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...]
Developing a Global Consciousness in the Absence of Nation-States
One of the most defining features of the world today is how interconnected we are. The global world is more familiar to us now than it has even been. However, there is some growing concern over the nature of human governance and our relation to the entire world. This is especially in reference to the citizenship of a nation-state. In "World Citizenship Defined" we see an … [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...]
How We Talk about Globalization and Globalisms
The manner in which we we discuss globalization and interact with globalisms in a classroom setting, as anthropologists, is different than the manner in which we discuss globalization and interact with globalisms in real world settings, as global citizens. As global citizens, we talk about globalization as if it is the latest news. For example, I could have a conversation with … [Read more...]
