Best Zoras Daughters Podcasts (2024)

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Season 05 - Episode 04: Dismantling the Ivory Tower (Open Mic Edition) - Part Two 40:07

11M ago40:07

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This episode is the second 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 th…

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Season 05 - Episode 03: Dismantling the Ivory Tower (Open Mic Edition) - Part One 31:09

12M ago31:09

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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…

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Season 05 - Episode 02: What Was Moria and What Comes Next? 55:12

1y ago55:12

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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 M…

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S3, E14 Reimagining Zora 1:46:53

1y ago1:46:53

1:46:53

This is our fiftieth and final episode! Thank you everyone for your support over the past three years, we could not have done this without you. In this episode, you will hear our incredible conversation with Professors Ryan Jobson and Jennifer Freeman Marshall, PhD Candidate Delande Justinvil, and poet and ritual worker Destiny Hemphill from Wednes…

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Bonus Episode: Hot Takes 32:16

1+ y ago32:16

32:16

In this short bonus episode, Alyssa and Brendane share their hot takes of the week: Angel Reese and Black feminists, the problems with appropriation of AAVE, and the rise of the vanilla girl aesthetic. S1, Episode 2: Respectability S1, Episode 10: Black Girlhood S1, Episode 20: Cultural Appropriation S2, Episode 1: Politics and Aesthetics Syllabus …

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ICONversations, Pt. 4: Dr. Yolanda T. Moses 57:45

1+ y ago57:45

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Welcome to our ICONversations, a series where you will hear iconic Black feminist anthropologists answer five questions about their intellectual projects and growth, what their work has meant to them, and the imprints they want to leave on the world. Listen to our candid ICONversation with Dr. Yolanda T. Moses, the professor and mentor who is truly…

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ICONversations, Pt. 3: Tracy Heather Strain 54:01

1+ y ago54:01

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Welcome to our ICONversations, a series where you will hear iconic Black feminist anthropologists answer five questions about their intellectual projects and growth, what their work has meant to them, and the imprints they want to leave on the world. We're doing something a little different today: We had the opportunity to speak with Tracy Heather …

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ICONversations, Pt. 2: Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole 44:58

1+ y ago44:58

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Welcome to our ICONversations, a series where you will hear iconic Black feminist anthropologists answer five questions about their intellectual projects and growth, what their work has meant to them, and the imprints they want to leave on the world. In this episode, Brendane and Alyssa speak (and cry!) with Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole, a Black femin…

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Season 05 - Episode 01: Who's Afraid of Universals 30:48

1+ y ago30:48

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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 un…

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ICONversations, Pt. 1: Dr. Irma McClaurin 1:00:53

1+ y ago1:00:53

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Welcome to our ICONversations, a series where you will hear iconic Black feminist anthropologists answer five questions about their intellectual projects and growth, what their work has meant to them, and the imprints they want to leave on the world. In this first episode, Alyssa and Brendane sit down with Dr. Irma McClaurin, an anthropologist who …

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S3, E9 You Asked, We Answered! 1:40:23

1+ y ago1:40:23

1:40:23

We have a major announcement up top so be sure to tune in! Today on the episode we center... YOU! We asked for your listener questions and wow, you delivered. In this episode, we answer questions about pursuing a PhD and career advance, dealing with imposter syndrome, taking unprescribed "academic performance enhancing medications," love bombing an…

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S3, E8 The Crown Chronicles 1:57:16

1+ y ago1:57:16

1:57:16

We're doing this 'fro the culture! In our last episode of the semester Brendane and Alyssa talk featurism, texturism, the politics of Black hair, and are joined by biological anthropologist Tina Lasisi. We'll be back in 2023 with new episodes. In the meantime, don't forget to submit your listener letters and voice notes to zorasdaughterspod@gmail.c…

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S3, E7 We Call Her Zora 1:09:48

1+ y ago1:09:48

1:09:48

It's all about Zora: Writer, Anthropologist, Filmmaker, Genius of the South, Capricorn Queen! What's The Word? Anthropology. Difficult to define, but we throw our ideas into the ring! We cover its history, genealogy, what we think makes something anthropological, and what Indiana Jones has to do with Alyssa's research. What We're Reading. You Don't…

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S3, E6 Diary of Mad Black Women 1:13:08

1+ y ago1:13:08

1:13:08

Get in loser, we're doing neuroexpansive shit! What's the Word? Neuroexpansive. Coined by Ngozi Alston (@ngwagwa), neuroexpansive is an invitation to think about our differences and disabilities as an expansion, rather than a divergence, of human experience. What We're Reading. Black Disability Politics by Sami Schalk. Schalk contextualizes how Bla…

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S3, E5 It's Not You, It's Them: Tips for Academic Conferences 1:34:57

1+ y ago1:34:57

1:34:57

Now that we're "back to normal," it takes more than hitting 'Leave Meeting' to exit a boring talk! We skip the usual structure of our episodes and speak freely about preparing for and attending conferences as graduate students. We answer listener questions like, What's the point of going to conferences? Should I attend a conference as an undergrad?…

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S3, E4 All Skinfolk Ain't Kinfolk 1:33:57

2y ago1:33:57

1:33:57

"I'm not Black, I'm OJ!" Today, Brendane and Alyssa are talking kinship, belonging, diaspora wars, and what we need to do to get free. What's the Word? Kinship. Kinship studies are foundational to the discipline of anthropology, but in this section we talk about how people are taking up the concept to tell their own stories today. What We're Readin…

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S3, E3 Looting the Womb: Black Birthing People and Reproductive Unfreedom 1:13:30

2y ago1:13:30

1:13:30

We're getting down with Marxy Marx and the Foucky Bunch! In this episode, Alyssa and Brendane discuss reproductive justice, dispossession, and the stakes for Black birthing people in a post-Roe v. Wade world with Dr. Mali Collins (IG | Twitter). What's the Word? Dispossession. We draw a thread through Karl Marx's primitive accumulation, Rosa Luxemb…

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Season 04 - Episode 05: Archaeological Identities, Part 3 32:01

2y ago32:01

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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 …

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S3, E2 The Death of Sovereignty 1:21:26

2y ago1:21:26

1:21:26

Ding dong! In this week's episode, Alyssa and Brendane are talking about sovereignty, non-sovereignty, and the death of the sovereign Queen Elizabeth II to ask whether it's possible (and desirable!) to leave the past behind while creating our collective future. (CW: rape, sexual assault 1:05:00- 1:16:00) What's the Word? Sovereignty. Defined as aut…

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S3, E1 Dangerously in Love with Celebrity 1:17:03

2y ago1:17:03

1:17:03

Your favorite terrestrial commoners are back! For our first episode of the new season, we're talking about popular culture, the cult of celebrity and influence, and how they undermine radical movements for change. What's the Word? Postfeminism. Originally used to describe the backlash to the second wave feminist movement, postfeminism is an ideolog…

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Season 04 - Episode 04: Archaeological Identities, Part 2 34:16

2y ago34:16

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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…

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Season 04 - Episode 03: Archaeological Identities - Part 1 28:45

2y ago28:45

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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 …

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Season 04 - Episode 02: The Myth of Closure 45:50

2y ago45:50

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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…

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S2, E16 Practicing Zora 1:39:38

2y ago1:39:38

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In this final episode of the season, you will hear our incredible conversation with Professors Riché J. Daniel Barnes, Kevin Quashie, and Autumn Womack, and vocalist and composer Candice Hoyes from Wednesday, May 4th. Traditionally, Zora Neale Hurston has been more widely celebrated for her contributions to American literature than as an anthropolo…

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S2, E15 What In The World?! 1:23:22

2y ago1:23:22

1:23:22

In today's episode, we are too TIED to repeat ourselves! There is simultaneously so much to talk about and little we haven’t said in previous episodes, so we're treating this as a moment to hold space, be in community with each other and you all, and really, just rant about what in the world is going on?! You'll hear an update from Brendane and Aly…

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S2, E14 Defund the Non-Profit Industrial Complex 1:25:31

2+ y ago1:25:31

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The industrial complex is an industrial complex! Today we’ll be talking about the spread of industrial complexes, non-profits, so-called activist influencers, the controversy around BLM Global Network spending, and the whispers around Nikole Hannah-Jones and Kimberlé Crenshaw being problématique. What's the Word? Industrial Complex. Popularized by …

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S2, E13 No Body is Normal 1:27:19

2+ y ago1:27:19

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Sometimes it's love and light, sometimes it's love and light that ass up! In this episode, we're joined by founder, inventor, and curator Adero Knott to discuss accessibility, disability, technology, and the ableist joke Chris Rock made that got him slapped at the Oscars. What's the Word? Accessibility. We define the term, explain how we prioritize…

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S2, E12 Villain Origin Story 1:46:06

2+ y ago1:46:06

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Is rejection and trauma the Black Manosphere and Toxic Femininity villain origin story?! In today's episode we're joined by soon-to-be PhD Candidate Anuli Akanegbu to discuss patriarchy, the know-your-place aggression towards Black women online, and what draws people to these spaces on the internet. What's The Word? Patriarchy. This term is used to…

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S2, E11 Notes On The Field 1:17:32

2+ y ago1:17:32

1:17:32

Today we're talking about the quintessential anthropological experience: fieldwork! We heeded your requests to do more casual episodes, so we're answering questions about what the field is, what it's like to go to the field, and other tips we have. We start out with Zora Neale Hurston's imagery of culture as a tight chemise and the spy-glass of ant…

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Season 04 - Epiosde 01: "I'm Indigenous, Not Mestizo:" The Art & Activism of Rapper Jaguar Arreola - Part 3 20:56

2+ y ago20:56

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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 inspir…

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Season 04 - Epiosde 01: "I'm Indigenous, Not Mestizo:" The Art & Activism of Rapper Jaguar Arreola - Part 2 47:00

2+ y ago47:00

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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. E…

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Season 04 - Epiosde 01: "I'm Indigenous, Not Mestizo:" The Art & Activism of Rapper Jaguar Arreola - Part 1 30:04

2+ y ago30:04

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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…

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S2, E10 Entitled IX 1:13:56

2+ y ago1:13:56

1:13:56

Happy Birthday to our wonderful co-host Alyssa! We're back for our second episode of the semester to talk about hegemony, institutional power, and the academic hierarchies that fail to protect Black queer and trans women. What's the Word? Hegemony. We give a brief explanation of hegemony and how it comes into being. What We're Reading “Black Lesbia…

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S2, E9 Separate But Equal Month 1:28:13

2+ y ago1:28:13

1:28:13

There wouldn't be a fabric of the nation if Black Americans hadn't picked the cotton for it! Brendane and Alyssa are back for Semester 2 with announcement of all the big things we've been talking about and getting into decolonization, history and national myths with The 1619 Project, banning books, racial constructs, and whether we really need Blac…

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S04 E00 - New Year, New Season 5:07

2+ y ago5:07

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

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S2, E8 40 Acres Ain't Praxis 1:42:22

2+ y ago1:42:22

1:42:22

We're giving you notes from the shoal! In our last episode of the semester, Alyssa and Brendane are joined by the brilliant Amber Starks AKA Melanin Mvskoke to talk about blackness, indigeneity, the im/possibility of solidarity, and so much more! What's the Word? Praxis. A commonly used (and perhaps abused!) term in conversations around activism an…

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S2, E7 Harlem Ever After 1:21:27

2+ y ago1:21:27

1:21:27

Who are these new folx on the block?! In this episode, Brendane and Alyssa are talking about gentrification, blackness, mambo sauce, and the new show Harlem (2021) on Amazon Prime that has Blackademic Twitter abuzz. There are definitely spoilers in this episode! What's the Word? Gentrification. We explain the term, its origins, and the causes and e…

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S2, E6 Anthropologists At-Large: Debriefing the AAA Annual Meeting 1:17:15

2+ y ago1:17:15

1:17:15

We're back y'all! Thank you for accommodating our much needed break. In return, we're giving you one: no readings! In this episode, Brendane and Alyssa debrief on the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association that was held in Baltimore from November 17-21, 2021. We kiki and spill tea on what we expected from the conference (Alyssa'…

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Season 03-ish - Epiosde 07: South Africa Special Feature - Part 2 1:17:10

2+ y ago1:17:10

1:17:10

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…

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S2, E5 The Emancipation of ZD: Black Feminist Futurity 1:29:33

2+ y ago1:29:33

1:29:33

Call my girls and put 'em all on a spaceship! In this episode, Alyssa and Brendane are joined by the co-hosts of the amazing Lose Your Sister podcast, Jordan and Liberty. Together, we unpack Black feminist futurity and temporality, the end of the/this world, community, and Squid Game (no spoilers, promise!). What's the Word? Futurity. We explain wh…

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S2, E4 Fleeing The Plantation 1:29:28

3y ago1:29:28

1:29:28

We're reimagining Black feminism and fugitivity, y'all! In this episode, Alyssa and Brendane are joined by graduate student and educator Naomi Simmons-Thorne. Together, they unpack fugitivity, bridging the bifurcation in Black feminist theory, the attack on CRT, fugitive pedagogy, and and COVID in the classroom. What's the Word? Fugitivity. We disc…

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Season 03-ish - Epiosde 07: South Africa Special Feature - Part 1 45:44

3y ago45:44

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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…

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S2, E3 600 Years A Slave 1:10:30

3y ago1:10:30

1:10:30

We may have left the plantation, but the plantation never left us! In this episode Brendane and Alyssa unpack afterlives, the plantation, futurity, and the singularity that continues to shape the present: slavery. In our introduction we take a moment to remember the late Dr. Steven Gregory, Professor of Anthropology and the inaugural Dr. Kenneth an…

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S2, E2 Big Girl, Small World 1:06:15

3y ago1:06:15

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In this episode, Alyssa and Brendane unpack questions of fatphobia, anti-blackness, and how that intersects with the discursive. For What's the Word?, we discuss discourse to understand how understandings of the world circulate, of course referencing one of our fave French philosophers: Michel Foucault. Today, we read the essay "Fat, Black, and Ugl…

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S2, E1 Liberation Don't Cost a Thang 1:31:57

3y ago1:31:57

1:31:57

The revolution will not be sold! We're back with the first episode Season 2! In today's episode, Brendane and Alyssa share what they got up to over the summer break and then jump right into the episode unpacking the philosophical concept of Aesthetics and how it is bound up in politics and power. In the What We're Reading segment, the pair discuss …

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Season 03-ish - Episode 05: Voci da Ricordare // Voices to Remember (Italian) 48:14

3y ago48:14

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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 Glottolog…

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Season 03-ish - Episode 05: Voices To Remember // Voci da Ricordare (English) 46:14

3y ago46:14

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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 Glottolog…

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Season 03ish - Episode 04 (Crossover): Talking Culture 1:16:46

3y ago1:16:46

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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-…

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Season 03ish - Episode 03 (Crossover): AnthroDish 23:03

3y ago23:03

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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 …

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S1, E20 Black Like Kim: On Cultural Appropriation 1:10:24

3y ago1:10:24

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Cultural appropriation is not the sincerest form of flattery! On today's episode, Alyssa and Brendane tackle the slippery concept that is cultural appropriation. In What's The Word? they tackle the age old anthropological question of what is "culture," and explain what cultural appropriation most certainly is not. What We're Reading for this episod…

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