After the devastating earthquakes in Nepal earlier this year, Sienna Craig began to conduct field research in Mustang to understand how communities in the area perceived and dealt with the earthquake.
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Dartmouth's Prof. DeSilva is one of the international team members working on the recent discovery that will fill a gap in the chain of human evolution.
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The Faculty of the Department of Anthropology is pleased to announce the appointments of Jesse Casana, Assoc. Professor; Jeremy DeSilva, Assoc. Professor; Sabrina Billings, Senior Lecturer; and Jennifer Carballo, Visiting Professor from Harvard University.
[more]Jeff KahnMay 8, 2015 Canny smugglers, daring migrants, and entrepreneurial spirits all combine to populate the mystically infused land- and seascapes of the Haitian imagination. This talk will examine Haitian cosmologies of mobility and wealth in the wider Caribbean and the alternative visions of circulating value they conjure in the face of external efforts to police and contain the perceived threat of Haitian biological and social disorder.
[more]Alison Brooks and John YellenMay 1, 2015Alison S. Brooks (George Washington University) and John E Yellen (National Science Foundation) are members of the Smithsonian’s Human Origins Program and its Olorgesailie Research Project, both led by Rick Potts.
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