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I had so much fun chatting with anthropologists at #AmAnth2018. Check out our (all too brief :) ) conversations here:

For a field predicated on the empathetic understanding of others, we often don’t take an empathetic stance towards other anthropologists.

A little #anthropology humor for you.

Hi! I’m an anthropologist. You may know me from my greatest hits, including “No, that’s archaeology” and “It probably wasn’t aliens” and “That’s cool that your cousin was in the Peace Corps”.

How do Neanderthals “self-medicate” when HMOs weren’t invented until 40,000 years later? RelevANTH is back with a new blog post on how language reveals our assumptions about medicine. Also, Neanderthals are awesome. The Irresponsible Neanderthal relevanth.com/the-irresponsi…

It’s official: I now have to print comments on papers and exams because many students can no longer read cursive.

Anthropology Day is finally here! Join the celebration and let us know why you love #anthropology using #AnthroLove and #AnthroDay

Want to get better at writing for a wide audience? Announcing the Wenner-Gren Foundation/@SAPIENS_org Online Workshops in Writing for the Public! bit.ly/2uebipR

“sociocultural anthropology is qualified to help the world [think] through Eurocentric, misogynistic, and capitalist views of the world; to bring attention to how power operates...; & to help bring a comparative perspective to the diverse ways that humans...coexist and resist”

#Anthrotwitter, what would you recommend for reading about how diverse groups (of any kind) form community?

New episodes premiering, starting in 2 days! First up, @BeatriAnthro explains why culture and politics are central to understanding and treating mental illness.

New #podcast episode! Medical Anthropologist Dr. Beatriz Reyes-Foster returns to discuss her book Psychiatric Encounters and how culture shapes the diagnoses, care, and outcomes of #mentalillness in a psychiatric hospital in Yucatan, Mexico. @BeatriAnthro bit.ly/E23PCCReyesFos…

In this week's #podcast, @lyndseykcraig delves into the anthropology of pubic hair grooming, discussing sexual signaling, hygiene, beauty, and how the removal of hair is both an intimate practice and a form of identity communication. bit.ly/E24PHGCraig

In today's AOTS #podcast, business anthropologist Dr. Amy Goldmacher discusses how her ethnographic work helps design new and improved products, software, and experiences that better meet people’s needs. Amy Goldmacher #AnthroTwitter bit.ly/E25PDEGoldmach…

What do Elizabeth Warren Ayanna Pressley Mayor Marty Walsh Nika Elugardo City Life / Vida Urbana (citylifevidaurbana.bsky) Lynn United for Change Springfield NOL_NSM and 75% of Mass. residents all agree on? We must prevent a wave of evictions on August 18. Tomorrow, Kevin G. Honan, @SenJehlen and I will file a bill to do that and more!

#anthrotwitter! Northeastern University has two positions open. Come work with me! 1) Open-rank search in Racial justice (Anthropologist) careers.hrm.northeastern.edu/en-us/job/5041… 2) Associate and Full professor rank search for Chair of Africana Studies (discipline open) jobs.chronicle.com/job/300333/ass…

I’m creating a syllabus for a public/applied/engaged anthropology course and have a list of dozens of articles and these core texts to read. #anthrotwitter what other sources or syllabi do you recommend?