AnthroAlert: An Anthropology Podcast

## AnthroAlert## Episode 58: ReflectionsOriginally aired 15 June 2018 on bullsradio.orgIn our last show Spencer and René reflect on their time hosting and producing AnthroAlert.## Podcast link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785CC License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345CC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402CC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481CC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

## AnthroAlert## Episode 57: BioarchaeologyOriginally aired 1 June 2018 on bullsradio.orgOur guest this week, Heidi Miller, will discuss the process work in bioarchaeology.Heidi Miller is a PhD student in the Applied Anthropology program at the University of South Florida with a focus on bioarchaeology. Heidi’s main interests lie in the identity and health of enslaved individuals in the Caribbean. She is especially interested in the ways in which enslaved individuals retained their identity and/or created a new identity after forced migration to the islands of the Caribbean, and the ways in which this can be seen in the bioarchaeological record. In addition, Heidi works in the Zooarchaeology and Historic Archaeology Laboratory and is President of the Graduate Student Organization. Outside of the university, Heidi works as a CRM archaeologist and has conducted excavations in seven states, with the majority of her work occurring in North Dakota.Previously, Heidi earned her MSc from the University of Indianapolis with a thesis focused on the use of cranial measurements to identify individuals of French ancestry and its application to unknown individuals from the historic period. She earned her BA from Ohio University with a major in Anthropology.## Podcast link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785CC License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345CC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402CC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481CC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

## AnthroAlert## Episode 56: Anthropological Entrepreneurship Originally aired 1 June 2018 on bullsradio.orgOur guest this week, Dr. Deneia Y. Fairweather, will discuss the process for turning a degree in anthropology to a practice in entrepreneurship.Dr. Deneia Y. Fairweather is an applied anthropologist and educational consultant who works with school administrators, educators, families, and youth to develop and implement inclusive practices for exceptional students—that is to ensure that all exceptional students have equal educational, social, and future outcomes as their peers.After working over ten years in the public educational system in the United States, Dr. Fairweather believes that applying disruptive innovation into traditional educational environments is the best way to advance the social, emotional, and academic development of our youth.Dr. Fairweather is the founder and owner of ESE Consulting, LLC, an exceptional student educational service that focuses on results-based solutions for educational environments. This service offers site specific professional development opportunities for educators and enrichment opportunities for exceptional youth through her program called Anthropology in Motion ™ (AIM). You can find more information about AIM on Dr. Fairweather’s photoblog www.kulchakomplex.com.Dr. Fairweather holds a doctorate degree in Applied Anthropology from the University of South Florida, Tampa and a Masters in Education from the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg. She also holds a Professional Educators Certificate from the State of Florida with certifications in exceptional student education, reading education, elementary education and a gifted endorsement.Dr. Fairweather’s research focused on how educational exclusion is produced among African American male youth in Hillsborough County Public Schools. Educational exclusion is a process where students and their families are denied access to certain levels, places, privileges in the educational system. This process is usually the first step towards producing student drop outs. Using a multidimensional approach to capture the problem including Photovoice, interviewing, and participant observation and a theory of practice, Dr Fairweather’s research revealed that exclusion is produced by interacting social forces that are often too subtle or hidden to detect and identify. She calls for educational environments to serve as a place of healing with an honest collaboration among educational stakeholders to help produce equal educational outcomes for all students.## Podcast link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785CC License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345CC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402CC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481CC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

## AnthroAlert## Episode 55: Refugee Resettlement Programs in Tampa FloridaOriginally aired 25 May 2018 on bullsradio.orgOur guest this week, Dr. Dillon Mahoney, will present on anthropological work with refugee resettlement programs in Tampa Florida.Dillon Mahoney is an Assistant Professor in the USF Department of Applied Anthropology and received his Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from Rutgers University in 2009. In addition to teaching and research, he coordinates the undergraduate internship program and advises the Swahili Students Organization. His early research, summarized in his 2017 book The Art of Connection (Univ. of California Press), focused on how Kenyan art traders and informal businesspeople struggling around Kenya’s tourism industry adapted cell phones and internet access to their business strategies. This early research focuses on globalization and small-business development, digital technologies, and culturally constructed notions such as risk and transparency.Dr. Mahoney’s ongoing research explores environmental change and conservation in Eastern Kenya and Swahili-speaking Congolese refugees in Tampa, FL. The ongoing research in Kenya is being conducted in collaboration with colleagues from the National Museums of Kenya and focuses on conservation and conflict resolution outside of Chyulu Hills National Park. Since late 2016, Mahoney has also been involved in multiple projects in collaboration with the Florida State Department of Children and Family and local resettlement services looking to aid newly resettled Congolese refugees. Projects, which involve multiple USF collaborators, have focused on topics such as transportation, school bullying, nutrition and diet, changing gender and family dynamics, and reproductive health. He is currently helping coordinate a Congolese youth group, Umoja wa Afrika - Tampa (Africa United - Tampa), which produces educational Swahili-language YouTube videos designed to help newly arrived refugees adjust to Tampa and the United States more broadly (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf0Q8qO_qvo&t=148s ). This research has pushed the definition of applied anthropology, and has involved everything from collecting heights and weights, teaching English and Swahili, helping import and locate African cloth and food, directing youth-group skits, and demonstrating how to use fire extinguishers and clean toilets.Dr. Mahoney was quoted in a front-page Tampa Bay Times story earlier this year: http://www.tampabay.com/news/War-refugee-tries-to-emulate-village-chief-father-after-trading-Africa-for-Tampa-Bay_163025193## Podcast link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785CC License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345CC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402CC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481CC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

## AnthroAlert## Episode 54: Non Governmental Organizations and International DevelopmentOriginally aired 25 May 2018 on bullsradio.orgThis week guest, Dr. Catherine Sanders, will present on her career and work in non governmental organizations and international development.Catherine Sanders earned her PhD in Medical Anthropology from The University of Montana in 2012. For the past 13 years, she has designed and conducted mixed methods research, impact monitoring and evaluation, and learning for governmental/ non-governmental organizations that work in the US, East Africa, and South Asia. Her expertise is in health, innovation, agriculture, social networks/resources, education, and risk-taking in rural parts of the world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs), and her research experience includes long-term fieldwork in remote regions of Nepal, Kenya, and Uganda. She has implemented monitoring and evaluation systems in the US, Nepal, and Uganda. She can speak conversational Nepali and introductory-level Swahili and Luganda languages, and has had some training in Hindi and Spanish. Catherine lives in Belfast, Maine, where she has recently assumed Assistant Directorship of a non-governmental organization, Expanding Opportunities, operating in the US and Kenya.## Podcast link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785CC License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345CC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402CC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481CC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

## AnthroAlert## Episode 53: Understanding AddictionOriginally aired 11 May 2018 on bullsradio.orgThis week guest, Dr. Daniel Lende discusses how anthropology can be used to understand addiction as a problem.## Podcast link## Video link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785CC License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345CC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402CC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481CC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

## AnthroAlert## Episode 52: Getting Breastfeeding Out of the Clinical SettingOriginally aired 11 May 2018 on bullsradio.orgThis week guest, Dr. Elizabeth Miller ## Podcast link## Video link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785CC License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345CC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402CC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481CC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

## AnthroAlert## Episode 50: Latin DanceOriginally aired 4 May 2018 on bullsradio.orgThis week guest, Javier Barcena, student at the University of South Florida joins the show to help Spencer and René better understand latin dance and how it helps build community for students at USF.## Podcast link## Video link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

## AnthroAlert## Episode 49: Street PeddlersOriginally aired 27 April 2018 on bullsradio.orgThis week guest, Miguel Garcia, discusses the topic of his Master's research on the impact of San Jose's street peddler policies.Miguel Garcia is a Xicano applied anthropologist, and in May 2018 will officially graduate with an MA in applied anthropology from San José State University. His research interests include activist research, immigration/citizenship, race and power, the politics of sports, and spatial politics. Miguel plans to pursue a Ph.D. in anthropology but recently accepted a position with the State of California’s Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education.Miguel’s research project focused on the impact of San José’s street peddler policies in conjunction with federal immigration policies on local undocumented Mexican street vendors. For example, the study probed the impact of San José’s special event policy, beginning with the National Football League’s (NFL’s) mandated temporary “clean zone” ordinance, which banned street vendors from downtown while San José hosted Super Bowl 50 (SB 50) in 2016. Similar policies that ban street vending are evident in other downtown San José events, such as the annual Christmas in the Park. Through race and space, these policies criminalize street vendors. Additionally, Donald Trump’s federal immigration policies fueled the creation locally of Migra Watch, a community defense network for undocumented families and their allies to report and respond to ICE raids. By combining activities in Migra Watch with ethnography from street vendors’ experiences, Miguel articulates the criteria needed to improve undocumented street vendor workspace and life.## Podcast link## Video link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

## AnthroAlert## Episode 48: DiplomacyOriginally aired 27 April 2018 on bullsradio.orgThis week Spencer and René discuss diplomacy and international affairs.## Podcast link## Video link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

## AnthroAlert## Episode 47: TimeOriginally aired 20 April 2018 on bullsradio.orgAfter an extended conversation on concepts of time and management, guest W. Alex Webb joins us in the USF Bulls Radio studio to discuss concepts of time, management, and ## Podcast link## Video link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

## AnthroAlert## Episode 46: Life in a Meta WayOriginally aired 20 April 2018 on bullsradio.orgGuest W. Alex Webb joins us in the USF Bulls Radio studio to help us have a conversation about anthropology, exercise, and fitness.## Podcast link## Video link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

## AnthroAlert## Episode 45: Russell Rice ManzanoOriginally aired 13 April 2018 on bullsradio.orgThis week our guest discusses the topic of her thesis research. Russell Rice Manzano is a Ph.D. student in Applied Cultural Anthropology at the University of South Florida. She received her M.A. in Anthropology and a certificate in non-profit management at the University of Central Florida. Her M.A. thesis, “Life After the Boat: Understanding the Needs of Refugees in Siracusa,” focused on adult and unaccompanied minor refugees living in Siracusa, Sicily. She earned her B.A. in interdisciplinary cultural studies at the University of Alabama. From 2010-2012 Russell served as an AmeriCorps volunteer working with migrant youth and socioeconomic inequalities in the Apopka community. Her research interests include cultural anthropology, applied anthropology, migration, refugees, non-governmental organizations, advocacy, and Italy.>The Italian Coast Guard rescues thousands of asylum-seekers each year, and from there they are typically taken to first reception centers where they receive medical care, clothing, and food. Once the Italian government grants asylum-seekers the opportunity to request international protection they are then sent to small second reception centers operated by local nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). However, these NGOs are largely unregulated by the state, and little is known about the challenges that migrants and refugees face after their placement in these centers. Based on ethnographic research conducted in 2015 and 2016, I examine the experiences of refugees living at six local second reception centers in Siracusa, Italy. Specifically, I examine the challenges refugees face after arriving to reception and resettlement centers in Siracusa, Sicily. I also explore how local NGOs operate second reception centers, and how their practices shape refugees’ experiences. These practices and experiences are contextualized within larger policies that influence organizations’ approaches to managing aid to refugees. The humanitarian aid system for refugees in Siracusa is not only complicated, but contradictory: informal NGO practices often circumvent the guidelines for national and international refugee policy, and prevalent inefficiencies, shortages, and corruption adversely affect refugees who receive services from second reception centers. This research shows that refugee centers seldom meet the needs of refugees nor facilitate their integration into society. Thus, many refugee centers and NGOs restrict the socioeconomic mobility of refugees and place them in a liminal state where they must wait for legal documents and basic humanitarian aid services. This research contributes to a deeper understanding of the experiences of refugees after they arrive in their host countries and the humanitarian aid organizations that assist refugees.## Podcast link## Video link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

## AnthroAlert## Episode 43: Physical Activity and ExerciseOriginally aired 30 March 2018 on bullsradio.orgThis week Spencer interviews René on the topic of their master's thesis research.## Podcast link## Video link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

## AnthroAlert## Episode 44: Humans of KiribatiOriginally aired 13 April 2018 on bullsradio.orgDr. Michael Tomas Roman, former Peace Corps Volunteer, Fulbright Fellow, author of the upcoming book When There was No Money, and co-founder of the social media platform Humans of Kiribati has spoken about the human faces of climate change for the past 16 years. Completing his Ph.D. in 2014, he partners with governments, international media, non-profit organizations, and citizens from around the world to raise global consciousness of our planet’s climate crisis from the frontlines of climate change.## Podcast link## Video link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

## AnthroAlert## Episode 42: Visual AnthropologyOriginally aired 30 March 2018 on bullsradio.orgThis week we discuss visual anthropology. Bethany S. Moore is a graduate student in the dual Master’s programme at USF, working towards her MA in Medical Anthropology and MPH in Public Health with a concentration in Social Marketing and Infection Control. Her primary research focus centres on stigma its effect upon access to health care and treatment outcomes. Bethany is currently looking at the health care experience of pregnant women with HIV and at the perceptions that health care workers have regarding pregnant women living with HIV. She is also interested in theatre, art, audio media, and social media platforms as means of reversing stigma and promoting inclusivity. Bethany is a registered nurse specialising in pediatric cardiac critical care and neonatal critical care, and received her bachelor’s in nursing from the University of Central Florida.Jaine Danlag is pursuing a Masters in Applied Anthropology and a certificate in Women and Gender Studies at University of South Florida. Her thesis research deals with the process of identifying victims of human trafficking within the criminal justice system and how national narratives influence this process. Her other interests include ethnotheatre, gender violence, studies of care work, human rights, and visual methods. Jaine is a full time advocate with an anti-human trafficking organization within the Tampa Bay area and received her bachelor’s from Eckerd College in Anthropology and East Asian Studies.## Podcast link## Video link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

## AnthroAlert## Episode 41: Complementary and Alternative MedicineOriginally aired 23 March 2018 on bullsradio.orgRené interviews Spencer on the topic of his research and what it is like to be a graduate student at USF.## Podcast link## Video link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

## AnthroAlert## Episode 40: Gianpiero CasoOriginally aired 2 March 2018 on bullsradio.orgGuest Gianpiero Caso discusses the topic of his research in Italy.## Podcast link## Video link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

## AnthroAlert## Episode 39: Seeing Beyond Sea Level RiseOriginally aired 2 March 2018 on bullsradio.orgGuest Dr. Rebecca Zarger discusses her research on climate change and water resources in Tampa Bay.## Podcast link## Video link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

## AnthroAlert## Episode 38: Racial Justice ActivismOriginally aired 23 February 2018 on bullsradio.orgGuest Emily Weisenberger is a second year MA student at the University of South Florida. She is studying applied anthropology with a concentration in cultural anthropology. Her research focuses on social movements, activism, race, policy, and the criminal justice system. Emily also studied anthropology as an undergrad at the University of Virginia where she graduated with a bachelors in anthropology and public policy.Racial justice activists in Tampa Bay engage in a discernable community and culture structured as a movement of social transformation. Data from eleven interviews and more than 100 hours of participant observation show that activists engage in thoughtfully intentional actions collectively decided in order to change minds, change policy, educate, heal, and ultimately improve their community. They are guided by and practice anti-capitalistic and intersectional ideologies and motivated through injustices learned from those around them or from personal experience with discrimination. The intention of this paper is to describe activists as they are rather than as they are depicted in the popular imagination, as well as to share the insights of racial justice activists to the public for their own use.## Podcast link## Video link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

## AnthroAlert## Episode 37: Traditional FoodwaysOriginally aired 23 February 2018 on bullsradio.orgGuest Jacquelyn Heuer discusses the topic of her master's research.> I am currently in my first year here at the University of South Florida, where I am pursuing a Ph.D. in Applied Medical Anthropology and a MPH in Public Health Education. I received my B.A. in Anthropology from Grand Valley State University with a minor in German in 2014. I hold a M.A. from New Mexico State University in Anthropology with graduate minors in Native American Studies and Food Studies, in addition to a Graduate Certificate in Public Health. During my time at New Mexico State University, I worked in the Office of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer, where I utilized my anthropological skillset to help assess and promote new inventions and technologies that were being produced in the university setting. Meanwhile, my research for my Master’s thesis sought to examine the multi-generational perceptions that influence the views that American Indians have of traditional foodways. In order to do this, I worked with culinary students and professional chefs to document their viewpoints on food sovereignty and authenticity in indigenous cuisine. In addition, I also worked for a non-profit organization in New Mexico, La Semilla Food Center, where I helped the organization promote and evaluate their mobile market, which was in its pilot year.> Whether we realize it or not, food is intrinsic to our daily lives, shaping our worldviews while nourishing our bodies. Food, or more specifically, the selection and preparation of it, embodies our cultures and beliefs. My Master’s thesis research at New Mexico State University explored the ways in which American Indian culinary students and professional chefs perceived traditional foodways, and in turn, how these multi-generational perceptions influenced their use of these foods in their kitchens. This research allowed me to explore the complexities surrounding traditional foodways, from the continuing colonization of American Indians to the emergence of haute indigenous cuisine in the culinary world.## Podcast link## Video link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

## AnthroAlert## Episode 36: Gabrielle LehighOriginally aired 16 February 2018 on bullsradio.orgGuest Gabrielle Lehigh discusses the topic of her master's research on community development in the University area of Tampa Florida.## Podcast link## Video link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

## AnthroAlert## Episode 35: Heritage ManagementOriginally aired 9 February 2018 on bullsradio.orgGuest Preston LaFarge discusses the work of his master's research on heritage management.## Podcast link## Video link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

## AnthroAlert## Episode 34: Kelsee Hentschel-FeyOriginally aired 9 February 2018 on bullsradio.orgGuest Kelsee Hentschel-Fey discusses the work of her research in South Texas working on Operation Identification.## Podcast link## Video link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

## AnthroAlert## Episode 33: Laura LeisingerOriginally aired 2 February 2018 on bullsradio.orgGuest Laura Leisinger discusses her research in Haiti.## Podcast link## Video link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

## AnthroAlert## Episode 32: MicrofinanceOriginally aired 2 February 2018 on bullsradio.orgGuest Olubukola (Bukky) Olayiwola discusses his research on microseldning and mobile finance systems in Nigeria.I have bachelor and master degrees in Anthropology, University of Ibadan (Nigeria). I am a second year PhD student in Applied Anthropology and a Fellow (Wadsworth International Fellowship) of Wenner-Gren Foundation. My research interests are in economic anthropology; the anthropology of policy; the anthropology of development organization; and the anthropology of ethnicity, women, and gender; microcredit; informal economy; West Africa. I have been involving in ethnographic research and survey across rural and urban centers of Nigeria since 2009. I have experience in monitoring and evaluation of MDGs projects, Social Impact Assessment and I have engaged in collaborative projects with organizations such as HarvestPlus (Researcher), Harvard and Yale Okrika Survey-Lagos Trader Project (Unaffiliated Investigator), Action-Aid Nigeria (Consultant/State Enumerator and Program Facilitator), Development Policy Center, Ibadan (Program Assistant), and Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (Unaffiliated Investigator).Current ResearchMy dissertation focuses on Women and the Economic Violence of Credit Mobilization in Southwest Nigeria. I critique Grameen Bank model as an empowerment scheme gears towards making provision of microcredit facilities for women in rural and urban centers in Nigeria. SynopsisMicrocredit schemes fashioned after the Grameen Bank Model are widely acclaimed for their potential for empowering the poor through access to credit based on social collateral. The Grameen Bank is a financial empowerment scheme introduced in Tangail district, Bangladesh by Muhammad Yunus as an initiative of providing credit for poor women with social collateral. However, in contrast to the supposed positive outcomes, grassroots women in Ibadan, southwest Nigeria refer to microcredit loans as “owo komulelanta,” a term which literally translates as “resting the breast on a lantern,” a plain critique of the stringent conditions of loan repayment. Such a notion invokes images of violence as implicated in the process of loan repayment. In my ongoing dissertation research, I argue that neoliberalizing microcredit rather than creating empowerment for women through access to credit further agonizes their situation and makes them more vulnerable. It is considered as a universalizing solution to problems of poverty and thereby creates an image of “one-size fits all.” Therefore, I argue for a context-specific explanation of the failure of microlending as well as context-specific solution through the application of anthropological knowledge.## Podcast link## Video link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

## AnthroAlert## Episode 31: Engineering the Human EnvironmentOriginally aired 26 January 2018 on bullsradio.orgGuest Christine Prouty is a graduate research assistant pursuing her Ph.D. in environmental engineering at the University of South Florida (USF), Tampa. Her research interests include interdisciplinary work investigating the complex interactions between human, engineered, and environmental systems, the benefits of stakeholder involvement at all phases of the a project’s life cycle, the water-energy- food-systems nexus, the environmental impacts of tourism development, and the appropriate context into which wastewater-based resource recovery systems should be installed. Christine’s dissertation research and various academic activities have provided her the opportunity to work with communities, universities, and NGOs in Barbados, Belize, and Uganda. Her undergraduate degree is also in environmental engineering and was earned at Louisiana State University in 2009.## Podcast link## Video link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

## AnthroAlert## Episode 30: Sea TurtlesOriginally aired 26 January 2018 on bullsradio.orgGuest W. Alex Webb discusses his research on sea turtles and how he ended up as an anthropology PhD student.BS Psychology SLC, UT - 2007MSc Marine and Environmental Science, USVI - 2013Phd (trying) Applied Anthropology, USF – 2020?Fun resume facts:Taught English in S. Korea in 2007Managed a leatherback sea turtle research project in Grenada for the 2008 nesting season (Feb – Aug)Lived in a hotel doing hawksbill sea turtle research for the Barbados sea turtle project in 2008 (Aug – Dec)Worked in a psychiatric institute for a few years providing direct patient careLived in St. Thomas for about 4 years while going to grad school (and a year or so managing a bar and hanging out)Wife and I went on a 7 month honeymoon around the world starting in Bali, Indonesia and ended in Dublin, Ireland.Academic interests: Rapid ethnographic techniques, knowledge systems, development issues, text and data mining## Podcast link## Video link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

## AnthroAlert## Episode 29: Applied AnthropologyOriginally aired 19 January 2018 on bullsradio.orgGuest Bree Casper joins the team to discuss applied anthropology.## Podcast link## Video link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

## AnthroAlert## Episode 28: Anthropology and EthicsOriginally aired 19 January 2018 on bullsradio.orgGuest Bree Casper joins the team to discuss anthropology and ethics.## Podcast link## Video link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

## AnthroAlert## Episode 27: Ryan HarkeOriginally aired 12 January 2018 on bullsradio.orgGuest Ryan M. Harke is a PhD Candidate in archaeology at USF. He grew up west of St. Louis, Missouri, earning his BS in Anthropology at Missouri State University in 2008, and he later earned his MA in Applied Anthropology from USF in 2012. In between degree programs, Ryan spent a couple years working for cultural resource management (CRM) archaeology firms throughout the Midwest and Southeast United States, and worked as a public archaeology coordinator for the Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN) at Flagler College, respectively. He is actively involved in Florida archaeology projects across the state, and teaches Introduction to Anthropology and Introduction to Archaeology at USF.Ryan’s research interests combine anthropological archaeology with the life sciences. He is a Florida (prehistoric) archaeologist primarily interested in the relationship between small-scale foraging economies and fragile ecosystems. As such, he studies the Florida Keys and its aboriginal occupants. Ryan uses a method called sclerochronology (performed on archaeological and modern shells) to determine past environment, climate, and the seasonality of occupation at island sites. In so doing, he is able to ask questions about settlement patterns, resource exploitation, and even cultural affiliation.## Podcast link## Video link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

## AnthroAlert## Episode 26: STEMOriginally aired 15 December 2017 on bullsradio.orgDr. Rebecca Campbell is our guest this week.Dr. Campbell is part of a team of researchers at the University of Connecticut and the University of South Florida, with affiliates elsewhere, working on a project exploring how social capital and cultural models impact the retention and degree attainment of women and underrepresented minorities in STEM undergraduate programs. The research is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation and is led by the PI, Dr. Gladis Kersaint, who is the Dean in the Neag School of Education at UConn. The research team includes an interdisciplinary team of researchers including anthropologists, sociologists, methodologists, educators, and engineers who are using their collective expertise to address the research questions being examined. Other members of the team include Dr. Chrystal Smith and myself who moved to UConn with Dr. Kersaint and the remainder of the USF team that includes Dr. George MacDonald and Mr. Reginald Lee at the Center for Research, Evaluation, Assessment, and Measurement and the College of Education here at USF; Dr. John Skvoretz, Distinguished University Professor of Sociology; Dr. Kingsley Reeves, Assistant Professor of Industrial & Management Systems Engineering and Dr. Hes Wao formerly of USF Health.This mixed-methods research is guided by the collective and interdisciplinary expertise of the research team and utilizes approaches from each of the disciplinary areas. For example, we use cognitive anthropology theory to think about cultural models, and anthropological research methods, such as Think Alouds and Freelisting, which help us increase reliability and validity of our survey and interview methods. Ego Network Analysis stems from Sociology, and we use it to understand social capital by looking at the people or influencers who helped our survey respondents get into and succeed in engineering. From education, we incorporate linear logistic test model (LLTM) to provide conceptual knowledge states (CKS) estimates; basically that means we designed survey items to measure concepts important in our research. These include Academic Preparation, Persistence & Success, Resources, Departmental Support, Relationships & Support, Limitations, and Fit.There were nearly 2,200 students in our first survey, and we have followed them from their freshmen year of engineering until now, which is their fourth year as students. We’ve conducted the first set of interviews with a subsample of 55 women and underrepresented engineering students. There are 10 colleges of engineering that cater to different types of student populations in our four-year longitudinal study. Our important outcome variables are: 1) the decision to pursue engineering undergraduate degrees and 2) retention to the fourth year of the degree program. We are in the process of analyzing data and deploying our fourth survey and second set of interviews. We’ve presented our interim findings at conferences, to the National Science Foundation, to our participating universities, and through journal articles under review.Findings include those listed in our 2016 Annual Report, which will be discussed during Friday’sradio show.Listen Live Friday at 3 PM EST https://tunein.com/radio/Bulls-Radio-897-s230635/## Podcast link## Video link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

# 8 Dec 2017# The Florida Public Archaeology NetworkAbout FPAN: The Florida Public Archaeology Network's mission is to promote and facilitate the conservation, study and public understanding of Florida's archaeological heritage through regional centers throughout the state. Our Regional Centers operate visible public outreach programs, including promotion of archaeological/heritage tourism; partnerships with Florida Anthropological Society chapters and other regional heritage organizations; dissemination of archaeological information to the public; promotion of existing regional heritage events and programs; and promotion of archaeological volunteer opportunities.We support local governments in their efforts to preserve and protect regional archaeological resources by assisting with local archaeological ordinances, comprehensive plan elements, and preservation plans; providing professional archaeological assistance with local archaeological emergencies; and advising local governments on the best management practices for municipally-owned and county-owned archaeological sites.We assist the Division of Historical Resources in its Archaeological Responsibilities by promoting Division programs, including grants; by supporting the Division with venues and professional assistance for regional training opportunities; by referring local inquiries to the appropriate Division office or staff member; by distributing literature promulgated by the Division; and by assisting with and promoting the identification and nomination of local archaeological sites to the National Register.# Rebecca O’Sullivan, M.A., RPARebecca O’Sullivan works as the Public Archaeology Coordinator II for the West Central Regional Center of the Florida Public Archaeology Network. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from the University of Florida and a Master’s degree in Applied Anthropology with a concentration in Cultural Resource Management from the University of South Florida.# Kassie Kemp, M.A.Kassie Kemp works as the Public Archaeology Coordinator I for the West Central Regional Center of the Florida Public Archaeology Network. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Archaeology and Anthropology at Baylor University in Texas and her MA in Applied Anthropology with a concentration in Cultural Resource Management, as well as a Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information Systems, from the University of South Florida.## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

# AnthroAlert## Episode 24: Early Village FormationOriginally aired 1 December 2017 on bullsradio.orgGuest Dr. Thomas J. Pluckhahn, Ph.D., talks us through his research in early village formation along the Gulf Coast. > Why and how did people begin living together in villages, a process that ultimately led to denser aggregations like cities and states? In our increasingly urbanized world of 7 billion inhabitants, this question may seem arcane or even a little odd. But it presents a major conundrum for many social scientists. Evolutionary anthropologists assume---following the tenets of natural selection---that people act in their own self interests; the sharing of food and labor that are generally a prerequisite to village life seem to contradict this assumption, especially in light of the existence of potential "free riders" who may enjoy the fruits of others' labor without working themselves. One possible explanation, that people aggregate into villages for mutual defense in the face of external threats, seems belied by the evidence that the early villages in many areas of the world demonstrate little evidence for conflict. > My research examines the development of "early villages" along the Gulf Coast of the Southeast during the first millennium AD, with a particular focus on Crystal River and related sites to the north of Tampa. Crystal River earned notoriety more than a century ago with the excavations by the antiquarian CB Moore. Moore's excavations in the burial mounds at Crystal River revealed items of copper, quartz, and exotic stone, often carved into symbolic or religious forms, which must have been imported from great distances. These artifacts, and the mounds that produced them, made Crystal River famous, and played a big role in the eventual acquisition and preservation of the site for a Florida state park. But the excavations were poorly controlled and inadequately documented, and the singular focus on grave goods revealed little about everyday life. Unfortunately, the archaeology that followed over the course of the rest of the twentieth century did little to rectify this situation.> My forthcoming book The Archaeology of Village Life at Crystal River (University Press of Florida, Gainesville, expected release spring 2018), co-authored with my close friend and colleague Victor D. Thompson (University of Georgia), describes our NSF-funded archaeological research at Crystal River, focusing on the development of village life here, at related sites along the Gulf Coast, and---by comparison---elsewhere in the world.## Podcast link## Video link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

# AnthroAlert## Episode 23: The Peace CorpsOriginally aired 17 November 2017 on bullsradio.orgGuest Dr. Christian Wells discusses volunteer service with the Peace Corps.## Podcast link## Video link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsaxhttp://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Jungle Tracking" by pingnewshttp://ccmixter.org/files/pingnews/13481https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

# AnthroAlert## Episode 22: Engaging with the DisciplineOriginally aired 10 November 2017 on bullsradio.orgKatie Shakour returns to discuss presenting at academic conferences and publishing in academic journals. Katie Shakour is a historical archaeologist and has focused on Irish archaeology for the past 9 years. Her current research explores how communities react to disaster through time and how heritage is constructed with regards to disasters. She explores multi-scalar heritage construction in Ireland on local, regional and national scales. Her interests include heritage, community archaeology and coastal/island archaeology. ## Podcast link## Video link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

# AnthroAlert## Episode 21: Local Knowledge SystemsOriginally aired 20 October 2017 on bullsradio.orgAnthony Tricarico returns to discuss the creation of local knowledge systems and how anthropologists engage with communities to develop effective partnerships.Anthony Tricarico is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Anthropology at the University of South Florida. His research focuses broadly on complex, dynamic coupled natural-human systems. For his dissertation, Anthony is researching how intensive agricultural practices from the pre-Columbian period through present day have increased landscape instability and soil quality loss in Antigua, West Indies. Specifically, his research looks at the commodification of sugar during the historic period and how socioeconomic and environmental legacies of the past help shape contemporary landscapes. Anthony applies various geoarchaeological, anthropological, and historic methods to analyze the challenges contemporary Antiguan farmers are facing today due to human-induced and natural environmental degradation.## Podcast link## Video link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

# AnthroAlert## Episode 20: BioarchaeologyOriginally aired 13 October 2017 on bullsradio.orgIn this episode, Dr. Jonathan Bethard teaches us about the anthropology subfield **bioarchaeology** and how it teaches us about our humanity.Jonathan D. Bethard is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at USF. His research explores questions at the intersection of biological anthropology and archaeology, most notably in the fields of bioarchaeology and forensic anthropology. He has conducted field and laboratory work in the United States, Peru, and the Transylvanian region of Romania. Beyond bioarchaeology, he is also interested in the application of forensic anthropology outside of the United States. He has worked as an instructor for numerous courses in forensic anthropology with the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) in Colombia and Algeria and has an active bioarchaeological research program in Romania. ## Podcast link## Video link## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/Emergency room by KOMUnews https://flic.kr/p/aDWgGWCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

# AnthroAlert## Episode 19: Emergency DepartmentOriginally aired 6 October 2017 on bullsradio.orgIn this episode, we explore how an anthropological perspective can be a part of the emergency department.Our guests, Dr. Roberta Baer and Dr. Jason Wilson , will present on their project where they design a course for pre-med students to better understand the patient experience. We will better define the role of anthropology and social science epistemologies in medical school training .Roberta Baer is Professor of Anthropology and specializes in medical and nutritional anthropology.Jason Wilson, is, Research Director, Division of Emergency Medicine for USF Health. Dr. Wilson has an MA in anthropology from the University of Michigan, and took a Medical Anthropology class at USF with Dr. Baer. Dr. Wilson earned his BA in Anthropology from USF in 2000.The class was entitled, “Research Experience in Patient Provider Interaction.” This class was team taught by the Dr. Baer, and Dr. Jason Wilson, an attending physician at the Tampa General Hospital Emergency Department, who also has a MA in Anthropology. Our explicit goal in this class was to train pre-medical students to have a better understanding and valuation of the patient perspective in the physician-patient encounter. These issues are at the core of the subfield of applied medical anthropology.While these perspectives date to over 40 years ago, medical school curriculums have not widely adopted these concepts. As such, we sought to incorporate this perspective into the coursework of students before they began medical school. We conducted the course in the context of a Level 1 Trauma Center, which functions not only to deal with traumatic injuries, but also as a health safety net for patients without health insurance. Class activities included reviews of current literature regarding the culture of the Emergency Room, the intersection of medicine and culture, and methods of qualitative research. While students were required to shadow physicians, they were also required to shadow patients, which we have learned is a key activity in developing an understanding of the patient experience. The class used what they learned to put together a leaflet for patients about common misunderstandings of how the Emergency Room works, and then evaluated the perceptions of the leaflet. Reflection activities about their experiences were also required.Students noted the value of learning about the patient perspective. One stated, > “This class has made me realize that the art of compassionate care and social interaction …should be combined with the necessary sciences…and curative methods to provide the most appropriate care to patients.” Another observed, > “However, physicians often forget just how … [it] feels to be a patient under stress and pain and waiting hours to see you.” Yet another noted, >“I learned most importantly not to lose sight of how much of an impact you can have as a physician on a patient’s life, both for the good and the bad. For the doctor, curing the disease is the goal, while for the patient it isn’t just the biological side that matters to their health. It’s how their disease will affect their daily life and whether they can afford to be sick.”The class activities also pushed the students into learning more about themselves. One said, > “Never could I have imagined what this class would teach me about medicine and about myself… Unlike other classes where reading material is assigned… and discussed, the reading and discussion were different and more enlightening in this class because I was able to see and apply what articles, films, and lectures taught me related to my experiences in the ER. Despite dreading the 4 hour patient shadowing assignment since syllabus day, looking back, it was probably my favorite assignment of the class… Mainly the patients taught me that their health wasn’t something separate from their lives. Their health was something that affected them every day and really influenced the person they had come to be, and how the interactions they would have in the ER would impact their coming days and weeks.” Another noted, > “The course pushed me to thinking outside of the box and into new perspectives…While putting together all of the research the class has done this semester has been hectic, it has also been one of the most satisfying experiences of my life…After taking this course I was shocked to find out that there are no anthropology courses taught during medical school. The lessons I learned …are essential to my career as a physician… I can comfortably enter a patient’s room and talk confidently with them even in times of distress. I can also better understand their perspective and needs as a patient. Learning these lessons will make me a better medical student and a better physician. It is a shame that not everyone has the access to this type of course before pursuing his or her medical careers.” A third observed, > “In reality, the majority of people who come to the ER do not have fascinating, rare or life-threatening problems. People come with chest pain, back pain, social pain. They come just in case, or because nowhere else will take them. This causes the true gap in models: expectations. Physicians simply want to make sure someone is healthy enough to leave. Patients want to find out what is wrong with them and fix it. As a physician I hope that this class will help me see past the biomedical distillation of patients into biological components. I hope to remember the humanity of my patients.”## Podcast link## Video linkhttps://youtu.be/kx4TnxqTqcM## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/Emergency room by KOMUnews https://flic.kr/p/aDWgGWCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

# AnthroAlert## Episode 18: Archaeological MethodsOriginally aired 29 September 2017 on bullsradio.orgIn this episode, we explore how archaeological methods and modern technology help us to better understand the earliest neolithic sites in Western Europe.Our guest, Dr. Robert Tykot, will present on current research in Western Europe.Robert H. Tykot is a Professor at the University of South Florida, where he has been for 21 years since receiving his PhD from Harvard University. His research emphasizes scientific analysis of archaeological materials such as obsidian, pottery, metals and marble to study trade and technology in the Mediterranean world, as well as skeletal remains to look at diet and mobility in many parts of the world. Professor Tykot has more than 185 published books and articles, and has presented more than 475 times at national and international conferences. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Editor-in-Chief of the journal Science and Technology of Archaeological Research, and has reviewed submissions to 70 different journals and book publishers, and for 18 grant agencies in 9 different countries. Professor Tykot has received from USF an Annual Global Award acknowledging his outstanding contributions to the USF System’s global mission.At USF, he teaches courses on Ancient Diet, Ancient Trade, Archaeological Science, Mediterranean and European Archaeology, and Fantastic Archaeology. His current graduate students come from Italy, France, Peru, and the USA.For the last several years, Tykot and colleagues have been surveying and using remote sensing to assess the earliest neolithic sites in western Europe, in the Tavoliere region of southeastern Italy. Many sites have been identified and surveyed, with large numbers of pottery sherds and stone tools recovered. Based on the chronology and the physical material found, we argue that domesticated plants and animals and the practice of year-round settlements passed from eastern Europe across the Adriatic Sea to this region ca. 8000 years ago. Pending external grant funding, we hope to conduct formal excavation of 1 or more of these large residential settings which were enclosed within circular ditches. Tykot also conducts elemental analyses using a portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometer on the obsidian, flint, and ceramic artifacts in many parts of Italy and nearby countries to determine their origin and reconstruct directions and frequency of trade and interaction across great distances. Obsidian has been identified as coming from geological sources hundreds of miles away, with significant overseas travel. Separately, in his lab at USF Tykot conducts isotopic analyses on human remains to reconstruct their individual dietary practices and origins, in order to compare differences based on sex and/or status and how they changed over time. This research is on multiple projects from Europe, where seafood has been found to be a negligible part of the diet while millet was introduced from Asia, and in the Americas where maize spread further south than thought in South America, and earlier than expected right here in Florida.## Podcast link## Video linkhttps://youtu.be/pRJGgogBqms## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/Italy by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center https://flic.kr/p/nWqvZGCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/## Intro music credit:There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

# AnthroAlert## Episode 17: Historical ArchaeologyOriginally aired 22 September 2017 on bullsradio.orgIn this episode, we discuss historical archaeology.Our guest, Katie Shakour, presents her research.Katie Shakour is a historical archaeologist and has focused on Irish archaeology for the past 9 years. Her current research explores how communities react to disaster through time and how heritage is constructed with regards to disasters. She explores multi-scalar heritage construction in Ireland on local, regional and national scales. Her interests include heritage, community archaeology and coastal/island archaeology. ## Podcast link## Video linkhttps://youtu.be/ZOdzv_gf0UM## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/Ireland by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center https://flic.kr/p/7LnNpcCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/## Intro music credit:There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

# AnthroAlert## Episode 16: Hunger AdvocacyOriginally aired 15 September 2017 on bullsradio.orgIn this episode, we discuss how an anthropological perspective helps address issues of hunger in our community.Our guest, Laura Kihlstrom, presents on food insecurity in the Tampa Bay Area.Laura is a dual degree student at USF: she is getting her doctorate in cultural anthropology and MPH in maternal and child health. She has an MSc in agroecology from the University of Helsinki, Finland. Laura spent six years working before returning to graduate school. During these six years she co-authored a book on global food security and worked in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. Her interest in anthropology arose from the need to view global and local challenges from a more holistic and historical perspective. Once accepted to the program, she moved to Tampa with her husband, son, and two Ethiopian street cats. Laura has her roots in Finland, but she has spent large chunks of her life abroad: in Nepal, Sweden, Ethiopia, and now in the U.S. Becoming a student in anthropology and jumping into the discipline felt like finally coming home. Laura feels that it is a total privilege and a huge responsibility to be trained in a discipline in which students are constantly pressed to think beyond surface level explanations and to engage in critical thinking.During the past year, Laura has worked on projects related to food insecurity in the Tampa Bay Area. Two thirds of people tackling with food insecurity in the U.S. regularly receive assistance from food banks. In Tampa Bay, approximately one in six adults and one in four children are food insecure. Food pantries have been criticized for exacerbating the poor health of their clients by offering unhealthy food options, such as sodas and cakes. As a result, many food pantries now have programs designed around better nutrition and increased provision of healthier food options. The Last Mile study, led by USF researchers in cooperation with Feeding Tampa Bay, set out to investigate how the efforts of food pantries to serve more healthy food has been perceived by the clients themselves. The methodology used consisted of focus group discussions and household interviews. Based on the study results, clients of food pantries face several challenges in actually utilizing these healthier foods, the most common obstacles being poor quality and unfamiliarity with the products. Because of this, a lot of the fresh produce ends up being wasted. The results challenge us to think about access to food in more broad terms. They also engage us in a critical discussion related to food as a human right: Whose responsibility is it that every citizen has access to healthy and nutritious food? Are volunteer-based operations the best way to ensure food security? Who decides what poor people eat? How can compassion and kindness alleviate the emotional burden of food insecurity?## Podcast link## Video linkhttps://youtu.be/Hh-g-IZ0uXY## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/Therapeutic Food Pantry Boston U Medical Center #iln13 by Ted EytanCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/## Intro music credit:There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

# AnthroAlert## Episode 15: Hunger AdvocacyOriginally aired 1 September 2017 on bullsradio.orgIn this episode, we discuss how an anthropological perspective helps address issues of hunger in our community.Our guest, Dr. David Himmelgreen, presents on his work with the Hunger Action Alliance.David Himmelgreen is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida. Himmelgreen is a biocultural nutritional anthropologist with expertise in maternal-child nutrition, growth and development, food security, dietary acculturation, and community nutrition programming. He has conducted research in Costa Rica, the U.S., Puerto Rico, Lesotho, and India. For the last 15 years, Himmelgreen has co-directed the Globalization and Community Health Field School in Monteverde Costa Rica where students are cross-trained in medical anthropology, public health, and environmental engineering. More recently, Himmelgreen co-founded the Hunger Action Alliance with Feeding Tampa Bay (an affiliate of Feeding America), Humana, and other key stakeholders in Tampa Bay to address hunger and food insecurity through research, education, and programming. Himmelgreen has published more than 80 articles, book chapters/segments, and edited volumes and has received funding from the NSF, USDA, NIH, Fulbright Commission, UNICEF, and state and private foundations. ## Podcast linkhttps://anthroalert.tumblr.com/post/168785927906/anthroalert-episode-15-hunger-advocacy## Video linkhttps://youtu.be/6ypps5PSCc8## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/Mon assiette vide - 2012-01-19 by Frédérique Voisin-Demeryhttps://flic.kr/p/bgfqLRCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345CC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

# AnthroAlert## Episode 14: Community ArchaeologyOriginally aired 26 August 2017 on bullsradio.orgIn this episode, we engage further into the discussion around heritage and historical archeology.Our guest, Dr. Diane Wallman, will speak about ongoing archaeological research at the Judah P. Benjamin Confederate Memorial at Gamble Plantation Historic State Park, in Ellenton, Florida.imageDr. Diane Wallman is an Assistant Professor in Anthropology at the University of South Florida in Tampa. She is a historical archaeologist who works on sites associated with Atlantic Slavery. As a zooarchaeologist, her research focuses on issues of human-environment dynamics during the colonial period in the Caribbean, Southeastern United States, and West Africa.imageWe will discuss ongoing archaeological research at the Judah P. Benjamin Confederate Memorial at Gamble Plantation Historic State Park. Gamble Plantation is an important site for Florida and Tampa Bay history and heritage. Major Robert Gamble Jr. was one of several planters who established sugar plantations along the Manatee River in the mid-19th century. Gamble arrived in 1844 with a small group of enslaved individuals and purchased land to the north of the river for sugar cane production. Using slave labor, Gamble erected a tabby mansion that still stands on the parcel today, along with a large tabby cistern and several outbuildings. During the Civil War, Captain Archibald McNeill, a famous Confederate officer, temporarily occupied the premises. Confederate Secretary of State, Judah P. Benjamin, escaping Federal troops, took brief refuge on the property in May of 1865. After the war, George Patten bought the property, and his son constructed a Victorian-style house on the property in 1895. The house was relocated in the 1970s where it remains on park property today.Ongoing archaeology research at the site, via archaeological field school, aims to expand on the understanding of the nuanced history at the site, including a diachronic and spatial examination of landscape transformation and material culture. During the field schools, the excavations are open to the public, and we invite community members to participate in the dig. The significance of the project encompasses more than just the history of the mansion, Robert Gamble, and the confederate occupants. Archaeological research focuses on a multidimensional exploration of the varied histories and occupations at the site, including the enslaved peoples who lived and labored on the plantation.## Podcast linkhttps://anthroalert.tumblr.com/post/168715318729/anthroalert-episode-14-community-archaeology## Video linkhttps://youtu.be/h1vnE8jeZ28## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/DSC_0182_pp by Walterhttps://flic.kr/p/oHMPPWCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345CC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

# AnthroAlert## Episode 13: Druze IdentityOriginally aired 18 August 2017 on bullsradio.orgIn this episode, our guest, Chad Radwan, will present on how expanded educational resources focused on Druze history might strengthen collective notions of community and Druze particularism.Chad Radwan is a recent graduate of the Department of Anthropology at the University of South Florida. As well, he earned his Bachelor’s degree in anthropology at USF in 2006 and his Master’s degree in applied anthropology in 2009. His thesis is titled Assessing Druze Identity and Strategies for Preserving Druze Heritage in North America, and he worked to apply his findings through the oldest Arab-American mutual aid Society. For his dissertation research, Chad traveled to Lebanon in 2014 where he studied how educational resources focused on doctrine and history might strengthen the ethnoreligious Druze community. His dissertation is titled The Sweet Burden: Constructing and Contesting Druze Heritage and Identity in Lebanon and he has presented on his research at a number of Druze conventions, both domestically and internationally, and at academic conferences. Chad’s upcoming article, Economic Adversities and Cultural Coping Strategies: Impacts on Identity Boundaries among Druzes in Lebanon, will be published in the early 2018 issue of Economic Anthropology and he is currently writing an article focusing on the social obligations and financial pressures that shape modern weddings among young Druze. Chad has worked on a variety of research projects in Public Health and in the Information Management Systems Engineering and helped to create and disseminate the largest single health assessment of an older adult population. This research resulted in a paper titled, Villages of Opportunity: Increasing Health and Quality of Life in Older Adults, coauthored with the Dean of the College of Public Health at USF, Donna Petersen, which was awarded the American Public Health Association’s prestigious Erickson Foundation Research Award.The Druze are a ethnoreligious community that mainly preside in Lebanon, Syria, Israel and Northern Jordan. They practice a strict form of endogamy and neither proselytize nor recognize a method of conversion. Their inner-teachings of their faith are require a knowledge that is passed down among male and female sheikhs, who represent a fraction of the worldwide Druze community, living relatively modest lives ideally devoted to the attainment of spiritual knowledge. Among a number of other factors, the majority of Druze individuals in the countries of origin and in the diaspora have a pronounced gap in their knowledge of their history and the basics of their doctrine. I conducted research to understand how expanded educational resources focused on Druze history and the elementary tenets of the faith might strengthen collective notions of community and Druze particularism. The research identified a number of gaps where formal resources are lacking and how existing seminars, study groups, community events, etc. might be increased, improved, or made more accessible. As well, having conducted 91 qualitative interviews, research informants discussed how a collective belief in reincarnation, shared political interests, and their minority status, shaped their Druze identity and sense of community in Lebanese society, which is often divided along sectarian and confessional lines.## Podcast linkhttps://anthroalert.tumblr.com/post/168640542395/anthroalert-episode-13-druze-identity## Video linkhttps://youtu.be/VCpCJi6Gj-Q## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/The market at the Druze village Daliyat al-Karmil. by Shiran Pasternakhttps://flic.kr/p/ccCwFwCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345CC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

# AnthroAlert## Episode 12: ParentingOriginally aired 11 August 2017 on bullsradio.orgIn this episode, we examine the anthropology of parenting.Our guest, Anna Davidson Abella, will help us to discuss anthropological approaches to understanding parenting.Anna received her B.S. in Anthropology from USF in 2004 and went on to complete a joint M.A. in Anthropology and Women’s and Gender studies from Brandeis University in 2006. She returned to the Tampa area to work in the non-profit sector as a program director for an organization that provided social and emotional education programs to youth throughout Hillsborough County. After five years in this field, Anna returned to USF to pursue her Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology. Her focus of study ultimately became oriented around parenting, as both professional and personal experiences converged to open up new insights into social implications of parenting. She is currently in the writing stage of her dissertation with plans to graduate in December 2017.The purpose of this research is to understand local definitions of what it means to be a “good” parent. The mixed-methods approach combining participant observation, semi-structured interviews, and electronic survey shows that parents rely heavily on children’s developmental milestones as markers around which parenting strategies should be oriented and as a pathway to being a more nurturing and loving parent. The practices embodied by the parents – most of whom are middle class stay at home mothers - reflect widespread professional ideologies of child development that focus on the importance of parenting a particular way in the early years in order to mitigate future risks. Spending focused time with children was also a motivating factor for many of the mothers who chose to stay home to raise their children. Parents’ beliefs in nurturing their children’s developmental abilities are consistent with notions of concerted cultivation, which are drawn from Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of cultural capital. This work therefore explores implications of who “good parenting” is accessible to, and how structural supports in our society may be reimagined to allow all parents to realize their ideal approaches to parenting.## Podcast link## Video linkhttps://youtu.be/p5LqjcpRH-0## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/Daddy and Levi by Tammy McGaryhttps://flic.kr/p/aT1MJnCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

# AnthroAlert## Episode 11: Heritage StudiesOriginally aired 4 August 2017 on bullsradio.orgIn this episode, we discuss how anthropology helps us to better understand culture and national identity.Our guest, Vivian Gornik, will present on heritage and museum studies.Vivian is a PhD Candidate in applied anthropology at the University of South Florida.She has a BA in Anthropology and an MA in Museum Studies from the University of Florida. As a cultural anthropologist she combines her interest in anthropology and museum studies by studying the people who visit museums and heritage sites.Vivian just completed the fieldwork for her dissertation project, which explores how heritage and national identity are linked at two sites in England: Glastonbury in Somerset and Tintagel in Cornwall. The goal of this research is to better understand the role that heritage sites and museums play in the production of national identities, especially in today’s global society where conceptualizations of national identity are becoming more difficult to define. The post-Brexit United Kingdom is a particularly strong example of a nation going through an identity crisis. What does it mean to be British? Do heritage sites in the U.K. represent a specific kind of national identity? Or is there the potential for these sites to engage with the U.K.’s multicultural reality?By better understanding the ways in which current heritage narratives are produced and consumed, suggestions can be made for how heritage can become more inclusive and representative.## Podcast link## Video linkhttps://youtu.be/wxLQ0PgCH6I## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/Sitting on top of forever by Nelo Hotsumahttps://flic.kr/p/dagF8mCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

# AnthroAlert## Episode 10: The ConOriginally aired 28 July 2017 on bullsradio.orgIn this episode, Spencer and René explore anthropological perspectives of the comic con and cosplay. ## Podcast linkhttps://anthroalert.tumblr.com/post/168391803826/anthroalert-episode-10-the-con-originally## Video linkhttps://youtu.be/SDSTL0k3r4Q## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/Numeria Zayashttps://flic.kr/p/epWNfTCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

# AnthroAlert## Episode 09: Forensic AnalysisOriginally aired 21 July 2017 on bullsradio.orgIn this episode, we look at applications of forensic anthropology.Our guest, Liotta Noche-Dowdy, will present on using multi-isotope analysis to aid with the identification of unidentified decedents in the Tampa Bay area.Liotta Noche-Dowdy is a Ph.D. student of applied anthropology at the University of South Florida.Liotta Noche-Dowdy originally grew up in San Diego, CA and has her first undergraduate degree from UCSD in Visual Arts.Years later her and her husband moved to Tampa Bay for him to finish graduate school. She went back to school in 2002 part-time to earn a second undergraduate degree in Biomedical Sciences from USF while also raising a family. Inspired by learning pathology and other biochem methods, Liotta eventually stumbled upon the work of Biological Anthropologists of Dr. Kimmerle and Dr. Madrigal from the Dept of Anthropology and decided to complete a minor in anthropology as well. Anthropology made such an impact she decided to take the chance and dive into graduate school under the mentorship of Dr. Kimmerle, completing her masters degree in 2015 and continuing to pursue her PhD with Dr. Kimmerle as her advisor.Her focus within the field of biological anthropology includes bio-archaeology and forensic anthropology and utilization of stable and heavy isotope analysis to help investigate past diets and migration patterns of historic human populations or even in current forensic or cold cases with unidentified decedents. Along the way, she’s had the opportunity to work along side many geochemists, forensic anthropologists and archaeologists that helped guide and train her with isotope analysis, excavation methods, and with other biological methods with estimating a biological profile for unidentified decedents in a historic or forensic setting.She looks forward to continue to learning and understanding new technological advancements that will help aid in identification with forensic cold cases or with understanding the past histories of our previous ancestors. ## Podcast linkhttps://anthroalert.tumblr.com/post/167768014538/anthroalert-episode-09-forensic-analysis## Video linkhttps://youtu.be/rBd8soOpH0A## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/Image provided by Liotta Noche-Dowdy## Intro music credit:Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkabahttp://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345CC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

# AnthroAlert## Episode 08: American StoriesOriginally aired 14 July 2017 on bullsradio.orgIn this episode, we explore the role oral history plays in language acquisition and refugee resettlement. Our guest is Dr. Roberta Baer, Professor of Anthropology at the University of South Florida.It can be easy for us to ignore the diverse human experience possible. Refugees experience a great deal of hardship and oral histories present an opportunity for them to tell their story. Each person has a story to tell. It is up to us to decide if we want to hear it.## Podcast linkhttps://anthroalert.tumblr.com/post/167518168813/anthroalert-episode-08-american-stories## Video linkhttps://youtu.be/umJ5I-jMxhA## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/## Intro music credit:There's A Better WAY ! by Loveshadowhttp://ccmixter.org/files/Loveshadow/34402https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

# AnthroAlert## Episode 07: EducationOriginally aired 7 July 2017 on bullsradio.orgIn this episode, guest Dr. Rebecca A. Campbell discusses the topic of education in an increasingly global climate.Dr. Rebecca A. Campbell is a researcher at the University of Connecticut working on a National Science Foundation project that aims to understand cultural models and social networks and how they relate to success for women and underrepresented minorities in diverse engineering undergraduate degree programs. She is in the process of disseminating her dissertation research, which looked at issues of equity for racial, ethnic, and linguistic groups in elementary schools in the Florida Heartland.As a result of globalization and modern society, people are moving to new places and their acceptance into new societies often engenders struggles. To look at how people are socialized into lifeways of more or less opportunity, I conducted research in the Florida Heartland during 2014-2015. I conducted a school ethnography of two elementary schools in a Florida county I refer to as Central, which has agricultural and religious roots that run deep. The agricultural heart of the county has been and currently draws people to the area for work, which can raise language and citizenship issues. The past incorporation (or lack of) of American Indians, blacks and African Americans, Latinos, and whites is also relevant to opportunities for people from various groups in the area today. Among my major findings are:1. There is rich linguistic diversity in Central County, Florida with 5% of mothers and 5% of fathers of the 1,330 students I surveyed in the schools speaking an indigenous Mexican language (including Mixtec, Zapotec, Bajo, Nahuatl, Trique, Huasteco, and Tarasco). This raises relevant issues of linguistic accessibility, given the Migrant Advocates working in the school system speak Spanish/English. This linguistic diversity is not found in school records, as registrars sometimes re-form the language of students and parents in records by recording “Spanish” when parents report speaking indigenous languages (such as Trique, Nahuatl, Mixtec, or Zapotec).2. Connected to the first point, the schools (and state of Florida) actively erase the racial (American Indian) and linguistic identity of their students through reporting processes and registration practices. For instance, at the middle school I observed, I found that according to school records, 10% of children were American Indian. However, the state reports and the school operates on that notion that around/less than 1% of students are American Indian (because according to the Florida Department of Education and Central Schools, you can only be Latino, not Latino and a member of a racial group).3. Migrant Advocates aid families, especially those who are mixed-status, Mexican American Indians, with access to healthcare by providing them with information on clinics that will accept undocumented people, take cash, and offer reasonable rates. Migrant Advocates also provide information to women suffering from domestic violence and mental health issues and also take children to eye appointments. This is important because current research is lacking on health information for Latino families that are mixed-status and indigenous.4. The schools do a good job at offering some programs that meet needs of minority students and enrich the education of all students; increased program accessibility would ensure that the benefits of these programs are maximized. School and District employees are unaware that there is a significant population of Mexican American Indians in their schools, and therefore miss out on opportunities to better serve their students through more culturally appropriate pedagogy. These realities, coupled with racial, ethnic, and linguistic difference in access to school resources, socialize children into differing futures in the local county. I offer specific applications on how the issues raised in my research can be addressed.## Podcast linkhttps://anthroalert.tumblr.com/post/166543296751/anthroalert-episode-07-education-originally## Video linkhttps://youtu.be/ioBTyUk8WKQ## Album art photo credit:Oliver Thompsonhttps://flic.kr/p/9zVPYBCC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/superscheelihttps://flic.kr/p/qMre86CC License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/## Intro music credit:Awel by stefsax http://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785CC License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.