AnthroCurrents – October 31, 2014

A biweekly look at recent stories on anthropology and practicing anthropologists in the popular media Medical anthropologist Dana Walrath did a Tedx talk on her experience using comics and stories to help her communicate with her mother, who suffers from Alzheimer’s Disease. Ebola is still hogging the headlines and dominates even anthropology news. Slate reported…

AnthroCurrents – October 17, 2014

A biweekly look at recent stories on anthropology and practicing anthropologists in the popular media if (Politics) { Many news outlets are writing about the international group of anthropologists calling for the boycott of Israeli academic institutions due to their alleged complicity in the human rights violations of Palestinians. More anthropologists are jumping onto the…

AnthroCurrents – October 3, 2014

A biweekly look at recent stories on anthropology and practicing anthropologists in the popular media Anthropologist Ashraf Ghani is the new president of Afghanistan, and the American Anthropological Association offers its congratulations on the Huffington Post. We know anthropologists are already helping out with the Ebola crisis in Africa. NPR reported this week on Ann…