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Talking Anthropology

Talking Anthropology

By Seyma K & Esma Guney Aksoy

This is a podcast for the screams and unfinished thoughts of two anthropology graduate students. In their first season, Şeyma and Esma explore the question “Who is an anthropologist?” thinking about different methodologies, positionalities, and histories of the anthropology discipline across geographies.
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Performing as a Path to Knowledge with Angela Glaros

Talking AnthropologyNov 22, 2022

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Sounds of Research with Alex Chávez

Sounds of Research with Alex Chávez

In this episode, Professor Alex Chávez shares his experience as an artist, an ethnographer and a scholar in anthropology. 1:50 - 11:51 What led him to anthropology 11:52 - 20:35 Research & performance 20:36 - 33:23 Writing Routines 33:24 - 41:03 Speed Round! Keywords: music, borders, migration, race, References: Aimee Villarreal; The School for Advanced Research (SAR)
Dec 04, 202341:00
Making Archaeology “Cool” for the Right Reasons with Daniela Maria Raillard Arias

Making Archaeology “Cool” for the Right Reasons with Daniela Maria Raillard Arias

In this episode, Daniela shares her experience as an insider/outsider archaeologist of Chachapoya mortuary landscape in Peru. Reflecting on our lives during the pandemic, she provides insight into navigating the everyday life of grad school, making ethical decisions for our research, families and communities.
03:15 - 07:23 Why Study Anthropology?
07:24 - 16:03 Research Overview
16:04 - 20:12 “If I wasn’t an Archeologist…”
20:13 - 33:15 History of Archeology in the Americas
33:16 - 38:38 Community-Based Research
38:39 - 52:13 Positionality and the Impact of the Pandemic
52:14 - 57:07 Unfinished Projects
57:08 - 1:04:02 Methods and Perceptions
1:04:03 - 1:09:49 Public Humanities and Collaboration
1:09:49 - 1:29:50 Speed Round!
To learn more about her work, visit her website and her project social media @MAPAchachapoya on Facebook and @mapa_sacha Instagram, or follow her project Tiktok account (@andes_archaeology).
Keywords: archaeology, mortuary landscapes, community-based knowledge, aerial drone photogrammetry, public humanities, Peru, Leymebamba, Chachapoya
References: Gene Savoy; Kuélap (the site mentioned in Peru); Deep Hanging Out (A term attributed to Clifford Geertz, first known to be used by Renato Rosaldo)
Mar 02, 202301:30:16
Performing as a Path to Knowledge with Angela Glaros

Performing as a Path to Knowledge with Angela Glaros

In this episode, Professor Angela Glaros shares her experience as an anthropologist, an ethnomusicologist, a performer, a single mother as well as being a religious person in academia.


01:17 - 07:40 Ethnomusicology research

07:41 - 13:00 Crossing paths with anthro

13:01 - 15:15 Performance as fieldnotes

15:16 - 20:02 Religion & practice

20:03 - 25:03 Anthropology in Greece

25:04 - 36:36 Being a Single Mother in Grad School

36:37 - 43:14 Unfinished Projects

43:15 - 47:48 Gender and Writing

47:49 - 52:41 Writing Routines

52:42 - 01:09:40 Speed Round!


Keywords: music, gender, Greece, Skyros, dance

References: Steven Feld, The Artist's Way (Book by Julia Cameron), Writing Culture (Book by James Clifford, George E. Marcus)

Hosts: Şeyma Kabaoğlu, Esma Güney Aksoy

Nov 22, 202201:09:31
Talking Against Culture

Talking Against Culture

In this first episode of their podcast, Seyma and Esma discuss Lila Abu-Lughod's seminal article "Writing Against Culture."

Nov 07, 202253:42