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Showing posts with label anthropology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label anthropology. Show all posts

Sunday, March 28, 2010

You know you're an anthropologist if....

In celebration of the fact that I'll soon have my BA in anthropology....

I found most of this here but I've also added a few of my own.

You Know You're an Anthropologist When...

...your parents still ask what you do for a living.
...you irritate those around you by how often you say, "That's very Navajo because..."
...you've had to explain what an anthropologist more times than you can count.
...when you tell people that your major is anthropology they give you a blank stare in return.
...you've lost count of how many times you've seen Last of the Dogmen.
...you feel the need to give a brief lesson on kinship terminology every time someone introduces a "second cousin."
...you experience withdrawal whenever you turn off the Discovery Channel.
...you not only know who Margaret Meade was, you can quote her.
...you get into arguments over how dogs were domesticated.
...you watch The X-Files for obscure references to the Anasazi.
...you can name every bone in the human body, but none of the muscles.
...you've read every one of Tony Hillerman's Navajo mysteries.
...you wonder how many goats to give a friend, and how many cows that girl you like is worth.
...you can name most of Jane Goodall's chimps.
...your car has an "Archaeologists Do It in the Dirt" bumper sticker.
...you've memorized the narration to The Hunters.
...you can say,"And what do you call the husband of the woman who gave birth to you?" in a language other than English.
...your sister joins a cult and your first thought is, "Fieldwork opportunity!"
...you know random information about cultures that most of your friends haven't even heard of.
...you have no dress code and in fact people expect you to dress "different".
...you chuckle when someone mentions Bonobos.
...your friends don't think it's weird you have a shrunken head on your desk.
...in college courses your reading list is so long you have a "what not to read" list because it's shorter.
...you've tried making your own stone tools.

Friday, December 18, 2009

Thank you Pretties!

My fabulous friends at AMPF (a chat forum group) have been so supportive and kind to me through not only my cancer battle, but when my Dad recently lost his cancer battle. They sent me a check for $60 to do whatever with. I decided that I'd like to honor my Dad by donating that money to charity. My passion is Africa. My post-graduate plans include doing fieldwork in Africa. I would give anything for my Dad to be around to see my realize my goals. Since he can't be there, I want to honor those goals and him by donating to 2 causes I feel are important: girl's education and clean drinking water in Africa.

I am going to donate to Charity Water which has many projects to bring clean drinking water to developing countries, many of them in Africa. The other charity I am going to donate to is Save the Children. I have selected to donate to their Keep an adolescent girl in school in Ethiopia program. I really think the key to peace is for girls and women to be educated so that they can make better choices for them and their families.


Thursday, October 22, 2009

I <3 Malinowski too.

I saw this in an anthropology forum that I read. For my fellow anthro classmates, you'll probably chuckle. For the rest of you, you might finally *get* what the heck anthropology is. (C'mon you know you've said "huh, what's that?" when I've told you my major/career plans).

Monday, May 11, 2009

Finally!



For the past 2 months, a lot of my conversations with my classmates or my family have revolved around a small and nearly extinct primate.  My "big paper" of the semester that I poured so much of my time and energy into was about the black and white ruffed lemur.  Why it's in danger, why we should save it, and the best plan for conserving the species.  Since I started researching this little critter, I have wanted to go to the Lincoln Park Zoo and see one. Yesterday I finally got to go and see if this little fuzzy guy was worth all the fuss I'd made over him. It is.  My pictures aren't the greatest because I wasn't very close to him/her.  It was very exciting for me though.  I don't plan on changing my focus from ethnology to primatology, but I could see getting involved in a conservation project in a cultural capacity to help save animals like this little guy.  I learned so much this semester and it really opened my eyes about conservation.  Anyway...here are my photos of the the Lincoln Park lemur:


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