Category Archives: Anthropology
On Pottery
I confess to not being a pottery person. What gets my neurons firing are human remains and the stories that these ancient remnants of life can tell about a persons life and environment. Earlier this year in Osteology, where we studied both human and comparative skeletal anatomy and pathologies, I mentally declared myself a bones …
Indiana Jones Wannabe
I would like to set one thing straight immediately: archaeology is nothing like what you have seen in the Indiana Jones movies. Though I would revel in the adventure of outmaneuvering an ancient set of booby traps to rescue a priceless artifact from the inevitable destruct of the temple, I would immediately have several Institutional …
The Site of Sanisera: An Overview
As usual with my first posts, I have been struggling to write the introduction post to the class portion of this blog. If I were to jump into all the thoughts and events without a background, I feel as though no one would be able to understand what the heck I am referring to, as …
Barcelona
As expected, Barcelona was an experience filled with unplanned adventures, unanticipated detours, and the unwitting commitment of several cultural faux pas. Like the time we thought we climbed Montjuic, but really I think we just climbed a small hill that is potentially specifically cordoned off for old men to play bocce ball. Or the time …
Flying (or not flying) by the seat of our pants
I am a notorious planner, addicted to schedules and reliant on lists. Besides making the unpredictability of next year almost more than my slightly neurotic personality can handle, it makes the adventure that I am currently undertaking entirely uncharacteristic. I’m sitting in the Miami airport, 7 hours into a 5 hour layover, considering exactly what …
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Goodbye FYE, Hello Block Break!
The campus is in high spirits as we all celebrate this beautiful winter wonderland and the start of block break! Already there are students setting up rails for snowboarding outside of Mathias and the Fairy Club has constructed a snowman on the Slocum quad. We have all completed our second block of the year and …
AN 243 Milagros: Little Miracles
The Introduction to Cultural Anthropology and Hispanic Folklore FYE is listed as writing intensive. I knew this going into the course, but that didn’t stop me from having a small panic attack upon the realization that we would be responsible for handing in a 20-page paper by the end of the course that would count …
Nearing the End…(Cultural Anthropology and Hispanic Folk Art of the Southwest)
Well, it’s getting to be about that time…dreaded fourth week is approaching! As much work as we all have right now, it’s actually kind of nice to be in the library and see ten people you know. And being in the midst of writing a paper, the only logical thing to do is to take …
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AN101/AN243 Cultural Anthropology: Introduction to Cultural and Hispanic Folklore of the Southwest
The view from the mesa was spectacular. The deep and endless blue sky inspired me. I’m still amazed by how big and bright blue the sky is out here. Looking across the plains to the horizon, I felt alive. I can’t imagine what it must be like to live up here and soak in this beauty every …
