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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
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- Early Childhood Education
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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
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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:...Topics- Anthropology
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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...Topics- Anthropology
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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
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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...Topics- Anthropology
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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
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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
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- Economics
- Film & Media
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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
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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...Topics- Anthropology
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