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Saving the Santa Fe River
David Groenfeldt, executive director of the Santa Fe Watershed Association, proposes a reexamination of the current policies for use of the Santa Fe River in his lecture “Can the Santa Fe River Be...
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The Nature of Wealth and the Dynamics of Inequality in Pre-modern Societies
Jane Lancaster, professor of anthropology at the University of New Mexico, introduces Sam Bowles, professor at the Santa Fe Institute and professor of economics at the University of Sienna. He...
View ArticleDoes Race Exist?
UNM Anthropologists Heather Edgar and Keith Huntley talk with Karen Wentworth about their articles in the new issue of the American Journal of Physical Anthropology. This is a special issue about race...
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UNM History and Politics 1894-1970: A University Archives Digital Collection...
Lavinia Nicolae is the 2009 Center for Regional Studies and Center for Southwest Research Popejoy Fellow. She is a graduate student in anthropology. The title of her talk is “UNM History and Politics...
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Is All Publicity Good Publicity?
Char Peery is a 2009 Center for Regional Studies and Center for Southwest Research candidate fellow. She is a Ph.D. candidate in anthropology. Her talk is “Is All Publicity Good Publicity? Public...
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Telling New Mexico
Marta Weigle is a regents’ professor in the Department of Anthropology at UNM. She recently edited “Telling New Mexico – A New History with Frances Levine and Louise Stiver.” The book, meant to...
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How Public Anthropology Works
Sean E. Ganntt is the 2009 winner of the AGSU-Ortiz Center Lecture Award. Ganntt is an ethnology student in anthropology at UNM completing his Master of Arts degree. He has also worked at the U.S....
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Meandering through Time: Preserving History through Digitization of the CWSR...
Laura York is the 2009 Pictorial Archives fellow for the Center for Regional Studies and the Center for Southwest Research. She is a Ph.D. candidate in anthropology. Kari Schleher is the 2009 N.M....
View ArticleLawrence Strauss Talks About His Recent European Research Trip
UNM Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Lawrence Guy Strauss talks with Karen Wentworth about his recent trip to Western Europe with Jean Auel, author of the Earth’s Children series of books about...
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Global Warming Opens New Field in Anthropology
Anyone who doubts global warming is a reality should talk with UNM Professor of Anthropology James Dixon. He spends part of his summers on glaciers in Alaska, documenting artifacts the retreating...
View ArticleReproductive Rights and Wrongs in Contemporary Latin America
Lynn Morgan, the Mary E. Wooley professor of anthropology at Mt. Holyoke College, spoke on Nov. 4, 2009 about “Reproductive Rights and Wrongs in Contemporary Latin America.” The lecture was sponsored...
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Chaco Canyon: Costly Signaling and the Evolution of Pilgrimage Centers
John Kantner, vice president, School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, speaks at the UNM Hibben Center on various theories about Chaco Canyon. Kantner also discusses the possibility of Chaco Canyon as...
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Cross Cultural Research at Santa Clara Pueblo: Going Beyond the Law
Gloria Valencia-Weber is a professor of Indian Law at the University of New Mexico. In this lecture she discusses a famous case involving the right of Santa Clara Pueblo to make the rules for tribal...
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Chimney Rock and Chaco, Pinnacle Ruin and Mesa Verde: Methodologies of...
Steve Lekson, professor of anthropology at the University of Colorado, gives an overview of the Southwest during and after the period when Chaco Canyon flourished. He explores the regional dynamics of...
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Robert Young: Putting Navajo in Writing
Char Peery is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Anthropology. In this talk she explores the work of Robert Young, a scholar who undertook to commit the Navajo language to a written form. He compiled...
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‘Tule River Tribes Struggle for Sovereignty’
UNM Anthropology Professor Les Field introduces Gelya Frank, professor of occupational science and occupational therapy, University of Southern California, and Carole Goldberg, Jonathan D. Verat...
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The Disciplinary Politics of Race
Laura Gómez, professor of law and American studies and Nancy López, associate professor of sociology discuss “The Disciplinary Politics of Race: An Exploration of Scholarly Associations and Approaches...
View ArticleLooking for Race in the Mexican Book of Life
John Hartigan Jr., Ph.D. is a professor of Anthropology and director of the Américo Paredes Center for Cultural Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. In this lecture titled “Looking for Race...
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Cooperation Among Wild Chimpanzees
University of Michigan Professor of Anthropology John Mitani talks about “Cooperation among Wild Chimpanzees” during a Sept. 19, 2011 colloquium at the University of New Mexico. He is introduced by...
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A Glimpse of Death in Spain during the Magdalenian Age
UNM Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Lawrence Straus The gaps in what anthropologists know about the Magdalenian Age in Europe are enormous. Few human bones have been found, and the information...
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