Category: Anthropology & Archaeology

WHAT’S REAL ABOUT RACE? Shifting the Paradigm with Rina Bliss

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With advances in genetics and high-profile conversations about race in the headlines, it can be difficult for students to know: What’s real about race? We sat down with author Dr. Rina Bliss to discuss her new Norton Short, which offers a different way of understanding how race is socially constructed—even in the age of genomics.   What first inspired you to study the …

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What I Learned as I Implemented Antiracist and Decolonizing Practices in My Anthropology Course

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Liz Soluri is a biological anthropology professor at Cabrillo College and coauthor of Laboratory Manual and Workbook for Biological Anthropology, 2e. She is especially interested in pedagogy and issues of student learning, and her ongoing research focuses on redesigning, implementing, and evaluating effective teaching methods for undergraduate anthropology courses, particularly biological anthropology. In this blog …

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