Anthropologist On The Street

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E8 Understanding Transgender Health & Identity Aug 30, 2017

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Transgender politics have been everywhere lately, from North Carolina bathrooms to Presidential tweets, and sociology doctoral candidate Brett Nava-Coulter explains why the category of transgender is both diverse and complicated, and why policy protecting transgender youth is so important.

E7 Ancient Bones and Peaceful Coexistence with Dr. Sara K. Becker Aug 23, 2017

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Bioarchaeologist Dr. Sara K. Becker examines the patterns found on the skeletal remains of the Tiwanaku, a state that emerged in Peru and Bolivia 1000-1500 years ago. By understanding the life, labor, and health of the Tiwanaku people, Dr. Becker hopes to understand how such a large and ethnically diverse community lived in peaceful coexistence.

E6 Bharat Babies Books & Business Anthropology with Sailaja Joshi Aug 09, 2017

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To combat misrepresentation (and lack of representation) of South Asian cultures in American children's literature, Sailaja Joshi founded Bharat Babies, an independent publishing house that creates books for young children, telling "stories about India's Heritage." Sailaja talks about growing up Indian American, why cultural representation matters, and why anthropology should be central in any business endeavor.

E5 God, Politics, & Anthropology with Miranda Hassett Aug 02, 2017

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Rev. Dr. Miranda Hassett is an Episcopal priest and anthropologist who explores how political polarization drove a global wedge in the Anglican church, driving some conservative white American Episcopalians to break from the broader American church and to instead look overseas, making alliances with conservative African congregations. Rev. Dr. Hassett talks culture, politics, religion, and how she uses anthropology to help her congregants find more meaning in their lives.

E4 A New Kind of Family with "The Guys Next Door" with Amy Geller and Allie Humenuk Jul 26, 2017

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Filmmakers Amy Geller and Allie Humenuk talk about kinship, gender roles, and parenting in their award-winning documentary. "The Guys Next Door" features Erik and Sandro, whose friend Rachel offers to be a surrogate for their two children. I sit down in a coffee shop with Amy and Allie to discuss how their film both represents and impacts nontraditional families, and how family structures may change, but family life is often surprisingly unsurprising.

E3 Digging for Truth on a Cherokee Plantation with Dr. Lance Greene Jul 19, 2017

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Archaeologist Dr. Lance Greene digs up life on a nineteenth century plantation in North Carolina, where Cherokees, European-Americans, and enslaved Africans lived and worked together. Dr. Greene pieces together archaeological data, historical documents, and fictional writings to provide insight into both how Cherokee were changing to attempt to fit in to European-American culture and the ways they were resisting it. Along the way we talk about indigeneity, culture, DNA, and why race is far more complicated than we think it is.

E2 Breast Milk Sharing & "Good" Mommies with Dr. Beatriz Reyes-Foster Jul 12, 2017

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While it may be true that "breast is best", it is not always easiest, particularly where women are struggling with overwork and lack of social support. Medical anthropologist Beatriz Reyes-Foster discusses the rising pressure on moms to breast feed, why human breast milk has become a hot commodity in the U.S., and how parents have become creative in networking among moms who have milk to spare.

E1 Beyond Indiana Jones with Dr. Angela Jenks Jun 29, 2017

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From Indiana Jones to Bones to that graduate student kidnapped by pirates on Archer, there are many different representations of anthropology in pop culture, but what do real anthropologists do? In this first episode of The Anthropologist on the Street podcast, Dr. Angela Jenks explains how anthropology helps us understand what it means to be human, and how the field could help us solve some of our toughest social problems.

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