Dr. Jenny Chio’s book, A Landscape of Travel: The Work of Tourism in Rural Ethnic China, has been reviewed in American Anthropologist!
Dr. Jenny Chio’s book, A Landscape of Travel, reviewed
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Dr. Anna Grimshaw’s Film “At Low Tide” to appear in Film Festivals
In addition to the Krotovo film festival in Macedonia, Dr. Anna Grimshaw’s film “At Low Tide” will be screened at the 2016 American Anthropological Association meetings in Minneapolis, the Days of Ethnographic Cinema Festival in Moscow, and the Greek Ethnographic Film Festival in Athens!
This film was supported by an Emory University Research Council grant. Check out the trailer at https://vimeo.com/172429715.
Dr. Isabella Alexander’s Article and Interview with Public Radio International
Isabella Alexander, Visiting Assistant Professor and Alumna of Emory Anthropology, wrote an article for Public Radio International (PRI) on the migrant crisis at the Moroccan border.
You can also listen to the accompanying radio special on PRI’s The World at http://www.pri.org/node/154322/popout (starting at minute 6.25).
Emory Films appearing at the Fifth International Festival of Ethnological Film “Kratovo 2016”
Congratulations to Emory Anthropology professors Jenny Chio and Anna Grimshaw, as well as Dr. Kwame Phillips (PhD 2014), who recently had films selected for inclusion at the Fifth International Festival of Ethnological Film “Kratovo 2016”, organized by the Macedonian Ethnological Society.
The festival takes place in late September/early October in Kratovo, Macedonia, and the program includes “农家乐 Peasant Family Happiness” (2013) by Professor Chio, “At Low Tide” (2016) by Professor Grimshaw, and “Welcome to Pa Pae” (2016) by Dr. Phillips.
(The photo is a still from Dr. Chio’s film.)
Grace Veatch appears in a video on Research on Faunal Remains
Graduate student Grace Veatch spent last spring break attending the Liang Bua Workshop at the University of Wollongong, Australia, where researchers examined faunal remains. This video provides a glimpse into her interesting work.
Tawni Tidwell’s Research in Tibetan Medicine Featured in Emory News
This Summer, Anthropology PhD candidate Tawni Tidwell, the first Westerner to be certified in Tibetan medicine in Tibet, was featured in Emory News, with an interview in eScienceCommons. Tawni’s dissertation research focuses on how Tibetan physicians diagnose diseases, particularly cancer.
“I see myself as a bridge between Tibetan medicine and Western science,” says Tidwell, who became a Tibetan physician in 2015. “I feel like each has something to offer the other.”
Kendra Sirak’s Research on Ancient DNA Featured in Emory News
This Summer, Anthropology PhD candidate Kendra Sirak’s research was featured in Emory News. Kendra is a visiting researcher at the Earth Institute at University College Dublin, where she is testing the DNA of people ranging from medieval Nubians to an ancient Chinese specimen to an Irish rebel.
Kendra describes her anthropological training at Emory:
“At Emory, I have learned how to think from a “biocultural” point of view. While many other anthropology programs stress only either a “biological” or a “cultural” approach, Emory combines the two.
I study the biology of past populations and I think about the way their culture and social environment could have influenced individual health and well-being, population demographics, patterns of morbidity and mortality, etc.”
Dr. Peter Little receives a Templeton Foundation Grant to study Happiness and Well-being
Peter Little and Mark Risjord received a “Happiness and Well-being” Grant from the John Templeton Foundation. The Emory team’s project, which also includes economist Workneh Negatu of Addis Ababa University, will study two specific low-income communities: South Wollo, Ethiopia, and Baringo, Kenya.
“The idea is to compare the subjective meaning of the good life and see if that affects the relationship between material well-being and reports of happiness and overall well-being,” says Dr. Little.
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