DER's Watch from Home returns this summer with an exciting new program: Children's Stories: Kids at Work & Play Around the World.
We invite you to explore a series of short films and clips that celebrate the diversity of children's experiences. The program features captivating stories about children from around the world as well as several enchanting short films which are sure to delight and inform young audiences, and evoke the child within all of us. In this collection, you can listen to a lullaby from the South Pacific, meet a yo-yo master, encounter unlikely friends in Argentina, and more. You'll be enthralled by the heartfelt stories and enchanting perspectives of children from different corners of the world.
All films are available until September 1st. Join us on this unique cinematic journey!
Get Your Tickets to Watch for Free:
Register to Watch<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/watch-from-home-childrens-stories-kids-at-work-play-around-the-world-tickets-950013705567>
We invite you to explore a series of short films and clips that celebrate the diversity of children's experiences. The program features captivating stories about children from around the world as well as several enchanting short films which are sure to delight and inform young audiences, and evoke the child within all of us. In this collection, you can listen to a lullaby from the South Pacific, meet a yo-yo master, encounter unlikely friends in Argentina, and more. You'll be enthralled by the heartfelt stories and enchanting perspectives of children from different corners of the world.
All films are available until September 1st. Join us on this unique cinematic journey!
Get Your Tickets to Watch for Free:
Register to Watch<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/watch-from-home-childrens-stories-kids-at-work-play-around-the-world-tickets-950013705567>
2024-08-05
putting Ojibwe into Star Wars, thanks to LucasFilms
Overview article of the project of translating and then dubbing,
trailer to the film with voice actors, too, https://lucasfilm.app.box.com/s/rbx6bxcvs410151rwmkrizap2yhl42f0/file/1572088274236
2024-07-29
Hillforts of British Isles - huge building projects of many centuries
It is sobering to look up to high locations on the islands and spot traces of hillforts. How different the land and people then versus now, and yet, also, many similarities, too.
This announcement on Twitter invites online visitors to sift and sort the many locations and dates, according to questions in the person's mind.
2024-04-25
words+image 2024 in the poetry camera
Clearly the playground and sandbox phase of Artificial Intelligence is still very active:
ou snap a photo & A.I. pairs some words to it?!
--Quoting boingboing.net on Thursday afternoon.
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Here's a little more on the project from TechCrunch:
The story of the Poetry Camera began as a personal passion project ...
"The project's origin is when I got access to GPT-3. My first instinct was to play Dungeons & Dragons with it because I'm a nerd. I figured 'if this thing could play Dungeons & Dragons, that would be impressive.' And yeah, it did work for that. This was back when you had to do prompt engineering. So it took some elbow grease to get it to work. But I also had this idea of maybe making some camera as a project," says Mather. "What if you took a camera, but it was a reaction to Instagram culture? What if text comes out instead of a photo? … Everyone prefers the book version over the movie, so it's like that for capturing moments."
As they refined their prototype, Zhang and Mather began to share their creation with friends and family at social gatherings. The reactions they received were nothing short of astonishing. People were fascinated by the concept of a camera that could generate poetry based on what it saw. The device quickly became the center of attention, sparking lively discussions and igniting the imagination of all who encountered it.
...the thing I like about Poetry Camera is that it's not making lofty claims about replacing creative labor so that a bunch of lazy bastards can some money off of NFTs or whatever. It's purely novel, and genuinely kind of delightful. And that's all it needs to be.
This camera trades pictures for AI poetry [Haje Jan Kamps / TechCrunch]
2024-04-20
nature granted 'legal personhood'
At the moment 24 countries have already established the "rights of nature" as a legal person in cases against injury by corporate "persons" or governments or private individuals. With the sustained dumping of raw sewage in rivers across Britain by the privatized water authorities, this legal concept is gaining ground there, too.
Today announced via Twitter, @kcllegalclinic have launched a 130-pp toolkit for change.
King's Legal Clinic RIGHTS OF NATURE RIVER TOOLKIT
2024-03-25
Linguistics going "open access"
Viewable online with no subscription required:
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2024-03-20
Engaging the public by archaeology excavations at Must Farm
Volume 1 of the excavation report at Must Farm, a bronze age site compared to the Pompeii of Britain, is now free to read in PDF (full image sizes or as reduced image version for smaller download time) at https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/items/400b29d5-2e22-4321-878c-cb122d291660
This screenshot comes from the sidebar about the intent, reflections of the efforts, and the reverberating results of inviting the public to be part of the discovering and interpretation process along the way. In other words, communicating the excavation and its resulting puzzles pieces coming together to form a picture was by design and integral to the whole undertaking, rather than an afterthought or secondary shadow of the work.
More and more science and its funding are designing the public-facing side to be part of the whole plan, rather than to be relegated to a few choice morsels casually thrown to the crowd. What the lasting effect on cultivating public interest and involvement has yet to be seen in the generations growing up now, and in the efforts of colleagues at other excavations.
See the full passage from which this screenshot comes on page 48 of the "reduced size PDF" at the link above.
2024-03-06
junior anthropologist award
New opportunity from the American Anthropological Association, https://forms.americananthro.org/junior-anthropologist-award
Intended for young people in elementary, middle and high school.
2024-03-01
Captivating and Curious Careers of Anthropology
See YouTube channel for the American Anthropological Association
2024-02-20
languages - English word order
Compare fixed meaning of word order in English versus the languages with word-endings to give grammatical meaning (case endings: Latin or Russian, say).
2024-02-17
documenting Consumerism in decline
This illustrated account of a derelict shopping mall in Owings, Maryland is representative of many more around the USA and probably other highly consumer-oriented societies, too.
The story makes a nice complement to the concepts connected to Affluenza (affluence+influenze: illness from having too much stuff).
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2024-02-08
Native language and lives then and now
Quoting from the annual festival of languages, https://mothertongue.si.edu/
Where and how do we find balance? To create balance is to connect the many branches of our existence, and to connect is to reach an enduring harmony. In 2024, the Mother Tongue Film Festival will showcase films that record personal journeys and explore the drive to find balance and harmony within our world, communities, families, and selves.
All events are free and open to the public, although some require advance registration.
About 20 or so trailers are embedded in the above website.
2024-01-22
Learning Blackfeet language in public schools
Radio story about actor beginning award acceptance speech recently in Blackfeet language (fostering Native American languages in an ocean of English):
 | When Lily Gladstone became the first Indigenous person to win a best actress Golden Globe, she said some words in Blackfeet. Her mother was behind efforts to get the language taught in classes. www.npr.org |
2024-01-05
Uses in fieldwork for a Bird's eye view
Thinking about flying more? See "Drone Views for Visual Anthropology" https://link.medium.com/RZnFDCy66Fb
2023-12-18
every year, "World Anthropology Day" & precollege visits
For the February 15, 2024 event (annually the 3rd Thursday), https://americananthro.org/events/anthropology-day/
-as seen on Twitter-
 | When is Anthropology Day? Help us celebrate what anthropology is and what it can achieve by hosting an event in your community, on your campus, or in your workplace. Anthropology […] americananthro.org |
2023-12-17
teaching anthropology - YouTube channel from "AnthroDorphins"
crossposting from message service of the American Anthropological Association in December 2023:
Anthropology teaching video series entitled "Anthrodorphins". These videos, geared towards undergrads, teach a range of relevant basic anthropology concepts utilizing a variety of materials- from ethnographic films to documentaries to different graphic styles, all combined with original footage from over 25 years of ethnographic film production. https://www.youtube.com/@anthrodorphins
 | AnthroDorphins is an anthropology video channel that eases the pain and elevates the pleasure of learning anthropology by making key ideas accessible and engaging. From funeral rites to extreme sports, ghost marriage to gender identity, AnthroDorphins fuels your spark of curiosity about cultures around the world and brings concepts alive through ethnographic film, animation, and expert insights. Created and led by Rob Lemelson, a UCLA anthropologist and ethnographic filmmaker with decades of experience in the classroom and the field, AnthroDorphins videos are perfect for teachers looking to invigorate their lectures, students looking to reinforce their learning, and anyone interested in anthropology. www.youtube.com |
2023-11-20
librarian (Austin, TX) tailors the rooms based on observing the students
This pre-recorded presentation was made for the international conference in Toronto for anthropology (15-19 Nov. 2023).
Jain Orr, the author of this recording, credits her college anthropology classes with tuning her eye to observed and unobserved behavior.
Now she modifies the school library lighting, furniture, collections and so on.
Very refreshing approach and suitable for sharing far and wide among those who run or care about libraries.
---with Jain's permission, here is the link
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Shhh! I'm a School Librarian Using My BA in Anthropology to Radically Transform the Library
2022-12-14
World Council of Anthropological Associations, WCAA - video list
Thanks (?) to Covid more and more conversations among researchers take place online, thus reducing the carbon footprint and making it practical for a much, much wider audience to participate. As well, when conversations are recorded for public playback, then future audiences can also search and discover the ideas found there.
The WCAA, together with the WAU (World Anthropologies Union), has hosted many of these scholarly online get-togethers, including October 2022 (Human Rights 1) and December 2022 (Human Rights 2, livestream on Dec. 14; upload to follow). The events are meant to bring anthropologists to engage is current issues, emerging problems, and perennial questions about understanding and communicating insights of human life on planet Earth.
WAU/WCAA website: www.waunet.org/wcaa/videos
2022-11-06
in the month of November - focus on Indigenous people today
The newsletter from the American Anthropological Association is featuring the "Native American month" of November with several links to stories, careers, lives, and resources. This collection comes from the AIA (Association of Indigenous Anthropologists), a section withing the American Anthro. Assoc.
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Community members are actively contributing their anthropological knowledge to important public conversations.
2022-10-21
Watching ethnographic films online (Kanopy streaming service via many libraries)
Just announced from the Royal Anthropological Institute - a selection of film titles now available on the streaming service at Kanopy:
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We are happy to announce that a selection of films from our extensive catalogue of enthnographic and anthropological films is now available on the educational streaming platform Kanopy.
Films are available to stream for free through subscribing institutions, including public libraries and many universities. Log in via your institution and start watching now.
spotlight on Archaeology - people & their environment via material traces recovered & posited
The American Anthropological Association features a different one of its 3-dozen plus Sections. This time it is the Archaeology Division.
See the recommended things to hear, watch, and read:
Watching
- Community as Rebellion: Surviving Academia as a Woman of Color, YouTube
- Reclaiming Our Heritage: The Monacan Indian Nation of Virginia, The Archaeology Channel
- Diving for the Clotilda: The Archaeology, History, and Legacy of the Last Known Slave Ship, YouTube
- White Hill Plantation: Excavation Units, YouTube
Listening
- The Sounds of Borders, AnthroPod
- Classic Tides | Peasants and the Medieval Countryside, Tides of history
- The New Science of Archaeoecology, The Archaeology Show
- More Parts of Cladh Hallan, The Dirt
Reading
- Rastafari: The Evolution of a People and Their Identity
- Archaeology from Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past
- Reflections of a Transborder Anthropologist
- Making Livable Worlds; Afro-Puerto Rican Women Building Environmental Justice
- After Stories: Transnational Intimacies of Postwar El Salvador
Doing
- DHR Virginia Department of Historic Resources Threatened Sites Program Ongoing
- Fairfield Fridays Fairfield Archaeology Park, Hayes VA | Fridays 10 - 4:00pm EDT
- "A City Built on Ships: Reconstructing 18th-Century Ships Excavated from the Alexandria Waterfront" Online | October 26, 7:00pm EDT
- Advocacy for Archaeologists: Building Strong Relationships with Local, State, and Federal Policymakers Online | December 8, 1 - 2:00pm EDT
Shopping
Following
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AAA Resources
- Advances in Archaeological Practice, Cambridge Core
- Herding Heritage, Anthropology News
- Archaeology in 2021: Repatriation, reclamation, and reckoning with historical trauma, American Anthropologist
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