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Cultural Anthropology

Paul Stoller or Why Anthropology Still Matters

Gina Athena Ulysse | Posted 04.25.2013 | College
Read More: Narrative, Cultural Anthropology, Storytelling, Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography, Paul Stoller, Anthropology, Well-Being, Stockholm, Anders Retzius, Karl Gustav, Economic Anthropology, Reflexive Anthropology, Anthropology of the Senses, Visual Anthropology, Niger, West Chester University, College News
Gina Athena Ulysse

The Nobel may be Sweden's most famous prize, but the Retzius medal is also quite an honor. That the award this year goes to Paul Stoller is particularly noteworthy because his work is somewhat outside the mainstream of anthropology.

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Biophobia, Not. Biology and Science in Anthropology

American Anthropological Association | Posted 05.13.2013 | Books
Read More: Anti-Science, Cultural Anthropology, Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, Race, Science Controversy, Biophobia, Books News
American Anthropological Association

In Noble Savages, his recently published and much publicized book, Napoleon Chagnon asserts that for well over a century a "widespread biophobia is built into cultural anthropological theory, which results in deep contempt for biological ideas." My view is that this is incorrect.

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Why Are African Pygmies So Short?

Posted 04.27.2012 | Science
Read More: Short People, Video, Genes, Bantu, Africa, African Pygmy, Cultural Anthropology, Anthropology, Pygmy, Genetics, Pygmies, Science News

By: Jennifer Welsh, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 04/26/2012 06:20 PM EDT on LiveScience Why the Pygmies of West Africa have such short st...

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Seeking a More Cosmopolitan America

Paul Stoller | Posted 11.07.2011 | Home
Read More: The Middle East, Reality TV, Foreign Travel, Education, Africa, World Politics, Economic Systems, Cultural Anthropology, Innovation, Higher Education, Relgious Beliefs, Celebrity Culture, Imagination, War in Iraq, Foreign Language Learning, Home News
Paul Stoller

The lack of volition to travel overseas corresponds to a shocking ignorance about other parts of the world. Contemporary students are notoriously ignorant of world geography. Many of them think that Africa, for example, is one country rather than a continent of 53 sovereign nations.

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