Talking Anthropology
By Seyma K & Esma Guney Aksoy
Talking AnthropologyNov 22, 2022
Sounds of Research with Alex Chávez
Making Archaeology “Cool” for the Right Reasons with Daniela Maria Raillard Arias
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)
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
Talking Against Culture
In this first episode of their podcast, Seyma and Esma discuss Lila Abu-Lughod's seminal article "Writing Against Culture."