Formerly the Anthropology Student's Association of McGill University. Now it's just Becky but I'm still super modern and know how to use the internet. I solemnly swear to bring you cool anthropology junk. Ya dig?
Hey guys, I know it’s been a while (probably almost a month) since I last posted. I’ve been involved in a pretty big move and work picked up so I’m been way too busy to post. I plan on starting up regularly again now. I will be posting less frequently than you are probably used to because of how busy I am with work. That being said, everyone else in the amazing tumblr anthro community will be more than an adequate distraction from my sparse postings!
I missed you guys!!!
I rarely make them but I’m in such a good mood that I needed to share it: got my funding offer finally. I’m fully funded!! I CAN EAT ALL THE RAMEN I WANT FOR TWO YEARS! And maybe even some beer!
Haida community curators Nika Collison, Lucille Bell, and Jolene Edenshaw discuss the significance of a button blanket with a crest representing Killer Whale. They also sing a “broken hearted Haida blues song” very beautifully. This is my favourite video from this series.
We picture whooping, hard-riding Sioux. We see the war-painted brave crouched behind a ledge, ready to ambush a covered wagon train with tomahawk, bow and arrow. We label our conception “the American indian,” forgetting that accident placed this single type of aborigine astride our path of westward expansion. Sharp conflict fixed the image in our national memory. Bowing to stereotype, today’s Eastern States Indian dons the Western Plains headdress his fathers never knew, so people will know he’s Indian.
Was watching Whose Line when suddenly…
Huayna Capac must have died again.
I forgot it was April 1st. Apparently it was all an april fools joke. I was just annoyed enough to fall for it, I guess. I feel like a dummy.
That Shovelbums.org now belongs to the SAAs? Am I just being paranoid?
Advice from an anthropology graduate student (archaeology track)
when the bag/tag/store sign is RIGHT in front of you, and CLEARLY says “Anthropologie” just BAFFLES me.
is currently on Showcase, if any Canadians are interested. Remember, he’s an awful anthropologist and even worse archaeologist, but at least he’s handsome!
Advice from an Anthropology grad student (maritime archaeology track)
A Smithsonian video about David Boxley’s (Tsimshian Carver and Performer) 70th Totem Pole and it’s commission by the National Museum of the American Indian.
Advice from an Anthropology Grad Student (bioarchaeology track)
The Git-Hoan performers June 5th 2010 in Juneau, Alaska.
Kwakwaka’wakw community curators Barb Cranmer and William Wasden Jr. discuss the significance of a ‘Namxxelagayu (Sea Monster mask). It is a depiction of their origin story. William also sings an everyday kwakwaka’wakw song.
