Talking Anthropology

Talking Anthropology

By Seyma K & Esma Guney AksoyScienceSocial Sciences
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Talking Anthropology episodes

  • 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)
    41 min
  • 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)
    1 hr 31 min
  • 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

    1 hr 10 min

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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…