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February 2019: Sorry for the downtime Tuesday, 12th February. It was caused by an attempt to fix a small database error that in turn sparked a much bigger error.
Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown published a blog post Equity and Diversity in Canadian Archaeology survey in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group- Robert Babcock replied on the discussion topic Counsellors with Disabilities; Benefit or Hinderance?
- Mark A. McCutcheon posted to the wire
- David Loewen commented on the blog Blog post 5 _ Jill's research
- Leanna Scherr commented on the blog Cool Anthropology - or so we seem to think in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group
- Mark A. McCutcheon posted to the wire
- Janelle Baker published a blog post Cool Anthropology - or so we seem to think in the group AU Anthropology Interest GroupComments
- Jill Thomson commented on the blog Blog post 5 _ Jill's research
- Janelle Baker published a blog post 'There was a heaviness' in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group
- Janelle Baker published a blog post Culture Wars in the Lab in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group
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Archaeology & International Women's Day
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group March 8, 2019 - 9:01amPosted to group: AU Anthropology Interest GroupIn celebration of International Women's Day, I'd like to recommend the following book: "Ladies of the Field: Early Women Archaeologists and Their Search for Adventure" by Amanda Adams Overview: "The first women archaeologists were Victorian era...
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Thoughts on Literary Theory and the Future: Pandora's Box, Genie in A Bottle, or TBA?
By Bev Schellenberg February 26, 2019 - 6:19pm Comments (1)Do you want to understand some of the logic behind 21st century Canadian education? Take LTST 612: The Gothic Novel, through Athabasca University. -
Its official as of November 14, 2018 - CALL TO ACTION
By Steve Swettenham November 15, 2018 - 3:35am Comments (1)CDE non-rep -
Microsoft under GDPR microscope for Office 365 and OneDrive | Alphr
By Jon Dron 15 November 2018 @ 12:04pm Comments (4)www.alphr.com - No big surprises here to anyone that has ever so much as glanced at Microsoft's business model and historical abuse of its customers, but definitely a matter of concern for organizations (like Athabasca University) that rent their services from... -
Digging up the devil (Poorly Drawn Lines)
By Jon Dron 11 May 2018 @ 2:00pmPosted to group: AU Anthropology Interest Groupwww.poorlydrawnlines.com - I thought this might be of interest to this group... -
Tour of Alabama archaeological site
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group October 31, 2018 - 3:35pmPosted to group: AU Anthropology Interest GroupTo celebrate International Archaeology Day (Oct. 20th), AUs Stann Creek Regional Archaeology Project released a video walking tour of the monumental core of the ancient Maya site of Alabama, in the Stann Creek District of Central Belize. Watch the... - By Mark A. McCutcheon August 27, 2018 - 9:32amMA-IS students can still enroll in this fall's zombie & vampire literature course: http:/
/ www.athabascau.ca/ syllabi/ mais/ mais752.php - By Terry Anderson January 18, 2016 - 12:46pmA grad student and a supervsor go into a bar. The supervsior orders a rough draft. Then 12 months of awkward silence.
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Scholarly publishing is broken. Here’s how to fix it
By Jon Dron 3 July 2018 @ 6:13pm Comments (1)aeon.co - An article for Aeon by Jon Tennant on the heinous state of affairs that gives unscrupulous publishers profit margins that put Apple to shame while hiding publicly funded research from the public that pays for it. It is a shamefully broken system... -
When Whales and Humans Talk
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group April 6, 2018 - 2:56pmPosted to group: AU Anthropology Interest Group"Arctic people have been communicating with cetaceans for centuries—and scientists are finally taking... -
Decoding Prehistoric Art
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group January 16, 2018 - 10:01amPosted to group: AU Anthropology Interest GroupANTH 277 Students: Check out this CBC Ideas episode about prehistoric art http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/old-masters-decoding-pre-historic-art-with-jean-clottes-1.4487646 -
The Solutrean Hypothesis and Pseudoarchaeology
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group January 16, 2018 - 10:13amPosted to group: AU Anthropology Interest GroupANTH 277 Students: Some of you may have seen the documentary featured on CBCs Nature of Things this Sunday, titled Ice Bridge, about the Solutrean Hypothesis. Please read the following important review of this extremely problematic documentary:... -
What is in a name? Words as Symbols of past and present.
By Laurie Milne in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group January 5, 2018 - 9:05amPosted to group: AU Anthropology Interest GroupStudents enrolled in Anthropology 272: Introduction to Archaeology who are seeking specific examples of the use of symbols by ethnic groups may find this recent article in the Calgary Herald of interest. The 108 year old Langevin Bridge... -
Academic Integrity Webinar - Jan. 30, 5-6 pm (Mountain Time)
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group January 29, 2018 - 10:41amPosted to group: AU Anthropology Interest GroupAU Library & Scholarly Resources, in cooperation with AU’s Office of the Registrar, will be presenting a webinar on Academic Integrity tomorrow, January 30, from 5 to 6 pm Mountain Time. This session will be presented by Elaine Fabbro,... -
Music for studying
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group January 9, 2018 - 10:04am Comments (1)Posted to group: AU Anthropology Interest GroupNeed a break from studying? Need some background music while studying? You can access the AU Music Library at any time. http://news.athabascau.ca/arts/music-library-may/ -
The Gault School of Archaeological Research
By Laurie Milne in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group January 5, 2018 - 9:39amPosted to group: AU Anthropology Interest GroupI recently received a Christmas letter from a longtime friend who was previously employed by the Archaeological Survey of Alberta and two CRM (Cultural Resource Management) firms in Alberta and Texas. Mike (Quigg) reported... -
Trials, Tribulations, and Tweaking -- The Final Stretch
By Tyler Lucas December 12, 2017 - 1:16am Comments (4)The one where the robots take over the world because their designer misspelled one of Asimov's laws.
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A Confession
By Bev Schellenberg March 5, 2019 - 6:39pmIt’s time for a confession. The first time I tried reading Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights, I disliked it so much that I quit. -
Student summer project funding
By Janelle Baker in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group January 29, 2019 - 1:46pmPosted to group: AU Anthropology Interest GroupSistering Indigenous and Western Science -
Repl.it
By David Scott 15 January 2019 @ 9:26pmhttps://repl.it/ - Web-based IDE with support for a ton of languages, including some very odd ones. I'm pretty sure there's no future in programming Emoticon or LOLCODE, but I can see myself using it for C#, Java, C++, Python, Javascript, NodeJs, (and all the... -
AU Undergraduate Awards/Scholarships
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group November 5, 2018 - 8:43pmPosted to group: AU Anthropology Interest GroupMake sure to check out the long list of awards/scholarships available to AU students. Many deadlines are coming up soon. http://registrar.athabascau.ca/studentawards/undergraduate.php#192 -
Literature review
By Fairouz Alatabeh November 5, 2018 - 9:15amSo we started reading about literature review last week /week 9. It is a big challenge for me. I have finished reading all the material we have for literature review, but I’m still trying to find more resources to help me to get a better...
- I have never let my schooling interfere with my education - Twain
- The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a hearth to be lighted - Parlby
- We have a hunger of the mind, which asks for knowledge all around us - Mitchell
- Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever - Gandhi
- Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts
This was awesome to read through, Janelle! Thank you for sharing. I've bookmarked the page to go back to and peruse some more. I hope the workshop is fun and engaging.
Leanna Scherr March 13, 2019 - 4:55pm