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Muhammed Khatib
Muhammed Khatib

  • On the Future of Public Anthropology

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    A portrait of man, (Musa Mwitondi) with a bald head, wearing a buttoned down shirt with with a leaf pattern on it.
    Musa Mwitondi
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    A portrait of a middle aged man, (Mark Turin) with relatively short hair, a small hoop earring in his left ear, wearing a denim jacket, over an unzipped sweatshirt ,and a t-shirt.
    Mark Turin
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    A portrait of a smiling woman, (Amita Baviskar), with medium wavy hair, earrings, and a bracelet on her arm, standing with her arms crossed.
    Amita Baviskar
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    A portrait of a middle-aged smiling man, (Itsunori Ito) with hair parted on the left side, wearing a buttoned down dress shirt and tie.
    Atsunori Ito
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    A portrait of a smiling middle-aged man, (A.J. Faas), with short hair cropped on the sides and longer hair with hair product on top, wearing a buttoned down shirt, tie with a tie clip, and a blazer jacket with sunglasses tucked in the front left breast pocket of the blazer, standing outside in front of some trees/bushes.
    A. J. Faas
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    A portrait of a smiling woman, (Ayala Fader), with wavy medium length hair and glasses.
    Ayala Fader
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    A portrait of a smiling woman, (Arielle Johnson) with a bob cut hairdo, wearing round framed glasses, a wide brimmed hat, a leaf patterned buttoned down shirt and a necktie, standing outside with a wall as the backdrop.
    Arielle Johnson
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    A portrait of a smiling woman, (Maira Vale), with shoulder length wavy hair and cat eye glasses with a plant visible behind her head.
    Maíra Cavalcanti Vale
    For more than a decade, the Foundation has steadily expanded its investment in public-facing anthropology. A central part of our mission is to amplify the impact of anthropology within the wider world.
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  • Funding Equity

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    Laura Heath-Stout
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    Justin Dunnavant
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    Bertin M. Louis, Jr.
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    Shayla Monroe
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    Jennifer R. Wies
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    Dana Ernst et al.
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    Lynne Goldstein
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    Jenail Marshall
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    Lynn Dodd and Willeke Wendrich
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    H. Gregory
    The events of 2020 were a wake-up call for anthropology – one that was long overdue.  This Forum has its roots in an initiative launched by the Society of Black Archaeologists in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. The collaboration grew to include the Indigenous Archaeology Collective, SAPIENS, the Wenner-Gren Foundation, and the Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies.  
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  • Pathways to Anthropological Futures

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    Gustavo Lins Ribeiro
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    Andre Gingrich
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    Alcida Rita Ramos
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    Eduardo Restrepo
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    Dr. Emiliano Zolla Márquez
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    Yasmeen Arif
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    Mwenda Ntarangwi, PhD
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    Tony Rudyansjah, PhD
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    Yasuko Takezawa, PhD
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    Patrícia Ferraz de Matos
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    Ibrahima Thiaw
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    Heike Becker
    As anyone who has hiked in the mountains can tell you, different paths can lead to the same destination. As anyone who has gotten lost in the mountains can attest, trails that seem to be leading in the same direction don’t always end up in the same place. Anthropology everywhere is at a crossroads. This forum can serve as a guide to what’s to come.
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  • The Future of Anthropological Research: Ethics, Questions, and Methods in the Age of COVID-19: Part 2

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    Anna Agbe Davies
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    Anthony Di Fiore
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    Eduardo G. Neves
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    Ndukuyakhe Ndlovu
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    Sheela Athreya
    Welcome back to our series on the future of anthropology. For the second session, we spoke with biological anthropologists and archaeologists from different countries and traditions. In the following posts, they reflect on the current moment and what it means for the future of the field.
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  • The Future of Anthropological Research: Ethics, Questions, and Methods in the Age of COVID-19: Part 1

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    Pamela Block
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    Tom Boellstorff
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    Nolwazi Mkhwanazi
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    Yael Navaro
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    Ana Y. Ramos-Zayas
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    Aparecida Vilaça
    Anthropology, as a discipline, is not going to escape the pandemic unscathed. Never has the discipline seen such a sudden transformation in the conditions that make our research possible. The kinds of field methods for which we’re famous have become largely impossible.
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