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The article left me wondering if I there is anything I do in my life that I would consider a ritual.
Tobin Vadeboncoeur 19 hours ago
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Good question, Tobin. Often we focus on the idea of ritual being something solely to do with religion or formal/dignified actions, involving intentional symbolism, but you could also open it up to a general routine. I normally have my "morning ritual" of waking up, washing up, drinking coffee, having breakfast, and going to work. If anything disturbs that routine then the rest of my day is quite wonky and I don't feel right (for no good reason, they don't have to be in that particular order for any purpose that I know of [other than waking first]). So, perhaps there is something 'spiritual' and 'symbolic' about that as well (encompassing notions of 'completeness' and 'correctness'). I find that during this time of self-isolation I am relying even more heavily on my "rituals," as well as creating some new ones. Some appear to be far more flexible than others (not sure why). How will this impact who I am on the other side of this?
Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown 10 hours ago
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Coronavirus Rituals
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group April 3, 2020 - 8:41am Comments (2)Posted to group: AU Anthropology Interest GroupAn article by anthropologist Dimitris Xygalatas about the role that ritual is playing during the COVID-19 pandemic, including as an anxiety response, providing connection, and as a tool of... -
Patty Hajdu brings anthropology, public health experience to coronavirus fight
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group April 5, 2020 - 11:39am Comments (1)Posted to group: AU Anthropology Interest GroupFederal Health Minister Patty Hajdu has a background in anthropology (and she's from my hometown :) ). Read this interesting piece from the Globe and Mail that discusses her important background and what it brings to our current... -
Seven Warning Signs of Pseudoarchaeology
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group March 20, 2020 - 11:23am Comments (2)Posted to group: AU Anthropology Interest GroupAll archaeology students--and members of the general public--should be aware of pseudoarchaeology and how to spot it. Check out this great summary of the 7 warning signs of pseudoarchaeology (I've probably posted it before, but it is totally worth... -
The makers of the game complaining about the people playing it
By Jon Dron 5 March 2020 @ 12:20pmwww.cbc.ca - ""I think as long as we have education, we're going to have people who are going to try and game the system and we just have to keep up with them," said Deb Eerkes, the university's director of student conduct and accountability. " (40 University... -
EDDE802 Group Wiki
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MDDE 610 Assignment #2: Learn Something with CAI or Mobile Apps
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The Myth of 'Learning Styles'
By Jon Dron 18 May 2019 @ 12:47pmgetpocket.com - A straightforward journalistic article from the Atlantic that does a decent job of explaining how and why learning styles theories simply don't work, with a particular focus on VARK. The takeaways are that, yes, people do often prefer to learn in... -
Catch Up on Screen Time: Read This Dracula Critique
By Bev Schellenberg April 16, 2019 - 8:02pmMy parents felt a child’s time was best spent outside, on homework, and in extra-curricular pursuits, so my screen time was limited to one hour per week. The way I got to know any movie was through my father’s recounting the plot to me... -
Bringing Antagonists to their Knees… Or At Least to the Cereal Box
By Bev Schellenberg April 23, 2019 - 6:00pm Comments (2)Frankenstein’s monster, Dracula, and Darth Vader share something in common: thanks to pop culture, they've been reduced to bobbleheads, children’s playthings, and types of cereal. -
Art from Residential Schools
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group April 4, 2019 - 10:58am Comments (1)Posted to group: AU Anthropology Interest GroupLooking forward to seeing this exhibit next month when I am in... -
Blackfeet Researcher Leads Her Tribe Back to Traditional Foods
By Janelle Baker in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group March 28, 2019 - 3:40pmPosted to group: AU Anthropology Interest GroupForced assimilation destroyed most nations’ diets, but now Native youth are learning to integrate local foods back into their daily lives. -
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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Its official as of November 14, 2018 - CALL TO ACTION
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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...
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Review of the 2003 South Korean film "Natural City"
By Colan Mitchell March 5, 2020 - 10:38amReview:Natural CitySouth Korea 2003Direcor: Byung-chun Min To relinquish Natural City to the "Blade Runner" copycat bin, which so many reviewers do, and which might seem the obvious and correct thing at first go, does the film an... -
A simple phishing scam
By Jon Dron January 25, 2020 - 10:21amBeing on sabbatical, my inbox is delightfully laid back most days so I don't check my wro -
Is China really the educational powerhouse that the PISA rankings suggest? (tl;dr: not even close)
By Jon Dron 5 January 2020 @ 8:01pmen.jmdedu.com - Administered by the OECD, PISA is basically a set of tests, adapted to each country, that attempt to measure educational performance across a range of skills in order to rank educational systems around the world. The rankings really matter to many... -
Political Language: The Art of Communicating the Hidden Agenda
By Charleen Stokes November 27, 2019 - 12:11pm“Regarding the phrase ‘political correctness,’ who said there was ever anything correct about the way in which many political figures speak?”
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Resilience and the Collapse of Civilizations
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group November 19, 2019 - 3:46pmPosted to group: AU Anthropology Interest GroupBuzz Holling’s Resilient Universe The renowned ecologist taught us the virtues of variability and volatility. He died this summer. https://www.applyweb.com/cgi-bin/rec?s=utglor -
The Transition
By Jill Diachuk November 9, 2019 - 2:33pmWriting a critical review was a good way to start writing academically again in a shorter form. It has been around 4 years and change since I have had to writing a legitimate paper . By receiving feedback from the instructor, it gave me a number of... -
Lets Focus!
By Jill Diachuk October 29, 2019 - 7:35pmQuite frankly I just need to throw my cellphone out the window and put on a focus playlist from Spotify. The internet isn’t as much of a distraction as my cellphone with Instagram, work emails, texts and Facebook there are way too many worm... -
Unfortunately, Google is Not Enough in Research
By Charleen Stokes October 26, 2019 - 8:18pmIt is important to consider the differences in the material available between a library database and a Google search...
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NEW Mesoamerica/Maya Archaeology BOOK + discount code
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group October 25, 2019 - 1:10pmPosted to group: AU Anthropology Interest GroupI realize I posted this when we first received the "In Press" notification for our book "Seeking Conflict in Mesoamerica" but, hey! Self-promotion! Also, we've been given a promo code if you pre-order at www.upcolorado.com worth 40% off! The code:... -
Sidestepping writer’s block
By MARC ROGER DICKNER in the group :: MAIS Blog :: October 19, 2019 - 8:08pmPosted to group: :: MAIS Blog ::The whole notion of writer’s block is an interesting conundrum. The University of Illinois’s Center for Writing Studies explains how “[w]riter’s block is often caused by conflicted feelings. We want the writing to...
- 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
It was super interesting. Thank you for posting.
Tobin Vadeboncoeur 19 hours ago