Abstract: Social movements are using education to generate critical consciousness regarding the social and environmental unsustainability of the current food system, and advocate for agroecological production. In this article, we
Category: Research
“Cultural consonance in Life Goals and Depressive Symptoms in Urban Brazil,” by Dr. Dressler
Abstract: Cultural consonance is the degree to which individuals approximate, in their own beliefs and behaviors, the prototypes for belief and behavior encoded in cultural models. Low cultural consonance is associated
“Andrews Place (1MB1): A Late Woodland-Mississippian Shell Midden on the Alabama Gulf Coast” by Dr. Blitz and Grace Riehm
Congratulations to Dr. Blitz and his M.A. student Grace Riehm for producing the soon-to-be-released volume, Andrews Place (1MB1): A Late Woodland-Mississippian Shell Midden on the Alabama Gulf Coast. The book will
“Scanning of the Eccentric Cherts and Bifaces from the Rosalila Cache” by Dr. Tokovinine
Congratualations to Dr. Tokovinine for his new publication, “Scanning of the Eccentric Cherts and Bifaces from the Rosalila Cache.” an appendix to the volume, Protecting Sacred Space: Rosalila’s Eccentric Chert Cache at
“Shame, Blame, and Status Incongruity: Health and Stigma in Rural Brazil and the Urban United Arab Emirates” by Dr. Weaver
Abstract: Stigma is a powerful determinant of physical and mental health around the world, a perennial public health concern that is particularly resistant to change. This article builds from sociologist
“Tension Among Women in North India: An Idiom of Distress and a Cultural Syndrome” by Dr. Weaver
Abstract: The existing literature on Indian ethnopsychology has long asserted that somatization is a key aspect of experiences of distress. The study of idioms of distress arose out of work done in
“Ayahuasca Visions in the Peruvian Amazon” by Greg Batchelder
Greg Batchelder’s blog post for Biocultural Systematics has been published on the Anthropology News website: http://www.anthropology-news.org/index.php/2016/12/21/ayahuasca-visions-in-the-peruvian-amazon/
“Replacing the Lone Stranger with Evidence-Based Theory” by Dr. Lynn
Dr. Lynn’s blog post for Biocultural Systematics has been published on the Anthropology News website: http://www.anthropology-news.org/index.php/2016/12/19/replacing-the-lone-stranger-with-evidence-based-theory/
“Engaging Activism in Anthropology of Disability” by Mirjam Holleman
Mirjam Holleman’s blog post for Biocultural Systematics has been published on the Anthropology News website: http://www.anthropology-news.org/index.php/2016/12/09/engaging-activism-in-anthropology-of-disability/
Special Issue of Medical Anthropology edited by Dr. Weaver
Some good news for Dr. Weaver. The special issue that she was editing for Medical Anthropology Quarterly (our sub-discipline’s flagship journal) was published during the holidays. The volume is titled, A Special