April 2012

Attack against Romney for speaking French

by AAA Web Admin
April 2, 2012

Here is an attack ad against Romney linking his ability to speak French to all kinds of negative character traits. Pair this with the Huntsman ad… Read More »Attack against Romney for speaking French

Introductory materials for linguistic anthro

by AAA Web Admin
April 2, 2012

Here are a few materials that work for introductory lectures. “Life In A Day” is a historic film capturing for future generations what it was… Read More »Introductory materials for linguistic anthro

Star Trek and Wisdom Sits in Places

by AAA Web Admin
April 2, 2012

The Star Trek clip “Darmok” available on you tube complements teaching Basso’s ethnography “Wisdom Sits in Places.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukMNfTnI5M8 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukMNfTnI5M8[/youtube]

Renaming Gypsies in Romania

by AAA Web Admin
April 2, 2012

This report aired on Public Radio International in December 2011 discusses the decision to recognize the word “Gypsy” as pejorative and replace it with “Roma”… Read More »Renaming Gypsies in Romania

Truth and narrative

by AAA Web Admin
April 1, 2012

Recent news events highlight relationships between fact and story telling. Ethan Zuckerman’s recent ruminations on activism and journalism provide a summary and synthesis of one set of ideas, and a piece Michael Wilson contributed to the New York Times’ City Room at about the same time provides another.