Infographic - Global Social Movements: Analyzing the aspects that comprise networked global social movements. To access, follow this link: https://infograph.venngage.com/p/189429/global-social-movements … [Read more...]
Imperialist Language?
Post for 11/29 I’m currently writing an archaeology paper that discusses the relevant theories regarding the abandonment of Chaco Canyon by its Ancestral Puebloan inhabitants around 1200-1300 CE. In researching the topic, I learned that after several hundred years of semi-permanent use, settlement in Chaco became fixed, and Chacoan society thrived from about 600-1200 CE. … [Read more...]
Think Before You Eat
There’s no question that almost any type of food has a much richer and more complex history than we assume; all of the articles for the Slow Food case study provided multiple examples of food that held both a deeper social meaning and specific cultural ties to a group (or groups) of people. One such example that is especially relevant in the Southwest United … [Read more...]
Sports as a Rite of Passage
In their article, Besnier and Brownell discuss the concept of liminality and the differentiation of game from ritual. They reference at least one scholar who warns against the overuse of the word ritual, likely believing that if the term is applied too indiscriminately, the social power and influence of “true” rituals might be considered less valuable. However, it seems to me … [Read more...]
Identity Meets Media
Responding to “The New Digital Media and Activist Networking within Anti-Corporate Globalization Movements” by Jeffrey Juris (Again) In last week’s class, we discussed the distinction between tactical and alternative media as defined by Juris. We seemed to come to the conclusion that “alternative” media (a form of media composed of individual sources of information that … [Read more...]
