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  • Lia Lee Dies, Key Figure in Healthcare Controversy

    “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down:  A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures” is a book by Anne...
    Topics
    • Anthropology
    • Books
    • Communication
    • Early Childhood Education
    • Education
  • Visualize Atlanta’s Past with Historical Atlanta Maps from GSU’s New “Planning Atlanta” Digital Collection

    The Atlanta metropolitan region has witnessed dramatic change over the past 60 years.  The construction of highways, numerous urban renewal projects, and expansive suburban growth...
    Topics
    • African American Studies
    • Anthropology
    • Art & Design
    • Computer Information Systems
    • Computer Science
  • GSU Professor studying Plants and Ritual in Mayan Culture

    Check out GSU Anthropology Professor Christopher Morehart‘s book: Morehart, C. T. (2011). Food, fire and fragrance: A paleoethnobotanical perspective on classic Maya cave rituals. Oxford:...
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    • Anthropology
    • Books
    • Ejournals
    • Faculty Publications and Research
    • Resources
  • Native Voices: Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health and Illness

    The U.S. National Library of Medicine exhibition Native Voices: Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health and Illness explores the interconnectedness of wellness, illness, and cultural life...
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    • Anthropology
    • Books
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
  • What do Zulu hats, tile work, and divination have in common?

      Ask Dr. Iman Chahine in the College of Education. Chahine teaches the course, “Ethnomathematics and its Role in Sociocultural Traditions”. Ethnomathematics studies the way...
    Topics
    • Anthropology
    • Books
    • Education
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
  • Shamrocks, Harps, and Shillelaghs

    Break out your green – Saint Patrick’s Day (March 17) is fast approaching!  This traditionally religious holiday has in its emigration to America largely morphed...
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    • Anthropology
    • Books
    • Databases
    • Ejournals
    • For Faculty
  • Teeth: The Windows to an Extinct Primate’s Stomach?

    Did you know that, from studying the teeth of Pliocene primate fossils, GSU Anthropology Professor Frank L’Engle Williams has been able to infer the primates’...
    Topics
    • Anthropology
    • Ejournals
    • Faculty Publications and Research
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
  • Urban Housing Documentary at Cinefest

    Head over to GSU’s very own movie theater, Cinefest, this week to see “The Pruitt-Igoe Myth”. The Pruitt-Igoe Myth explores the social, economic and legislative...
    Topics
    • African American Studies
    • Anthropology
    • Books
    • Economics
    • Film & Media
  • Beyond Biblical: Anthropology Professor researching Leprosy in Contemporary Times

    Check out GSU Anthropology Professor Cassandra White‘s recent research on the experiences of Atlanta immigrants with leprosy (or Hansen’s disease): White, C. (2011). Leprosy and...
    Topics
    • Anthropology
    • Books
    • Ejournals
    • Faculty Publications and Research
    • For Faculty
  • Preparing for 2012

    The semester is winding down and the winter solstice will soon be upon us.  It’s now time to prepare for what many have predicted as...
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    • Anthropology
    • Books
    • Databases
    • Ejournals
    • For Faculty