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Monthly Archives: July 2006

Special Edition of Scientific American

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

I’m always on the lookout for useful teaching materials for my first and second year courses. To that end, I am now working my way through the current Special Edition of Scientific American. Titled “Becoming Human: Evolution and the Rise of Intelligence,” the issue is devoted to recent research in biological anthropology. There are articles [...]

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Vodou in San Francisco Chronicle

Monday, July 10, 2006

The San Francisco Chronicle has published an interview with a New Orleans Vodou priestess.  The conversation is set in the context of the Hurricane Katrina reconstruction and the place of religion in times of crisis. Sphere: Related Content

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Native Education and the Sapir Whorf Hypothesis

Monday, July 10, 2006

An editorial in the Weekend Vancouver Sun reviews the postive and negative spins put on the recent announcement from the Provincial Government granting control of native education to First Nations communities. Titled “Language and Culture: First Nations Education Can Embrace Two Worlds” the story notes that the First Nations Education Accord has been publicly lauded [...]

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